IVeki eNgcwele: Ukucamngca okuhle ngoLwesihlanu

Bambethelela emnqamlezweni, baza babelana ngeengubo zakhe, esenza amaqashiso ngazo. Kwakuyintsimbi yethoba kusasa xa bembethelela emnqamlezweni. Umbhalo onesizathu sokugwetywa kwakhe wawusithi: "Ikumkani yamaJuda". Kwaye kubethelelwe naye eminqamlezweni izihange ezibini, esinye ngasekunene esinye ngasekhohlo kwakhe. Kuthe emva kwemini enkulu, ubumnyama baba semhlabeni wonke kwada kwayintsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini. Ngentsimbi yesithathu, uYesu wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu wathi: "Eloì, Eloì, lemà sabactàni?" Oko kuthetha ukuthi: "Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiyeleni na?". Bakuva oku, abanye ababelapho bathi: «Apha, bizani uEliya!». Omnye wabaleka waya kufaka isiponji kwiviniga, wasilungisa engcongolweni wamseza, esithi: "Khawume, sibone ukuba uEliya uza kumhlisa na." Wadanduluka ke uYesu, waphuma umphefumlo.

Owu Nkosi, ndingathini kuwe ngobu busuku bungcwele? Ngaba likho naliphi na igama elinokuvela emlonyeni wam, abanye bacinga, ibinzana elithile? Undifele, wanikela yonke into ngenxa yezono zam; awuzange ube yindoda yam wedwa, kodwa wava eyona nto imbi yokufa ngenxa yam. Ngaba ikhona impendulo? Ndinqwenela ukuba ndifumane impendulo efanelekileyo, kodwa xa ndicinga ngokuthanda kwakho okungcwele kunye nokufa ndinokuvuma ngokuthobekileyo ukuba ubukhulu bothando lwakho lobuthixo lwenza nayiphi na impendulo ingonelanga. Makhe ndime phambi kwakho ndikubheke.
Umzimba wakho wophukile, intloko yakho yenzakele, izandla neenyawo zikrazulwe ziinzipho, icala lakho lihlatywe. Umzimba wakho ngoku uphumle ezandleni zikanyoko. Ngoku yonke into yenziwe. Idlulile. Yenziwe. Kuzalisekisiwe. Nkosi, Nkosi enobubele nemfesane, ndiyakuthanda, ndiyakudumisa, ndiyabulela kuwe. Uzenze ntsha zonke izinto ngenxa yothando lwakho nokufa kwakho. Umnqamlezo wakho wawutyaliwe kweli lizwe njengophawu olutsha lwethemba. Mandihlale ndihlala phantsi komnqamlezo wakho, Nkosi, ndibhengeze ithemba lomnqamlezo wakho ngokungapheliyo.