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₁KwaSirayeli babekho *abashumayeli abaxokayo; ngokunjalo ke naphakathi kwenu baza kubakho abafundisa ubuxoki. Bona baza kunyebelezisa iimfundiso ezidala intshabalalo. Baya kuphika nkqu neNkosi le ibasindisileyo, baze ngokwenjenjalo bazibizele intshabalalo ekhawulezileyo. ₂Baninzi abaya kubalandela kwezo ndlela zabo zokungcola. Yona indlela eyinyaniso baya kuyingcikiva. ₃Ngenxa yokunyoluka kwabo aba bafundisi baya kuniqhatha, khon' ukuze banixhaphaze, bafumane inzuzo. Kodwa ke sona isigwebo abasimisélwa kwantlandlolo sijinga phezu kwabo; umtshabalalisi akalali, ulinde bona.

₄Izithunywa ezathi zôna uThixo akazange abe natarhu kuzo, koko wazithatha waziqamangela ngamatyathanga, waziphosa esithokothokweni sesihogo; apho zihleli khona ngoku, zilinde umhla womgwebo. ₅UThixo akazange alisindise ihlabathi lamandulo, koko wabatshabalalisa ngonogumbe abo bantu bangakhathalele Thixo. Abantu abasindayo nguNowa, umshumayeli wobulungisa, kunye nabanye abasixhenxe. ₆Iidolophu zaseSodom naseGomora uThixo wazigweba wazitshabalalisa; ewe, wazitshisa zaluthuthu, khon' ukuze zibe ngumzekelo kumaxesha azayo, kwabo bangamthobeliyo uThixo. _7-8Kambe ke wamsindisa uLothe indoda eyayinembeko. Kaloku elo lunga lomfo lalingonwabanga phakathi kwabo bantu bangakhathalele mthetho, bengaloyiki nehlazo. Ewe, amanyundululu awayewabona, eweva mihla le, ayemngcungcuthekisa. ₉Kodwa ke iNkosi iyabahlangula ezilingweni abantu abayithobelayo. Ke bona abangayithobeliyo ibagcinele ukubohlwaya ngomhla womgwebo; ₁₀ngakumbi ke abo baqweqwediswa ziinkanuko zokungcola, bedela noomagunya.

Aba bafundisi ngoodelihlazo abakhukhumeleyo; abanambeko, futhi bayazingcikiva nezithwala-ndwe zaphezulu. ₁₁Kanti ke nezithunywa zezulu nakuba zingaphezulu nje kubo ngamandla namagunya, azibenyelisi xa zibamangalela eNkosini. ₁₂Aba bantu bafana nezilwanyana zasendle, zona zizalwa zibe ngoomabonwabulawe. Bayazenyelisa izinto abangaziqondiyo. Nabo baya kutshabalala njengezilwanyana. ₁₃Ewe, isikhuni siya kubuya nomkhwezeli. Ngakwicala leziyolo namanyala bangooncanyelweni. Bayawaxabhela amatheko enu ngokuhlala nani nitye kunye. Kaloku abasenakuzinceda ngobundlobongela nenkohliso. ₁₄Basoloko becel' amehlo kubafazi abangenazimo. Amehlo abo asoloko elambele ukona. Bayabathiyela bababambise abantu abangaqondiyo. Ukunyoluka ngumkhwa abawaziyo; kambe ke baphantsi kwesiqalekiso! ₁₅Bayilahlile eyona ndlela, baza bahola. Bona bahamba ngendlela kaBhalam unyana kaBhehore owakhetha ukona, khon' ukuze azuze imali; ₁₆nto leyo yenza ukuba akhalinyelwe. Ewe, kaloku idonki yathetha ngelizwi lomntu ukugxotha ububhanxa baloo mshumayeli.

₁₇Aba bafundisi bafana nemithombo engampompozi manzi; bafana namafu aqhutywa luqhwithela. Indawo abalungiselelwe yona sisithokothoko senzonzobila. ₁₈Banamabhongo, futhi bathetha amazwi aphuthileyo, baze bathi ngemikhuba yabo yokuzibhubhisa beyelisele abantu abangekaphuncuki kakuhle kwiindlela ezigwenxa. ₁₉Babathembisa inkululeko, kodwa bona ngokwabo basabopheleleke kwimikhwa yokuzibhubhisa. Kaloku umntu uba likhoboka layo nayiphi na into angalumlekiyo kuyo. ₂₀Ukuba abantu bathe ngokwazana neNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu baphuncuka kwizidyobho zehlabathi, baze baphinde babuyele kwakuzo zibakhoboze, isiphelo sabo sibi kunesiqalo. ₂₁Ngekubhetele ukuba babengayazanga eyona ndlela, kunokuba bathi sebeyifumene bajike, bawulahle umyalelo kaThixo ababewunikiwe. ₂₂Kwabanjalo ke liyinene iqhalo elithi: “Inja ibuyele umhlanzo wayo; ihagu ehlanjiweyo ibuye yazityikitya eludakeni.”