KWABASEROMA 13

₁Wonke umntu makathobele abasemagunyeni, kuba akukho gunya lingaveli kuThixo. Amagunya akhoyo amiselwe nguThixo. ₂Ngoko ke, ochasene namagunya uphikisa ummiselo kaThixo; yaye ke wonke umntu owenza loo nto uzibizela ukugwetywa. ₃Kaloku abaphathi aba aboyikeki kubantu abalungisayo, boyikeka kwabonayo. Ukuba ufuna ukungamoyiki osemagunyeni, yenza okulungileyo, yaye ke uya kukuncoma. ₄Kaloku abasemagunyeni zizicaka zikaThixo, khon' ukuze kulungelwe kwawena. Kodwa, ukuba uthe wenza into embi yoyika, kuba abasemagunyeni banikwe igunya lokohlwaya. Kaloku bazizicaka zikaThixo; bayaphindezela, bamohlwaye lowo wonayo. ₅Ngoko ke bathobeleni abasemagunyeni, ingengakuba nisoyika isohlwayo kuphela, kodwa nangenxa yokuhlonela uThixo.

₆Nirhafa nje kaloku, kungenxa yokuba abasemagunyeni bangamagosa kaThixo, ngakumbi xa besenza umsebenzi wabo. ₇Ngoko ke bonke banikeni okubafaneleyo – irhafu kofanelwe yirhafu, umrhumo kofanelwe ngumrhumo, ukuhlonitshwa kofanelwe kukuhlonitshwa, imbeko kofanelwe yimbeko.

₈Musani ukuba natyala lanto mntwini, lingelilo elokuthandana. Kaloku omthandayo omnye uwuthobele ngokupheleleyo umthetho. ₉Imiyalelo ethi: “Uze ungakrexezi, uze ungabulali, uze ungebi, uze ungangqini buxoki, uze unganqweneli,” nokuba nguwuphi umyalelo ongomnye, ushwankathelwa ngelithi: “Uze umthande ummelwane wakho kanye ngale ndlela uzithanda ngayo nawe.” ₁₀Olu thando ke alunakuze lone mntu. Ngoko ke ukuthanda kukuwuthobela ngokupheleleyo umthetho.

₁₁Masenjenjalo ke, sisazi nje ukuba eli selilixesha lokuba sivuke ebuthongweni. Kaloku usindiso lukufuphi kuthi ngoku kunasekuqaleni kwethu ukukholwa. ₁₂Ubusuku buhambile, sekuza kusa. Masahlukane ke ngoko nemisebenzi yobumnyama, sixhobe ngezikrweqe zokukhanya. ₁₃Masiziphathe ngokundileka njengabahamba emini, singabi sezindywaleni nasekunxileni, ekuhenyuzeni nasekurheletyeni, singabi namona nazinkani. ₁₄INkosi uYesu Krestu mayibe sisikrweqe senu, ningasilungiseleli isimo senu esonakeleyo ukuze nanelise iinkanuko zaso.