17 kuze umuntfu waNkulunkulu atewuhlonyiswa alungele kwenta wonkhe umsebenti lomuhle lamiselwe wona.
Ngachubeka ngabatjela futsi nangesandla semusa saNkulunkulu wami lebesisetikwami nekutsi inkhosi ikhulume yatsini kimi. Bona bangiphendvula batsi: “Asivele sicalise nyalo kwakha kabusha.” Ngako bavele bacalisa kuwenta lomsebenti lomuhle.
EJopha kwakunemfati labelikholwa anguThabitha. Libito lakhe ngesiGriki kwakunguDokhasi, (lokusho kutsi “inyamatane”), abecitsa sonkhe sikhatsi sakhe ngekwenta lokuhle ngekusita timphuya.
Nkulunkulu unawo emandla ekuninika konkhe lenikudzingako, nangetulu kwako, kuze kutsi ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi nibe nako kube kunyenti, nitekwati kusita emisebentini yonkhe lemihle.
Ngobe tsine singumsebenti waNkulunkulu. Sidalwe ngaJesu Khristu kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle, Nkulunkulu layilungisa kucala.
Kodvwa wena, muntfu waNkulunkulu, kubalekele loko; jonga kulunga, nekwesaba Nkulunkulu, nekukholwa, nelutsandvo, nekubeketela, nebumnene.
Nangabe umuntfu atihlanta yena angabi sitja sekusetjentiswa nje nome kunini, uyabe sewuba sitja lesihloniphekile lesingcweliswe sadzimate safanela umniyo wendlu, size silungele nome ngumuphi umsebenti lomuhle.
Bavuma ngemlomo kutsi bayamati Nkulunkulu, kepha ngetento tabo bayamphika; bayenyanyeka, abalaleli, bayehluleka kwenta nome ngabe yini lenhle.
Yena watinikela ngenca yetfu, kuze atesihlenga ebubini bonkhe atingcwelisele sive lesisakhe, lesinenshisekelo kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle.
Bakhumbute kutsi batfobele babusi netiphatsimandla tabo, balalele, balungele kwenta yonkhe imisebenti lemihle.
Ngako-ke asinakane, sisitane ngekukhutsatana elutsandvweni nasemisebentini lemihle.
anganiphelelisa kuko konkhe lokuhle, kuze nente intsandvo yakhe, asebente kini ente ngaJesu Khristu loko lokujabulisako emehlweni akhe. Ludvumo alube kuKhristu phakadze naphakadze. Amen.