7 Ngenta kukhanya, ngidale bumnyama, ngiletsa lokuhle, ngidale lokubi, mine Simakadze, ngitenta tonkhe letintfo.”
“ ‘Awuzange uve yini? Ngakumisa kadzeni. Ngakuhlela ngemalanga asendvulo, manje sesikhatsi sekutsi kwenteke, kutsi ugucule emadolobha latinqaba, uwente tindvundvuma tematje.
“Kodvwa loku wakufihla enhlitiyweni yakho, futsi ngiyati kutsi loku kwakusenhlitiyweni yakho kutsi:
Jobe wamphendvula, watsi: “Wena ukhulumisa kwemfati losilima. Kantsi sesitakwemukela lokuhle kodvwa yini kuNkulunkulu, singasakwemukeli lokubuhlungu nalokubi?” Kuko konkhe loku Jobe akazange one ngekukhuluma kwakhe.
Kodvwa kube uthulile, ngubani labengamsola? Nakangafihla buso bakhe, ngubani longambona? Noko ubusa etikwemuntfu netive ngalokufananako,
Watfumela bumnyama, wenta live laba mnyama, kepha bemelana nemavi akhe.
Simakadze bantfu bakhe uyawubanika emandla! Simakadze, bantfu bakhe uyawubabusisa ngekuthula!
Imini yakho, nebusuku bakho, nguwe lowenta kukhanya nelilanga.
kodvwa nguNkulunkulu lowehlulelako, wehlisa lomunye aphakamise lomunye.
Nangibuka etulu esibhakabhakeni sakho ngibona umsebenti wetandla takho, inyanga netinkhanyeti lotimisile, ngitsi:
yabasemkhatsini wesive saseGibhithe nesive sema-Israyeli. Lelifu laba bumnyama esiveni saseGibhithe, kodvwa laba kukhanya esiveni sema-Israyeli ngabo bonkhe lobo busuku. Sive semaGibhithe nesive sema-Israyeli atizange tihlangane.
Noko naye uhlakaniphile, futsi angayehlisa inhlekelele, emavi akhe akaphindzi awabuyise. Uyawusukuma amelane nendlu yalababi, emelane nalabo labasita labenta lokubi.
Labatimphumphutse ngitabahola ngetindlela labangazange batati, ngibahole ngetindlela letingakavami. Bumnyama ngitabenta bube kukhanya embikwabo, ngente tindzawo letimagebhugebhu tibe ngematsafa. Leti tintfo lengitawutenta; ngingeke ngitiyekele.
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, uMhlengi wakho, lowakubumba esiswini, utsi: NginguSimakadze, lowente tonkhe tintfo, yena yedvwa loweneke emazulu, lowendlala umhlaba ayedvwana,
Sehlakalo siyawukufikela, futsi awuyikwati kutsi uyawusicosha kanjani. Incitsakalo iyakwehlela etikwakho, ungakwati kuphunyula kuyo ngisho nangenhlawulo. Inhlekelele longasoze wayibona iseta, iyakwehlela kuwe ngekushesha.
Lowo Losabelo sakaJakobe akafanani naleti, ngobe yena unguMenti wato tonkhe tintfo, wamenta na-Israyeli, sive lesilifa lakhe, nguSimakadze Somandla libito lakhe.
Mnikeni ludvumo Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, asengakabuletsi bumnyama, tinyawo tenu tisengakakhubateli emagcumeni lahwalalisako. Netsembele ekukhanyeni, kodvwa utakugucula, akwente kube bumnyama lobuphatsekako, yebo, akwente kube lusizi lolujulile.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, lowo lowabeka lilanga kutsi likhanyise emini, wamisa inyanga netinkhanyeti kutsi tibokhanyisa ebusuku, lowo lotamatisa lwandle kuze emagagasi alo abhodle, nguSimakadze longuSomandla libito lakhe, utsi:
“Ulizembe lami lemphi, nesikhali sami semphi, ngawe ngiphihlita tive, ngawe ngibhubhise imibuso.
Akuphumi lokuhle nalokubi yini emlonyeni wakhe, Longetulu Kwako Konkhe?
Tonkhe tikhanyisi leticwebetelako emazulwini ngiyawutenta tibe mnyama etikwakho; ngiyakwehlisela bumnyama etikwelive lakho, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Wembula tintfo letijulile naletifihlakele, uyakwati konkhe lokubhace ebumnyameni, nekukhanya kuhlala kukuye.
Lelo lilanga lebumnyama nesigayegaye, lilanga lemafu nebumnyama lobukhulu. Njengekusa nakwendlaleka etintsabeni kunjalo nekuta kwemphi lenkhulu nalenemandla, lengazange seyibe khona nasendvulo, futsi ingeke iphindze ibe khona nome ngunini.
Nakukhala impalampala edolobheni, abatfutfumeli yini bantfu? Inhlekelele iyalehlela yini lidolobha, ingakatfunyelwa nguSimakadze?
Ngako-ke lalelani! Yena lowo lobumba tintsaba, adale umoya, embule imicabango yakhe kumuntfu, yena lowo logucula intsatsakusa, ayente bumnyama, anyatsele tindzawo letiphakeme temhlaba, nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu longuSomandla libito lakhe.
Funanai Simakadze, nitewuphila, ngobe nakungenjalo, utawuhlasela lendlu yakaJosefa njengemlilo. Lomlilo utawukhotsisisa, iBetheli imeswele lotawucisha lowo mlilo.
Ngesikhukhula lesinemandla baseNineve labaphambene naye uyawubacedza, abacoshe baye ebumnyameni.
Bahlangana benta konkhe loko, wena ngemandla nentsandvo yakho, wawuvele ukumisenchanti kutsi kwenteke.
Ngobe yena lowo Nkulunkulu lowatsi: “Akuvele kukhanya ebumnyameni,” nguye futsi lokhanyise etinhlitiyweni tetfu, kuze sikwati kubona inkhatimulo yaNkulunkulu ebusweni baKhristu.
Tonkhe tipho letinhle naletiphelele tivela ngetulu, tiphuma kuBabe uMdali wetibane tasesibhakabhakeni, lote kugucugucuka, njengobe tona tigucuka, tibohle tisishiya ebumnyameni.
Bantfu labanjena banjengemagagasi elwandle, bakhephuta emahlazo abo; batinkhanyeti leteduka lese tagcinelwa bumnyama bebumnyama baphakadze.
Nikhumbule phela kutsi netingilosi letingabugcinanga bukhosi bato ngekushiya likhaya lato, watigcina ebumnyameni tiboshwe ngetinketane letingasoze tikhunyulwe. Letingilosi timele lilanga lelikhulu lekwehlulelwa.