21 Kubi kukhetsa bantfu; kodvwa labanye bayona ngekukhetsana ngenca yekudizelwa kancane nje.
Ungalilandzeli linyenti lelenta lokubi; nawenta bufakazi ecaleni, ungawephuli umtsetfo ngekuvumelana nelinyenti.
Ungadizelwa, ngobe kudizelwa kwenta bantfu bavaleke emehlo bangete babone, kuphambukise labacotfo ekukhulumeni liciniso.
Kubi kungamlahli ngelicala umuntfu lowonile, nekugodla emalungelo alongenacala kubi.
Nati-ke futsi letinye taga talabahlakaniphile: Kubi nangabe umehluleli ehlulela ngekukhetsa.
Nine ningihlambalatile emkhatsini wesive sami, ngobe nicondze kutfola emabinta lambalwa nje ebhali netingebhuta letimbalwa tesinkhwa. Ngekukhuluma emanga esiveni sami, lesilalela emanga, nibabulele labo lebekufanele bangafi, nasindzisa lebekufanele bafe.
Nome ngabe tinatfo tabo setiphelile, bayachubeka nebugwadla babo; baholi babo batitsandza kakhulu tindlela tabo telihlazo.
Sive sami sedukiswa baphrofethi labetsembisa kuthula kulabo lababapha imali, kantsi labo labangabadizeli babetsembisa babasongele ngemphi. Kulabo baphrofethi Simakadze utsi:
Bonkhe batingcweti ekwenteni lokubi. Tiphatsimandla nebehluleli bacela kudizelwa. Umuntfu lomkhulu uvele atjele labantfu loko lakufunako, bese babopha lisu.
Ngobe labo labenta njalo, abakhonti yena Khristu iNkhosi yetfu, kodvwa bakhonta tisu tabo; nangemavi lamahle nalamnandzi bayenga tinhlitiyo talabo labangakahlakaniphi.
Ningacali nehlulele ngekukhetsa; lalelani lomkhulu nalomncane ngalokufananako. Ningesabi muntfu, ngobe kwehlulela kwaNkulunkulu. Licala lelilukhuni kini niboliletsa lapha kimi, ngitekuliva.’
Ngenca yebudli babo bayawutsengiselana ngani ngemavi ebucili. Kusukela emandvulweni kulahlwa kwabo akulibali, nekubhujiswa kwabo akweteli.