1Kodwana ngithi lokha indlalifa nayisesemntwana, ayehluki kunekhoboka, nanyana imnini walo loke ilifa. 2Iba ngaphasi kwabeluleki nabaphatheli bayo bekufike isikhathi esibekwe nguyise. 3Ngokunjalo-ke nathi nasisesebantwana besisebukhobokeni ngaphasi kwemigomo yephasi. 4Kodwana isikhathi nasele siphelelisiwe, uZimu wathumela iNdodanakhe, ebelethwe ngowesifazana, yabelethelwa ngaphasi komthetho, 5ukuzokuhlenga labo abangaphasi komthetho ukuze nathi sifunyane ilungelo elizeleko lamadodana.6Ngebanga lokobana nimadodanakhe, uZimu wathumela uMoya weNdodanakhe ngeenhliziyweni zethu, uMoya orhuwelela uthi: “Aba! Baba!” 7Yeke awusese likhoboka kodwana sele uyindodana. Njengombana uyindodana, uZimu godu ukwenze waba yindlalifa.
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8Phambilini lokha ningakamazi uZimu, benimakhoboka walabo ngokwemvelo abangasibo abozimu. 9Kodwana njengombana sele nimazi uZimu namkha ngingathi senisaziwa nguZimu, kubayini-ke senibuyela eemfundisweni ezibuthakathaka nezililize na? Nithanda ukuba makhoboka wazo godu na? 10Nihlonipha amalanga akhethekileko, iinyanga, iinkhathi neminyaka! 11Nginevalo ngani, kobana mhlamunye ngidlale ngamandlami ngani.
12Ngiyanirabhela, bazalwana, yibani njengami ngombana nami nginjengani. Anikangoni ngalitho. 13Njengombana nisazi, bekungebanga lokugula bona ngithome ngani ukutjhumayela ivangeli. 14Nanyana ukugula kwami kube sizizinyo kini, azange ninginyaze namkha ningiphoqe. Esikhundleni salokho ningamukele sengathi ngiyingilozi kaZimu, iye, kwanga nginguKrestu Jesu ngenyama. 15Kwenzekeni ngalo loke ithabo lenu na? Ngingafakaza bona nabe gade nenze njalo, benizokukhupha amehlwenu ninginikele wona. 16Alo, sengisisitha senu ngokunitjela iqiniso na?
17Abantwabo batjhisekela ukunizuza, kodwana ingasi ebuhleni. Abakufunako kukunahlukanisa nathi ukuze nani nibatjhisekele. 18Kuhle bona nitjhiseke, kwaphela nakube kungomnqopho omuhle begodu kuhlale kunjalo, ingasi kwaphela lokha nanginani. 19Bantwana bami enginomrhelo ngabo kufikela uKrestu abunjwe ngaphakathi kwenu, 20maye bengilangazela kangangani ukuba nani ngitjhugulule ilizwi lami ngombana ngirareke khulu ngani!
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21Akhe ningitjele nina enithanda ukuba ngaphasi komthetho, anilemuki bona umthetho uthini na? 22Angithi kutloliwe bona u-Abrahamu bekanamadodana amabili, enye ingeyekhobokakazi, enye ingeyomkakhe okhululekileko. 23Indodanakhe yekhobokakazi yabelethwa ngendlela ejayelekileko, kodwana indodanakhe yomfazi okhululekileko yabelethwa ngebanga lesithembiso. 24Izintwezi ziimfanekiso kwaphela ngombana abafazi bajamele iimvumelwano ezimbili. Isivumelwano esisodwa ngesibuya entabeni iSinayi begodu sibeletha abantwana abazokuba makhoboka: Lokho kutjho uHagari. 25UHagari ujamele intaba yeSinayi ese-Arabhiya begodu ukhambisana nomuzi lo weJerusalema ngombana usebukhobokeni kanye nabantwana bawo. 26Kodwana iJerusalema eliphezulu likhululekile begodu lingumma wethu 27ngombana kutloliwe kwathiwa:
“Yewuthabe wena mfazi oyinyumba
iye, wena ongabelethi abantwana,
phuma urhahlawule
wena onganamirhelo
ngombana banengi abantwana bomfazi onganabani
kunebaloyo onendoda.”
28Nje-ke nina bazalwana, njengo-Isaka nibantwana besithembiso. 29Ngesikhatheso indodana ebelethwe ngokujayelekileko yatlhorisa indodana ebelethwe ngamandla kaMoya. Kunjalo nagadesi. 30Kodwana umtlolo uthini na? Uthi: “Qotjha umfazi olikhoboka nendodanakhe ngombana yona ayisoze yaba nesabelo elifeni nendodana yomfazi okhululekileko.” 31Ngalokho-ke bazalwana, thina asisibo abantwana bomfazi olikhoboka, kodwana singebomfazi okhululekileko.
