13 Ngobe labantfu babaphostolimbumbulu, tisebenti temanga; batenta shangatsi baphostoli baKhristu.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze Somandla, utsi: “Ningakulaleli lokuphrofethwa baphrofethi kini, banigcwalisa ngematsemba langemanga. Bakhuluma imibono yetingcondvo tabo, hhayi lokuphuma emlonyeni waSimakadze.
Ningawalaleli emavi ebaphrofethi labatsi kini: ‘Ningeke niyikhonte inkhosi yaseBhabhulona,’ ngobe baphrofetha emanga.
“Kwase kungena lesisebenti lesasinikwe lithalenta linye, safike satsi: ‘Nkhosi, ngatile kutsi ungumuntfu lonelulaka. Uvuna lapho ungazange sewuhlanyele khona, ubutse lapho ungazange sewusakate khona.
Lamanye emadvodza laphuma eJudiya aya e-Antiyokhi acala afundzisa bazalwane atsi: “Ningeke nisindziswe naningakasoki njengekusho kwelisiko laMosi.”
“Sivile kutsi labanye betfu befike lapho banikhatsata banidzidza tingcondvo ngetimfundziso tabo; noko abakatfunywa ngitsi kutsi bakwente loko.
Emkhatsini wenu kuyawuvela bantfu labayawufundzisa lokuphambene neliciniso badvonse emakholwa lamanyenti alandzele bona.
Ngobe labo labenta njalo, abakhonti yena Khristu iNkhosi yetfu, kodvwa bakhonta tisu tabo; nangemavi lamahle nalamnandzi bayenga tinhlitiyo talabo labangakahlakaniphi.
Ngako-ke akumangalisi nangabe tisebenti takhe titigucula tibe tisebenti tekulunga. Siphetfo sato siyawuya ngemisebenti yato.
Tsine-ke asinjengabo bantfu labanyenti labenta livi laNkulunkulu libe yindali; kodvwa tsine lesikuKhristu sikhuluma kwaNkulunkulu ngekuciniseka ebukhoneni bakhe.
Sesiyilahle yonkhe imisebenti yebumnyama neyelihlazo asiphili ngebucili, asiliphambanisi livi laNkulunkulu, kepha sibeka liciniso laNkulunkulu ebaleni, kunembeza webantfu bonkhe embikwaNkulunkulu.
Empeleni akusho kutsi likhona lelinye livangeli, kodvwa nje kutsi kukhona labanihluphako labafuna kuguculela liVangeli laKhristu.
Kodvwa bazalwanembumbulu labaletfwa ngasese, bangena ngekunyelela emkhatsini wetfu, batinhloli tenkhululeko yetfu lesinayo kuKhristu Jesu, khona batesenta tigcili.
Labo bantfu banishisekela kakhulu, noko kungesiko ngenjongo lenhle, kepha bafuna kunivalela ngephandle kuze nishisekele bona.
Ngulabo labafisa kubukeka emtimbeni wabo labaniphocelela kutsi nisoke, khona phela bangetiwuhlushwa ngenca yesiphambano saKhristu Jesu.
Ngako-ke ngeke sisaba bantfwana, sigujuteliswe ngemagagasi, sipheshulwe ngimimoya yonkhe yetimfundziso tekukhohlisa kwebantfu labanebucili bekudukisa.
Phela labanyenti lenganitjela kanyenti ngabo, nanyalo nginitjela ngetinyembeti ngabo ngitsi, sebahamba batitsa tesiphambano saKhristu.
Caphelani tinja, nicaphele tisebenti tebubi, nicaphele bekusika umtimba.
Loku nginitjela khona kutebate muntfu loniyenga ngetinkhulumo temanga.
Caphelani-ke kutsi kubete lonitfumba ngekuhlakanipha, nangekukhohlisa lokulite, aniyenge ngemikhuba yebantfu nangetimfundziso temimoya yemvelo emkhatsini. Konkhe loko kuphambene nendlela yaKhristu.
Bantfwana, sesikhatsi sekugcina; njengobe neva kutsi mphikakhristu uyeta, nanyalo bomphikakhristu labanyenti sebavelile; ngako-ke sesiyati kutsi sesikhatsi sekugcina.
Batsandzekako, ningabohambe nikholwa ngibo bonkhe bomoya, nibobahlola bomoya kutsi baNkulunkulu yini, ngobe banyenti baphrofethi bemanga labaphumele eveni.
Ngobe kukhona labangene ngekunyelela ebandleni. ImiBhalo kadze yasho ngalabo bantfu kutsi bamiselwe kubhujiswa kwaphakadze. Abamesabi Nkulunkulu; sebaguculele umusa wakhe bawenta siyalu sebugwadla nebuphingi, baphika Jesu Khristu, iNkhosi yetfu, lekunguye yedvwa uMbusi.
Kodvwa lesilo satfunjwa, kanye nemphrofethi wemanga labenta tibonakaliso tekudukisa labo labaneluphawu lwesilo nalabasikhonta ngekukhotsamela lomfanekiso waso. Bobabili bajikijelwa baphila echibini lemlilo lelivutsa sibabule.
Ngiyayati imisebenti yakho, nekuphishaneka kwakho, nekubeketela kwakho, nekutsi ungeke ubamele bantfu lababi, kangangekutsi nalabo labatibita ngekutsi baphostoli, kantsi abasibo, ubahlolile, wavele wabakhandza bacala emanga.
Kodvwa tsine nawe sehlukana la ekutseni wena uyamvumela lomfati longuJezebeli, lotibita ngekutsi ungumphrofethikati, edukise tinceku tami ngekutifundzisa buphingi, nebugwadla, nekudla kudla lokuhlatjelwe tithico.
Ngiyakwati kuhlupheka kwakho; ngiyabati buphuya bakho, kodvwa ube unjingile. Ngiyakwati lokubi lokushiwo ngulabo labatsi bangemaJuda kantsi abasiwo, kodvwa babe balisinagoge laSathane.