4 “Ungesabi, ungeke ube nemahloni. Ungakwesabi kuhlazeka, ngeke wehliswe. Utalikhohlwa lihlazo lebusha bakho, ungaphindzi uwakhumbule emahloni ebufelokati bakho.
Nakanjani, kuhlupheka kwakho utakukhohlwa, ukukhumbule njengemanti lake ageleta embikwakho,
amite kufa phakadze naphakadze. Somandla longuSimakadze uyawukwesula tinyembeti kubo bonkhe buso; uyawususa lihlazo lesive sakhe emhlabeni wonkhe. Simakadze sewukhulumile.
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze lowahlenga Abrahama, macondzana nendlu yakaJakobe Simakadze utsi: “Jakobe akasayikuba nemahloni; nebuso babo abusayikuphaphatseka.
Ngalelo langa labasikati labasikhombisa bayawuhlanganyela indvodza yinye, batsi kuyo: “Sitatidlela kudla kwetfu siphindze sitembatsise; intfo nje, sicela kutsi simane sibitwe ngawe. Susa lelihlazo letfu!”
Ngako-ke ungesabi, ngobe mine nginawe; ungajabhi, ngobe mine nginguNkulunkulu wakho. Ngitakucinisa ngikusite, ngiyakukubamba ngesandla sami sekudla lesilungile.
Ungesabi, wena mphetfu, Jakobe, awu, mntfwanyana, Israyeli, ngobe mine matfupha ngitakusita,” kusho Simakadze, uMhlengi wakho, Longcwele waka-Israyeli.
Ngobe iNkhosi Simakadze iyangisita, ngingeke ngihlazeke, ngijabhiswe. Ngaloko-ke sengacinisa buso bami, baze baba njengelitje lemlilo, futsi ngiyati kutsi ngeke ngihlazeke, ngijabhe.
“Ngilaleleni, nine lenati kutsi kuyini lokulungile, nine bantfu leninemtsetfo wami etinhlitiyweni tenu: Ningakwesabi kusolwa bantfu, ningetfuswa ngisho natinhlamba tabo.
Uyawusinyiswa ekulungeni: Kubuswa ngelunya kuyawuba khashane nawe; kute loyawukwesaba. Luvalo luyawususwa lulahlwe khashane, lungasondzeli kuwe.
Esikhundleni selihlazo lenu, nine bantfu bami, niyawuphiwa ngalokuphindziwe; esikhundleni sekuhlazeka niyawujabula efeni lenu; ngako niyawudla lifa ngalokuphindziwe eveni lenu, kujabula kwaphakadze kuyawuba kwenu.
Lowo loncenga sibusiso eveni uyawutibusisa ngaNkulunkulu lowetsembekile; lowo lowenta sifungo eveni uyawufunga ngaNkulunkulu lowetsembekile. Ngobe tinhlupheko letendlulile tiyawukhohlakala, tifihlakale emehlweni ami.”
Emvakwekweduka kwami ngaphendvuka; emvakwekucondza kwami ngatisola. Ngadliwa ngemahloni, ngatfotjiswa, ngobe ngetfwele lihlazo lebusha bami.’
Maye! laze lasala likhala libhungane lidolobha, yebo, lidolobha lelake lanyakatela bantfu! Awu! laze lafanana nemfelokati, lidolobha lelake ladvuma emkhatsini wetive! IJerusalema leyake yaba yindlovukazi emkhatsini wemave, nyalo seyigucuke yaba sigcili.
Kuto tonkhe letento takho letinengekako, nakulobugwababane bakho, awuzange sewuwakhumbule emalanga ebusha bakho, ngesikhatsi usengcunu, ungakembatsi lutfo, usakhahlekhahlela esitibeni sengati yakho.’ ”
“ ‘Njengobe awuzange uwakhumbule emalanga ebusha bakho, kodvwa wangitfukutselisa ngato tonkhe letintfo, ngempela ngiyawukwehlisela etikwenhloko yakho loku lokwentile, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze. Awukabengeti nje lobugwababane bakho kuto tonkhe letindlela takho letinengekako?’ ”
Angisayikwenta uphindze uve kuchukulutwa tive, futsi awusayikubuva buhlungu bekuhlekwa betive nome uwise sive sakho, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.’ ”
Ungesabi, wena live, jabula utfokote. Ngempela Simakadze wente tintfo letinkhulu.
Ngalelo langa ungeke udliwe ngemahloni ngako konkhe lokubi lokwentile kimi, ngobe kulelidolobha ngiyawubesusa labo labajabula ngeligcabho labo. Ungeke uphindze utigcabhe etikwaleligcuma lami lelingcwele.
“Ngiyakuyicinisa indlu yakaJuda, ngiyisindzise indlu yakaJosefa. Ngiyakubabuyisela, ngobe nginesihawu ngabo. Bayakuba shangatsi angizange sengibalahle, ngobe mine nginguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wabo, futsi ngiyawubaphendvula.
Ngobe umBhalo utsi: “Ase nibuke, ngibeka eSiyoni litje lekusimisa indlu, lelikhetsiwe, naleliligugu. Lowo lokholwa kulo, angeke ajabhiswe.”