4 Tikhali lesilwa ngato akusito telive, kodvwa tikhali taNkulunkulu letinemandla ekubhidlita tinqaba, ticitse tinkhulumo letingenamsebenti.
Intfonga yebukhosi bakho lobunemandla uyawuyelula wena, Simakadze, useSiyoni, utsi: “Busa wena emkhatsini wetitsa takho.”
Ngalelo langa lekuhlaba lokukhulu, ngesikhatsi nakuwa imibhoshongo, imifudlana yemanti iyawugobhota kuto tonkhe tintsaba letiphakeme, nakuwo onkhe emagcuma lamadze.
Buka la, lamuhla ngikubeka etikwetive nasetikwemibuso kutsi usiphule ubuye uhhihlite; ubhidlite ubuye uketule, nekutsi wakhe ubuye uhlanyele.”
“Livi lami alinjengawo yini umlilo? Kona alinjengaso yini sandvo, sona lesibhidlita lidvwala libe ticucu?” kusho Simakadze.
Mosi wafundziswa yonkhe inhlakanipho yemaGibhithe, waba lijaha leliyindvodza leyayinemandla ekukhulumeni nasetentweni.
Busuku sebuyaphela, imini seyisondzele. Ngako-ke asilahle yonkhe imisebenti yebumnyama, sihlome tikhali tekukhanya.
Futsi akusafanele kutsi ninikele titfo tenu esonweni tibe tikhali tekungalungi; kodvwa tinikeleni nine matfupha kuNkulunkulu njengobe ningulabavuswe ekufeni base bayaphila. Ngako-ke titfo tenu tinikeleni tibe tikhali tekulunga kuNkulunkulu.
Ngentela kutsi kukholwa kwenu kungasimi ekuhlakanipheni kwebantfu, kepha kusime emandleni aNkulunkulu.
Likhona yini lisotja lelake laya emphini ngetalo tindleko? Ngubani lohlanyela sivini angabe asatidla titselo taso? Ngubani lowelusa umhlambi wetinkhomo kodvwa angete aludla lubisi lwato?
Mhlawumbe ngitigabatisa kakhulu ngalamandla neligunya lami lenganikwa lona nguNkulunkulu, kutsi nginakhe nginganibulali. Kodvwa ngite emahloni ngaloko.
Loku ngikubhala ngisengakefiki kini, kuze kutsi nangifika lapho kungadzingeki kutsi nginiphatse ngesandla lesimatima lenginikwe sona yiNkhosi, kutsi ngakhe, ngingahliphiti.
Akusho noko kwekutsi sinemandla ekwenta lutfo ngekwetfu; kute lokuphuma kitsi, kepha emandla etfu avela kuNkulunkulu,
Kepha lamagugu lesinawo siwaphetse ngetitja telibumba. Loko kubonakalisa kutsi lamandla lamakhulu kangaka akasiwo etfu kepha ngaNkulunkulu.
nangelivi leliciniso, nangemandla aNkulunkulu. Kuko konkhe loku tikhali tetfu tikulunga lesikuphetse ngesandla sangesekudla nangesandla sangesancele.
Kodvwa tsine lesibemini asizitse, sembatse sivikelo sesifuba lesikukholwa nelutsandvo, sifake nempantitje lelitsemba letfu lensindziso.
Thimothi, ndvodzana yami, ngikwetfwesa lomtfwalo ngikhumbula tiphrofetho letaticondziswe kuwe, ngitsi: Lwani ngato kulwa lokuhle
Hlanganyela kanye nami ekuhluphekeni njengelisotja lelilungile laKhristu Jesu.
Ngekukholwa lubondza lwaseJerikho lwabhidlika, ema-Israyeli asatitungelete emalanga lasikhombisa.
Atsi kube emacilongo akhale kakhulu, sive sonkhe samemeta kakhulu. Satsi kube sive sonkhe sive kukhala kwelicilongo, samemeta, lubondza lwelidolobha lwahhihlikela phansi; ngako nguleyo naleyo ndvodza yangena yacondza ekhatsi, balidla lidolobha.