17 Ngokunjalo omunye nomunye umuthi omuhle uthela iinthelo ezihle, kodwana umuthi omumbi uthela iinthelo ezimbi.
Unjengomuthi otjalwe emiseleni: Uthela ngesikhathi esifaneleko namakarawo akatjhwabi. Umuntu onjalo uyaphumelela kikho koke akwenzako.
iye, ngibonelele abalilako eZiyoni ngokubapha isihlohlo esikhundleni somlotha, amafutha wokujabula esikhundleni sokulila nengubo yokudumisa esikhundleni sommoya odanileko. Bazakubizwa bona bama-owuku wokulunga nesitjalo sakaSomnini ukuze babonakalise idumo lakhe.
Benginjengemvana ekhuliswe ekhaya yathathwa yasiwa ekuhlatjweni. Azange bengitjheje bonyana bebenza ubukhwebetjhana ngami basithi: “Asonakaliseni umuthi nobuhlaza bawo; asiwugawuleni ukuze ungasaphila, ibizo lawo lingasakhunjulwa.”
Uzakufana nomuthi otjalwe eduze kwamanzi onabisela imirabhawo magegana nomlambo. Awesabi nakufika umtjhiso, amakarawo ahlala ahlaza. Awukhathazeki ngesikhathi sesomiso begodu awubhalelwa kuthela iinthelo.
Umuthi omuhle angekhe wathela iinthelo ezimbi, nomuthi omumbi angekhe wathela iinthelo ezihle.
ngombana isithelo sokukhanya sinabo boke ubuhle, ukulunga neqiniso
Niveze iinthelo zokulunga eziza ngoJesu Krestu, kube yiphazimulo nedumo kuZimu.
Siyanithandazela bona niphile ipilo efanele iKosi, beniyithabise ngakho koke, nithele iinthelo kiwo woke umsebenzi omuhle, nikhule nekumazini uZimu,
Laba balihlazo eminyanyeni yenu yethando lapha badla khona nani banganavalo, bazondla bona. Banjengamafu aphetjhulwa mumoya, banjengemithi yesilimela enganazo iinthelo, efe kabili etsonyulwe nemirabhu.