1Ngako-ke asesabe, funa kube khona emkhatsini wenu lobonakala shangatsi sewusigejile lesitfuba, ngobe sisemile lesetsembiso saNkulunkulu sekungena ekuphumuleni kwakhe. 2LiVangeli lishunyayelwe kitsi, njengobe lashunyayelwa nakulabo bakadzeni. Kodvwa lelivi labaliva alizange libasite; ngobe naloku baliva ngetindlebe nje abazange balikholwe ngetinhlitiyo. 3Tsine lesikholwako siyangena ekuphumuleni kwakhe, njengobe washo watsi:
“Ekutfukutseleni kwami ngafunga ngatsi:
‘Bangeke basangena ekuphumuleni kwami.’ ”
Noko imisebenti yakhe yase iphelelisiwe kusukela ekudalweni kwemhlaba. 4Ngobe ngiko lokushiwo ngumBhalo ngelilanga lesikhombisa kutsi: “Ngelilanga lesikhombisa Nkulunkulu waphumula kuyo yonkhe imisebenti yakhe.” 5Kodvwa uphindze atsi kulendzawo: “Bangeke basangena ekuphumuleni kwami.” 6Kuyakhanya-ke kutsi nanyalo umnyango usavuliwe kutsi labo labatsandzako basengangena ekuphumuleni kwakhe, ngobe phela labo labaliva kucala liVangeli abangenanga ngenca yekungalaleli kwabo. 7Loku-ke Nkulunkulu ukukhombise ngekutsi akhetse lelinye lilanga lekutsiwa ngu “lamuhla”. Wakhuluma ngaDavide emvakweminyaka leminyenti, njengobe kubhaliwe, watsi:
“Lamuhla, naniliva livi lami,
ningatenti tibe lukhuni tinhlitiyo tenu.”
8Kube Joshuwa wabanika loko kuphumula, Nkulunkulu abengeke aphindze akhulume ngalelinye lilanga. 9Ngako-ke kuphumula kweliSabatha kusabasalele bantfu baNkulunkulu. 10Ngobe lowo longene ekuphumuleni kwaNkulunkulu, naye uphumula emisebentini yakhe, njengobe naNkulunkulu aphumula kuyakhe. 11Ngako-ke asikhutsalele kungena kuloko kuphumula, kubete lowehluleka ngenca yekungalaleli njengabo.
Livi laNkulunkulu liphilile
12Livi laNkulunkulu liphilile, linemandla; likhalipha kwengca inkemba lesika ngetinhlangotsi totimbili. Lisika lidzimate lehlukanise umphefumulo nemoya, emalunga nemnkantja, lehlulele imicabango netifiso tenhlitiyo. 13Kute sidalwa lesifihlakele kuNkulunkulu, kodvwa konkhe kusebaleni kwembuliwe emehlweni alowo lekufanele sitilandze kuye.
Jesu ungumPhristi Lomkhulu kakhulu
14Njengobe sinemPhristi Lomkhulu kakhulu, Jesu iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, lodzabule emazulu, asibambelele kuso sivumo sekukholwa kwetfu. 15LomPhristi wetfu Lomkhulu akasiye lowehluleka kuvelana natsi ebutsakatsakeni betfu, kodvwa walingwa ngayo yonkhe indlela njengatsi, noko akazange one. 16Ngako-ke asisondzele ngesibindzi esihlalweni semusa, khona sitekwemukela sihawu, sitfole umusa lotasisita ngesikhatsi lesifanele.