22 Ungasho kutsi: “Ngitatiphindziselela ngalokubi;” tsembela kuSimakadze, yena utakulungiselela.
Bonani kutsi kubete lophindzisela kulomunye lokubi ngalokubi, kodvwa ngato tonkhe tikhatsi yetamani kwenta lokuhle kubo bonkhe bantfu.
Ungasho nekutsi: “Ngitamenta loko langenta kona! Ngitakwenana njengobe enta kimi!”
Nangabe umuntfu achubeka kuphindzisela lokuhle ngalokubi, lokubi kungeke kuphindze kuphume endlini yakhe.
Ningaphindziseli lokubi ngalokubi, nome inhlamba ngenhlamba; kodvwa esikhundleni saloko busisani, ngobe nabitelwa loko kutsi nidle lifa lekubusiswa.
Kuphindzisela kwami; ngimi loyawutibuyiselela. Ngesikhatsi lesikahle lunyawo lwabo luyawushelela. Lilanga labo lekuhlupheka selisedvute, kubhujiswa kwabo kuyabahlasela.”
Kwatsi etfukwa, wangete waphindzisela ngenhlamba; kwatsi ahlushwa, wangete wasongela. Kodvwa watinikela kuNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngekulunga.
Kodvwa mine ngitsi kini: Ningamelani nalokubi; umuntfu nakakumukula esihlatsini sangesekudla, mnike nalesi lesinye.
Ngako-ke labo labahlupheka ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu abachubeke bente lokuhle, babeke imiphefumulo yabo kuMdali lowetsembekile.
Tsemba kuSimakadze, cina ungadzangali, ube nesibindzi. Yebo, tsemba kuSimakadze.
Mhlawumbe Simakadze uyawukubona kuhlupheka kwami, angivuze ngalokuhle kuletinhlamba lengititfola lamuhla nje.”
kodvwa labo labetsembele kuSimakadze batfola emandla lamasha. Bayawukhuphuka ngemaphiko njengetinsweti, bayawugijima bangadzinwa, bayawuhamba bangaphelelwa ngemandla.
Tsemba Simakadze, ugcine indlela yakhe, yena uyawukuphakamisa udle lifa lemhlaba ubone kushabalaliswa kwalababi.
Ingcebo letfolakale ngekushesha igcina ingenasibusiso.
Ungatibuyiseleli nome ube nemagcubu nebantfwana bebantfu bakini, kodvwa uyawutsandza makhelwane wakho njengobe utitsandza wena. NginguSimakadze.
Davide wakhuluma kulamadvodza, watsi: “Hlomani tinkemba tenu!” Ngako lamadvodza avele ahloma, naDavide naye wahloma ngeyakakhe. Bekungemadvodza labengaba ngema-400 lenyuka naDavide, kwatsi lawa langema-200 wona asala agadza timphahla.
Simakadze uyabasita abakhulule, ubephula abasindzise kulababi, ngobe babalekela kuye, abe siphephelo sabo.
Umuntfu lonekucondza uyakubamba kutfukutsela kwakhe; nangabe umuntfu amkhuba, kuba ludvumo kuye kumtsetselela.