Wagucukela kuSara watsi: “Umnakenu sengimnike emasiliva layinkhulungwane; loku kufakaza kubo bonkhe laba kutsi awunacala, kute lokubi lokwentile.”
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Wagucukela kuSara watsi: “Umnakenu sengimnike emasiliva layinkhulungwane; loku kufakaza kubo bonkhe laba kutsi awunacala, kute lokubi lokwentile.”
Ngingamane ngijeziswe ngumuntfu lolungile, loko kungumusa kimi; angamane angitsetsise, loko kungemafutsa enhloko yami, kodvwa umkhuleko wami uphambene netento letimbi talababi.
Umuntfu longayinaki imphatfocotfo uyaphuya ahlazeke; kodvwa umuntfu lowemukela kutsetsiswa uyakuhlonipheka.
Nawujezisa sidvwaladvwala, silima sifundza kuhlakanipha; nawutsetsisa umuntfu lohlakaniphile, yena utawuzuza lwati.
Njengelicici legolide, nanjengemhlobiso loligugu, linjalo livi leseluleko kulolivako alente.
Labo labephula umtsetfo ngemabomu badvumisa lababi; kodvwa labo labahlonipha umtsetfo baphambana nebantfu lababi.
labo labenta umuntfu adliwe licala ngeligama linye nje, bambekele lugibe lowo lotsetsa emacala enkhundleni, ngebufakazi bemanga baphambukise umtsetfocotfo, badlelele longenacala.
Angizange sengihlale emkhambatsini webatsandzi bemadzili, angizange sengitijabulise kanye nabo. Ngahlala ngedvwana, ngobe sandla sakho sasisetikwami, wawungigcwalise ngentfukutselo enhlityweni.
“ ‘Ungamtondzi umnakenu enhlitiyweni yakho; yekhuta makhelwane wakho ungamgegi, funa wetfwale licala kanye naye.
“Nangabe umzalwane onile nome akonile, hamba kuye umbonise liphutsa lakhe ninobabili. Nakulalela, uyawube umzuzile lomzalwane.
Kodvwa Johane abeyisola inkhosi Herodi ngekutsatsa umkhula wayo lobekanguHerodiyasi. Kantsi futsi kunyenti lokubi labesakwentile loHerodi.
Utawuvula emehlo abo, kuze besuke ebumnyameni bagucukele ekukhanyeni besuke nasemandleni aSathane baye kuNkulunkulu, kuze batsetselelwe tono tabo babelwe nendzawo emkhatsini walabahlantwe ngekukholwa kimi.’ ”
Busuku sebuyaphela, imini seyisondzele. Ngako-ke asilahle yonkhe imisebenti yebumnyama, sihlome tikhali tekukhanya.
Ngiyanincenga, bazalwane bami, kutsi nicaphele labo lababanga kwehlukana netikhubekiso, baphambane nemfundziso lenayemukela; labo bagegeni.
Natfolani-ke ngekwenta leto tintfo leseninemahloni ngato nyalo? Phela siphetfo saleto tintfo kufa!
Ngobe lowo lohlanyela enyameni yakhe, uyawuvuna kubola kuyo; kodvwa lohlanyela kuMoya waNkulunkulu, uyawuvuna kuphila lokuphakadze kulowo Moya.
Nangabe kukhona longafuni kulalela loku lesikushoko kulencwadzi, mbukisiseni, ningahlanganyeli naye, khona atewudliwa ngemahloni.
Siyaniyala, bazalwane, egameni leNkhosi Jesu Khristu kutsi nibagege bazalwane labangemavila nalabangayilandzeli imiyalo lesaninika yona.
Labo labonako ubasole ubekhute embikwabo bonkhe, khona nalabo labanye batewuhlala ngekwesaba.
Ungasheshi kubeka tandla kunome ngukubani, futsi ungabambisani nemuntfu etonweni takhe; tigcine umsulwa.
nemsindvo wembango longapheli webantfu labanengcondvo leyonakele, futsi labemukwe neliciniso, bacabange kutsi kwesaba Nkulunkulu yindlela yenzuzo.
Bayawuba nesimo sekumesaba Nkulunkulu, kodvwa babe bawaphika emandla ako; labo-ke ubakhweshele.
Shumayela livi, ulimele nome tikhatsi tivuma nome tingavumi; sola, ucwayise, uyale ngako konkhe kubeketela nekufundzisa.
Ngase ngiphindze ngiva lelinye livi liphuma ezulwini litsi: “Sive sami, phumani kuyo, ningahlanganyeli nayo etonweni tayo, funa nehlelwe kuhlushwa kanye nayo.