24 “Ngako-ke wonkhe umuntfu lova lamavi ami awente, ufanana nendvodza lehlakaniphile, leyakha indlu yayo etikwelidvwala.
Wase ukhuluma kumuntfu, watsi: ‘Buka la, kwesaba Nkulunkulu libito lako kuhlakanipha. Kubalekela lokubi loko kukucondza.’ ”
Kwesaba Nkulunkulu sicalo sekuhlakanipha. Bonkhe labahamba ngemitsetfo yakhe banengcondvo lenhle. Umelwe kudvunyiswa phakadze naphakadze.
Kwembuleka kwemavi akho kuveta kukhanya, kuletse kuhlakanipha kulabangenakucondza.
Ngicondza kancono kunabo bonkhe labangifundzisako, ngobe ngihlala ngizindla ngetimiso takho.
Nase kwendlule sihhushuhhushu, kubate losindzako kulababi; kodvwa lolungile uyawusima phakadze naphakadze.
Umuntfu lohlakaniphile uyakwemukela kuyalwa; kodvwa lowo lokhulumela futsi uyawukhubeka, awe.
Bantfu lababi bayaketulwa banyamalale; kodvwa imindeni yalabalungile iyawuhlala imile.
Kuhlakanipha kwemuntfu locotfo kumholela endleleni lelungile; kodvwa tilima tedukiswa bulima bato.
Ngobe lowo lowenta intsandvo yaBabe losezulwini, nguye longumnaketfu, nadzadzewetfu, namake.”
Nami-ke ngitsi: UnguPhetro . Etikwalelidvwala ngiyakulakha libandla lami, nemandla ekufa angeke alehlule.
“Pho, ngubani losisebenti lesetsembekile nalesihlakaniphile, inkhosi yaso lesimise etikwebendlu yayo, kutsi sibanike kudla ngesikhatsi lesifanele?
Letisihlanu tatitilima, letinye letisihlanu tatihlakaniphile.
kantsi leti letatihlakaniphile tatsatsa tibane tato, tatiphatsela nemafutsa.
Kepha letatihlakaniphile taphendvula tatsi: ‘Cha, ngeke asenele tsine nani. Lokuncono hambani niye kulabawatsengisako, niyetitsengela kubo!’
Kwase kuna imvula, imifula yagcwala, nemimoya yahhusha, yetama kuyiphephula lendlu, kodvwa ayizange iwe, ngobe yayakhelwe esisekelweni lesasilidvwala.
“Lowo lova lamavi ami angawenti, ufanana nendvodza lesilima, leyakha indlu yayo esihlabatsini.
Kodvwa Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Yebo, kunjalo, kodvwa lokukhulu kutsi: Babusisiwe labo labeva livi laNkulunkulu, bese bayalenta.”
Nanitati-ke letintfo futsi nitenta, nibusisiwe.
“Naningitsandza, nitawugcina imiyalo yami.
Nanigcina imiyalo yami, niyawuhlala elutsandvweni lwami, njengobe nami ngigcina imiyalo yaBabe, ngihlala elutsandvweni lwakhe.
Nine nitihlobo tami, nanenta loku lenginiyale ngako.
Ngobe akusibo labawuvako umtsetfo labalungile kuNkulunkulu, kepha ngulabo labawentako umtsetfo labayakwemukelwa nguNkulunkulu ngekutsi balungile.
Nasigcina imiyalo yakhe, sineleciniso lekutsi siyamati yena.