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4 Pho singatsini-ke ngakhokho wetfu Abrahama lesivela kuye? Watfolani? 2 Kube Abrahama kwatsiwa ulungile ngenca yemisebenti, bekatawuba nesizatfu sekutigabatisa. Kodvwa bekangeke atigabatise embikwaNkulunkulu. 3 Utsini umbhalo? Utsi: “Abrahama wakholwa kuJehova,* ngako kwatsiwa ulungile.”+ 4 Umuntfu losebentako utfola umvuzo wakhe, hhayi ngobe entelwa umusa lomkhulu, kodvwa uwutfola ngobe awufanele.* 5 Ngakulokunye, umuntfu longetsembeli emisebentini yakhe, kodvwa lowetsembela kuLoyo lotsi bantfu lababi balungile, kutawutsiwa ulungile ngenca yekukholwa kwakhe.+ 6 NaDavide wakhuluma ngenjabulo letfolwa ngumuntfu Nkulunkulu latsi ulungile nanobe angakwenti konkhe lokushiwo ngumtsetfo, watsi: 7 “Bayajabula labo labatsetselelwe tento tabo letimbi, nalabo labatsetselelwe tono tabo;* 8 uyajabula umuntfu Jehova* langeke aze ambalele sono sakhe.”+
9 Lenjabulo itfolwa ngulabasokile kuphela yini, nobe nalabo labangakasoki bayayitfola?+ Ngobe sitsi: “Abrahama kwatsiwa ulungile ngenca yekukholwa kwakhe.”+ 10 Kwashiwo nini kutsi ulungile? Ngesikhatsi sekasokile yini nobe ngesikhatsi asengakasoki? Kwashiwo ngesikhatsi asengakasoki. 11 Wanikwa luphawu+ lolukusoka, lolwaba sicinisekiso sekutsi kutsiwe ulungile ngekukholwa lebekanako ngesikhatsi asengakasoki, kuze abe ngubabe wabo bonkhe lababa nekukholwa+ ngisho bangakasoki, khona nabo kutawutsiwa balungile; 12 futsi aphindze abe ngubabe webantfwana labasokile, hhayi nje labo labasoke enyameni, kodvwa nalabo labahamba ngendlela lefanele etinyatselweni tababe wetfu Abrahama,+ ngobe naye bekanekukholwa ngesikhatsi asengakasoki.
13 Abrahama nentalelwane* yakhe abazange banikwe setsembiso sekuba tindlalifa telive+ ngenca yemtsetfo, kodvwa bekungenca yekutsi kwatsiwa balungile ngekukholwa kwabo.+ 14 Ngobe nangabe labo labagcina umtsetfo batindlalifa, kukholwa akusenamsebenti, nalesetsembiso sesiphelile. 15 Ecinisweni, uMtsetfo wenta umuntfu afanelwe yintfukutselo+ yaNkulunkulu, kodvwa nakute umtsetfo, kute nekuwephula.+
16 Ngako lesetsembiso saba khona ngenca yekukholwa kuze sitocinisekiswa kuyo yonkhe intalelwane*+ yakhe, futsi loko bekungenca yemusa lomkhulu+ waNkulunkulu, hhayi kulabo labagcina uMtsetfo kuphela kodvwa nakulabo labanekukholwa lokufana nekwa-Abrahama, longubabe wetfu sonkhe.+ 17 (Kunjengobe nje kwabhalwa kwatsiwa: “Ngikukhetsele kutsi ube ngubabe wetive letinyenti.”)+ Lesetsembiso sentiwa nguNkulunkulu, loyo Abrahama lebekakholwa kuye, futsi lovusa bantfu labafile, nalokhuluma ngetintfo letisengekho kube shengatsi tikhona.* 18 Kodvwa Abrahama wetsemba nanobe bekete sizatfu sekuba nelitsemba, wakholwa kutsi utawuba ngubabe wetive letinyenti njengobe kwakushiwo nakutsiwa: “Batawuba ngako-ke nebantfwana* bakho.”+ 19 Ngisho nobe kukholwa kwakhe kungazange kunciphe, kepha wabona kutsi umtimba wakhe sekufana nekutsi ufile (ngobe besekaneminyaka lengaba ngu-100 budzala),+ kantsi naSara bekangabatfoli bantfwana.*+ 20 Kodvwa ngenca yesetsembiso saNkulunkulu wakholwa futsi akazange angabate, futsi wacina ngenca yekukholwa kwakhe, wakhatimulisa Nkulunkulu. 21 Bekaciniseka kutsi loko Nkulunkulu bekametsembise kona utawukhona kukwenta.+ 22 Ngako “kwatsiwa ulungile.”+
23 Nanobe kunjalo, lamavi latsi “kwatsiwa ulungile” akazange abhalelwe yena kuphela,+ 24 kodvwa abhalelwa natsi lokutawutsiwa silungile ngobe siyakholwa kuLoyo lowavusa Jesu iNkhosi yetfu ekufeni,+ 25 lowanikelwa ngenca yetono tetfu+ futsi wavuswa kuze kutsiwe silungile.+