23 Somandla ungetulu kwemandla etfu, uphakeme ngemandla nangekulunga kwakhe; ngebukhulu bekulunga kwakhe akacindzeteli muntfu.
“Ungakucondza yini kujula kwetimfihlakalo taNkulunkulu? Ungafinyelela yini emikhawulweni yaSomandla?
Kuphakeme kunemazulu; yini nje longayenta? Kujule kwendlula indzawo yalabafile; yini nje longayati?
“Kuhlakanipha nemandla kwaNkulunkulu, kweluleka nekucondza kwakhe.
“Ligunya nekwesabeka kwaNkulunkulu losungula kuthula etulu emazulwini.
Lawa ngemacentselo nje emisebenti yakhe. Maye, lokukhulunywa ngaye sikuva kalufifi! Ngubani nje longakucondza kudvuma kwemandla akhe?”
Maye, mkhulu Nkulunkulu! Bukhulu bakhe bungetulu kwekucondza kwetfu. Bunyenti beminyaka yakhe bungetulu kwekubala kwemuntfu.
Lwati lwami ngilulomba khashane kabi, ngitawubonakalisa kutsi Nkulunkulu, uMdali wami, ulungile.
“Nkulunkulu unemandla, kodvwa akabedzeleli bantfu; unemandla, futsi ucinisekile kulenhloso yakhe.
“Sitjele kutsi sifanele sitsini kuNkulunkulu; tingcondvo tetfu timnyama, site lutfo lesingalusho kuye.
Uchamuka enyakatfo ngebukhatikhati bakhe begolide, Nkulunkulu uta ngebuNkulunkulu bakhe lobesabekako.
Nkulunkulu uyawuguculela yini umtsetfo wakhe lolungile? Somandla uyayiguculela yini intfo lelungile?
Nangabe kukhulunywa ngetemandla, unemandla! Nangabe kukhulunywa ngetekulunga, ngubani longahle abhejelane naye?
Kuhlakanipha kwaNkulunkulu kujulile, emandla akhe abanti kakhulu. Ngubani nje lowake wacinisa inhloko kuye, wachubeka waphumelela angulote sici?
Mkhulu Simakadze, ufanele kudvunyiswa kakhulu, bukhulu bakhe abuphenyisiseki.
Ngobe kutfukutsela kwakhe kuba kwesikhashana, kodvwa umusa wakhe uhlala ukhona njalo umuntfu asaphila. Tinyembeti tingaba khona ebusuku, kodvwa ngakusasa ekuseni kube kujabula.
Nkulunkulu ukhulume kanye, ngeva kwaba kubili: kutsi emandla ngakho, Nkulunkulu,
nekutsi umusa wakho, Simakadze. Ngobe wena umuntfu umnika umvuzo njengekwemisebenti yakhe.
Wena lowamisa tintsaba ngemandla akho, watimisa uvunule emandla.
Khulumani kuNkulunkulu nitsi: “Maye, imisebenti yakho mikhulu iyesabeka. Titsa takho titawuta kuwe tikhasa ngemadvolo, ngenca yemandla akho lamakhulu.
Simakadze uyabusa, wembetse inkhatimulo, Simakadze wembetse, wavunula emandla. Ngempela, umhlaba wonkhe utintile, ungeke utanyatanyiswe.
Simakadze, nguwe losimise kulunga kwenkhosi letsandza kubusa ngekungakhetsi muntfu; nguwe lowehlisela lokuhle kuJakobe, waletsa kulunga nebucotfo.
Konkhe ukwente kwalungela sikhatsi sako. Uphindze wabeka liphakadze etinhlitiyweni tebantfu; noko abakhoni kuyicondza imisebenti yaNkulunkulu kusukela ekucaleni kwayo kuze kube ngusekugcineni.
Lokungiko sibili kukhashane kakhulu, kantsi futsi kujule kakhulu, ngubani longakutfola?
Shanoni loko lokutako, nikwetfule; abelulekane kanyekanye. Ngubani lowase wakhuluma ngaloku kungakenteki kadzeni, wakukhuluma kusesekhashane endvulo? Kwakungesimi yini, Simakadze? Futsi kute lomunye Nkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami, Nkulunkulu lolungile nalonguMsindzisi; kute lomunye ngaphandle kwami.
Kuko konkhe kukhatsateka kwabo naye abekhatsatekile, ingilosi yebukhona bakhe yabasindzisa, ngelutsandvo lwakhe nangemusa wakhe wabahlenga. Wabatsatsa wabetfwala kuwo onkhe emalanga akadzeni.
Ngiyajabula yini mine ngekufa kwalomubi? Kunaloko angijabuli kakhulu yini nakaphendvuka etindleleni takhe aphile? Kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Ngobe angijabuli ngekufa kwanome ngubani. Phendvukani nitewuphila! Kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.”
Khuluma kubo utsi: ‘Ngifunga kuphila kwami, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze, angikujabuleli kufa kwalomubi, kodvwa ngitsandza kutsi agucuke etindleleni takhe letimbi aphile. Gucukani! Gucukani etindleleni tenu letimbi! Ningafelani, ninendlu yaka-Israyeli?’
Ungasingenisi ekulingweni, kodvwa usisindzise kulokubi. [Ngobe umbuso wakho, nemandla, nebukhosi, kuze kube phakadze. Amen.]’
“Konkhe nginikwe nguBabe. Kute lowatiko kutsi iNdvodzana ingubani ngaphandle kweYise, kantsi kute lowatiko kutsi uYise ngubani ngaphandle kweNdvodzana nalabo iNdvodzana lefuna kumbonakalisa kubo.”
Maye, kujula kwemcebo, nekwenhlakanipho, nekwelwati lwaNkulunkulu! Ngubani nje longaphenya kwehlulela kwakhe ahlolisise imfihlakalo yetindlela takhe?
Nguye yedvwa longabhubhi lohlala ekukhanyeni lekungasondzeleki kuko, longazange asabonwe ngumuntfu, nalongeke abonwe ngumuntfu. Kuye akube ludvumo nemandla aphakadze. Amen.
Phela bobabe babesiyala kwesikhashana ngekubona kwabo, kodvwa yena usiyalela kutsi kutewusitakala tsine, kuze sibe nesabelo ebungcweleni bakhe.