23 Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Umuntfu nakangitsandza, uyawugcina emavi ami. Babe uyawumtsandza. Tsine-ke naBabe siyawuta kuye, sihlale naye.
Nkulunkulu wase utsi: “Asente bantfu, babe ngumfanekiso wetfu, basifute; babuse etikwetinhlanti taselwandle, nasetikwetinyoni tasemoyeni, nasetikwetifuyo, nasetikwemhlaba wonkhe, nasetikwato tonkhe tilwane letihamba ngesisu netilwanyakatana.”
Wotani, sehle, siyewusanganisa lulwimi lwabo, khona bangetiwuvana.”
Yebo, Simakadze! Wena ube siphephelo setfu etitukulwaneni nasetitukulwaneni.
Lowo lohlala ekusitsekeni kuLosetikwako Konkhe ukhosele ekhwapheni laSomandla.
Ngobe nguloko lokushiwo nguLophakeme Losetulu, lolibito lakhe linguLongcwele, utsi: “Ngihlala etulu endzaweni lengcwele, kodvwa nakuye lodzabukile nalotfobekile emoyeni, kutewuvuselela umoya walabatfobekile nekuvuselela tinhlitiyo talabephukile emoyeni.
Mine naBabe simunye.”
“Naningitsandza, nitawugcina imiyalo yami.
yena unguMoya weliciniso, live lelingeke limemukele, ngobe lingamboni futsi lingamati. Kodvwa nine niyamati, ngobe uhlala nani, futsi uyawuhlala kini.
“Lowo lonemiyalo yami futsi ayigcine, nguye-ke longitsandzako. Lowo lotsandza mine uyawutsandvwa nguBabe, nami ngiyawumtsandza ngitibonakalise kuye.”
Umuntfu longangitsandzi mine, akawagcini emavi ami. Lamavi leniwevile akasiwo emavi ami, kodvwa ngaBabe longitfumile.
Nanigcina imiyalo yami, niyawuhlala elutsandvweni lwami, njengobe nami ngigcina imiyalo yaBabe, ngihlala elutsandvweni lwakhe.
Ngobe phela Babe ngekwakhe uyanitsandza, unitsandza ngobe niyangitsandza; futsi senikholiwe nekutsi ngiphuma kuNkulunkulu.
“Lodla inyama yami, anatse ingati yami, unekuphila; uhlala kimi, nami ngihlala kuye.
Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Nangabe umuntfu agcina livi lami, angeke akubone kufa nini nanini.”
EmaJuda atsi kuye: “Cha, sesibonile ngempela kutsi unelidimoni. Abrahama wafa, nebaphrofethi futsi bafa. Kepha wena utsi: ‘Lowo lowenta livi lami, angeke afe.’
Nhlanganyelo yini lesemkhatsini welithempeli laNkulunkulu netithico? Ngobe tsine silithempeli laNkulunkulu lophilako; njengobe Nkulunkulu watsi: “Ngiyawuhlala kubo, ngihambe emkhatsini wabo; ngiyawuba nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona bayawuba sive sami.”
Khristu akahlale etinhlitiyweni tenu ngekukholwa, kuze nisime, nisekeleke elutsandvweni,
Loko lenakuva kusukela ekucaleni akuhlale etinhlitiyweni tenu. Nangabe-ke loko kuhlala kini, nani-ke niyawuhlala eNdvodzaneni kanye nakuYise.
Kodvwa lowo logcina livi lakhe, lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu luphelelisiwe kuye; ngaloko singaba neliciniso lekutsi sikuye.
Bantfwabami, nine nibaNkulunkulu, senibehlulile baphrofethi bemanga, ngobe lowo lokini mkhulu kunalowo losemhlabeni.
Ngobe kutsandza Nkulunkulu kugcina imiyalo yakhe. Imiyalo yaNkulunkulu ayimatima kitsi.
Ngulolo-ke lutsandvo, kutsi sihambe ngekwemiyalo yakhe; ngiwo lomyalo lekumelwe kutsi nihambe ngawo, njengobe neva kwasekucaleni.
Angizange ngilibone lithempeli kulelo khaya, ngobe iNkhosi Nkulunkulu, Somandla, neliWundlu bekungulona lithempeli lalo.
Ngeva livi liphuma esihlalweni sebukhosi limemeta kakhulu litsi: “Nalo likhaya laNkulunkulu likubantfu. Nkulunkulu utawuhlala emkhatsini wabo, bona babe bantfu bakhe. Nkulunkulu cobo lwakhe uyawuhlala nabo, abe nguNkulunkulu wabo.
Konkhe lokucalekisiwe kuyawubate kulelo khaya. Sihlalo sebukhosi saNkulunkulu neseliWundlu siyawuba kulo. Tinceku takhe tiyawumkhonta.