12 umuntfu ulala kanjalo-ke angabe asavuka, kuyawuze kwendlule emazulu; yebo, umuntfu angeke aphaphame, futsi ngeke avuke ekufeni kwakhe.
Ngobe manje ngabe ngitilalele ngekuthula; yebo, ngabe ngitilalele ekuphumuleni.
Ngiyati kutsi uyawungehlisela phansi kulabafile, endzaweni lemiselwe bonkhe labaphilako.
Awuticoleli ngani tiphambuko tami, utsetselele tono tami? Ngobe mine sengitawulala elutfulini masinyane; maye, utase uphenye sewungifuna mine ngingasekho!”
Njengelifu lelinyamalalako ligcina lingasekho, unjalo-ke nemuntfu losaya ethuneni, akaphindzi abuye.
Kuyakwendlula konkhe, wena uhlale unjalo nje, konkhe kuyawuguga njengengubo. Yebo, njengengubo uyawukugucula kusakateke.
Bantfu ubakhukhula njengesihlambi semanti, baphele njengebutfongo, ekuseni bakhula njengeluhlata:
Nangabe umuntfu aphiwe iminyaka leminyenti yekuphila emhlabeni, akatijabulise ngayo yonkhe, kodvwa noko akakhumbule kutsi ayeta emalanga lamanyenti ebumnyama. Konkhe lokutako kuyawuba lite lelite.
ngesikhatsi bantfu besaba konkhe lokuphakeme, kanye netingoti tasetitaladini, ngesikhatsi tihlahla te-alimondi setichakaza, nentsetse itotoba endleleni yayo, nenkhabunkhabu iphela. Umuntfu uya ekhaya lakhe laphakadze, labalilako bazulazula etitaladini.
Kodvwa labafile bakho bayawuphila; imitimba yabo iyawuvuka. Nine lenihleti elutfulini lwemhlaba, vukani nimemete ngenjabulo. Ematolo akho anjengematolo asekuseni laphilisako, umhlaba uyawubakhipha labafile bawo.
Phakamiselani emehlo enu emazulwini, niwubuke nemhlaba phansi; emazulu ayawunyamalala njengentfutfu, nemhlaba uguge njengengubo, nalabahlala kuwo bafe njengetimphungane. Kodvwa insindziso yami iyawukhonsa phakadze naphakadze, kulunga kwami ngeke kuphele.
“Buka la, ngiyawudala emazulu lamasha nemhlaba lomusha. Tintfo takadzeni tingeke tikhunjulwe, futsi tingeke tisabuya nasengcondvweni.
Simakadze utsi: “Njengobe emazulu lamasha nemhlaba lomusha lengikudalako kuyawuhlala kukhona embikwami, kanjalo libito lakho netitukulwane takho tiyawuhlala tikhona.
Ticumbi ngeticumbi lesetalala elutfulini lwemhlaba tiyawuvuka, labanye bavukele ekuphileni kwaphakadze, labanye ehlazweni nasekwedzelelekeni kwaphakadze.
Lizulu nemhlaba kuyakwendlula, kodvwa emavi ami wona angeke endlule.”
Kufanele ahlale ezulwini kuze kufike sikhatsi lapho konkhe kuyakwentiwa kube kusha, njengobe Nkulunkulu amemetela emandvulo ngebaphrofethi bakhe labangcwele.
Ngobe indalo ibekwe esimeni sebute, hhayi ngekutsandza kwayo, kodvwa ngentsandvo yalowo lowayibeka etsembeni
ngobe konkhe lokuvetwa kukhanya kuyabonakala. Ngako-ke kutsiwa: “Phaphama, wena lolele, uvuke kulabafile, naKhristu utakukhanyisa.”
Kepha ngalo lelivi emazulu nemhlaba lokukhona nyalo kugcinelwe umlilo ngelilanga lekwehlulelwa, lapho kuyawubhujiswa khona labangamesabi Nkulunkulu.
Ngase ngibona lesikhulu sihlalo sebukhosi lesimhlophe, nalohleti kuso. Lizulu nemhlaba kwambalekela kwanyamalala ebusweni bakhe, akuzange kuphindze kutfolakale ndzawo.
Ngase ngibona lizulu lelisha nemhlaba lomusha; ngobe lizulu lekucala nemhlaba wekucala bese kwendlulile, nelwandle lungasekho.