24 ibe nemusa kuye itsi: ‘Mane umvikele angayi emgodzini. Sengimtfolele inhlawulo,’
“Titfobe kuNkulunkulu, ube nekuthula naye, kuphumelela kuyakuta kuwe ngaleyo ndlela.
entela kugcina umphefumulo wakhe ungashoni emgodzini nemphilo yakhe kutsi ingabhubhi ngenkemba,
umtimba wakhe bese uyavuseteleka ube musha njengeweluswane, ubuyiseleke ube musha njengasebusheni bakhe.
Uwephulile umphefumulo wami kutsi ungayi emgodzini, sengitawuhlala ngijatjuliswa kukhanya.’
Caphela kutsi kubete lokuhuha ngebunjinga, ungavumi kwedukiswa tinsambansamba temidizo.
Wakhipha umyalo wakhe, wabaphilisa, wabenta bagejwa kufa.
Bokhokho betsembela kuwe; bakwetsemba, wabakhulula.
Wangikhipha emgodzini wekufa, wangikhipha eludzakeni lolubishako, wasimisa tinyawo tami etikwelidvwala, wacinisa kuhamba kwami.
Bani lidvwala lesiphephelo kimi, lengingaphephela kulo nome nini, wena lowayala kutsi ngisindziswe, ngobe nguwe lidvwala lami nesiphephelo sami.
Ngobe umusa wakho mkhulu kimi, uwephulile umphefumulo wami ekujuleni kwekufa.
Kodvwa wena, Simakadze, unguNkulunkulu lonesihawu, nebubele, nekubeketela, uphuphuma umusa nekwetsembeka.
Ngobe wena, Nkhosi, ulungile futsi ulungele kutsetselela, umusa wakho uyabaphuphumela labo labakhala kuwe.
Simakadze waphendvula watsi: “Ngitakwenta kutsi inkhatimulo yebuhle bami bendlule embikwakho ngimemetele libito lami, Simakadze. Ngimentela umusa lowo lengimentela umusa, ngimhawukele lowo lengimhawukelako.
Kodvwa yagwazwa ngenca yetiphambuko tetfu, yafihlitwa ngenca yekona kwetfu, sijeziso saba setikwayo, kuze tsine sibe nekuthula; ngemanceba emivimbo yayo siyaphiliswa tsine.
Efrayimu akasiyo yini indvodzana yami letsandzekako, umntfwana lengijabulako ngaye? Nome ngivamise kukhuluma ngimelane naye, kodvwa noko ngisamkhumbula. Ngako-ke inhlitiyo yami iyamlangatelela; nginesihawu lesikhulu ngaye,” kusho Simakadze.
Tsatsani emavi nibuyele nawo kuSimakadze. Thandazani kuye, nitsi: “Sitsetselele tonkhe tono tetfu, usemukele ngemusa, khona sitewunikela ngetitselo temilomo yetfu.
“Ngiyawukuphilisa kunhlanhlatsela kwabo, ngibatsandze ngekukhululeka, ngobe intfukutselo yami seyisukile kubo.
Kodvwa nine, ngenca yengati yesivumelwane sami nani, ngiyawutikhulula tiboshwa takini emgodzini lote emanti.
Njengobe neNdvodzana yeMuntfu ayitelanga kukhontwa, kepha yetela kutawukhonta nekunikela ngemphilo yayo, kutsi ibe yinhlawulo yalabanyenti.”
lowatinikela kutsi abe yinhlawulo yabo bonkhe, loko kwaba bufakazi ngesikhatsi lesifanele.