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6 Yikho-ke njengoba sesidlulile emfundisweni yokuqala+ emayelana loKhristu, asikusebenzeleni nzima ukuba lokholo oluqinileyo,*+ singaphindi sibeke isisekelo, okutsho ukuphenduka emisebenzini engancediyo* lokuba lokholo kuNkulunkulu, 2 lezimfundiso zemihlobo etshiyeneyo yobhabhathizo, lokubekwa izandla,+ lokuvuswa kwabafileyo+ kanye lokwahlulelwa kwaphakade. 3 Lokho sizakwenza nxa uNkulunkulu evuma.

4 Bakhona abake bakhanyiselwa+ futhi banambitha isipho samahala sasezulwini, bemukela lomoya ongcwele, 5 banambitha lelizwi likaNkulunkulu elihle kanye lamandla omumo wezinto* ozayo, 6 kodwa sebawa.+ Labobantu ngeke baphinde bancediswe ukuthi baphenduke ngoba bayibethela kutsha iNdodana kaNkulunkulu esigodweni njalo bayenza ihlazo phambi kwabantu.+ 7 Umhlabathi uthola isibusiso esivela kuNkulunkulu nxa umunya amanzi ezulu elihlala lisina phezu kwawo njalo uveza izilimo ezinceda abawulimayo. 8 Kodwa nxa ungamila ameva lokhula uyatshiywa futhi uyabe usuzaqalekiswa, ekucineni ubusutshiswa.

9 Kodwa lanxa sikhuluma kanje bathandekayo, siyaqiniseka ukuthi lina lisesimeni esingcono, lenza izinto ezizakwenza lisindiswe. 10 UNkulunkulu kayisuye ongalunganga ukuthi usengaze awukhohlwe umsebenzi wenu lothando elalutshengisa ebizweni lakhe+ ngokusiza abangcwele langokuqhubeka libasiza. 11 Loba kunjalo, sifisa ukuthi ngamunye wenu akhuthale njengasekuqaleni ukuze angalithandabuzi lakancane ithemba lakhe+ kuze kube sekucineni.+ 12 Lokhu kuzalinceda ukuthi lingabi ngamavila,+ kodwa lilingisele labo abathola ilifa lezithembiso ngokuba lokholo langokubekezela.

13 UNkulunkulu wathi ethembisa u-Abrahama, kakho omkhulu ayengafunga ngaye, yikho wafunga ngaye yena ngokwakhe+ 14 wathi: “Ngizakubusisa sibili njalo ngizakwandisa loba sekutheni.”+ 15 Ngakho u-Abrahama wathi esebekezele, wasithola isithembiso leso. 16 Abantu bafunga ngomuntu omkhulu kulabo futhi isifungo sabo siqeda konke ukuphikisana njengoba siyisiqinisekiso esisemthethweni kubo.+ 17 LoNkulunkulu wenza njalo. Wathi ekhetha ukucacisela izindlalifa zesithembiso+ ukuthi inhloso yakhe ayitshintshi,* wakuqinisa lokho ngesifungo 18 ukuze ngezinto ezimbili ezingeke zitshintshwe, lezo uNkulunkulu angeke aqambe amanga ngazo,+ thina esesibalekele endaweni yokuphephela sikhuthazwe kakhulu ukuthi silibambe siligagadlele ithemba eliphambi kwethu. 19 Ithemba leli+ liyisikhonkwane semiphefumulo* yethu, lisinceda ukuthi singathandabuzi lokuthi siqine njalo lingena liye ngale kwekhetheni+ 20 lapho uJesu, lowo owahamba phambi kwethu, asengene khona+ esenzela thina futhi usebe ngumphristi omkhulu ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi kuze kube nini lanini.+