Ngiyakubeka ubutha phakathi kwakho nowesifazane, naphakathi kwenzalo yakho nenzalo yakhe; yona iyakuchoboza ikhanda lakho, wena uyakulimaza isithende sayo.
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Ngiyakubeka ubutha phakathi kwakho nowesifazane, naphakathi kwenzalo yakho nenzalo yakhe; yona iyakuchoboza ikhanda lakho, wena uyakulimaza isithende sayo.
Kepha wena, Betlehema Efrata, noma umncane phakathi kwezinkulungwane zakwaJuda, uyakuphuma kuwe eze kimi, oyakuba ngumbusi kwa-Israyeli; okuphuma kwawo kwakusukela endulo, kwaphakade.
Khona iNkosi izakuthi kwabangakwesokunene sayo: Wozani lina elibusiswe nguBaba, lidle ilifa lombuso eliwulungiselweyo selokhu kwasekelwa umhlaba.
yena esenikelwe ngecebo elimisiweyo nangokwazi kukaNkulunkulu ngaphambili, namthatha, ngezandla zababi nambethela, nambulala;
ammisileyo uNkulunkulu, abe yinhlawulo ngokukholwa egazini lakhe, ukuze kubonakaliswe ukulunga kwakhe ngenxa yokuthethelelwa kwezono ezenziwe ngaphambili, ngokubekezela kukaNkulunkulu;
Ngokuba labo ayebazi ngaphambili wabamisa ngaphambili bafane nomfanekiso weNdodana yakhe, ukuze yona ibe yizibulo phakathi kwabazalwane abaningi.
Kodwa kwathi ukuphelela kwesikhathi sekufikile, uNkulunkulu wathuma iNdodana yakhe, eyazalwa ngowesifazana, yazalwa ngaphansi komthetho.
ukuze ekuhleleni kokuphelela kwezikhathi abuthele ndawonye zonke izinto kuKristu, ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni; nakuye:
Njengalokho wasikhetha kuye ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe, ukuze sibe ngcwele, singasoleki phambi kwakhe othandweni;
nokwenza bonke babone ukuthi iyini inhlanganyelo yemfihlakalo ebifihliwe kuNkulunkulu kusukela kwasekuqaleni, owadala izinto zonke ngoJesu Kristu;
ngitsho imfihlakalo ebifihliwe kusukela kudala lezizukulwaneni, kodwa khathesi ibonakalisiwe kwabangcwele bakhe;
Futhi ngokungangabazeki inkulu imfihlakalo yokumesaba uNkulunkulu: UNkulunkulu wabonakaliswa enyameni, walungisiswa emoyeni, wabonwa yizingelosi, washunyayelwa kwabezizwe, wakholeka emhlabeni, wemukelwa enkazimulweni.
Ekugcineni kwalezinsuku ukhulumile kithi ngeNdodana ayimise ibe yindlalifa yakho konke, futhi enza ngayo futhi izwe;
Ngakho lokhu abantwana bahlanganyela igazi lenyama, laye uqobo wahlanganyela khona lokho; ukuze ngokufa ambhubhise lowo owayenamandla okufa, okungukuthi, uSathane;
Ngokuba ngabe ngabe uhluphekile kaningi selokhu kwasekelwa izwe, kepha manje usebonakalisiwe kanye ekupheleni kwezwe ukuba asuse isono ngomhlatshelo wakhe.
ngokokwazi ngaphambili kukaNkulunkulu uBaba ngokungcweliswa kukaMoya, kube ekulaleleni nasekufafazweni kwegazi likaJesu Kristu: Makwandiswe kini umusa nokuthula.
(Ngokuba ukuphila kwabonakaliswa, futhi sikubonile, futhi siyafakaza, futhi sinibikela ukuphila okuphakade, okwakunoBaba, futhi kwabonakaliswa kithi;)
Niyazi ukuthi yena wabonakaliswa, ukuze asuse izono zethu; njalo kakulasono kuye.
Owenza isono ungokaSathane; ngoba uSathane uyona kwasekuqaleni. Ngalokho iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yabonakaliswa, ukuze ichithe imisebenzi kaSathane.
Nabo bonke abakhileyo emhlabeni bayakukhuleka kuso, abamagama abo angalotshwanga encwadini yokuphila yeWundlu elihlatshiweyo kusukela ekusekelweni komhlaba.