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Khona iNkosi izakuthi kwabangakwesokunene sayo: Wozani lina elibusiswe nguBaba, lidle ilifa lombuso eliwulungiselweyo selokhu kwasekelwa umhlaba.
Kwathi esephumela endleleni, kwagijima omunye, waguqa phambi kwakhe, wambuza wathi: Mfundisi Olungileyo, ngenzeni ukuze ngidle ilifa lempilo elaphakade?
Uma kungomusa, akusayi ngemisebenzi; uma kungenjalo, umusa awuseyiwo umusa. kepha uma kuya ngemisebenzi, akuseyiwo umusa; uma kungenjalo umsebenzi awusewumsebenzi.
Ngakho siphetha ngokuthi umuntu ulungisiswa ngokholo ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yomthetho.
Ngakho-ke kungokholo, ukuze kube ngomusa; ukuze isithembiso siqiniseke kuyo yonke inzalo; kungeyisikho lokho okungokomthetho kuphela, kodwa nakulokho okungokukholwa kuka-Abrahama; ongubaba wethu sonke.
Njalo uba singabantwana, siyizindlalifa; izindlalifa zikaNkulunkulu, lezindlalifa kanye loKristu; uma kambe sihlupheka kanye naye, ukuze siphiwe inkazimulo futhi kanye naye.
Babenjalo abanye kini, kepha senagezwa, senangcweliswa, senalungisiswa egameni leNkosi uJesu Kristu nangoMoya kaNkulunkulu wethu.
sisazi ukuthi umuntu kalungisiswa ngemisebenzi yomthetho, kodwangokholo lukaJesu Kristu, lathi sakholwa kuKristu Jesu, ukuze silungisiswe ngokukholwa kuKristu, njalo kungeyisikho ngemisebenzi yomlayo; ngoba ngemisebenzi yomthetho kakulanyama ezalungisiswa.
Ngakho-ke awuseyona inceku, kodwa indodana; uma uyindodana, uyindlalifa kaNkulunkulu ngoKristu.
Kepha iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu uqobo, noNkulunkulu uBaba wethu owasithandayo nowasipha ngomusa induduzo yaphakade nethemba elihle;
ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uNkulunkulu ongenakuqamba amanga akuthembisa kungakabikho umhlaba;
silindele ithemba elibusisiweyo, nokubonakala kwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu omkhulu noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu;
Azisibo yini zonke omoya abakhonzayo, abathunyelwe ukukhonza ngenxa yalabo abayakuba yizindlalifa zensindiso na?
Ngokukholwa uNowa, exwayisiwe nguNkulunkulu ngezinto ebezingakabonwa, ngokwesaba wakha umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe; ngalo walahla umhlaba, waba yindlalifa yokulunga okungokukholwa.
Ngokholo wagogobala elizweni lesithembiso njengowezizwe, ehlala emathenteni kanye loIsaka loJakobe, ababeyizindlalifa kanye laye zalesosithembiso;
Ngakho uNkulunkulu, ethanda kakhulu kakhulu ukubonisa izindlalifa zesithembiso ukungaguquleki kwecebo lakhe, wakuqinisa ngesifungo;
Lalelani, bazalwane bami abathandekayo: UNkulunkulu kabakhethanga yini abampofu balumhlaba ukuba bacebe ekukholweni, lezindlalifa zombuso awuthembisayo abamthandayo?
Kanjalo nani madoda, hlalani nabo ngokokwazi, nibanike udumo njengesitsha esibuthakathaka kakhudlwana, nanjengezindlalifa kanye nani zomusa wokuphila; ukuze imikhuleko yenu ithiye.