17 Lowo lopha lomphofu uboleka Simakadze; Simakadze uyakumvuza ngaloko lakwentile.
Kufanele akhokhe lelizinyane lalomuntfu seliphindvwe kane, ngobe wente intfo lembi, wayenta ngesibhuku.”
Simakadze uyawumlondvolotela imphilo yakhe; uyawumenta abe ngulonenhlanhla emhlabeni, angeke amnikele entsandvweni yetitsa takhe.
Inesihe kulababutsakatsaka nalabeswele, isindzise kuphila kwalabeswele.
Lomunye utfola inzuzo ngekukhuluma kwakhe; kantsi lomunye uyitfola ngekusebentisa tandla takhe.
Umuntfu lobukela phansi makhelwane wakhe uyona; kodvwa ubusisiwe umuntfu lonemusa kulabamphofu.
Nawucindzetela luphuya, wetfuka uMdali walo; kodvwa nawuphetse kahle loweswele, udvumisa uMdali wakhe.
Lowephanako naye uyawubusiswa, ngobe kudla kwakhe ukudla netimphuya.
Umuntfu lopha timphuya angeke eswele; kodvwa lotitsalaliselako uyawutfola ticalekiso letinyenti.
Nangabe umuntfu acetjiswa kwebolekisa ngekubita intalo lenkhulu, ingcebo yakhe itakuya kubantfu labaphatsa kahle timphuya.
Jika sinkhwa sakho emantini, ngobe utawuphindze usitfole emvakwemalanga lamanyenti.
Yaba timphahla takho tekutsengiswa kulabasikhombisa, yebo, kulabasiphohlongo, ngobe awati kutsi yini lengahle yehlele umhlaba.
INkhosi iyawubaphendvula itsi: ‘Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Konkhe loko lenanikwenta kulomunye walabanaketfu labancane, nanikwenta kimi!’
“Phanini, nani nitawuphiwa tipho letingangcingcwa tigcwalise konkhe lebeningaphatsa ngako. Lesilinganiso lenilinganisa ngaso labanye nani Nkulunkulu uyakunilinganisa ngaso.”
“Nanivuna ensimini, bese kusala lokunye ngesiphosiso, ningabobe nisancandzeka kuyawukukhwimita. Nibosale nikushiyela tindzindzi netintsandzane kanye nebafelokati, kuze Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu anibusise kuyo yonkhe imisebenti yetandla tenu.
Akusho kutsi ngifuna sipho, kodvwa ngifuna sitselo saso lesingusona sitakwandzisa inzuzo kini.
Ngobe phela Nkulunkulu akakhetsi, futsi angeke ayikhohlwe imisebenti yenu nelutsandvo lenilukhombise ekusiteni labangcwele, njengobe nenta namanje.