16 “Ngaleyondlela bokugcina bazakuba ngebokuthoma nebokuthoma babe ngebokugcina.”
Kodwana abanengi abangebokuthoma bazakuba ngebokugcina, kuthi abanengi ekungebokugcina babe ngebokuthoma.”
Ngiyiphi-ke phakathi kwamabili la eyenze ekufunwa nguyise na?” Bamphendula bathi: “Yokuthoma.” Yeke uJesu wathi kibo: “Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona abathelisi neengwadla zingena embusweni kaZimu phambi kwenu.
UJesu waphetha ngokuthi: “Banengi abamenyiweko, kodwana balibinzana abakhethiweko.”
“Ngenani ngesango elincani ngombana isango eliya ekubhujisweni likhulu nendlela yakhona ibanzi begodu banengi abakhamba ngayo.
Kodwana abanengi abangebokuthoma bazokuba ngebokugcina, kuthi bokugcina babe ngebokuthoma.”
Ngiyanitjela bona akakho noyedwa kilabo abamenyiweko ozakufumana ukunandipha komnyanyami!’ ”
Nje-ke ngiyanitjela bona ngokunjalo kuzakuba khona ithabo elikhulu ezulwini ngesoni esisodwa esiphendukako kunalabo abamatjhumi alithoba nethoba abalungileko nabangadingi ukuphenduka.”
Yeke ngiyakutjela bona izono zakhe ezinengi zicolelwe ngombana utjengise ithando elikhulu. Kodwana ocolelwe kancani naye uthanda kancani.”
Kodwana umthetho wabekwa, ngaleyondlela ukuphambeka kwanda, nokho lapha kwande khona isono, nomusa uba kangako
Labo abakhetha ngaphambilini, godu wababiza, nalabo ababizileko godu wabalungisisa, nalabo abalungisisako godu wabaphazimulisa.
Alo, sizakuthini na? Abatjhili abangazange batjhabatjhekele ukulungisiswa, bakufumene, okutjho ukulungisiswa ngokukholwa,
Nje-ke sithokoza uZimu ngokungapheliko ngombana lokha nanimukela ilizwi lakaZimu enalizwa kithapha, nalamukela, ingasi njengelizwi lomuntu kodwana njengombana linjalo, ilizwi lakaZimu, elisebenza phakathi kwenu nina enikholwako.