1 Kube mane bewungumnaketfu lowamunya bele linye nami kumake! Lapho-ke kube bengingakukhandza ungaphandle, bengitawuvele ngikucabuze, bekuyawubate ngisho namunye labeyakungedzelela.
Khotsamani etinyaweni tendvodzana, ingadzimate initfukutselele, nifele endleleni, ngobe lulaka lwayo luvutsa masinyane. Babusisiwe bonkhe lababalekela kuyo.
Umhlatjelo lowemukeleka kuNkulunkulu ngumoya lowephukile nenhlitiyo ledzabukile. Nkulunkulu ngeke awubukele phansi.
Akangicabuze ngekwanga kwemlomo wakhe, ngobe lutsandvo lwakho lumnandzi, kwendlula liwayini.
Emamandraki asatsaphuka emakha awo, nangasemnyango wetfu kunabo bonkhe bunandzi, lobusha nalobudzala, lengisolo ngabulondvolotela wena, sitsandvwa sami.
Bengitakuhola ngikumikise endlini ketfu, lapho bewutangifundzisa khona. Bengiyakukunika liwayini lelivangiwe kutsi ulinatse, emanti lamnandzi emahananandza ami.
Emadvodzana ebacindzeteli bakho ayawuta kuwe akhotsama, bonkhe laba labakwedzelelako bayawukhotsama etinyaweni takho, bayawukubita batsi uLidolobha laSimakadze, Siyoni waLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Ngako-ke, Nkulunkulu, yena cobo lwakhe, utawuninika sibonakaliso: Intfombi iyawukhulelwa itale indvodzana, yetsiwe libito kutsiwe ngu-Imanyuweli.
Ngobe tsine sitalelwe umntfwana, siphiwe indvodzana. Umbuso uyawubasemahlombe akhe. Uyawutsiwa nguMeluleki Lomangalisako, nguNkulunkulu Lonemandla, nguBabe Waphakadze, yiNkhosi Yekuthula.
Ngitawunyakatisa tonkhe tive, nako konkhe lokulangatelelwa tive tonkhe kutawufika, ngitawugcwalisa lendlu ngenkhatimulo,’ kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
Jabula kakhulu, Ndvodzakati yaseSiyoni! Memeta ngekujabula, Ndvodzakati yaseJerusalema! Ase ubuke, inkhosi yakho ita kuwe, ilungile, futsi iphetse insindziso, ita itfobekile, igibele embongolweni, etikwelitfole lembongolo, inkhonyane yembongolo.
“Bukani la, ngiyawutfumela sitfunywa sami, lesiyawulungisa indlela embikwami. Masinyane loSimakadze lenimfunako uyakuta ethempelini lakhe. Yebo, sitfunywa sesivumelwane lenisifisako siyawufika,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
Wase utsi kubafundzi bakhe: “Lonilalelako, ulalela mine; longanemukeli, akemukeli mine; nalowo longangemukeli, akamemukeli nalowo longitfumile.”
“Nginitjela kutsi: Longivuma embikwebantfu kutsi wami, iNdvodzana yeMuntfu nayo iyawumvuma embikwetingilosi taNkulunkulu.
Jesu wabatjela futsi nankhu umfanekiso acondzise kubantfu labetsemba kulunga kwabo bese bababukela phansi labanye bantfu:
Ngaso leso sikhatsi weta wefika wabonga Nkulunkulu, wase ukhuluma ngalomntfwana kubo bonkhe lababelindzele inkhululeko yeJerusalema.
Nangabe umuntfu unemahloni ngami nangemavi ami, neNdvodzana yeMuntfu iyawuba nemahloni ngaye nayita ngenkhatimulo yayo nangebukhosi beYise kanye neyetingilosi letingcwele.
Livi waba ngumuntfu, wahlala kanye natsi, agcwele umusa neliciniso. Sayibona inkhatimulo yakhe, lengeyalotelwe yedvwa kuYise.
Jesu ati kutsi uYise abesanikele konkhe etandleni takhe, nekutsi abephuma kuNkulunkulu, futsi aya kuNkulunkulu,
Ngaphuma kuBabe ngeta emhlabeni; manje sengiyawushiya futsi lomhlaba, sengibuyela kuBabe.”
Kute lowase wenyukela ezulwini ngaphandle kweNdvodzana yeMuntfu, leyehla ezulwini.
Jesu watsi kubo: “Kube Nkulunkulu abenguYihlo, ngabe niyangitsandza mine, ngobe ngefika ngiphuma kuNkulunkulu. Angikamane ngatitela nje, kepha ngitfunywe nguye.
Nkulunkulu wakhetsa lokubukeleka phansi nalokwedzelelekile emhlabeni; wakhetsa netintfo letingekho, khona atewucitsa letikhona,
Kodvwa lomfati wakhe sibili ukhululekile, umele iJerusalema yasezulwini lengumake wetfu.
Kodvwa akube khashane nami kutigabatisa ngaphandle kwesiphambano seNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu; ngesiphambano sakhe live lifile kimi, nami ngifile kulo.
Ngitsi labasoke sibili, tsine lesikhonta ngaMoya waNkulunkulu, sitibonga kuKhristu Jesu, asetsembeli enyameni,
Siyavuma kutsi yinkhulu kakhulu imfihlakalo yenkholo yetfu yekutsi: Wabonakaliswa angumuntfu, wafakazelwa nguMoya, wabonwa tingilosi, washunyayelwa kubetive, wakholeka emhlabeni, wenyukela enkhatimulweni.