34 Nina nzalo yeenyoka ndina, yini ehle eningayikhuluma nanikhohlakele kangaka? Ngambala okuvinyilika ekuphuphumeni kwehliziyo, umlomo ukukhuphela ngaphandle.
Umuntu olungileko uveza okulungileko okuvela ngehliziywenakhe, ngokunjalo nomuntu omumbi uveza okumbi okuvela ngehliziywenakhe. Ngambala umlomo ukhuluma ukuphuphuma kwehliziyo.”
Kodwana koke okuphuma ngemlonyeni kuvela ehliziyweni, ngilokho-ke okusilaphaza umuntu.
Ningavumi bona ngemilonyeni yenu kuphume iinkulumo ezimbi ezilihlazo, kodwana nikhulume lokho okulisizo ekwakheni abanye ngokweendingo zabo ukuze kusizakale labo abalaleleko.
Angithi ikulumo yabadala ithi, ‘Ziinkhohlakali zodwa ezenza ubukhohlakali’? Yeke mina angeze ngambeka isandla ubaba.
Ngalokho abantwana bakaZimu nebakaSathana babonakala ngalokhu: Loyo ongenzi okulungileko naloyo ongathandi umzalwana akasuye umntwana kaZimu.
Umuntu olungileko ukhupha okulungileko emnonwenakhe olungileko; nomuntu omumbi ukhupha okumbi emnonwenakhe omumbi.
Nibantwana bakayihlo uSathana, nithanda ukwenza iinkanuko zakayihlo. Kusukela ekuthomeni bekambulali, azange akhabe neqiniso ngombana akukho iqiniso kuye. Nakaleya amanga, ukhuluma lokho okuyimvelo yakhe ngombana ungusomalakazi noyise wamanga.
ngombana isidlhadlha sikhuluma ubudlhadlha nomkhumbulwaso usopha okumbi: Sizijayeze ukungasabi uZimu, sikhuluma ngokuhlambalaza uSomnini, sidime olambileko ukudla, sibulalise owomileko ngomrhawu.
Nina nyoka ndina! Sizukulwana seenyoka! Nizakubalekela njani ukulahlelwa ngesirhogweni na?
Nje-ke, ubulungiswa bubuyiselwa emuva nokulunga kudedile kithi ngombana iqiniso liyalahlwa ebandla nobumsulwa abungeni lapho.
Ngifihle esicathaneni sabenzi bobumbi, iye, ekutjitjizeleni kweengilamkhuba;
Kwathi nabona abaFarisi nabaSadusi abanengi basiza kuye bona bazokubhajadiswa, wathi kibo: “Nina nzalo yeenyoka, ngubani onilemukise bona nibalekele ilaka elizako na?
UJwanisi wakhuluma neenqubuthu zabantu ezeza kuye bona azozibhabhadisa, wathi: “Nina nzalo yeenyoka ndina! Ngubani onitjele bona nibalekele ubukhali obuzako na?
Akakho omangalela ngokulunga, akakho ozivikela ebandla ngobuqotho. Bathembela elizeni, bakhulume amanga; bakhulelwe ngobukhohlakali, bazala ihlekelele.
Kumkhaleli; ngeMarhalathi; iMaskili; lakaDavida.
kilabo abadumuza onganacala ngokukhukhuthela, bamdumuze angakalindeli. Abantwaba abanavalo;
Kikho koke okulondako, yelusa khulu ihliziywakho, ngombana imuthombo wokuphila.
Ingqondo yohlakaniphileko iphumelelisa ikulumakhe neembhena zakhe zingezelela ukuzwisisa.
Ngebangelo uSomandla akhange athabe ngamasokanabo, begodu azange arhawukele ntandani namhlolokazi. Mbala, soke isizwe besinganaZimu, siziingilamkhuba nemilomo yoke ikhuluma ubudlhayela. Kikho koke lokho ubukhali bakaSomnini akhange busuke nesandla sakhe sahlala siphakamile.
Akungabikho amanyala, iinkulumo zobudlhadlha namkha isikhathi samahlaya angayi ngandlela, kodwana kunalokho yibani nokuthokoza.
Soke sineemphoso ezinengi; nangabe umuntu akaphosisi kilokho akutjhoko kutjho bona uphelele, uyakwazi ukubamba umzimba woke ngetomu.