2 Impela ukuthukuthela kuyasibulala isithutha, lomhawu uchithe isiphukuphuku.
2 Ukucaphuka kuyasibulala isiwula lomhawu uyamqeda oyisithutha.
Ungaphangisi ukuthukuthela, ngoba ukuthukuthela ngokwezithutha.
kodwa abalenkani bengalaleli iqiniso, belalela ukungalungi, bazakuzwa intukuthelo lolaka.
UEfrayimi unjengejuba eliyisiphukuphuku elingelangqondo; ucela usizo eGibithe, abuye alucele eAsiriya.
Isithutha sitshengisa intukuthelo yaso masinyane, kodwa ohlakaniphileyo nxa ethukwa kananzi.
Abanye babeyizithutha, ngenxa yezono zabo langenxa yobubi babo bahlupheka;
Isiphukuphuku singeke sikwazi, lesithutha singeke sikuqedisise lokhu
Ngithi kwabazincomayo: Lingazincomi. Lakwababi ngithi: Lingaphongeli;
Isithutha sithi enhliziyweni yaso: KakulaNkulunkulu. Abantu bonakele, benza imisebenzi emibi; kakho lamunye owenza okuhle.
Wena ozidabula ngokuthukuthela, umhlaba uzatshiywa ngenxa yakho, loba amadwala asuswe endaweni yawo na?
URaheli esebonile ukuthi wayengamzaleli abantwana uJakobe, waba lomona ngodadewabo, wathi kuJakobe: Nginika abantwana funa ngife.
Phakathi kwabo bakhona abanyenyela ezindlini bathumbe abesifazana ababuthakathaka, abasindwa yizono bebuswa yizinkanuko eziyizinhlobonhlobo,
Kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi kuye: Kambe wenza kuhle ngokuthukuthela ngenxa yomhlafutho na? Yena wathi: Ngenza kuhle ukuthukuthela ngize ngiphose ukufa.
Lina elingelalwazi, fundani ukuhlakanipha; lani zithutha, lifunde ukuqedisisa.
Ilitshe linzima, letshebetshebe liyasinda, kodwa ukucatshulwa yisithutha kunzima kulakho kokubili.
UOnani wayesazi ukuthi inzalo kayiyikuba ngeyakhe. Kwathi lapho engena kumkafowabo, wachithela emhlabathini ukuba angamniki umfowabo inzalo.
Ogcina imilayo uzakuphila, kodwa odelela indlela zeNkosi uzakufa.
Umuntu ololaka oluvuthayo uzatshaywa ngenxa yalo; uba wena umsiza, ng’khona umbangayo.