7 Indlela yalolungile ibekile. Awu, wena Locondzile, wenta indlela yalolungile icondze.
Ngiyati, Nkulunkulu wami, kutsi wena uvivinya inhlitiyo ujatjuliswe bucotfo. Tonkhe letintfo ngitinikele ngenhlitiyo levumako nangekwetsembeka. Manje sengibonile ngekujabula kutsi sive sakho lesikhona lapha sinikele kanjani ngenhlitiyo levumako kuwe.
Nkulunkulu akangilinganise ngesilinganiso seliciniso, utabe sewuyatfola kutsi ngimsulwa.
Ngobe Simakadze uyayinakekela indlela yalabalungile, kodvwa indlela yalababi iya ekubhujisweni.
Simakadze usethempelini lakhe lelingcwele, sihlalo sebukhosi saSimakadze sisezulwini, emehlo akhe ayacaphela, emehlo akhe avivinya bantfu emhlabeni.
Simakadze ulungile, utsandza tento letinhle, labalungile bayawububona buso bakhe.
Ngikhombise tindlela takho, Simakadze, ungifundzise imikhondvo yakho.
Ngihambise ecinisweni lakho, ungifundzise, ngobe wena unguNkulunkulu wensindziso yami. Litsemba lami likuwe lonkhe lilanga.
Ngifundzise indlela yakho, Simakadze, ungihole endleleni lecondzile ngenca yetitsa tami.
Kute liciniso emlonyeni wato, etinhlitiyweni tato kunekubulala, umphimbo wato ulithuna lelivulekile, lulwimi lwato lunebucili.
Indlela yebantfu labate kusoleka yentiwa ibe ngulebekile ngekutiphatsa kahle kwabo; kodvwa kuwa kwemuntfu lokhohlakele kusungulwa nguye matfupha.
Babusisiwe labo bantfwana labatalwa yindvodza lephila ngebucotfo nangekwetsembeka.
Tindlela talababi tigwegwile; kodvwa tento talabalungile timsulwa.
Matise kuko konkhe lokwentako, yena uyakucondzisa tindlela takho.
Kodvwa indlela yalabalungile ifanana nekukhanya kwentsatsakusa, lokuya ngekuya kuze kube ngusemini.
Noko Simakadze ulangatelela kangaka kutsi abe nemusa kini. Uyaphakama kutsi anihawukele, ngobe Simakadze nguNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngemtsetfocotfo. Babusisiwe bonkhe labalindzela yena.
Kuyawuba khona umgwaco lomkhulu lapho, uyawubitwa ngekutsi Yindlela Yebungcwele. Labangcolile ngeke bahambe ngawo, uyakuba walabo labahamba ngawo lomgwaco, tilima letikhohlakele ngeke tihambahambe ngawo.
Labatimphumphutse ngitabahola ngetindlela labangazange batati, ngibahole ngetindlela letingakavami. Bumnyama ngitabenta bube kukhanya embikwabo, ngente tindzawo letimagebhugebhu tibe ngematsafa. Leti tintfo lengitawutenta; ngingeke ngitiyekele.
Kodvwa ningeke nisuke ngekushesha, nome niphume njengalababalekako; ngobe Simakadze uyawuhamba embikwenu, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli uyawuba ngumvikeli wenu wangasemuva.
Labo labahamba ngebucotfo bangena ekuthuleni; batfola kuphumula, nabangena ekufeni.
Awu, Simakadze, ngiyati kutsi kute umuntfu lotiphatsele yena imphilo yakhe. Akusiko kwemuntfu kutsi aticondzisele yena tinyatselo takhe.
Ngubani lohlakaniphile? Uyawutibona letintfo. Ngubani lokwati kubona tintfo letifihlakele? Utaticondza kahle letintfo. Tindlela taSimakadze tilungile, labalungile bahamba ngato, kodvwa labahlubukako bayakhubeka kuto.
Simakadze ulungile ekhatsi kwalelidolobha; akenti lutfo lolungakalungi. Kusa ngekusa bantfu bakhe ubaphatsa ngekungakhetsi, kulelo nakulelo langa lelisha akayekeli kwehlulela ngebucotfo, noko labangakalungi abalati lihlazo.
Ngako-ke ningacali kwehlulela lutfo sikhatsi singakefiki, neNkhosi ingakefiki. Ngiyo leyawuveta ekukhanyeni lokufihlakele ebumnyameni, ivete ebaleni imicabango yetinhlitiyo. Lapho-ke ngulowo nalowo muntfu uyawutfola kubongwa lokuvela kuNkulunkulu.
Kutibonga kwetfu kunye, kutsi nembeza wetfu umhlophe embikwebantfu, ikakhulu kini. Ekutiphatseni kwetfu besimsulwa sesaba Nkulunkulu ngeliciniso, hhayi ngekuhlakanipha kwetfu, kepha ngemusa waNkulunkulu.
Ngobe tsine singumsebenti waNkulunkulu. Sidalwe ngaJesu Khristu kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle, Nkulunkulu layilungisa kucala.
Bantfwana baNkulunkulu nebantfwana baSathane babonakala ngaloku: Umuntfu longenti kulunga nalongatsandzi umzalwane wakhe, akasiye waNkulunkulu.
Bantfwabami, ningayengwa ngumuntfu; umuntfu lowenta kulunga ulungile, njengobe naKhristu alungile.