KWABASEROMA 12

₁Ngakho ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ngobubele bukaNkulunkulu ukuba ninikele imizimba yenu ibe-ngumnikelo ophilileyo, ongcwele, othandeka kuNkulunkulu, kube-ngukukhonza kwenu kokuqonda;

₂ningalingisi lelizwe, kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibentsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nibe-nokuhlolisisa okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle, nokuthandekayo, nokupheleleyo.

₃Ngokuba ngomusa engiwuphiweyo ngisho kulowo nalowo phakathi kwenu ukuthi angacabangi athi mkhulu kunalokho afanele ukukucabanga, kodwa acabange kube-ngokuqonda, njengalokho uNkulunkulu abele lowo nalowo isilinganiso sokukholwa.

₄Ngokuba njengalokhu sinezitho eziningi emzimbeni munye, kepha izitho zonke azinamsebenzi munye,

₅kanjalo thina esibaningi simzimba munye kuKristu, kepha ngabanye siyizitho, omunye esomunye.

₆Sinezipho zomusa ezahlukileyo ngokomusa esiwuphiweyo; uma singesokuprofetha, asiprofethe ngesilinganiso sokukholwa;

₇uma singesokukhonza, kube-senkonzweni; ofundisayo, kube-sekufundiseni,

₈oyalayo, ekuyaleni; owabayo, enze ngobuqotho; oholayo, ngenkuthalo; ohawukelayo, ngentokozo.

₉Uthando malungabi-nakuzenzisa; nenyanye okubi, nibambelele kokuhle;

₁₀thandanani ngenhliziyo ngothando lobuzalwane; ekwazisaneni nandulelane;

₁₁ekukhuthaleni ningenqeni, nivuthe emoyeni, nikhonze iNkosi;

₁₂ethembeni nithokoze; osizini nibekezele; ekukhulekeni niqinisele njalo;

₁₃hlanganyelani nabangcwele ekusweleni kwabo, nikhuthalele ukungenisa izihambi.

₁₄Babusiseni abanizingelayo; busisani, ningaqalekisi.

₁₅Thokozani nabathokozayo, nikhale nabakhalayo.

₁₆Manibe-nhliziyonye; ningazindli okuphakemeyo, kodwa yaneliswani ngokuphansi. Ningazishayi abahlakaniphileyo.

₁₇Ningaphindiseli-muntu okubi ngokubi; nakani okuhle phambi kwabantu bonke;

₁₈uma kungenzeka, ngokwenu hlalisanani ngokuthula nabantu bonke;

₁₉ningaziphindiseli nina-bathandwa, kodwa dedelani ulaka, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ngokwami ukuphindisela, ngiyakubuyisela mina, isho iNkosi.

₂₁Unganqotshwa ngokubi, kodwa nqoba okubi ngokuhle.