Ungamehluleli umzalwane wakho
1Mayelana nalobutsakatsaka ekukholweni, memukeleni kahle, kodvwa hhayi kutsi nitewuphikisana naye inkhani ngemibono. 2Lomunye lukholo lwakhe lumvumela kutsi angadla nome yini, kantsi lobutsakatsaka ekukholweni udla tibhidvo kuphela. 3Lodla konkhe angabombukela phansi longadli konkhe, kantsi nalongadli konkhe angamehluleli lona lodla konkhe; ngobe Nkulunkulu umemukele naye. 4Ungubani wena kutsi ungehlulela sisebenti salomunye? Kuma nekuwa kwaso kwenkhosi yaso; kodvwa siyakuma ngobe iNkhosi inemandla ekusimisa.
5Lomunye umuntfu ucabanga kutsi lelinye lilanga libaluleke kakhulu kunalamanye, kantsi lomunye umuntfu ucabanga kutsi onkhe emalanga ayafanana. Ngulowo nalowo kufanele eneliseke ngalokuphelele engcondvweni yakhe. 6Lowo lohlonipha lilanga ulihloniphela iNkhosi; nalowo lodlako udlela iNkhosi, ngobe naye ubonga kuNkulunkulu; kantsi nalowo longadli uyekelela iNkhosi, ngobe naye ubonga kuNkulunkulu.
7Kute la emkhatsini wetfu lotiphilelako,
futsi kute nalotifelako.
8Nasiphila, siphilela iNkhosi,
nome sifa sifela iNkhosi,
ngako-ke nome siphila nome sifa sibeNkhosi.
9Ngobe Khristu wafa waphindze waphila, khona atewuba yiNkhosi yalabaphilako nalabafile. 10Wena-ke umehlulelelani umzalwane wakho? Nawe-ke umeyiselani umzalwane wakho? Empeleni sonkhe siyakuma embikwesihlalo sekwehlulela saNkulunkulu. 11Ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi:
“Njengobe ngiphila, isho iNkhosi,
onkhe emadvolo ayawukhotsama kimi,
tonkhe tilimi tiyawudvumisa Nkulunkulu.”
12Ngako-ke, sonkhe siyawulandza ngatsi matfupha ngamunye ngamunye kuNkulunkulu.
Ungamwisi umzalwane wakho
13Ngako-ke akubete lowehlulela lomunye. Esikhundleni saloko asitimisele kutsi kubete lobekela lomunye umzalwane sikhubekiso, nome umgoco longahle umwise. 14Njengobe mine ngiseNkhosini Jesu, ngiyati futsi ngicinisekile kutsi kute lutfo lolungcolile ngekwalo; kodvwa kukhona lokungcolile kunome ngubani locabanga kutsi kungcolile. 15Nangabe umzalwane wakho uyakhubeka ngaloko lokudlako, anisahambisani naye ngelutsandvo. Ngaloko lokudlako ungambulali lowo muntfu lowafelwa nguKhristu. 16Ngako-ke ungakuvumeli loko lokuhle kuwe kutsi kukhulunywe kabi ngako. 17Ngobe umbuso waNkulunkulu awusiko kudla nekunatsa, kepha ukulunga, nekuthula, nekujabula kuMoya Longcwele. 18Lowo lokhonta Khristu ngalendlela, uyemukeleka kuNkulunkulu, futsi wetsembekile nakubantfu.
19Ngako-ke, asilangatelele lokuletsa kuthula nekwakhana. 20Lesekwentiwe nguNkulunkulu ungakucitsi ngesizatfu sekudla. Konkhe kuhlantekile, kepha akukalungi kumuntfu kutsi loko lakudlako kube sikhubekiso. 21Lokuncono kungayidli inyama, nekunganatsi lokudzakisanako, nekungenti nome yini lokungahle kwente umzalwane wakho awe. 22Kukholwa lonako kugcine emkhatsini wakho naNkulunkulu. Ubusisiwe lowo longatilahli ngaloko lakubone kutsi kufanele. 23Kodvwa lowo lonekungabata ngalakudlako, sewulahliwe, ngobe ukwenta ngekungakholwa; phela konkhe lokungesiko kwekukholwa, kusono.
