16 Nati tintfo lokufanele nitente nine: Khulumani liciniso lomunye kulomunye, emasangweni enu nikhiphe sigwebo lesiliciniso nalesiveta kuthula.
Ngulomuntfu lonetindlela letimsulwa, abe ngumuntfu lowenta lokulungile, akhulume liciniso lelisuka ekujuleni kwenhlitiyo yakhe.
Emehlo aSimakadze akesuki kulabalungile, tindlebe takhe atisuki ekukhaleni kwabo.
Fakazi lowetsembekile ukhuluma bufakazi lobuliciniso; kodvwa fakazi lonemanga wandzisa emanga.
Umuntfu lokhuluma liciniso uyakhonsa; kodvwa lokhuluma emanga akakhonsi.
Umbuso wakhe uyawukhula, kuthula nenhlalakahle kungeke kuphele. Uyawubusa esihlalweni sebukhosi saDavide, nasembusweni wakhe. Uyakuwumisa awusekele ngekwemtsetfocotfo nangekulunga, kusukela kuleso sikhatsi kuze kube nguphakadze naphakadze. Inshisekelo yaSimakadze longuSomandla iyawukwenta loko.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: Yentani loko lokucotfo nalokulungile. Nimephule esandleni semcindzeteli wakhe lowo lodlelelwe. Ningakwenti lokubi nome nimphatse ngebudlova lowo losihambi nalongenayise, nemfelokati, futsi ningayicitsi ingati yemuntfu longenacala kulendzawo.
Akebolekiseli kutsi atfole inzuzo lenkhulu, nome-ke atsatse intalo lenkhulu kakhulu. Uyasibamba sandla sakhe ekwenteni lokubi, futsi wehlulela ngekungakhetsi emkhatsini wemuntfu nemuntfu.
“ ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Senone kakhulu, nine babusi baka-Israyeli. Khawulani lobudlova benu bekucindzetela bantfu. Yentani lokulungile nalokwemukelekako kuNkulunkulu kutsi kulungile. Ningaphindzi nicoshe bantfu bami eveni labo, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
“ ‘Ningebi, ningakhohlisani. Ningacalelani emanga.
Tondzani lokubi nitsandze lokulungile, etinkhundleni yehlulelani ngekungakhetsi. Mhlawumbe Simakadze Nkulunkulu longuSomandla angaba nesihawu kuyo insali yakaJosefa.
Kodvwa kwenta tintfo ngekungakhetsi akube yintfo legeleta njengemfula, kulunga kube yintfo legeleta njengemfula longashi.
“Bantfu bakini labatinjinga baphanga laba labamphofu, nani nonkhe ningulabacalemanga nalabakhohlisanako.
Cha, Simakadze usitjelile lokungukona kukuhle. Lakufunako kitsi ngunaku: Ufuna sente kulunga, siphatsane ngemusa, siphilele Nkulunkulu ngentfobeko.
“Imisalela yaka-Israyeli ingeke ikwente lokubi; ingeke iwakhulume emanga, nenkhohlakalo ingeke itfolakale emilonyeni yayo. Lemisalela iyakudla, icambalale phansi, kute futsi umuntfu loyakuyesabisa.”
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: ‘Yehlulelani ngekwemtsetfocotfo, niphatsane ngemusa nangeluvelo kulowo nakulowo.
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: ‘Lokuzila kudla kwenyanga yesine, neyesihlanu, neyesikhombisa, neyelishumi sekuyawuba ngemalanga enjabulo, nekutsakasa, nemadzili ekutijabulisa akaJuda. Ngako-ke litsandzeni liciniso nekuthula.’ ”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ngiyawubuyela eSiyoni, ngihlale eJerusalema. Lapho-ke iJerusalema sekuyawutsiwa Lidolobha Lekwetsembeka, nentsaba yaSimakadze longuSomandla iyawubitwa ngekutsi yiNtsaba Lengcwele.”
Babusisiwe labalamulako, ngobe bayawutsiwa bantfwana baNkulunkulu.
Ngako-ke ngiyasho, ngifakaza eNkhosini ngitsi, ningabe nisahamba njengalabanye betive labanemicondvo lengacabangi.
Ngako-ke lahlani emanga, akube ngulowo nalowo akhulume liciniso kumzalwane wakhe, ngobe sonkhe singemalunga lomunye kulomunye emtimbeni munye.
Akubete lowonako aphambe umzalwane wakhe nome ngani, ngobe Nkulunkulu ungumphindziseli kuto tonkhe letintfo, njengobe saniyalisisa nje.
Kodvwa sabelo semagwala, nalabangakholwa, nalabanengekako, nebabulali, netingwadla, netiphingi, nebatsakatsi, nalabakhonta tithico, nalabacala emanga, kuyawuba lichibi lelivutsa umlilo nesibabule; loku kufa kwesibili.”