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₁Kepha ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, kuyiqiniso ngezinto ezingabonwayo.

₂Ngokuba okhokho bafakazelwa ngakho.

₃Ngokukholwa siqonda ukuthi izwe lonke ladatshulwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, kuze kuthi okubonwayo akuvelanga kokubonwayo.

₄Ngokukholwa uAbela wanikela kuNkulunkulu ngomhlatshelo omuhle kunoKayini, athola ngakho ubufakazi bokuthi ulungile, uNkulunkulu uqobo efakaza ngezipho zakhe; nangakho usakhuluma, noma efile.

₅Ngokukholwa uEnoke wathathwa, ukuze angaboni ukufa, akabe esafunyanwa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayemthabathile. Ngokuba engakathathwa ufakazelwe ukuthi wayethokozisa uNkulunkulu;

₆kepha-ke ngaphandle kokukholwa akwenzeki ukumthokozisa; ngokuba ozayo kuNkulunkulu umelwe ukukholwa ukuthi ukhona nokuthi ungumvuzi walabo abamfunayo.

₇Ngokukholwa uNowa exwayisiwe ngezinto ebezingakabonwa, esaba uNkulunkulu, wakha umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe, okungakho walahla izwe, waba-yindlalifa yokulunga okuvela ngokukholwa.

₈Ngokukholwa uAbrahama walalela ebizwa ukuba aphume aye endaweni abezakuyamukeliswa ibe-yifa lakhe; waphuma engazi lapho eya khona.

₉Ngokukholwa waba-ngumfokazi ezweni lesithembiso kwangathi ngelezizwe, ehlala ematendeni, benoIsaka noJakobe, beyizindlalifa kanye naye zalesosithembiso,

₁₀ngokuba wayebheké umuzi onezisekelo, omakhi nomenzi wawo nguNkulunkulu.

₁₁Ngokukholwa naye uSara uqobo wathola amandla okukhulelwa esedlulelwe yisikhathi, ngokuba wathi ukholekile owethembisayo.

₁₂Ngakho-ke kwavela koyedwa, yena enjengosewafa, abangangezinkanyezi zezulu ngobuningi, bengangesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle esingenakubalwa.

₁₃Bonke laba bafa bekholiwe, bengazamukeliswanga izithembiso, kepha bezibonile, bezithakazele zikude, bevumile ukuthi bangabafokazi nezihambi emhlabeni.

₁₄Ngokuba abasho kanjalo babonakalisa ukuthi bafuna izwe lakubo.

₁₅Uma kambe bebecabanga ngalelo ababephuma kulo, bebeyakuba-nethuba lokubuyela kulo;

₁₆kepha manje balangazelela elihle kunalelo, okungukuthi elasezulwini. Ngalokho uNkulunkulu akanamahloni ngabo ukuba abizwe ngokuthi uNkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba ubalungisele umuzi.

₁₇Ngokukholwa uAbrahama evivinywa wanikela ngoIsaka, yebo, yena owayamukele izithembiso, wanikela ngozelwe yedwa wakhe,

₁₈okwathiwa kuye: Inzalo yakho iyakubizwa ngoIsaka,

₁₉ethi uNkulunkulu unamandla okuvusa nakwabafileyo; ngokulinganisa wabuye wamthola futhi evela khona.

₂₀Ngokukholwa uIsaka wabusisa oJakobe noEsawu ngezinto ebezizakuza.

₂₁Ngokukholwa uJakobe esezakufa wabusisa leyo naleyo yamadodana kaJosefa, wakhuleka encikile esihlokweni sodondolo lwakhe.

₂₂Ngokukholwa uJosefa esezakufa wakhuluma ngokuphuma kwabantwana bakwaIsrayeli, wayaleza ngamathambo akhe.

₂₃Ngokukholwa uMose esezelwe wafihlwa ngabazali bakhe izinyanga ezintathu, ngokuba bembona engumntwana omuhle; abawesabanga umyalo wenkosi.

₂₄Ngokukholwa uMose esekhulile wala ukubizwa ngokuthi indodana yendodakazi kaFaro;

₂₅kunalokho wakhetha ukuphathwa kabi kanye nabantu bakaNkulunkulu kunokuba athokoze isikhashana esonweni,

₂₆ethi ukuthukwa ngenxa kaKristu kuyimfuyo enkulu kunengcebo yaseGibithe, ngokuba wayebheké umvuzo.

₂₇Ngokukholwa washiya iGibithe engesabi ulaka lwenkosi; ngokuba wakhuthazela sengathi uyambona ongabonwayo.

₂₈Ngokukholwa wamisa iPhasika nokufafaza ngegazi, ukuze umbhubhisi angathinti amazibulo abo.

₂₉Ngokukholwa badabula uLwandle oluBomvu kungathi kusemhlabathini owomileyo, okwathi abaseGibithe bekulinga lokho, baminza.

₃₀Ngokukholwa izingange zaseJeriko zawa, sezizungeziwe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

₃₁Ngokukholwa uRahabi isifebe akabhubhanga kanye nabangalalelanga, esezamukele izinhloli ngokuthula.

₃₂Ngisezakuthini futhi na? Isikhathi kambe sizakungishiya, uma ngibalisa ngoGideyoni, noBaraki, noSamsoni, noJefta, noDavide, noSamuweli nabaprofethi,

₃₃abathi ngokukholwa banqoba imibuso, basebenza ukulunga, bazuza izithembiso, bavimba imilomo yezingonyama,

₃₄bacima amandla omlilo, baphepha osikweni lwenkemba, baphiwa amandla ebuthakathakeni, baba-yiziqhwaga empini, baxosha izimpi zabezizwe.

₃₅Abesifazane bamukeliswa abafileyo babo bevusiwe; abanye bahlushwa, kabavuma ukukhululwa, ukuze bathole ukuvuka okuhle;

₃₆abanye balingwa ngokujivazwa nokushaywa, yebo, nokuboshwa nokufakwa etilongweni;

₃₇bakhandwa ngamatshe, banqunywa ngesaha, balingwa, babulawa ngenkemba, bazulazula bembethe izikhumba zezimvu nezezimbuzi, beswela, behlushwa, bephathwa kabi,

₃₈izwe elingabafanele bona, behamba emahlane, nasezintabeni, nasemihumeni, nasemigedeni yomhlaba.

₃₉Labo bonke, befakazelwe ngokukholwa, abazuzanga isithembiso,

₄₀ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayesibonele okuhle kunalokho, ukuze bangapheleliswa ngaphandle kwethu.