9 Yebo, kona, tsine ngekwetfu besesibona kutsi litfunti lekufa selisengeme. Leyontfo yasifundzisa kutsi singatetsembi tsine, kodvwa setsembe Nkulunkulu; ngobe nguye yedvwa lovusa labafile.
Nami-ke ngitakuvumela kutsi sandla sakho sangesekudla singakusindzisa.
Yebo, bonkhe labacebile emhlabeni, bayawudla bakhotsame embikwakhe; bonkhe labayakuya phansi elutfulini, bayawuguca embikwakhe bakhonte, yebo, nabo bonkhe labangeke batibambe kutsi bafe.
Umuntfu lomubi ucitfwa kutiphatsa kabi kwakhe; kodvwa lolungile uyasindza ngekuhlonipheka kwakhe.
Umuntfu lotetsemba yena usilima; kodvwa lohamba ngekuhlakanipha uyawuphepha.
Ngatsi mine: “Kantsi kutawutsi nase ngikhulile nginemandla, ngiyakwendlula emasangweni ekufa, ngidlelelwe incenye yeminyaka lesasele yemphilo yami?”
Nangabe ngitjela lolungile kutsi ngempela utawuphila, kodvwa yena bese wetsembela kuloko kulunga kwakhe, ente lokubi, kute nome sinye kuletento takhe letinhle latente kucala lesiyawukhunjulwa; uyakufa ngenca yaloko lokubi lakwentile.
Jesu wabatjela futsi nankhu umfanekiso acondzise kubantfu labetsemba kulunga kwabo bese bababukela phansi labanye bantfu:
Kubhaliwe kutsi: “Ngenca yakho sibasengotini yekufa lonkhe lilanga; sitsatfwa njengetimvu tekuhlatjwa.”
Nkulunkulu wasikhulula kuleyo ngoti yekufa. Nanyalo usetawusikhulula futsi. Litsemba letfu silibeke kuye kwekutsi uyawusikhulula nangemuso,
Asitsandzi, bazalwane, kutsi ningete nati ngetinhlupheko tetfu letasehlela ngesikhatsi sisese-Asiya. Lapho satfolana nebulukhuni lobabungetulu kwemandla etfu kangangekutsi sacishe salahlekelwa nalitsemba lekuphila.
Akusho noko kwekutsi sinemandla ekwenta lutfo ngekwetfu; kute lokuphuma kitsi, kepha emandla etfu avela kuNkulunkulu,
Kepha lamagugu lesinawo siwaphetse ngetitja telibumba. Loko kubonakalisa kutsi lamandla lamakhulu kangaka akasiwo etfu kepha ngaNkulunkulu.
Abrahama wabona kutsi Nkulunkulu unemandla ekuvusa umuntfu ngisho kulabafile; ngiko nje, ngekufanekisa, Abrahama emukela Isaka asaphila.