12 Ngekuyalwa nguye iphitsitela igcwale umhlaba wonkhe jikelele, iphutfuma kwenta loko layitfume kona.
Ugcwalisa tandla takhe ngembane, bese uyawutjela kutsi awubaneke.
Ujikijela imibane yakhe ngaphansi kwemazulu, ayitfumele emikhawulweni yonkhe yemhlaba.
Awu, Simakadze! Maye, minyenti imisebenti yakho! Yonkhe uyente ngekuhlakanipha; umhlaba ugcwele tidalwa takho.
Ukhipha umyalo wakhe uye emhlabeni, livi lakhe ligijima ngalamakhulu ematubane.
nawe mlilo nesangcotfo, nelichwa, netinkhungu, nemoya lonemandla lolalela imiyalo yakhe.
Ngenca yetono taboyisemkhulu tilungiseleleni kubulala emadvodzana akhe. Akukafaneli avuke adle lelive njengelifa, bese akha emadolobha yonkhe indzawo.”
Ngemalanga letako, Jakobe uyawumila timphandze asime, Israyeli uyawuhluma achakaze timbali, agcwalise umhlaba wonkhe ngetitselo.
Sikhona yini sona sinye setithico tebetive letingenamsebenti lesiletsa imvula? Tona tibhakabhaka ngekwato tiyatehlisa yini tihlambi temvula? Cha, nguwe, lowenta loko, Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu. Ngako-ke litsemba letfu likuwe, ngobe nguwe lowenta konkhe loku.
Jabulani, nine sive saseSiyoni, tfokotani kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, ngobe sewuniphe umfundzisi wekulunga. Unitfumela imvula lenyenti, imvula yasekwindla neyasentfwasahlobo njengakucala.
“Ngaphindze ngabamba imvula, sekusele tinyanga letintsatfu nje kutsi kuvunwe; ngatfumela imvula kulelinye lidolobha, kodvwa ngayibamba kulelinye. Lenye insimi yatfola imvula, lenye yangete yayitfola imvula yaze yoma.
Laba banemandla ekuvala litulu kutsi lingani ngesikhatsi sekuphrofetha kwabo. Banemandla etikwemanti kutsi bawagucule abe yingati. Banemandla futsi ekushaya umhlaba ngako konkhe kuhlupheka nome kukangaki, kuye njengekutsandza kwabo.