18 Ngobe ngiyati kutsi kute lokulungile lokuhlala kimi, ngisho emtimbeni wami; nome sifiso sikhona kimi sekwenta lokulungile, kodvwa ngite emandla ekukwenta.
Simakadze wabona kutsi kukhulu kona kwemuntfu emhlabeni, nekutsi yonkhe imizindlo nemicabango yenhlitiyo yakhe mibi ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi.
Nkulunkulu waliva leliphunga lelinuka lusi lolumnandzi, watsi enhlitiyweni yakhe: “Ngingeke ngiphindze ngiwucalekise umhlabatsi ngenca yemuntfu, ngobe imizindlo yenhlitiyo yemuntfu mibi kwasebusheni bakhe. Ngingeke ngiphindze ngikubhubhise konkhe lokuphilako, njengobe ngentile.
Ngubani longakhipha lokuhlantekile kulokungakahlanteki? Kute!
Pho, umuntfu angaba ngulolungile kanjani kuNkulunkulu? Umuntfu lotelwe ngumfati angaba ngulohlantekile kanjani?
Shangatsi sandla sakho singahlala silungele kungisita, ngobe ngitikhetsele kugcina timiso takho.
Ngedukile, njengemvu lelahlekile. Ngifune, mine nceku yakho, ngobe imiyalo yakho angikayikhohlwa.
Ngiyawugijima ngendlela yemiyalo yakho, ngobe nguwe lotakwandzisa kucondza kwami.
Maye, ngiyatilangatelela timiso takho! Hlumelelisa kuphila kwami ngekulunga kwakho.
Shangatsi tindlela tami tingacondza njalo ekutigcineni timiso takho.
Empeleni ngatalwa vele ngisesonweni, ngaba soni kusukela make atsatsa sisu.
Sonkhe sesifanana nebantfu labangcolile, nato tonkhe tento tetfu letinhle setifanana netidvwedvwe letingcolile. Sonkhe siyabuna njengelicembe, njengemoya tono tetfu tiyasiphephula.
Ngobe enhlitiyweni kuvela imicabango lemibi, nekubulala, nekuphinga, nebugwadla, nekuba, nekucalemanga, nekuhlambalata.
Nome ningakalungi kodvwa niyakwati kupha bantfwabenu tintfo letinhle, kakhulu kangakanani-ke, Babe losezulwini uyawubanika Moya Longcwele labo labamcelako.”
Loko lokutelwe yinyama kuyinyama, naloko lokutelwe nguMoya kungumoya.
kodvwa yembatsani iNkhosi Jesu Khristu ninganakekeli kutsi lesimo senu semtimba lesonakele ningasenelisa kanjani ngetinkhanuko taso.
Loko lengikwentako angikucondzisisi, ngobe loko lengikutsandzako angikwenti, kodvwa ngenta loko lengikutondzako.
Ngobe lokulungile lengitsandza kukwenta, angikwenti, kodvwa lokubi lengingafuni kukwenta, ngiyakwenta.
Akabongwe Nkulunkulu ngeNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu! Ngako-ke mine ngekwami ngikhonta umtsetfo waNkulunkulu ngengcondvo yami, kodvwa ngekwemvelo yami ngikhonta umtsetfo wesono.
Ngesikhatsi sisaphila ngekwelive tinkhanuko tetono letativusetelwa ngumtsetfo tasebenta etitfweni temitimba yetfu, sasisebentela kufa.
Ngobe inyama ikhanuka lokuphambene naMoya, naMoya, uphambene nenyama, ngobe kokubili kuyaphikisana, kuze ningetikwenta lenikutsandzako.
BaKhristu Jesu bayibetsele esiphambanweni inyama nekushangashanga kwayo kanye netinkhanuko tayo.
ngobe nguNkulunkulu losebenta kini kutsandza nekwenta ngekwentsandvo yakhe lenhle.
Akusho kutsi konkhe loku sengikubambile nekutsi sengiphelelisiwe. Kepha ngicondze kutsi ngikubambe kube kwami, njengobe naKhristu wangizuza, wangenta kutsi ngibe wakhe.
Ngobe natsi matfupha sake saba tilima, singalaleli, sidukiswa, sitigcili tato tonkhe tinkhanuko nekutamasa. Besiphila ebubini nasemoneni, sitondzekile, sitondzana.
Ngako ngesikhatsi nisesemhlabeni, ningabe nisaphila ngetinkhanuko talelive, kodvwa ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu.