3 Ngesikhatsi bantfu batsi: “Kunekuthula nenhlalakahle,” ngekushesha lokukhulu kubhujiswa kuyawubatuma njengemhelo ufikela umfati nasatawubeleka; futsi kute loyawusindza.
“Tindlebe takhe tigcwele imisindvo lesabisako, ngesikhatsi konkhe kubukeka shangatsi kuhle, umbhubhisi ngulapho amhlasela khona.
Angabenta bativele kuphumula lokuphephile, kodvwa emehlo akhe abuka tindlela tabo.
shangatsi bangehlelwa yimbhubhiso ngekutumeka lokukhulu, nelugibe labangetsiye ngalo lubambe bona. Umgodzi lolugibe labangetsiye ngawo uhholokoshisele bona, babhubhe.
Agcwala emanti emadvolweni, efikelwa buhlungu lobukhulu, njengebemfati lobelekako.
Titsa tami atitunywe kufa, tiye endzaweni yalabafile tisaphila, ngobe bubi busemakhaya nasetinhlitiyweni tabo.
Shangatsi lidzili labo lingaba lugibe kubo, shangatsi inhlalakahle yabo ingaba ngusochaka kubo.
Umuntfu lotsi nakelulekwa acinise inhloko, uyakufohlotwa masinyane.
Ngalelo langa bantfu labahlala kulolugu bayawutsi: ‘Ase nibuke kutsi sekwentekeni kulabantfu lebesetsembele kubo, labo lesabalekela kubo sayawucela lusito nekukhululwa enkhosini yase-Asiriya! Pho-ke, sesitawuphunyula kanjani?’ ”
Kodvwa titsa takho letinyenti titawuba njengelutfuli lwemhlabatsi, leticumbi tebantfu labanelunya tiyawuba njengemakhoba lapheshulwa ngumoya. Ngekushesha, ngekuphatima kweliso
lesono lesi siyawuba ngangelubondza loluphakeme kini, loseluklatuka ekhatsi selugobana, lona lolusuke selutawuhhibika masinyane.
Sehlakalo siyawukufikela, futsi awuyikwati kutsi uyawusicosha kanjani. Incitsakalo iyakwehlela etikwakho, ungakwati kuphunyula kuyo ngisho nangenhlawulo. Inhlekelele longasoze wayibona iseta, iyakwehlela kuwe ngekushesha.
Kokubili-ke loko kuyawukukhandza ngesikhashana nje, ngalanga linye, kufelwa bantfwana nebufelokati. Kuyawukufikela ngemandla lamakhulu, ngetulu kwebunyenti bekutsakatsa kwakho, nasemkhatsini webunyenti bemalumbo akho.
Ngulowo nalowo uyatikhalela atsi: “Wotani, ngitalilandza liwayini! Asinatseni tjwala njengekutsandza kwetfu! Likusasa nalo litawuba njengalamuhla, nome-ke libe ncono kakhulu!”
Uyawutsini-ke ngesikhatsi Simakadze asabeka etikwakho labo lebewubetayeta kutsi babe bangani bakho? Buhlungu bungeke yini bukubambise kwemfati nakabeleka?
Sewumlahle kokuphela yini Juda? Umbukela phansi yini Siyoni? Usishayelani sive singete sakhona kuphiliswa nje? Sasetsemba kutsi kutawuba nekuthula nenhlalakahle, kodvwa kute nakunye lokuhle lokusehlele. Setsemba sikhatsi sekuphiliswa, kodvwa kwaba nekutfutfumela kuphela.
Wena lohlala ‘eLebanoni,’ lotitfukuse etindlini temisedari, maye uyawufa kuquma kanjani nase wehlelwa tinhlungu, tinhlungu letifanana netemhelo wemfati nakabeleka!”
Ngiva kukhala lokunjengekwemfati lophetfwe ngumhelo, kuquma lokunjengekwalowo lobeleka litubulo lakhe, kukhala kweNdvodzakati yaseSiyoni, lephefumulela etulu, leyelula tandla tayo itsi: “Maye, ngiyacaleka, kuphila kwami kunikelwe etandleni tebabulali.”
Babopha emanceba ebantfu bami kube shangatsi yintfo nje lengenamsebenti, babe batsi: ‘Kuthula, kuthula,’ kube kantsi kute nalokuthula.
Siyivile imibiko ngabo, saphela emandla, imikhono yetfu iyalenga nje kitsi, sibanjwe kudzabuka nekwesaba lokukhulu, tinhlungu letifanana netemfati lobelekako.
Babopha emanceba ebantfu bami, kube shangatsi yintfo nje lengenamsebenti, babe batsi: “Kuthula, kuthula,” kube kantsi kute nalokuthula.
“ ‘Njengobe bedukisa bantfu bami, batsi: “Kuthula”, kube kute naloko kuthula, nangenca yekutsi nakwakhiwa lubondza lolulula, bona baluhuca ngemcakaco,
Imihelo yemfati nasatawubeleka iyamfikela, kodvwa ungumntfwana lote kuhlakanipha; kutsi nakufika sikhatsi sakhe, angete eta ngasemnyango wesibeletfo.
Bayawugigeleka bona emanyeveni, nasekudzakweni liwayini labo. Bayawushwabudzeleka njengemahlanga lomisiwe.
Tinyoka, ntalo yemabululu! Nitakubalekela njani kulahlwa esihogweni?
Nangabe umfati asatawubeleka, ubaselusizini, ngobe sikhatsi sebuhlungu sesifikile. Kodvwa nasambelekile umntfwana, ubukhohlwa bonkhe lobo buhlungu, ngobe ujatjuliswa kutalwa kwemntfwana.
“ ‘Caphelani, nine tedzeleli! Nimangale nife! Ngobe umsebenti lengiwenta emihleni yenu, nguleningeke niwukholwe, ngisho nome lomunye asanichazela ngawo.’ ”
“Nangabe umuntfu lonjalo eva emavi alesifungo utincengela yena sibusiso kuye ngako angacabanga atsi: ‘Ngitawuphepha nome ngingachubeka ngitihambele ngeyami indlela.’ Loko kuyawehlisela sicalekiso emhlabatsini lomanti nakulowomile.
Bayawujeziswa ngekubhujiswa kwaphakadze balunyulwe ebukhoneni beNkhosi nasenkhatimulweni yemandla ayo.
kanye nelibandla lematubulo lamabito awo abhaliwe ezulwini. NisembikweMehluleli longuNkulunkulu wabo bonkhe, nakuyo imimoya yalabalungile labaphelelisiwe,
Pho, tsine siyawuphunyula njani, nasingakunaki lokusindziswa lokungaka? Kwakhulunywa yiNkhosi kucala, kwaciniswa kitsi ngulabo labayiva.
Nkulunkulu akazange atiyekele tingilosi letona, kodvwa watilahla kalasha emigodzini yebumnyama bebumnyama, kutsi titewugcinelwa kwehlulelwa.
Gideyoni wenyuka ngendlela yetihambi emphumalanga yeNoba neJogbeha, watitsela etikwalamabutfo, wona angakacapheli.