14 Kepha lowo loyawunatsa emanti lengiyawumnika wona, angeke aphindze ome naphakadze; ngobe emanti lengiyawumnika wona, ekhatsi kuye ayawuba ngumtfombo wemanti laphuphumako, kube kuphila lokuphakadze.”
Abaseyikulamba, abaseyikoma; nekushisa kwaselugwadvule nekwelilanga akuseyikubashaya. Lowo lonesihawu nabo uyakubahola, abahambise ngasemitfonjeni yemanti.
“Wotani, nonkhe nine lenomile, wotani emantini; nani nine lenite imali, sondzelani, nitsenge nidle! Wotani, nitsenge liwayini nelubisi ngaphandle kwemali nangaphandle kwetindleko.
Simakadze uyawukuhola njalo, uyakwenetisa tidzingo takho, eveni lapho libalele likhipha inhlanti emantini, uyakucinisa ematsambo akho. Uyawuba njengengadze leniseleke kahle, nanjengemtfombo lapho emanti akhona angomi.
“Sive sami sente tono letimbili: Singishiyile mine, mtfombo wemanti ekuphila, satimbela ticojana taso emadvwaleni, ticojana letinetimbobo letingeke tiwemise emanti.”
Ngiyawubahlumelelisa labo lasebadzangele, ngicinise labo labaphelelwa ngemandla.”
Emabulo etintfo letiphilako naletinwabutelako kuyawuphila nome ngukuphi lapho ayawugeletela khona. Kuyawuphetfuka incumbi yetinhlanti lapho, ngobe lamanti ageletela khona ente lamanti lamunyu abe mnandzi; ngako lapho lamanti ageletela khona, konkhe kuyawuphila.
noko umtfombo nome sicobho nome umfula wemanti uyawuhlala uhlantekile. Kodvwa wonkhe lotsintsa lesidvumbu salesilwane uyawuba ngulongcolile.
Labo-ke bayawuhamba baye ekujezisweni kwaphakadze; kodvwa labalungile bayakuya ekuphileni kwaphakadze.”
Babusisiwe labalambele bomele kulunga, ngobe bayakwesutsiswa.
Lisela litela kweba, nekubulala, nekubhubhisa. Mine ngitele kwekutsi bantfu babe nekuphila; babe nako kuphuphume.
Lowo lophila akholwe ngimi, angeke afe naphakadze. Uyakukholwa loku?”
Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Kube mane bewusati sipho saNkulunkulu nekutsi ngubani lona lotsi: ‘Nginatsise,’ ngabe ucele kuye, yena abetakunika emanti laphilako.”
Lomfati watsi: “Nkhosi, awunalutfo lwekukha, kantsi nalomtfombo uyashona; pho, utawatsatsaphi lawo manti laphilako?
Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Wonkhe lonatsa lamanti lawa, uphindze ome futsi.
Lovunako uyaholelwa, abutse sivuno kube kuphila lokuphakadze, kuze lohlanyelako ajabule kanye nalowo lovunako.
Ningabosebentela kudla lokuphelako, kepha nibosebentela kudla lokutawukhonsa kuze kubesekuphileni lokuphakadze leyawunipha kona iNdvodzana yeMuntfu. Ngobe Nkulunkulu uYise ulubekile luphawu kuyo.”
Jesu watsi kubo: “Mine ngisinkhwa sekuphila, lowo lota kimi, angeke alambe; nalowo lokholwa ngimi, angeke aphindze ome.
Lesi-ke sinkhwa lesehla ezulwini, asifanani nesinkhwa lesadliwa bokhokho benu, babuye bafa. Lodla lesinkhwa uyawuphila kuze kube phakadze.”
Kepha ngelilanga lelikhulu lekugcina lemkhosi, Jesu wasukuma wema, wamemeta ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Nakukhona lowomile, akete kimi anatse.
Ngako-ke, njengobe sono sabusa kwaba kufa, ngalokufananako kubusa kwemusa kwaba kulunga lokusiholela ekuphileni kwaphakadze ngaJesu Khristu iNkhosi yetfu.
Inkhokhelo yesono kufa; kodvwa sipho semusa saNkulunkulu sikuphila lokuphakadze ngaKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
wasibeka luphawu lwakhe tsine; wasipha Moya wakhe, etinhlitiyweni tetfu, losibambiso saloko lokutako.
Ningamdzabukisi Moya Longcwele waNkulunkulu lenabekwa luphawu ngaye kudzimate kube lilanga lekuhlengwa.
Njengobe senihlambulule imiphefumulo yenu ngekulalela liciniso ngaMoya kuze nitsandze bazalwane benu ngelutsandvo lolute kutentisa, tsandzanani ngenhlitiyo lephelele.
Siyati kutsi iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu ifikile yasipha kucondzisisa kahle, khona sitewumati Nkulunkulu longuye sibili; tsine-ke sikuye Nkulunkulu sibili, eNdvodzaneni yakhe lenguJesu Khristu. Nguye longuNkulunkulu sibili, nalokuphila lokuphakadze.
Bangeke baphindze balambe, bangeke baphindze bome, lilanga lingeke liphindze libahlabe ngekubashisa, kute nome ngayini leyawubashisa.
Ngobe liWundlu laNkulunkulu lelisenkhabeni yesihlalo sebukhosi, liyawubelusa, libaholele emitfonjeni yemanti ekuphila. Nkulunkulu uyakwesula tonkhe tinyembeti tabo emehlweni abo.”