₁“Nanku ke umyalelo, imigaqo, nemimiselo endithunywe *nguNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ukuba ndinifundise yona. Ngoko ke ze niyithobele nakufika kwelo lizwe niya kulo. ₂Ngalo lonke ithuba lobomi bakho, wena nezizukulwana zakho, kufuneka nimhlonele uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho, uyithobele imithetho nemiyalelo yakhe endikunike yona, khon' ukuze ube nokuxhamla ubomi obude. ₃Hoyina, maSirayeli! Yiphulaphuleni niyithobele le miyalelo! Xa niyenzile ke loo nto nolungelwa nande kakhulu kwelo lizwe lendyebo eliphuphuma ubisi nobusi, elo nilinikwa ngokwesithembiso sikaNdikhoyo uThixo wooyihlo.

₄“Hoyina, Sirayeli! UNdikhoyo nguThixo wethu, uNdikhoyo yedwa qwaba! ₅Ngoko ke mthande uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho ngomxhelo wakho wonke, nangomoya wakho wonke, ngokunjalo nangamandla akho onke. ₆Le miyalelo ndikunika yona namhlanje mayilawule bonke ubomi bakho. ₇Uze uyibethelele ekufundiseni abantwana bakho, uthethe ngayo xa usekhaya, kanti noba useluhambeni, naxa ulalayo, ngokunjalo naxa uvukayo. ₈Uze uyiqhinele ibe ngumqondiso esandleni sakho, ngokunjalo nasebunzi, khon' ukuze ihlale isisikhumbuzo. ₉Uze uyikrole emigubasini, ngokunjalo nasemasangweni akho.”

₁Ekufikeni komhla *wePentekoste babehlangene ndawonye bonke. ₂Ngesaquphe beva isandi esingathi kukuza komoya omkhulu, uvuthuza esibhakabhakeni. Sayizalisa indlu ababehleli kuyo isandi eso. ₃Kwabonakala amadangatye angathi ziilwimi, laza lalelo idangatye lahlala kumntu ngamnye kubo. ₄Bazaliswa ke bonke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baza bathetha ngalwimi zimbi, njengoko uMoya wabaphayo.

₅EJerusalem apho kwakukho amaJuda, abantu ababenenzondelelo ngezinto zikaThixo, bevela kuzo zonke izizwe zehlabathi. ₆Bakukuva oko kwakusenzeka, kwahlanganisana indimbane yabantu, bonke bemangalisiwe kukuva abalandeli bakaYesu bethetha iilwimi zabo. ₇Bethe khumnqa, bathi: “Okunene aba bantu ngamaGalili bonke! ₈Ke, kutheni le nto sonke ngabanye sibeva bethetha nathi ngolwimi lweenkobe?