Labahlakaniphile batsi bangatilalela kwengeteke lwati lwabo; nalabanengcondvo batsi bangatifundza batente, batfole bungcweti,
Watsi asakhuluma lomphrofethi, inkhosi yamjuba lulwimi yatsi: “Sesikubeke kutsi ube ngumeluleki wenkhosi yini wena? Thula! Ulahleka phansi khona nyalo!” Lomphrofethi wathula, kodvwa waloyela watsi: “Manje ngiyati kutsi Nkulunkulu sewumise kutsi akubulale, ngobe wente loku, wangete wasitsatsa seluleko sami.”
“Ngako lalelani lapha kimi, nine bantfu labanekucondza. Akube khashane naNkulunkulu kuba ngumenti walokubi, kwenta bubi akube khashane naSomandla.
“Nangabe unako kucondza, lalela lapha, lalela loko lengitakusho.
“Vanini emavi ami, nine labahlakaniphile; lalelani mine, nine bantfu labafundze bagogodzela.
“Emadvodza lanekuhlakanipha ayasho, nemadvodza lanekucondza langivako, atangitjela:
Umuntfu lotsandza kuyalwa utsandza lwati; kodvwa lotondza kucondziswa usilima.
Sedzeleli sifuna kuhlakanipha singakutfoli; kodvwa lwati lutfolakala kalula kumuntfu lonekucondza.
Umuntfu lonengcondvo leyehlukanisako uyaluzuza lwati, nendlebe yalohlakaniphile ifunana nelwati.
Nawujezisa sidvwaladvwala, silima sifundza kuhlakanipha; nawutsetsisa umuntfu lohlakaniphile, yena utawuzuza lwati.
Longenalwati ufundza kuhlakanipha, nakabona lesinye silima sijeziswa; lohlakaniphile nakafundziswa, utfola lwati.
Lalelani imfundziso yami, ningayedzeleli; nitawuhlakanipha.
Ungaseluleki sedzeleli, ngobe sitakutondza; yeluleka lohlakaniphile, yena utakutsandza.
Nawuyala umuntfu lohlakaniphile, utawusuka ahlakaniphe kakhulu; nawufundzisa umuntfu lolungile, yena usuka engete kulokufundza kwakhe.
Kukhona lokunye lengikubonile lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga: Ematubane lamakhulu akusiwo lenta umuntfu aphumelele emncintiswaneni, nemandla akusiwo lenta uncobe ekulweni, kantsi nekudla akutfolwa ngulabahlakaniphile bodvwa, nebunjinga abusibo balabakhaliphe ngengcondvo kuphela, nemphumelelo ayisiyo yalabanelikhono; kodvwa sikhatsi nematfuba kubehlela bonkhe.
Ngikhuluma kini njengakubantfu labahlakaniphile; phenyisisani kahle kutsi ngisho kutsini.
Ngako yigcineni niyicaphelisise, ngobe loko kuyawuba kuhlakanipha nekucondza kwenu emehlweni aleto tive letiyakuva ngayo yonkhe lemiyalo, bese titsi: ‘Impela lesive lesikhulu sisive lesihlakaniphile nalesinekucondza.’