21 Kute muntfu lengitamkhetsa, futsi kute lengitamyenga ngelite,
“Manje-ke incekukati yakho itsi: ‘Shangatsi emavi enkhosi yami, inkhosi, angangiletsela kuphumula, ngobe phela inkhosi yami ifanana nengilosi yaNkulunkulu ekwehlukaniseni lokuhle kulokubi. Shangatsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho angaba nawe.’ ”
Jowabe, inceku yakho, loku ukwentele kugucula simo lesikhona kwamanje. Inkhosi yami inekuhlakanipha lokufanana nekwengilosi yaNkulunkulu, yati konkhe lokwentekako lapha eveni.”
Nakanjani Nkulunkulu utanidalula, nangabe nikhetsana ngasese.
Netama kumvikela yini? Ningayimelela yini indzaba yaNkulunkulu?
Kufanele ngikhulume kuze ngitfole kuhhamuleka, kufanele ngivule umlomo wami ngiphendvule.
futsi-ke kube bengiyingcweti ekuyenganeni, uMdali wami abetangisusa masinyane emhlabeni.”
Emavi ami ngawo lakhombisa ngalokusebaleni kutsi ngicotfo enhlitiyweni, lulwimi lwami lukhuluma kona cobo loku lengikwatiko.
longakhetsi ngisho nakuto tikhulu, ngisho nakulabanjingile nalabamphofu, ngobe phela bonkhe bangumsebenti wetandla takhe?
“Kutawuze kube ngunini nehlulela ngalokungakalungi nikhetsa tindlubu nishiye tinkhobe? Cabanga.
Nati-ke futsi letinye taga talabahlakaniphile: Kubi nangabe umehluleli ehlulela ngekukhetsa.
Loyalako ubongwa kakhulu ekugcineni kunalowo lolutsa lomunye ambonge ngelite.
“ ‘Ungehluleli ngekukhetsa, ngekulahla lomphofu ngelicala uvune lomkhulu, kodvwa mehlulele ngekulunga makhelwane wakho.
“Ngako-ke mine senginente nedzeleleka natfotjiswa embikwabo bonkhe bantfu, ngobe anikatilandzeli tindlela tami, kodvwa nine niyaye nikhetse bantfu nanisebentisa umtsetfo.”
Base batfumela kuye labanye bafundzi babo kanye nemalunga ephathi yemaHerodi. Befike batsi: “Mfundzisi, siyati kutsi wena uneliciniso, ufundzisa indlela yaNkulunkulu ngeliciniso, awunaki muntfu, ngobe awubuki buso bemuntfu.
Ningacali nehlulele ngekukhetsa; lalelani lomkhulu nalomncane ngalokufananako. Ningesabi muntfu, ngobe kwehlulela kwaNkulunkulu. Licala lelilukhuni kini niboliletsa lapha kimi, ngitekuliva.’
Kufanele ningawephuli umtsetfo, futsi ningabakhetsi bantfu. Akukafaneli nemukele umdizo, ngobe uphumphutsekisa emehlo alabahlakaniphile, uphambukise nemavi alabalungile.