¹ Ngalokho-ke nathi , lokhu sinefu elingaka lawofakazi elisihaqileyo, masilahle konke okusindayo nesono esithandela kangaka kithi , sigijime ngokubekezela kulokhu kuncintisana esikumiselweyo, ² sibhekile kuJesu , umqalisi nomphelelisi w okukholwa kwethu , owathi esikhundleni sentokozo ayibekelweyo wathwala isiphambano engalinaki ihlazo, wahlala ngakwesokunene sesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu. ³ Yebo, mqondeni yena owakhuthazela ephikwa kangaka yizoni , ukuze ningakhathali, niphele amandla emiphefumulweni yenu. ⁴ Anikamelani nezono nilwa kuze kube segazini; ⁵ senikhohliwe umyalo okhuluma kinina njengakubantwana wokuthi : Ndodana yami , ungadeleli ukulaya kweNkosi , uphele amandla, nxa usolwa yiyo, ⁶ ngokuba iNkosi iyamlaya emthanday o ishaye yile yo naleyo ndodana eyamukelayo. ⁷ Bekezelani ekulayweni; uNkulunkulu uyaniphathisa okwabantwana , ngokuba yiyiphi indodana engalaywa nguyise na? ⁸ Kepha uma ningalaywa , abathe bonke benziwa abahlanganyeli kukho , khona-ke ningabesihlahla, anisiwo amadodana. ⁹ Futhi-ke sasinawobaba bethu benyama abasilayayo, sabazisa; pho, asiyikuthobela uYise wawomoya kakhulu kunalokho, siphile, na? ¹⁰ Ngokuba bona kambe basilaya izinsukwana njengokubona kwabo , kepha yena kube yinsizakalo, size sithole ukuhlanganyela ubungcwele bakhe. ¹¹ Ukulaya konke okwamanje kungathi akusikho okwentokozo , kepha kungokosizi, kodwa ngasemuva kuyabathelela isithelo esihle sokulunga labo abahlakahliswe yikho. Qinisani izandla ezibuthakathaka namadolo axegayo ¹² Ngakho-ke qinisani izandla ezibuthakathaka namadolo axegayo, ¹³ nenzele izinyawo zenu izindlela eziqondileyo ukuba okuqhugayo kungaphinyizeki, kepha kunalokho kuphulukiswe. ¹⁴ Zamelani ukuthula nabo bonke kanye nokungcweliswa , ongenakho angeyibone iNkosi; ¹⁵ niqaphelisise kungabikho osilelayo emseni kaNkulunkulu, funa kumile impande imbe ebabayo, inixobise, kungcoliswe abaningi yiyo, ¹⁶ kungabikho oyisifebe noma odumazayo njengo -Esawu owathengisa ubuzibulo bakhe ngesidlo sinye nje. ¹⁷ Ngokuba niyazi ukuthi , nokuba ngasemuva ethanda ukudla ifa lesibusiso, waliwa, ngokuba akalitholanga ithuba lokuphenduka , noma ekufunisisa ngezinyembezi. ¹⁸ Ngokuba anizanga entabeni ephathekayo nesha umlilo , nasekufiphaleni, nasebumnyameni, nasesivunguvungwini, ¹⁹ nasekukhaleni kwecilongo, nasekuzwakaleni kwamazwi, abathe ukukuzwa, bancenga ukuba kungabe kusakhulunywa izwi kubo, ²⁰ ngokuba babengenakukuthwala lokho abayalwa ngakho kokuthi : Ngisho nesilwane, uma sithinta intaba, siyakukhandwa ngamatshe, ²¹ yebo, umbono wesabeka kangaka, waze wathi uMose: Nginovalo olukhulu, ngiyathuthumela, ²² kodwa nize entabeni yaseSiyoni nasemzini kaNkulunkulu ophilayo , iJerusalema lasezulwini, nasezigidigidini zezingelosi, ²³ nasebandleni lamazibulo abhaliwe ezulwini , nakuNkulunkulu, uMahluleli wabo bonke, nakuyo imimoya yabalungileyo abaphelelisiweyo, ²⁴ nakuJesu, umlamuleli wesivumelwano esisha , nasegazini lokufafaza elikhuluma okukhulu kunelika-Abela. ²⁵ Bhekani, ningamali okhulumayo ; ngokuba uma bengaphunyukanga labo ababemala lowo owabaxwayisa emhlabeni , kakhulu asiyikuphuny uka thina esimfulathelayo oxwayisa esezulwini, ²⁶ ozwi lakhe lanyakazisa umhlaba ngaleso sikhathi, kepha manje uthembisile wathi: Kusezakuba kanye ngizamazamise kungabi ngumhlaba wodwa , kepha nezulu futhi. ²⁷ Lokho kokuthi : Kusezakuba kanye kutshengisa uku guqulwa kwezinto ezinyakaziswayo, njengokuba zenziwe, ukuze lezo ezinganyakaziswayo zime. ²⁸ Ngakho-ke lokhu samukeliswa umbuso ongenakunyakaziswa , masibonge ngesingamkhonza ngakho uNkulunkulu ngokumthokozisa , nangokumhlonipha, nangokuthuthumela, ²⁹ ngokuba uNkulunkulu wethu ungumlilo oqothulayo.