3 Ngiyati kutsi uyabubeketelela bulukhuni, uhlupheke kakhulu ngenca yelibito lami; kodvwa awuzange sewudzinwe.
Thula embikwaSimakadze, umlindzele ngesineke. Ungahawukeli kumuntfu lonotsa ngebucili bakhe.
Ngobe ngetfwele lihlazo ngenca yakho, buso bami sebumbonywe ngemahloni.
Sonile kuSimakadze, ngako nyalo kufanele kutfukutsela kwakhe sikubeketelele kwesikhashana. Kodvwa ekugcineni uyawusivikela, acondzise loko lokubi lokwentiwe kitsi. Uyawusiletsa asifake ekukhanyeni; yebo, siyawuphila, simbone asisindzisa.
Emasotja asesendleleni ahlangana nendvodza yaseSirene, libito layo lalinguSimoni. Beyiphuma emaphandleni ite edolobheni. Beyinguyise wabo-Alekzanda naRufusi. Emasotja ayicindzetela kutsi yetfwale siphambano saJesu.
Longetjatsi siphambano sakhe angilandzele, angeke abe ngumfundzi wami.
Jesu wase ubatjela lomfanekiso abafundzisa kutsi kufanele bathandaze sonkhe sikhatsi bangadzinwa.
Ciniselani ngekubeketela kwenu, niyawutisindzisa ngaloko.”
Simoni waphendvula watsi: “Mfundzisi, sishikaneke busuku bonkhe lapha, kodvwa asikabambi lutfo, noko njengobe sekushito wena ngitalicwilisa linetha lami.”
Kuhlanyelwa kwaleyo leyawela emhlabatsini lovundzile kufanekisa labo labalivako livi laNkulunkulu baligcine ngekutitfoba lokukhulu babeketele, baze batsele titselo letihle.”
Kodvwa konkhe loku bayawukwenta ngobe nilivuma ligama lami, ngobe futsi bangamati nalona longitfumile.
Tfokotani etsembeni, nibeketele elusizini, nicinisele njalo emthandazweni.
Hambisani boTrayifina naTrayifosa, tisebenti teNkhosi; nihambise naPhesisi lotsandzekako lowasebenta kakhulu eNkhosini.
Labanye bantfu bachubeka benta lokuhle, bafuna tibusiso, neludvumo nekuphila lokungabhubhi; labo-ke Nkulunkulu uyawubanika kuphila lokuphakadze.
Kodvwa nasetsemba loko lesingakuboni, sikulindzela ngekubeketela.
Lutsandvo lubeketelela tintfo tonkhe, lukholwa tintfo tonkhe, lwetsemba tintfo tonkhe, lukhutsatelela tintfo tonkhe.
Ngiyanincenga kutsi nibatfobele labanjalo nabo bonkhe labasebentisana nabo bashiphaneka.
Asitigabatisi ngephandle kwemaphetselo ngalokwentiwe ngulabanye, kodvwa siyetsemba kutsi nisakhula ekukholweni, nemsebenti wetfu utakwandza emkhatsini wenu,
Batisebenti taKhristu yini? Mine ngingulesincono. Loku sengikukhuluma njengeluhlanya. Ngasebenta kakhulu kunabo, ngidvonsa matima, ngaboshwa kanyenti, ngashaywa kanyenti, ngabasengotini yekufa.
Nkulunkulu ngemusa wakhe wasiniketa lenkonzo; ngiko nje singadzinwa.
Ngako-ke asidzinwa; nome lingephandle letfu libhubha, kodvwa lingekhatsi lentiwa libe lisha imihla ngemihla.
Ngako nome sikhona la, nome singekho la, umgomo wetfu kutsi sihlale semukelekile kuyo.
nasekushayweni, nasekufakweni ejele, nasetiphitsiphitsini, nasekukhandlekeni, nasekucwasheni, nasekulaleni ngendlala,
Tfwalisanani imitfwalo yenu, kuze nigcwalise umtsetfo waKhristu.
Asingadzinwa kwenta lokuhle; ngobe nasingadzinwa, siyawuvuna ngesikhatsi lesifanele.
nisabapha livi lekuphila. Nanenta njalo-ke, ngiyawuba nekutibonga ngelilanga laKhristu ngekutsi angigijimelanga lite nome-ke angisebentelanga lite.
Yebo, ngiyakuncusa nawe, mhlobo wami locotfo, lengiboshelwe kanye naye, yelekelela labo bafati, ngobe babambisene nami eVangelini, kanye naKlemente naletinye tisebenti lengibambisene nato, emabito ato labhaliwe encwadzini yekuphila.
Sinincusela kutsi Nkulunkulu anicinise ngemandla ebukhosi bakhe, kuze kutsi nome sekuvelani kodvwa nine nisime, nime, nibeketele ngekujabula,
kuNkulunkulu wetfu, longuBabe, sikhumbula imisebenti yenu yekukholwa, nemisiphalato yelutsandvo, nekubambelela kwenu etsembeni leliseNkhosini yetfu Jesu Khristu.
Bazalwane, ngiyetsemba kutsi niyayikhumbula imisebenti nemisiphalato yetfu sisebenta emkhatsini wenu busuku nemini sentela kutsi singasindzi ngisho namunye wenu ngesikhatsi sisashumayela kini liVangeli laNkulunkulu.
Siyanincenga, bazalwane, kutsi nibahloniphe labo labasebenta emkhatsini wenu, babaholi benu eNkhosini, labaniyala ngemphilo yebuKhristu.
Bazalwane, ningadzinwa kwenta lokuhle.
Shangatsi iNkhosi ingacondzisa tinhlitiyo tenu elutsandvweni lwaNkulunkulu nasekubeketeleni kwaKhristu.
sasingadli sinkhwa semuntfu singakasikhokheli; kodvwa sasidla ngekukhandleka sishikashikeka imini nebusuku, kuze kutsi singasindzi ngisho namunye wenu.
Kuze kube manje siyasebenta sishikaneke, ngobe sibeke litsemba letfu kuNkulunkulu lophilako, longuMsindzisi wabo bonkhe bantfu, ikakhulu walabo labakholwako.
Babonisi belibandla labaphetse kahle bafanele kubongwa ngalokuphindziwe, ikakhulu labo labasebenta ngekushumayela nangekufundzisa.
Nidzinga kucinisela kuze kutsi nase nente intsandvo yaNkulunkulu, nitekwemukela loko lokwatsenjiswa nguye.
Ngako-ke, njengobe situngeletwe sicumbi lesikhulu kangaka sabofakazi, asilahle konkhe lokusindzako, nesono lesigigelana njengelwanca. Asigijime ngekucinisela kulomncintiswano losembikwetfu,
Ngako-ke asiphumele kuye ngephandle kwenkambu setfwalisane naye lihlazo lakhe;
Ngobe phela Nkulunkulu akakhetsi, futsi angeke ayikhohlwe imisebenti yenu nelutsandvo lenilukhombise ekusiteni labangcwele, njengobe nenta namanje.
Sifisa kutsi ningavilaphi, kodvwa nibe njengabo labo labadla lifa letetsembiso ngekukholwa nangekubeketela.
Abrahama wabeketela, ngako wemukela setsembiso.
nasekwatini nengete kutitsiba, nasekutitsibeni nengete kukhutsatela, nasekukhutsateleni nengete kumesaba Nkulunkulu,
Mine Johane, umzalwane wenu, nginesabelo kanye nani kuJesu ekuhlushweni, nasebukhosini, nasekuciniseleni. Ngangisesichingini, lesibitwa ngekutsi yiPhatmose, ngenca yekushumayela livi laNkulunkulu ngekufakaza ngaJesu.
Njengobe uligcinile livi lami lekucinisela ngekubeketela, ngitakugcina ngesikhatsi sekulingwa lesitawufika emhlabeni wonkhe, sitewulinga bonkhe labo labahlala emhlabeni.