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₁Ngoko ke uThixo ngenceba yakhe usinike ubizo lokumsebenzela; yiyo loo nto ke singethi mandla. ₂Ngapha koko sisuka siyilahle imikhwa elihlazo, sibutyeshele ubuqhetseba, nelizwi likaThixo singaligqwethi. Koko sisuka siziyaleze ngokuthetha inyaniso, singafihlisi, kumntu wonke onesazela. Senjenjalo ke phambi koThixo. ₃Kaloku ukuba iindaba ezimnandi esizishumayelayo azicacanga, koba azicacanga kuphela kwabo baya kwantshabalalo. ₄Bona àbakholwa kaloku, kuba ingqiqo yabo yenziwe mfiliba sisigqubuthelo abasifakwe ngulo uzenza uthixo weli phakade. Silisithile kaloku esi sigqubuthelo ilitha lokukhanya kweendaba ezimnandi ezivakalisa isidima sikaKrestu, ongumceph' ucandiwe noThixo. ₅Kakade asishumayeli thina ziqu; sishumayela ukuba uKrestu yiNkosi; thina ke sizizicaka zenu ngenxa yakhe. ₆UThixo owathi: “Makuvele ukukhanya ebumnyameni,” usekwanguye okhanyisela iingqondo zethu, etyhila ukwaziwa kobume bakhe obubonakala kuKrestu siqu.

₇Kambe ke obu butyebi sibuphethe ngezitya zodongwe, ukuze kucace ukuba amandla ancamisayo ngakaThixo, akangowethu. ₈Ke, sithi sisezimbandezelweni zingasixini noko; sithingaze maxa wambi, kodwa singancami; ₉singqingwe ziintshaba, kodwa asize singabi namhlobo; sintlithwa kanobom, singafi noko. ₁₀Lonke ixesha sisoloko sithwele ukufa kukaYesu, ukuze ubomi bakhe bubonakale kuthi ziqu. ₁₁Ewe, ngalo lonke ixesha sisoloko sisesichengeni sokufa ngenxa kaYesu, khon' ukuze ukudla kwakhe ubomi kubonakale ngathi bantu bafayo. ₁₂Ngoko ke, kuthi kusebenza ukufa, kodwa kuni kusebenza ubomi.

₁₃*IziBhalo zithi: “Ndathetha kuba ndandithembele kuThixo.” Nathi ke kwangaloo ndlela, sithetha kuba sithembele kuThixo. ₁₄Kaloku siyazi ukuba uThixo owayivusayo iNkosi uYesu ekufeni, nathi uya kusivusa kunye noYesu, asise apho akhoyo, kunye nani. ₁₅Ewe, zilungiselelwe nina zonke ezi zinto, ukuze kuthi njengoko bebaninzi abenzelwa isisa, ngokunjalo nemibulelo ibe mininzi, kudunyiswa uThixo.

₁₆Kungenxa yale nto ke singethi mandla nje. Kaloku imo yethu entsha isuka ihlaziyeke ngokuhlaziyeka, nokuba imo yethu endala yona iya isonakala ngokonakala. ₁₇Ewe, ezi mbandezelo zexeshana, zincinane zinjalo, zisilungiselela iwonga laphakade, elingenakulinganiswa nazo. ₁₈Ngoko ke asilangazeleli zinto zibonwayo, silangazelela ezingabonwayo. Kaloku ezibonwayo izinto zezexeshana nje, kanti ezingabonakaliyo ziya kuhlala zihleli.