Isigwebo esilungileko sakaZimu
1Yeke awunalo izaba, nanyana ungaba ngubani, wena ogweba abanye; nawugweba omunye umuntu uzilahla wena ngombana uthi ugweba abanye nje khibe nawe wenza yona into abayenzako leyo. 2Siyazi bona isigwebo sakaZimu kilabo abenza izinto ezinjalo singokweqiniso. 3Alo-ke wena, nanyana ungaba ngubani, udlumbana bona nawugweba labo abenza okunjalo khonapho khibe nawe uyakwenza lokho, uzakuphunyurha esigwebeni sakaZimu na? 4Kghani unyaza umusa omkhulu kaZimu nokunyamezela kwakhe okubanzi na? Awuboni bonyana uZimu unomusa ngombana uhlose bona utjhuguluke na? 5Kodwana ngobulikhuni bakho nangehliziyo engatjhugulukiko, uzikghubelelela itukuthelo ngelanga lelaka elizako lokha ukugweba okulungileko kwakaZimu nakwembulwako. 6Uzakuvuza omunye nomunye ngokwemisebenzakhe: 7Labo abaphikelele njalo ukwenza okulungileko, barhuluphele iphazimulo nedumo nokungabhubhi; uzobapha ukuphila okungapheliko. 8Kodwana labo abazifunela kwabo nabangalaleli iqiniso, balalela ukukhohlakala, bazokwehlelwa lilaka netukuthelo. 9Kuzokuba khona isizi neenhlungu kibo boke abenza ubumbi; kuzokuthoma ngomJuda kulandele umGirigi, 10kodwana kibo boke abenza okulungileko, kuzokuba khona iphazimulo, idumo nokuthula; kuthome ngomJuda kulandele umGirigi 11ngombana uZimu akakhethi ubuso.
12Boke abone bangaphandle komthetho, bazokubhujiswa bangaphandle komthetho; nabo boke abone bangaphasi komthetho, bazokugwetjwa ngomthetho. 13Yeke akusibo abezwa umthetho abangabalungileko phambi kwakaZimu, kodwana ngabenza okutjhiwo mthetho, labo-ke ngibo abazokulungisiswa. 14Lokha abatjhili, abanganawo umthetho, nabaphetha okutjhiwo mthetho ngaphandle kokuyalwa, labo-ke, nanyana banganawo umthetho, bamthetho ngokwabo. 15Bayakhombisa bonyana lokho okufunwa mthetho kutlolwe ngeenhliziyweni zabo, okufakazelwa ngunembeza wabo, nemikhumbulo yabo evuthako iyabalahla namkha ibahlambulule 16ngelanga, ukuya ngokwevangeli lami, mhlana uZimu azokugweba ngalo imicabango efihlakeleko yabo boke, ngoJesu Krestu.
AmaJuda kanye nomthetho
17Wena-ke ozibiza ngomJuda bese uthembela emthethweni bewuzigqaje ngokuba nobudlelwano noZimu, 18wazi intandwakhe bewuqunte nokobana ngikuphi okulungileko ngombana wena ukhamba ngomthetho; 19begodu unesiqiniseko sokobana umhlahli wesiphofu, umkhanyo walabo abasebumnyameni; 20umyali weendlhayela, umfundisi wabantwana, unalo loke ilwazi lomthetho neqiniso, 21alo-ke, wena ofundisa abanye, kubayini ungazifundisi wena na? Utjhumayela ngokujamelana nokweba khibe ngapha wena uyeba na? 22Wena ojamelene nokuhlobonga, uyahlobonga na? Wena onyenya abosingazimu, udlelezelelani amathempeli? 23Wena ozigqaja ngomthetho, uhlubukelani uZimu ngokwephula umthetho na? 24Iye, kutloliwe kwathiwa: “Ibizo lakaZimu liyahlanjalazwa phakathi kwabatjhili ngebanga lakho.”
25Ukusoka kunobubhadekelo nakube uphetha umthetho, kodwana nawephula umthetho, ukusoka kwakho semlunga ungakasoki. 26Yeke nakube labo abangakasoki baphetha okufunwa mthetho, ukungasoki kwabo akuzukuthathwa njengokusoka na? 27Ngalokho-ke abangakasoki enyameni kodwana abaphetha umthetho bazonilahla nina eninomthetho otloliweko begodu ninokusokwa kodwana nibe nephula umthetho. 28Umuntu akabi mJuda ngokubonakala ngaphandle, ngokunjalo nokusoka kwamambala akusikho okubonakalako nokwangaphandle. 29Kodwana umuntu uba mJuda ngaphakathi, ngokunjalo nokusoka kwamambala ngokwehliziyo, kuyinto kaMoya, akusingokwenyama. Umuntu onjalo ufunyana idumo kuZimu, ingasi ebantwini.
