18 Ubatjele kutsi bente lokuhle, bacebe emisebentini lemihle, babelane, bephane.
Wangcwatjwa emadlizeni emakhosi eDolobheni laDavide ngenca yebuhle labebentile ka-Israyeli, abentela Nkulunkulu nelithempeli lakhe.
Labamphofu ubapha ngekukhululeka; kulunga kwakhe kuyawuma kuze kube phakadze. Uyawuba nemandla, ahlonipheke.
Tsemba kuSimakadze, wente lokuhle, uhlale eveni, uve bumnandzi bekudla emadlelweni laluhlata.
Ekuseni hlanyela inhlanyelo yakho, ungayekeli kusebenta lize liyewushona, ngobe awuyati lenguyona itawuphumelela, kutsi ngulena yini nome nguleyo, nome totimbili tiyawuphumelela kahle ngalokufananako.
Ngiyati kutsi kute lokuncono ngaphandle kwekutsi bajabule baphile imphilo lekahle basesemhlabeni.
Kodvwa umuntfu locotfo wakha emasu lacotfo; imisebenti yakhe lehloniphekile imente eme.
Akusiko yini kuhlephulelana kudla kwakho nalabalambile, nekulalisa tihambi endlini yakho, nekutsi nawubona lohlubulile umembulele, ungagucukeli labo labayinyama nengati yakho?
Muphe locela lutfo kuwe, ungamtsalaliseli lofuna kuboleka kuwe.”
“Kunjalo-ke kulowo lotibekela umcebo, kantsi akacebi kuNkulunkulu.”
Waphendula watsi: “Nangabe unemahembe lamabili, nika lomunye longenalo libe linye, lonekudla akacetunele labanye.”
Niyati futsi ngaJesu waseNazaretha, kutsi Nkulunkulu wamgcoba kanjani ngaMoya Longcwele nangemandla nekutsi waya kuyo yonkhe indzawo enta lokuhle aphilisa bonkhe lababecindzetelwe ngemandla aSathane, ngobe Nkulunkulu abenaye.
Bafundzi bavumelana kutsi ngulowo nalowo atfumele loko langakutfumela kusita bazalwane baseJudiya.
EJopha kwakunemfati labelikholwa anguThabitha. Libito lakhe ngesiGriki kwakunguDokhasi, (lokusho kutsi “inyamatane”), abecitsa sonkhe sikhatsi sakhe ngekwenta lokuhle ngekusita timphuya.
Hlanganyelani nalabangcwele ekwesweleni kwabo, nikhutsale ekungeniseni tihambi.
Lonesipho sekukhutsata labanye, akabakhutsate; lowabako akwente ngekungakhetsi; longumholi ahole ngesineke, lonesihawu, akasente ngekujabula.
Njalo nje ngelilanga lekucala evikini, akube ngulowo nalowo alondvolote loko lokumlingene, kuze kutsi iminikelo ingentiwa sengikhona.
Nangabe umuntfu atimisele ngekunikela, akukabhekeki kutsi anikele ngaloko late kona, kodvwa ubhekeke kunikela ngaloko lanako.
Ngobe niyawati umusa weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, kutsi nome abecebile, kodvwa ngenca yenu waba luphuya, kuze kutsi ngebuphuya bakhe anente nicebe.
Ngako-ke njengobe sinematfuba nje, asente lokuhle kubo bonkhe bantfu, ikakhulu kubendlu yaketfu yekukholwa.
Lisela alingabe liseba, kepha kunaloko alikhutsale, lisebente lokuhle ngetandla talo, khona litewuba nako lelingahle likwabele labadzingako.
Kufanele atiwe ngetento takhe letinhle, njengemuntfu lowake wondla wakhulisa bantfwana, waphatsa kahle tihambi, wageza tinyawo talabangcwele, wasita labahluphekile, futsi kufanele abe ngulabetinikele kwenta lokuhle nome ngayiphi indlela.
Yena watinikela ngenca yetfu, kuze atesihlenga ebubini bonkhe atingcwelisele sive lesisakhe, lesinenshisekelo kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle.
Lelivi licinisile. Ngifisa kutsi ukugcizelele loku, kuze labo labakholwe kuNkulunkulu bakhutsalele kwenta imisebenti lemihle. Loku kuhle, futsi kunelusito kubantfu.
Ningakuyekeli kwenta lokuhle nekuhlephunelana loko leninako, ngobe iminikelo lenjalo iyamtfokotisa Nkulunkulu.
Ase nilalele, bazalwane bami labatsandzekako! Nkulunkulu akabakhetsanga yini labaphuyile lapha emhlabeni kutsi babe ngulabacebile ekukholweni, netindlalifa embusweni lawetsembisa labo labamtsandzako?
Akakhweshe kulokubi ente lokulungile; akajonge kuthula ngemandla akhe onkhe.
Nangabe umuntfu anako kwelive bese ubona umzalwane wakhe loswele, angamhawukeli, angasho kanjani kutsi lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu luhlala enhlitiyweni yakhe?
Wena lotsandzekako, ungasilandzeli sibonelo lesibi, kepha ubolandzela sibonelo lesihle. Umuntfu lowenta lokulungile waNkulunkulu; kepha umuntfu lowenta lokubi akazange asambone Nkulunkulu.