2 Koze kube nini lisahlulela ngokungalunganga, likhetha ababi na?
2 “Koze kube nini livikela ababi na libonakala lithanda izigangi?
Ekwahluleleni kwenu lingabi labandlululo, kodwa zwanini omncinyane njengomkhulu: lingesabi muntu, ngoba ukwahlulela kungokukaNkulunkulu. Lethani kimi indaba ezilahlulayo ukuba ngizizwe.
Kakulunganga ukuba lesihawu komubi, ukuze avalele olungileyo okufaneleyo.
Kodwa labo okuthiwa ngabadumileyo — loba bengobani kakutsho lutho kimi; uNkulunkulu kakhethi muntu — ngithi labo abadumileyo kabangelekelelanga ngalutho;
Koze kube nini limsukela umuntu ukuba limchithe lina lonke, onjengomduli otshekileyo, lothango oludilikayo na?
ongazazisi izikhulu, engananzi isinothi ukwedlula umyanga, ngoba bonke bengumsebenzi wezandla zakhe na?
Ngakho liyesabe iNkosi, linanzelele elikwenzayo, ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu kayiyikuvumela ukuhlanekelwa kokulunga, lokubandlulula abantu, lokuthengwa.
UElija wasondela ebantwini bonke wathi: Koze kube nini lithikaza na? Uba iNkosi inguNkulunkulu, landelani yona; kodwa uba kunguBali, mlandeleni. Abantu kabamphendulanga langelilodwa ilizwi.
Lingahluleli ngokungalungi; lingakhethi ongumyanga loba omkhulu, kodwa lahlulele umakhelwane wenu ngokulungileyo.
UMose loAroni baya kuFaro bathi kuye: INkosi, uNkulunkulu wamaHeberu, ithi: Koze kube nini usala ukuzithoba phambi kwami na? Vumela abantu bami ukuba bahambe, bayengikhonza.
UJesu waphendula wathi: O sizukulwana esingakholwayo lesonakeleyo, koze kube nini ngilani na? Koze kube nini ngilibekezelela na? Iletheni kimi.
Kangiyikukhetha umuntu, loba ngimkhukhumeze nje.
INkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Kwanele, lina zikhulu zakoIsrayeli! Lahlani isihluku lokucindezela, lenze ukwahlulela lokulunga, likhawule ukuxotsha abantu bami, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu.