12 Kute umuntfu lowase wabona Nkulunkulu; nasitsandzana-ke, Nkulunkulu uhlala kitsi, nelutsandvo lwakhe luphelelisiwe kitsi.
Jakobe lendzawo wayetsa libito watsi: “yiPheniyeli,” lokusho kutsi: “Ngibonene naNkulunkulu buso nebuso, noko umphefumulo wami waphephiswa.”
Kodvwa ungeke ububone buso bami, ngobe kute umuntfu longabona buso bami abuye aphile.
Kuye ngikhuluma umlomo nemlomo, ngikhulume ebaleni, ngingabi ngigega liguma; ubukana nesimo saSimakadze. Nine-ke nisitsatsaphi lesibindzi lesingaka sekukhuluma kabi ngenceku yami, Mosi?”
Kute lowase wabona Nkulunkulu, ngaphandle kweNdvodzana letelwe yodvwa lenguNkulunkulu, lesesifubeni seYise, ngiyo lembonakalisile.
Kutsatfu lokuyawuhlala kumile: kukholwa, kwetsemba, nelutsandvo. Kodvwa lokukhulu kunako konkhe lutsandvo.
Kuyo iNkhosi yetikhatsi, lengabhubhi, nalengabonwa ngemehlo enyama, nalekungiyo yodvwa lenguNkulunkulu, akube ludvumo nebukhosi phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
Nguye yedvwa longabhubhi lohlala ekukhanyeni lekungasondzeleki kuko, longazange asabonwe ngumuntfu, nalongeke abonwe ngumuntfu. Kuye akube ludvumo nemandla aphakadze. Amen.
Ngekukholwa Mosi wesuka eGibhithe, angesabi kutfukutsela kwenkhosi yakhona; wacinisela kwaba shangatsi uyambona longabonwa.
Kodvwa lowo logcina livi lakhe, lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu luphelelisiwe kuye; ngaloko singaba neliciniso lekutsi sikuye.
Umuntfu logcina imiyalo yaNkulunkulu uhlala kuNkulunkulu, naNkulunkulu uhlala kuye. Nkulunkulu wasinika Moya wakhe, nguko lesibona ngako kutsi Nkulunkulu uhlala kitsi.
Tsine siyalwati lutsandvo Nkulunkulu lasitsandza ngalo, futsi siyakholwa ngilo. Nkulunkulu ulutsandvo. Umuntfu lohlala elutsandvweni uhlala kuNkulunkulu, naNkulunkulu uhlala kuye.
Umuntfu nakatsi: “Ngiyamtsandza Nkulunkulu,” kepha abe atondza umzalwane wakhe, ungulocalemanga; ngobe umuntfu longamtsandzi umzalwane wakhe lambonako, angeke amtsandze Nkulunkulu langazange asambone.
Tsine sibaNkulunkulu, lomatiko Nkulunkulu uyasiva, lowo longesiye waNkulunkulu akasiva. Siwehlukanisa ngaloko-ke umoya weliciniso nemoya wekweduka.