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7. Kwakhona iXhwane laqhaqha uphawu lwesine, ndaza ndeva isilwanyana sesine sisithi: “Yiz' apha!”

8. Ndakukhangela ndabona elinye ihashe; lona lalimbatshile. Igama lalowo wayehleli phezu kwalo lalinguKufa, kanti ke ezinyaweni zakhe kwakulandela uLabafileyo. Banikwa amagunya phezu kwesiqingatha sesine sehlabathi, ukuze bageqe ngekrele, ngembalela, isibetho, nangamarhamncwa.

9. Ngokunjalo iXhwane laluqhaqha nolwesihlanu uphawu. Ngaphantsi kweqonga lamadini ndababona abo babebulewe ngenxa yokushumayela ilizwi likaThixo, nangenxa yokungqina.

10. Babhomboloza bathi: “Kakade ke, Nkosi, Somandla oyiNgcwele kanye, koda kube nini ungasiphindezeli ulibuyekeze igazi lethu elaphalazwa ngabantu beli hlabathi?”

11. Elowo nalowo kubo wathiwa wambu ngomnweba omhlophe. Ngokunjalo kwathiwa mabakhe balinde okwethutyana, bade baphelele abalingane namawabo asaza kubulawa kwanjengabo.

12. Ndalibona ke ngoku iXhwane liqhaqha uphawu lwesithandathu. Suka yazama-zamisa inyikima, ilanga lafaka ezokuzila lathi thsu, inyanga yona yajika yaligazi.

13. Iinkwenkwezi zona zavuthulukela emhlabeni, zaxel' amakhiwane egeqwa sisaqhwithi.

14. Sona isibhakabhaka saphel' emehlweni, kwaba ngathi kusongwa umqulu, zonke iintaba neziqithi zanqukrulwa.

15. Zasuka ke izikumkani zehlabathi, abasemagunyeni neengqwayi-ngqwayi zomkhosi, oozityebi nezinxiba-mxhaka, nalo lonke uluntu, oozicaka nabakhululekileyo, baya kuzímela emiqolombeni nasemiqhokrweni ezintabeni.

16. Badanduluka bebhekisa ezintabeni nasemaweni, bathi: “Siweleni, ukuze sifihlakale kulowo uhleli esihlalweni sokulawula nakwingqumbo yeXhwane!

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