17 Emehlo akho ayakuyibona inkhosi ebuhleni bayo, abuke nelive lelingematsafa lamahle.
Labanyenti bantfu beta baletsa iminikelo yaSimakadze eJerusalema, netipho letinelinani lelikhulu baliletsa kuHezekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda. Kusukela ngaleso sikhatsi wahlonishwa kakhulu kuto tonkhe tive.
Mine cobo lwami ngiyawumbona ngewami emehlo, mine lo, hhayi lomunye. Maye, inhlitiyo yami seyiyamlangatelela!
Awunginikelanga esandleni sesitsa, tinyawo tami utimise endzaweni lebanti.
Awusemuhle nekadzeni, uphuma embili, umlomo wakho uphuphuma umusa, ngobe Nkulunkulu ukubusise phakadze naphakadze.
Longitsandzako wami uyakhanga ngelibala; uyabonakala ngisho nome sebahlangene baba tinkhulungwane letilishumi.
Inyanga iyawufiphala, lilanga lidliwe ngemahloni; ngobe Simakadze longuSomandla uyawubusa eNtsabeni yaseSiyoni naseJerusalema, yebo, abuse ngeludvumo embikwebaholi bayo.
Simakadze, usikhulisile sive, yebo, wena usandzisile sive. Utizuzele wena ludvumo. Uyinwebile yonkhe iminyele yelive.
Lapho-ke Simakadze uyawuba nguLonemandla wetfu. Kuyawufanana nendzawo lenemifula lebanti nemifudlana. Kute sikebhe lesinetigwedlo lesiyawuhamba kuyo, kute ngisho nemkhumbi lonemandla lotawuntjweza kuyo.
Ngobe Simakadze ngumehluleli wetfu; Simakadze nguyena sishayamtsetfo setfu, Simakadze yinkhosi yetfu, nguye lotasisindzisa.
Hezekiya, inkhosi, watsi kube akuve loko, wadzabula tingubo takhe wembatsa emasaka, wahamba wangena ethempelini laSimakadze.
Ngase ngitsi: “Maye kimi, mine ngiphelile! Ngobe ngingumuntfu lotindzebe temlomo wakhe tingcolile, futsi ngihlala emkhatsini webantfu labatindzebe tabo tingcolile. Emehlo ami ayibonile iNkhosi, Simakadze longuSomandla.”
Maye, live lakhe liyawuba lihle bo! Futsi liyawubukeka lilihle kakhulu. Lokutinhlavu kuyawukwenta tinsizwa tiphumelele, neliwayini lelisha lente emantfombatane ondleke.
Jesu wagucuka lesinye simo embikwabo, buso bakhe bakhatimula njengelilanga, tingubo takhe taba mhlophe njengekukhanya.
Livi waba ngumuntfu, wahlala kanye natsi, agcwele umusa neliciniso. Sayibona inkhatimulo yakhe, lengeyalotelwe yedvwa kuYise.
“Lowo lonemiyalo yami futsi ayigcine, nguye-ke longitsandzako. Lowo lotsandza mine uyawutsandvwa nguBabe, nami ngiyawumtsandza ngitibonakalise kuye.”
“Babe, ngifisa kutsi labo longiphe bona nabo babe khona lapho nami ngikhona, kuze batewubona inkhatimulo yami lowangipha yona, ngobe wangitsandza, umhlaba ungakasekelwa.
Tsine asibheki lokubonakalako kodvwa lokungabonakali, ngobe loko lokubonakalako kwesikhashana nje, kepha loko lokungabonakali kwaphakadze.
Batsandzekako, nyalo sibantfwana baNkulunkulu, noko akukabonakali kutsi siyawuba yini. Lesikwatiko kutsi ngesikhatsi achamuka Khristu, siyawuba njengaye, ngobe siyawumbona njengobe anjalo.