Incwadi KaJakhobe
1 Mina Jakhobe+ inceku kaNkulunkulu leyeNkosi uJesu Khristu, kuzizwana ezilitshumi lambili ezisabaleleyo:
Ngiyalibingelela!
2 Bafowethu, thokozani kakhulu nxa lisehlelwa yizilingo ezitshiyeneyo,+ 3 njengoba lisazi ukuthi ukholo lwenu oluhlolwe ngendlela le* lwenza liqinisele.+ 4 Kodwa vumelani ukuqinisela kuqede umsebenzi wakho ukuze liphelele, lingabi lasici kukho konke njalo lingasileli ngalutho.+
5 Ngakho nxa ekhona phakathi kwenu ongelakho ukuhlakanipha kaqhubeke ekucela kuNkulunkulu+ ngoba yena ubapha ngesihle bonke futhi engelansolo.*+ Uzakuphiwa sibili+ 6 kodwa kaqhubeke ecela elokholo,+ engathandabuzi ngitsho lakancane+ ngoba othandabuzayo unjengegagasi lolwandle eliphetshulwa ngumoya lisiya le lale. 7 Phela umuntu onjalo akumelanga akhangelele ukwamukela loba yini evela kuJehova,* 8 ungqondombili+ njalo uyatshintshatshintsha kuzo zonke izindlela zakhe.
9 Kodwa umzalwane ophansi kathokoze* ngokuphakanyiswa kwakhe,+ 10 lonothileyo kathokoze ngokwehliswa kwakhe+ ngoba uzakufa njengeluba leganga. 11 Njengoba nje ilanga liphuma litshise bhe libunise isilimo, iluba laso likhithike lobuhle baso buphele, umuntu onothileyo laye uzatshabalala elokhu egijimisana lenotho.+
12 Uyathokoza umuntu oqhubeka eqinisela nxa elingwa+ ngoba uzathi esamukelwa athole umqhele wokuphila,+ lowo uJehova* awuthembisa labo abaqhubeka bemthanda.+ 13 Nxa umuntu elingwa kangatsho ukuthi, “Ngilingwa nguNkulunkulu” ngoba uNkulunkulu ngeke alingwe ngezinto ezimbi njalo yena kalingi muntu. 14 Kodwa lowo lalowo ulingwa ngokudonswa langokuhugwa* yisifiso sakhe.+ 15 Nxa isifiso leso sesikhulile* sizala isono, nxa isono sesenziwe, siletha ukufa.+
16 Lingadukiswa bafowethu abathandekayo. 17 Zonke izipho ezinhle lazo zonke izipho ezipheleleyo zivela phezulu,+ zehla zivela kuYise wezibane zasezulwini+ ongatshintshiyo futhi ongaphenduphendukiyo njengemithunzi etshedayo.+ 18 Kwakuyintando yakhe ukuthi asilethe ekuphileni ngelizwi leqiniso+ ukuze sibe luhlobo lwezithelo zokuqala lwezidalwa zakhe.+
19 Kumele likwazi lokhu bafowethu abathandekayo: Wonke umuntu kumele aphangise ukulalela, aphuze ukukhuluma,+ aphuze lokuzonda+ 20 ngoba ukuzonda komuntu akukulethi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu.+ 21 Ngakho-ke susani konke ukungcola lakho konke okuyizinto okuncane okubi,*+ likwamukele ngobumnene ukugxiliswa kwelizwi elenelisa ukulisindisa.*
22 Kumele libe ngabantu abenza lokho ilizwi elikutshoyo+ lingabi ngabalizwayo nje kuphela, liziyenga ngemicabango engamanga. 23 Loba ngubani olizwayo ilizwi kodwa angenzi lokho elikutshoyo+ unjengomuntu okhangela ubuso bakhe* esibukweni, 24 athi esezikhangelile asuke ahambe, ahle akhohlwe ukuthi ungumuntu onjani. 25 Kodwa lowo okhangelisisa umthetho opheleleyo+ wenkululeko futhi aqhubeke ekuwo uba ngulowo owenzayo umsebenzi, hatshi ozwayo abesekhohlwa njalo uzathokoza ngakwenzayo.+
26 Loba ngubani ocabanga ukuthi uyamkhonza uNkulunkulu kodwa engalubambi* ulimi lwakhe+ uyaziyenga enhliziyweni yakhe njalo ukukhonza kwakhe akuncedi ngalutho. 27 Indlela yokukhonza* ehlanzekileyo lengangcolanga ngokubona kukaNkulunkulu uBaba wethu yile: ukunakekela izintandane+ labafelokazi+ ekuhluphekeni kwabo+ kanye lokuzigcina singelasici emhlabeni.+