11 Welusa umhlambi wakhe njengemelusi: Ugona emazinyane akhe ngemikhono yakhe, awasondzete edvutane nenhlitiyo yakhe; utihola kahle leto letinemazinyane.
Jakobe waphendvula watsi: “Inkhosi yami seyibabonile bantfwana kutsi bancane, timvu netinkhomo ngiyatincenekela ngobe tiyamunyisa. Natishuciswa ngemjako lilanga lonkhe, titakufa.
Kodvwa butjoki bakhe buhlala bucinile, imikhono yakhe iciniswa tandla taLonemandla waJakobe, nguMelusi loliDvwala laka-Israyeli.
Yatini kutsi Simakadze nguNkulunkulu! Sadalwa nguye, asitidalanga, sisive sakhe, netimvu telidlelo lakhe.
Nome bobabe namake bangilahlile, kodvwa wena, Simakadze, utangemukela ungigcine.
Sindzisa sive sakho, ubusise labo labalifa lakho. Beluse ubetfwale, kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.
Tsemba kuSimakadze, wente lokuhle, uhlale eveni, uve bumnandzi bekudla emadlelweni laluhlata.
Sive, Melusi waka-Israyeli, wena lohola Josefa njengemhlambi wetimvu. Wena lohlala emkhatsini wemakherubhi, bonakala ngekukhatimula kwakho.
Umhlanga lofecekile ngeke awephule; intsambo yesibane lebhunyako ngeke ayicime. Ngekwetsembeka kwakhe uyawuletsa umtsetfocotfo,
Sive sakhe sase siyawakhumbula emalanga akadzeni, emalanga aboMosi kanye nesive sakhe, batsi: “Uphi lowa lowabeweta lwandle lolubovu bona kanye nebelusi bemhlambi wetimvu takhe? Uphi lowa lowafaka Moya wakhe Longcwele emkhatsini wabo,
“Vanini livi laSimakadze, nine tive; limemeteleni etichingini letikhashane, nitsi: ‘Lowo lowasakata Israyeli uyawumbutsa futsi, uyakwelusa umhlambi wakhe njengemelusi.’
Buka la, ngiyawubabuyisa besuka eveni lasenyakatfo, ngibagcogce emikhawulweni yonkhe yemhlaba. Emkhatsini wabo kuyawuba netimphumphutse kanye netinchute, bafati labakhulelwe kanye nalasebaphetfwe ngumhelo; kuyawubuya sicumbi lesikhulu.
Mine ngekwami ngiyawukwelusa timvu tami ngitilalise phansi, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Ngiyakutifuna letilahlekile, naletedukile ngitibuyise. Letilimele ngiyawutibopha emanceba, ngiticinise emadvolo letibutsakatsaka, kodvwa letesulekile naleticinile ngiyawutibhubhisa. Ngiyakwelusa umhlambi ngemtsetfocotfo.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, phrofetha umelane nebelusi baka-Israyeli; phrofetha ukhulume kubo, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Nako kubelusi baka-Israyeli labatinakekela bona kuphela! Belusi akukafaneli yini kutsi banakekele umhlambi?
Ngiyawubeka etikwato umelusi abe munye, inceku yami Davide, yena uyawutinakekela; uyakuba ngumelusi wato, atinakekele.
“ ‘Nine, timvu tami, timvu telidlelo lami, nisive sami, mine nginguNkulunkulu wenu, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.’ ”
“ ‘Inceku yami, Davide, iyawuba yinkhosi yabo, futsi bonkhe bayawuba nemelusi munye. Bayawulandzela imitsetfo yami, bacaphele kugcina timiso tami.
Nakefika lowo mbusi, uyawubelusa ngemandla aSimakadze, yebo, uyawubaphatsa ngebukhosi baSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wakhe. Sive sakhe siyawuphila ngekuphepha, ngobe bantfu bemhlaba bayawumatisa badvumise bukhulu bakhe.
Simakadze, bani ngumelusi wesive sakho losikhetsile. Nome bantfu bakho bahlala babodvwa ehlane, kodvwa batungeletwe live lelivundzile. Abasukume batondle emadlelweni laneluhlata lolunyenti, eBhashani nakaGileyadi, njengobe babenta kadzenidzeni.
Labo lababetsengiselana ngetimvu base bayangicasha; ngayelusa lemihlambi leyase imiselwe kuhlatjwa. Ngase ngitsatsa tindvuku letimbili, lenye ngayetsa libito ngatsi nguMusa, nalenye ngatsi nguNhlanganiso, ngabe sengiyawelusa-ke lomhlambi.
“Awu nkemba, vuka umelane nemelusi wami, umelane nemuntfu longumngani wami,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla. “Shaya umelusi umbulale, timvu tiyawuhlakateka. Ngiyawugucula sandla sami etikwaletincane, ngimelane nato.”
Shangatsi Nkulunkulu wekuthula lowavusa iNkhosi yetfu Jesu kulabafile, wamenta uMelusi Lomkhulu wetimvu ngengati yakhe yesivumelwane saphakadze,
Ngobe beninjengetimvu letedukile; kodvwa manje seniphendvukele kuMelusi neMlondvoloti wemiphefumulo yenu.
Mhlazana kubonakala uMelusi Lomkhulu, niyakwemukela umchele webukhosi longagugi.
Ngobe liWundlu laNkulunkulu lelisenkhabeni yesihlalo sebukhosi, liyawubelusa, libaholele emitfonjeni yemanti ekuphila. Nkulunkulu uyakwesula tonkhe tinyembeti tabo emehlweni abo.”