17 Live liyendlula netinkhanuko talo, kodvwa lowo lowenta intsandvo yaNkulunkulu, uyawuphila kuze kube phakadze.
Kuyakwendlula konkhe, wena uhlale unjalo nje, konkhe kuyawuguga njengengubo. Yebo, njengengubo uyawukugucula kusakateke.
Ngifundzise kwenta intsandvo yakho, ngobe wena unguNkulunkulu wami. Moya wakho lomuhle akangiholele endleleni lebekile.
Impela, kuphila kwemuntfu kunjengesitfunti. Utihlupha ngelite nje. Ucongelela ingcebo, akabati labatawuyidla.
Onkhe emalanga etfu ekuphila endlula ngaphansi kwelulaka lwakho, iminyaka yetfu iyefika ibuye yendlule, sincane sesibibitfwane sesikhashana.
Nase kwendlule sihhushuhhushu, kubate losindzako kulababi; kodvwa lolungile uyawusima phakadze naphakadze.
Ngumuphi-ke emkhatsini wabo bobabili lowenta intsandvo yeyise?” Baphendvula batsi: “Ngulona wesibili.” Wase utsi: “Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Batselisi, netingwadla, netiphingi bayanengcelela embusweni waNkulunkulu.
Lizulu nemhlaba kuyakwendlula, kodvwa emavi ami wona angeke endlule.”
“Akusibo bonkhe labatsi kimi: ‘Nkhosi, Nkhosi,’ labayawungena embusweni welizulu, kodvwa ngulabo labenta intsandvo yaBabe losezulwini.
Ngobe wonkhe lowenta intsandvo yaNkulunkulu ngumnaketfu, nadzadzewetfu, namake.”
Kepha lowo loyawunatsa emanti lengiyawumnika wona, angeke aphindze ome naphakadze; ngobe emanti lengiyawumnika wona, ekhatsi kuye ayawuba ngumtfombo wemanti laphuphumako, kube kuphila lokuphakadze.”
Lesi-ke sinkhwa lesehla ezulwini, asifanani nesinkhwa lesadliwa bokhokho benu, babuye bafa. Lodla lesinkhwa uyawuphila kuze kube phakadze.”
Umuntfu nakatsandza kwenta intsandvo yaNkulunkulu utakwati ngalemfundziso yami, nome iphuma kuNkulunkulu, nome ngitikhulumela kwami nje.
Ningalilingisi lelive, kodvwa niguculwe ngekwentiwa kabusha kwengcondvo yenu, khona nitekwati kuhlolisisa loko lokuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu, nikwati lokuhle, nalokwemukelekako, nalokuphelele.
nalabasebentisa lelive babe njengalabangalisebentisi, ngobe simo salelive siyendlula.
Kanjalo-ke natsi, kusukela mhlazana siva ngani, asizange siyekele kunithandazela, sinincusela kutsi niphelele ekwatini intsandvo yaNkulunkulu ngekuhlakanipha nekucondza konkhe kwaMoya.
Uyanihambisa na-Ephafrasi longulomunye wakini, inceku yaKhristu Jesu, lonilwela ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi emkhulekweni, kuze nime, niphelele nisime ekwenteni intsandvo yaNkulunkulu.
Kuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu kungcweliswa kwenu, bubalekeleni bugwadla nebuphingi.
Bongani kuko konkhe, ngobe loko kuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu kuKhristu Jesu ngani.
Nidzinga kucinisela kuze kutsi nase nente intsandvo yaNkulunkulu, nitekwemukela loko lokwatsenjiswa nguye.
Ningakusho kanjani loko, njengobe ningalati likusasa lekuphila kwenu kutsi litawuba yini? Ngobe kuphila kwenu kunjengenkhungu, lechamuka ibonakale sikhashana, iphindze inyamalale.
Nkulunkulu uyawunigcina ngemandla akhe, njengobe nimetsemba, kube kusindziswa lokutakwembulwa ngesikhatsi sekugcina.
Ngako ngesikhatsi nisesemhlabeni, ningabe nisaphila ngetinkhanuko talelive, kodvwa ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu.