UKrestu waba yihlawulo kwaba kanye
1Njengombana umthetho unesithunzi sezinto ezihle ezizako, ungasibo ubujamo bamambala bazo izintwezo, angeze ngayo leyo mihlabelo enikelwa mlibe qobe mnyaka ilungisise labo abatjhidelako. 2Nangathana bekungasinjalo, beyingeze yaliswa bona ingasanikelwa na? Lokho kutjho bona abalotjhi bebazobe bahlanjululwe kwaba kanye bangasenaso isazelo sesono. 3Kodwana kunalokho imihlabelo leyo isikhumbuzo sesono umnyaka nomnyaka 4ngombana akwenzeki bona iingazi zeenkunzi nezeembuzi zisuse izono.
5Ngesizathweso uKrestu nakafika ephasinapha wathi:
“Imihlabelo neminikelo yeenthoro awuyithokozeli;
kodwana ungilungisele umzimba;
6iye, imihlabelo yokutjhiswa
neyehlambululo awuyibizi.
7Nje-ke ngithe, ‘Qala, ngizile
njengombana ngitlolelwe njalo emsongweni.
Ngiyathanda ukwenza intandwakho Zimami.’ ”
8Kokuthoma uthe: “Imihlabelo neminikelo, iye, iminikelo yokutjhiswa neyesono azange uyibize namkha uthokoze ngayo.” Yona inikelwa ngokuya ngokomthetho. 9Godu uthe: “Qala ngize bona ngizokwenza intando yakho.” Ususe kokuthoma kobana ajamise kwesibili. 10Kungentando yakhe leyo sicwengisiwe kwaba kanye ngomnikelo womzimba kaJesu Krestu.
11Ngiloyo naloyo umphristi ujama emsebenzinakhe ilanga nelanga, anikela kanenginengi yona iminikelo leyo engasoze yasusa izono. 12Kodwana uKrestu sele anikele kwaba kanye ngomhlabelo owodwa ngebanga lezono, wahlala ngesidleni sakaZimu. 13Kusukela kwangesikhatheso ulindele izitha zakhe bonyana zenziwe sinabelo seenyawo zakhe 14ngombana ngomhlabelo owodwa uphelelise boke abahlanjululweko.
15Godu uMoya oCwengileko ufakaza kithi ngalokho; kokuthoma uthi:
16“Nasi isivumelwano engizasenza nabo
ngemva kwesikhatheso;
ngizakubeka umthethwami emikhumbulwenabo,
ngiwutlole eenhliziyweni zabo.
Kutjho uSomnini.”
17Godu ungezelela ngokuthi:
“Mbala ngizakucolela ubukhohlakali babo,
ngingasakhumbula icala labo.”
18Lapha kunokulitjalelwa kwalokho, akusekho umhlabelo wesono.
Asibandameleni kuZimu
19Ngalokho bazalwana, njengombana sinesiqiniseko sokungangena endaweni ecwengileko ngeengazi zakaJesu, 20ngendlela etja nephilako asivulela yona ngetjhila elisithileko okutjho ngenyama yakhe, 21begodu njengombana sinomphristi omkhulu wendlu kaZimu, 22asibandameleni ngehliziyo eqinisileko, ngethemba elipheleleko lokukholwa; iinhliziyo zethu zifafaziwe esazelweni esimbi nemizimba yethu ihlanzwe ngamanzi ahlanzekileko. 23Nje-ke asibambisiseni ethembeni lokukholwa kwethu esikuvumako ngaphandle kokuzaza ngombana uthembekile loyo othembisileko. 24Asitjhejeni bona singakhuthazana njani ethandweni nemisebenzini emihle; 25singakudeli ukuhlangana njengombana kunjalo kwabanye; kodwana asikhuthazaneni omunye nomunye, khulukhulu njengombana nibona bonyana ilanga selitjhidele.
26Nakube siyakhunyalala siraga ngokona emva kokobana sesamukele ukwazi kweqiniso, awusekho umhlabelo wokuhlawulela izono, 27kwaphela ukulindela ukugwetjwa okusabekako nobukhali bomlilo obuzakuqothula amaphikakani. 28Odelela umthetho kaMosi uzakufa ngaphandle kokurhawukelwa ngabofakazi ababili namkha abathathu. 29Alo, ucabanga bona uzakuhlunguphazwa kangangani loyo oqalela phasi iNdodana kaZimu, athi iingazi zesivumelwano ezimcwengisako zisilaphele abuye ahlambalaze noMoya womusa na? 30Ngombana siyamazi loyo owathi:
“Ukubuyiselela kungokwami;
ngimi ozakubuyisela.”
Wabuye wathi:
“USomnini uzakugweba isizwe sakhe.”
31Kuyinto esabekako ukuwela esandleni sakaZimu ophilako.
32Khumbulani amalanga waphambilini, ekwathi senikhanyiselwe, naqinisela ebunzimeni obukhulu beenhlupheko. 33Ngesinye isikhathi vane phele kubukiswe ngani emtarini nibandezelekile; kesinye isikhathi nibahlanganyeli nalabo abaphathwa njalo. 34Nazwelana nalabo ababotjhiweko; nakhonapho navuma ukumukwa ipahla yenu ngokwazi bona nina ninepahla engcono ehlala unomphelo. 35Nje-ke ningaphelelwa lithemba lenu, linomvuzo omkhulu. 36Nidinga ukunyamezela khona kuzakuthi senenze intando kaZimu, namukele isithembiso: 37Ngombana sekusikhatjhana esifitjhani,
“ozako uyeza,
angekhe ariyade.
38Olungileko wami uzakuphila ngokukholwa;
kodwana nangabe uhlehlela emuva;
umphefumulwami awuzukuthokoza ngaye.”
39Kodwana thina asisibo abahlehlela emuva babhujiswe, kodwana sihlangana nalabo abakholwako basindiswe.
