17 ‘Kungenteka yini lobhubhako alunge kakhulu kunaNkulunkulu? Kungenteka yini umuntfu abe msulwa kakhulu kuneMdali wakhe?
Akube khashane nawe kwenta intfo lenje! Ungababhubhisi labalungile kanye nalababi, bese labalungile baba njengalabangakalungi! Akube khashane nawe loko. Angeke yini umehluleli wemhlaba wonkhe ente kulunga?”
Ngubani longakhipha lokuhlantekile kulokungakahlanteki? Kute!
“Umuntfu abeyini kutsi angaba ngulohlantekile, nome-ke umuntfu lotelwe ngumfati kutsi angaba ngulolungile?
Pho, umuntfu angaba ngulolungile kanjani kuNkulunkulu? Umuntfu lotelwe ngumfati angaba ngulohlantekile kanjani?
Akusiye yini yena lowo lowabumba mine esiswini lona lowabumba tona? Akusiye yini lowaseluka sonkhe etiswini tabomake?
futsi-ke kube bengiyingcweti ekuyenganeni, uMdali wami abetangisusa masinyane emhlabeni.”
Kodvwa kute lotsi: ‘Uphi Nkulunkulu, uMdali wami, lowephana ngetingoma ebusuku,
“Usho kutsi kambe ngabe loku kulungile? Utsi: ‘Ngiyawuhlangulwa nguNkulunkulu.’
Lwati lwami ngilulomba khashane kabi, ngitawubonakalisa kutsi Nkulunkulu, uMdali wami, ulungile.
Wema; kodvwa angizange ngati kutsi kuyini. Kwema intfo embikwemehlo ami, ngase ngiva liphimbo lelihlebako, litsi:
“Ungakukhombisa yini kungalungi kwami? Ungangilahla yini ngelicala mine, khona utetitfola ungenacala wena?
Nkulunkulu uyawuguculela yini umtsetfo wakhe lolungile? Somandla uyayiguculela yini intfo lelungile?
“Empeleni ngiyati kutsi loku kuliciniso. Kodvwa umuntfu loludzaka lolubolako angaba ngulolungile kanjani embikwaNkulunkulu?
Ungangibeki licala mine, nceku yakho, ngobe kute umuntfu lomsulwa kuwe.
Simakadze ulungile kuto tonkhe tindlela takhe, unemusa emisebentini yakhe yonkhe.
Kute nome munye umuntfu lolungile emhlabeni lowenta lokuhle kuphela, kubete lakonako.
Yebo Simakadze, wena uhlala ungcwele, nangiletsa indzaba embikwakho. Noko ngifuna kukhuluma nawe macondzana nekwehlulela kwakho. Kwentiwa yini kutsi indlela yalomubi iphumelele? Kwentiwa yini kutsi labangaketsembeki bahlale kahle bakhululekile?
Inhlitiyo iyayengana ngetulu kwato tonkhe tintfo, futsi yonakele ngalokwengcile. Ngubani nje longayicondza?
Maye, kujula kwemcebo, nekwenhlakanipho, nekwelwati lwaNkulunkulu! Ngubani nje longaphenya kwehlulela kwakhe ahlolisise imfihlakalo yetindlela takhe?
Kodvwa ngebulukhuni nangenkhani yekungaphendvuki kwenhlitiyo yakho, utibekela lulaka lube lukhulu ngelilanga lelulaka. Ngalelo langa iyawukhanya indlela Nkulunkulu lehlulela ngayo kutsi imsulwa.
Kodvwa-ke wena muntfu-ndzini, ungubani kutsi ungaphikisana naNkulunkulu? Ludziwo lungasho yini kumbumbi walo kutsi: “Wangibumbelani kanje?”
Tonkhe letidalwa letine tatinemaphiko lasitfupha sisinye, tinemehlo yonkhe indzawo, ngephandle nangekhatsi. Tatihlabelela imini nebusuku tingakhawuli titsi: “Ingcwele, ingcwele, ingcwele iNkhosi, Nkulunkulu, Somandla, labekhona, nalokhona, nalotako!”