12 Awu, sive sami, nicindzetelwa bantfwana, bafati babusa etikwenu. Awu, sive sami, labo baholi benu bayanedukisa; banikhipha endleleni, lenifanele nihambe ngayo.
Ngiyakwenta bafana babe tindvuna tabo; bayawuphatfwa bantfwana nje.
Ase ubheke emasotja akho! Onkhe abafati nje. Emasango elive lakho, avulekele titsa takho kabanti, umlilo uyishise yonkhe imicabo yawo.
Bayekeleni, ngobe ngibo baholi labatimphumphutse; kepha nangabe imphumphutse ihola lenye imphumphutse, totimbili tiyawuwela emgodzini.”
Baphrofethi baphrofetha emanga, baphristi baphetse ngeligunya labo, nebantfu bami bakutsandza ngaleyo ndlela. Kodvwa nitakwenta njani ekupheleni?”
Athaliya, unabo-Ahaziya, watsi kube abone kutsi indvodzana yakhe seyifile, wachubeka wabulala bonkhe bantfwabenkhosi.
“Maye kini, bafundzisi bemtsetfo nebaFarisi! Batentisi! Nivimbela bantfu umbuso welizulu, nibe nine ningangeni, nebantfu labafuna kungena anibavumeli kutsi bangene. [
Bavimba indlela yami, bayaphumelela ekungibhubhiseni, kantsi kute nalobasitako.
Umbusi lobusa ngencindzetelo usilima; kodvwa lotondza kutsengeka uyawuphila sikhatsi lesidze.
Nako kuwe wena live, nangabe sigcili sesigucuke saba yinkhosi yakho, kantsi nebantfwabenkhosi belive lakini badla lidzili ekuseni.
Simakadze sewutfululele kubo umoya wekudzidzeka; benta iGibhithe iyendze kuko konkhe leyikwentako, iyendze njengesidzakwa emahlanteni aso.
Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wakho, lovikela sive sakhe, utsi: “Uyabona, sengiyisusile esandleni sakho indzebe beyikwenta udzayitele; kuleyo ndzebe, ludziwo lwentfukutselo yami, ungeke uphindze unatse kuyo futsi.
Sive sami sedukiswa baphrofethi labetsembisa kuthula kulabo lababapha imali, kantsi labo labangabadizeli babetsembisa babasongele ngemphi. Kulabo baphrofethi Simakadze utsi: