1 Ungamkhahlamezi umuntu omdala, kodwana khuluma naye njengoyihlo, nabaduna abatjha njengabafowenu,
“Ngokwesaba uZimu, thulelani othukgheleko ingwani, nihloniphe omdala. NginguSomnini.
Nina anizukubizwa ngokuthi ‘Rabi’ ngombana ninomfundisi oyedwa, nina noke nje nibabafo.
Kelinye nelinye ibandla bazikhethela abaphathi; ngomthandazo nokuzila babanikela kuZimu, ogade babeke ithemba labo kuye.
Kuthe bona bafike eJerusalema, bamukelwa libandla, abapostoli nabaphathi. Bababikela koke uZimu akwenzileko ngabo.
Abapostoli nabaphathi bahlangana ukuhlolisisa indaba le.
UPowula wathumela umlayezo usuka eMiletusi usiya e-Efesu, abawa abaphathi bebandla bona bamhlangabeze.
Banikeleni koke okubafaneleko, khuphani umthelo kofanelwe mthelo, ingeniso kofanelwe lingeniso, ihlonipho kofanelwe yihlonipho nedumo kofanelwe lidumo.
Bazalwana, nakube kukhona obhajwe esonweni, nina enilawulwa nguMoya, mfakeni endleleni ngommoya omuhle. Kodwana zitjhejeni kobana nani ningalingeki.
Abantwabo bathi kiboyise nabonina: Siyabahlubuka! Baphika abafowabo, babeba abantwababo; Kodwana bayelela ilizwi lakho, Somnini, balonda isivumelwano sakho.
Abaphathi abaphethe kuhle kufanele bahlonitjhwe ngokubuyelelweko, khulukhulu labo abakhuthalele ukutjhumayela nokufundisa
abadala abasikazi ubaphathe njengabonyoko kuthi abasesebatjha ubaphathe njengabodadwenu ngobumsulwa obupheleleko.
Tjela amadoda amadala bona abe nesizotha, ahlonipheke, abe ngabhadlileko, azwisiseke ekukholweni okuphilileko, ethandweni nekunyamezeleni.
Ngokunjalo khuthaza amasokana bona azibambe.
Kodwana ubuhlakani obuvela ezulwini, kokuthoma nje bumsulwa, bunokuthula, bunobumnene, buthobekile, bunobubele neenthelo ezihle, abunakuzaza nokuzenzisa.
Kukhona ogulako hlangana nani na? Akabize abaphathi bebandla bamthandazele bebamzese ngamafutha ebizweni lakaSomnini.
Nje-ke, njengomphathi nofakazi weenhlupheko zakaKrestu, begodu nanjengaloyo omhlanganyeli wephazimulo ezakwambulwa, ngincenga abaphathi phakathi kwenu, ngithi:
Umphathi, kudade okhethiweko nabantwabakhe engibathanda ngeqiniso; kungasimi ngedwa kodwana nakibo boke abazi iqiniso.
Umphathi, kuGayusi othandekako, engimthanda ngeqiniso.
Esihlalweni sobukhosi mazombe bekunezinye iinhlalo ezimatjhumi amabili nane, phezu kwazo kuhlezi abaphathi abamatjhumi amabili nane, bembethe izambatho ezimhlophe bathwele neehlohlo zegolide.