23 Inkhokhelo yesono kufa; kodvwa sipho semusa saNkulunkulu sikuphila lokuphakadze ngaKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
kodvwa ungasidli sitselo sesihlahla sekwati lokulungile nalokungakalungi, ngobe mhlazana usidla uyakufa nekufa.”
Uyawusebenta kamatima, ukujulukele kudla kwakho, udzimate ubuyele emhlabatsini, ngobe vele watsatfwa kuwo; njengobe ulutfuli, uyawubuyela elutfulini.”
Lotimisele kwenta lokulungile uyawuphila; kodvwa loneluphike lwekwenta lokubi uyakufa.
Maye kulababi! Inhlekelele isetikwabo! Kuyawuphindziselwa kubo njengekwenta kwetandla tabo.
Kukhetsa kwabo buso ekwehluleleni kubufakazi lobumelene nabo; bashengetisa ngesono sabo njengeSodoma, abasifihli nakancane. Maye kubo! Batiletsele inhlekelele etikwabo.
Umuntfu lowonako nguye loyakufa. Indvodzana ngeke iletfwale licala leyise, futsi neyise ngeke aletfwale licala lendvodzana. Kulunga kwalolungile kuyawukhokhelwa ngalokuhle kuye, nebubi balomubi buyawubitwa kuye.
Ngobe wonkhe umuntfu lophefumulako, wami, uyise kanye nemsa wakhe, bonkhe ngalokufananako, bami. Umuntfu lowonako nguye loyakufa.
Labo-ke bayawuhamba baye ekujezisweni kwaphakadze; kodvwa labalungile bayakuya ekuphileni kwaphakadze.”
Ngitinika kuphila lokuphakadze, futsi tingeke tisabhubha naphakadze, kute nalongatihlwitsa esandleni sami.
Ngobe uyiphe emandla ngetulu kwabo bonkhe bantfu, kuze itebapha kuphila lokuphakadze bonkhe labo loyiphe bona.
Lokholwa yiNdvodzana, unekuphila lokuphakadze; kodvwa longakholwa yiNdvodzana, ute kuphila lokuphakadze; kodvwa lulaka lwaNkulunkulu lulengela etikwakhe.”
Kepha lowo loyawunatsa emanti lengiyawumnika wona, angeke aphindze ome naphakadze; ngobe emanti lengiyawumnika wona, ekhatsi kuye ayawuba ngumtfombo wemanti laphuphumako, kube kuphila lokuphakadze.”
Lovunako uyaholelwa, abutse sivuno kube kuphila lokuphakadze, kuze lohlanyelako ajabule kanye nalowo lovunako.
“Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Lowo lova livi lami akholwe ngulongitfumile, unekuphila lokuphakadze. Akayi ekwehlulelweni, kodvwa sewuphumile ekufeni, wangena ekuphileni.
Ningabosebentela kudla lokuphelako, kepha nibosebentela kudla lokutawukhonsa kuze kubesekuphileni lokuphakadze leyawunipha kona iNdvodzana yeMuntfu. Ngobe Nkulunkulu uYise ulubekile luphawu kuyo.”
Ngobe loko kuyintsandvo yaBabe kutsi, bonkhe lababone iNdvodzana, base bakholwa kuyo, babe nekuphila lokuphakadze; mine-ke ngiyawubavusa ngemhla wekuphela.”
Simoni Phetro wamphendvula watsi: “Nkhosi, singasuka kuwe siyephi? Ngobe emavi ekuphila lokuphakadze akuwe.
Bayawati umtsetfo waNkulunkulu lotsi bantfu labenta tintfo letinje bafanele kufa, kepha bona abagcini ngekutenta kuphela kodvwa besuka bavumelana nalabo labatentako.
Labanye bantfu bachubeka benta lokuhle, bafuna tibusiso, neludvumo nekuphila lokungabhubhi; labo-ke Nkulunkulu uyawubanika kuphila lokuphakadze.
Sono sangena ngemuntfu munye emhlabeni, sangena nekufa, kufa kwase kwendlulela kubo bonkhe bantfu, njengobe bonkhe bonile.
Nangabe ngesono semuntfu munye kufa kwacala kubusa ngaye, kakhulu kanganani-ke labo labemukela umusa lochichimako nesipho sekulunga bayawubusa ekuphileni ngemuntfu munye longuJesu Khristu.
Ngako-ke, njengobe sono sabusa kwaba kufa, ngalokufananako kubusa kwemusa kwaba kulunga lokusiholela ekuphileni kwaphakadze ngaJesu Khristu iNkhosi yetfu.
Anati yini kutsi lowo lenitinikele kuye nitigcili takhe tekumlalela? Nitigcili talowo lenimlalelako, nome tesono kube kufa, nome tekulalela Nkulunkulu kube kwemukeleka kuye kutsi nilungile.
Natfolani-ke ngekwenta leto tintfo leseninemahloni ngato nyalo? Phela siphetfo saleto tintfo kufa!
Ngobe naniphila ngekwenyama, nitawufa; kodvwa nangabe nibulala imisebenti yenyama ngaMoya, nitawuphila.
Ngobe ngineliciniso lekutsi nekufa, nekuphila, netingilosi, nebabusi, nalokukhona, nalokutako, nemandla,
nalokuphakeme, nalokujulile, nome ngusiphi sidalwa, kungeke kube nemandla ekusehlukanisa nelutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu lolukuKhristu Jesu, iNkhosi yetfu.
Kunaka kwenyama kukufa, kodvwa kunaka kwaMoya kukuphila nekuthula.
Bonkhe labetsembele ekwenteni lokufunwa ngumtsetfo bangephansi kwesicalekiso, ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Bacalekisiwe bonkhe labangagcini konkhe lokubhaliwe emculwini wemtsetfo, kutsi bakwente.”
Futsi ngitfunyelwe nekubaholela etsembeni lekuphila lokuphakadze, lekwatsi umhlaba ungakasekelwa kwetsenjiswa nguNkulunkulu longawacali emanga.
Nangabe inkhanuko seyitsatsile, itala sono; sono nase siphelele, sitala kufa.
Nguleso-ke setsembiso Khristu lasinika sona: kuphila lokuphakadze.
Kodvwa sabelo semagwala, nalabangakholwa, nalabanengekako, nebabulali, netingwadla, netiphingi, nebatsakatsi, nalabakhonta tithico, nalabacala emanga, kuyawuba lichibi lelivutsa umlilo nesibabule; loku kufa kwesibili.”