9 Kufika kwalongenamtsetfo ngumsebenti waSathane. Uyawufika anawo onkhe emandla, netibonakaliso, netimangaliso letingemanga,
Ekugcineni kwesuka umoya, weta wema embikwaSimakadze watsi: ‘Mine ngitamhunga.’ “Simakadze wawubuta watsi: ‘Kanjani?’
Labalumbi baseGibhithe nabo bakwenta loko ngemilingo yabo. Ngako-ke inhlitiyo yaFaro yachubeka yaba lukhuni kakhulu, akazange akulalele loko babemtjela kona, kwaya njengobe Simakadze abeshito.
Labalumbako benta butsi bekwenta imilingo; kodvwa behluleka kwenta timbuzulwane. Letimbuzulwane tahlasela bantfu kanye nemfuyo.
Nalabalumbi benta njalo ngemilingo yabo; tigogodvolo batikhiphela emhlabatsini eveni laseGibhithe.
Simakadze wehlisele etikwenu butfongo lobukhulu: Uwavalile emehlo enu, baphrofethi, utimbonyile tinhloko tenu, baboniswa.
Loko ngiyawukwenta kuze ngitetibamba kabusha tinhlitiyo tebantfu baka-Israyeli, lase bangilahle bonkhe baya etithicweni tabo.’
Khona kwase kuletfwa kuye umuntfu labenelidimoni ayimphumphutse angakhulumi, wamphilisa. Kwatsi lona bekasimungulu wakhuluma wabona.
Ngobe kuyawuvela bokhristumbumbulu, nebaphrofethi bemanga, bente tibonakaliso letinkhulu netimangaliso, kuze kudukiswe nalabakhetsiwe nakunekwenteka.
Jesu watsi kuye: “Suka, Sathane, ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “ ‘Ubokhonta iNkhosi, Nkulunkulu wakho, umkhotsamele yena yedvwa!’ ”
Bokhristu bemanga nebaphrofethimbumbulu batawuvela bakhombise tibonakaliso netimangaliso kuze kwedukiswe nalabakhetsiwe, nakunekwenteka.
Ngako-ke uyancandzeka ukhandze lendlu ishanyelwe, ikhanya, ihlobile, konkhe kubekwe ngabolonina.
Ngako-ke Jesu watsi kuso: “Naningaboni tibonakaliso netimangaliso, ngeke nikholwe.”
“Nine nenta imisebenti yeyihlo.” Batsi kuye: “Tsine asisibo bekuphingwa, sinaBabe munye, nguNkulunkulu lucobo.”
Nine nibeyihlo Sathane. Nitsandza kwenta tinkhanuko teyihlo. Yena abevele angumbulali webantfu kusukela ekucaleni, akemi ecinisweni, ngobe liciniso kute kuye. Nakakhuluma emanga, ukhuluma intfo yakhe, ngobe ungumcambimanga neyise wawo onkhe emanga.
Watsi: “Wena ndvodzana yaSathane! Usitsa sako konkhe lokuhle; ugcwele onkhe emachinga ebubi, uyawuyekela nini kuvimbela liciniso leNkhosi ngemanga?
Loko-ke akumangalisi, ngobe naSathane utigucula abe yingilosi yekukhanya.
Kodvwa ngineluvalo ngani, kutsi njengobe inyoka yakhohlisa Eva ngebucili bayo, nani tingcondvo tenu tingahle tedukiswe niyekele kutinikela kuKhristu ngeliciniso nangebumsulwa.
Ngobe kubo labangakholwa nkulunkulu walomhlaba uphumphutsekise tingcondvo tabo, kuze kungasi kubo kukhanya kweliVangeli lenkhatimulo yaKhristu, lofute Nkulunkulu.
lebenikadze nihamba kuto ngekwendlela yalomhlaba, ngekwembusi wemandla emkhatsi, umoya losasebenta kubantfu labangalaleli Nkulunkulu.
Njengobe boJanesi naJambresi bamelana naMosi, nabo-ke labantfu bamelene neliciniso, babantfu labanengcondvo leyonakele netehluleki ekukholweni.
Lokuhlakanipha akuchamuki ngetulu, kodvwa ngekwemhlaba, nekwemvelo, nekwebusathane;
Nyokangwenya wamtfukutselela kakhulu lomfati, wahamba wayawulwa nensali yentalo yakhe, labo labagcina imiyalo yaNkulunkulu nalabanebufakazi baJesu.
Nyokangwenya lomkhulu walahlelwa phansi, leya nyoka yasemandvulo, lebitwa ngekutsi nguMhlebi nome nguSathane, uMkhohlisi wemhlaba wonkhe. Wajikijelwa phansi emhlabeni kanye netingilosi takhe.
Kungeke kuphindze kubonakale kuwe kukhanya kwesibane. Kungeke kuphindze kuvakale kuwe liphimbo lemyeni nelamakoti. Bahwebi bakho bekutikhulu temhlaba, wedukisa tonkhe tive ngebutsakatsi bakho.
Kodvwa lesilo satfunjwa, kanye nemphrofethi wemanga labenta tibonakaliso tekudukisa labo labaneluphawu lwesilo nalabasikhonta ngekukhotsamela lomfanekiso waso. Bobabili bajikijelwa baphila echibini lemlilo lelivutsa sibabule.
Sathane labedukise leto tive wabanjwa, wajikwa echibini lemlilo lonesibabule, lapho bekukhona khona silo kanye nemphrofethi wemanga. Bayawuhlushwa batfoseke imini nebusuku phakadze naphakadze.
Inkhosi yaso lesibusako bekuyingilosi yemgodzi longenamkhawulo. Libito layo ngesiHebheru ngu-Abadoni, ngesiGriki ngu-Apoliyoni.