Isonto Elingcwele: Ukuzindla okuhle ngoLwesihlanu
bambethela esiphambanweni, bahlukanisa izingubo zakhe, benzelana inkatho ngenkatho yokuthi yilowo nalowo uzothathani. Kwakuyihora lesishiyagalolunye ekuseni lapho bembethela esiphambanweni. Umbhalo onesizathu sokulahlwa kwakhe wawufundeka kanje: "Inkosi yamaJuda". Babethela kanye naye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene nomunye ngakwesokhohlo. Kuthe sekusemini enkulu, ubumnyama bagcwala umhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba yihora lesithathu ntambama. Ngehora lesithathu, uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu: "Eloì, Eloì, lemà sabactàni?" Okusho ukuthi: "Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni?". Bezwa lokhu, abanye ababekhona bathi: «Bizani u-Eliya!». Omunye wagijimela ukucwilisa isiponji kuviniga, wasilungisa emhlangeni wamnathisa, wathi: "Ima, sibone ukuthi u-Eliya uzomletha yini." Kepha uJesu wakhala kakhulu, wafa.
O Nkosi, ngingakutshelani kulobu busuku obungcwele? Ngabe kukhona igama elingavela emlonyeni wami, umcabango othile, umushwana othile? Ungifele, wanikela konke ngenxa yezono zami; awuzange ube yindoda nje kuphela kimi, kodwa futhi wahlushwa ukufa okunonya kakhulu kimi. Ingabe ikhona impendulo? Ngifisa sengathi bengingathola impendulo efanelekile, kepha uma ngicabanga ngentshisekelo yakho nokufa kwakho ngingavuma ngokuzithoba ukuthi ubukhulu bothando lwakho lwaphezulu benza noma iyiphi impendulo inganele. Ake ngime phambi kwakho ngikubuke.
Umzimba wakho wephukile, ikhanda lakho lilimele, izandla nezinyawo kudabukile ngezipikili, uhlangothi lwakho lubhoboziwe. Umzimba wakho manje uhlala ezandleni zikanyoko. Manje konke sekwenziwe. Kuphelile. Sekwenziwe. Kugcwaliseka. Nkosi, Nkosi enomusa nesihe, ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakudumisa, ngiyabonga. Wenze zonke izinto zaba zintsha ngothando lwakho nangokufa kwakho. Isiphambano sakho satshalwa kulomhlaba njengesibonakaliso esisha sethemba. Ake ngiphile njalo ngaphansi kwesiphambano sakho, Nkosi, futhi ngimemezele ithemba lesiphambano sakho ngokungapheli.