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3 Ngendlela lefanako, nine bafati titfobeni emadvodzeni enu,+ kuze kutsi nangabe lamanye kuwo angalilaleli livi, azuzwe ngaphandle kwemavi ngekutiphatsa kwebafati bawo,+ 2 ngenca yekutsi atibonele wona kutiphatsa kwenu lokumsulwa+ nenhlonipho yenu lenkhulu. 3 Kutihlobisa kwenu akungabi kwangaphandle, njengekuchina imichino, kufaka imihlobiso yeligolide,+ nobe kugcoka timphahla letidulile, 4 kodvwa akube nguloko lokusenhlitiyweni, lokukutihlobisa ngemoya wekuthula nalophansi,*+ longonakali futsi lobaluleke kakhulu emehlweni aNkulunkulu. 5 Ngobe bebatihlobisa ngaleyo ndlela bafati labangcwele basendvulo lebebetsembele kuNkulunkulu, batitfoba emadvodzeni abo, 6 njengobe naSara bekamlalela Abrahama, ambita ngekutsi yinkhosi.+ Nani senibantfwana bakhe, yingci nje nanichubeka nenta lokuhle, futsi ningancotjwa kwesaba.+
7 Ngendlela lefanako, nani madvodza chubekani nihlala nabo ngekubati.* Nibahloniphe+ njengesitja lesibutsakatsaka kakhudlwana, umuntfu lomsikati, ngobe batindlalifa temusa waNkulunkulu loletsa kuphila njengobe nani ningito,+ kuze imithantazo yenu ingavimbeki.
8 Kwekugcina, nonkhe cabangani ngekuvumelana,*+ nivelane, nitsandzane njengobe nibazalwane, nibe nesihawu,+ futsi nitfobeke.+ 9 Ningaphindziseli lokubi ngalokubi,+ nobe kwetfukwa ngekwetfuka.+ Esikhundleni saloko busisani,+ ngobe nabitelwa kulendlela yekuphila kuze nitfole sibusiso.
10 Ngobe “nobe ngubani lotsandza kuphila nalofuna kuba nemalanga lajabulisako, kufanele abambe lulwimi lwakhe kulokubi,+ abambe netindzebe takhe ekukhulumeni emanga. 11 Akafulatsele lokubi,+ ente lokuhle,+ afune kuthula futsi akubambisise.+ 12 Ngobe emehlo aJehova* akesuki kulabalungile, netindlebe takhe tilalela kuncusa kwabo;+ kodvwa Jehova* umelene nalabenta lokubi.”+
13 Ngubani lotanilimata nangabe nikhutsalela kwenta lokuhle?+ 14 Ngisho nobe kungenteka nihlushwe ngenca yekulunga, niyajabula.+ Kepha-ke ningakwesabi loko labakwesabako,* futsi ningaphatamiseki.+ 15 Kunaloko, ngcwelisani Khristu njengeNkhosi etinhlitiyweni tenu, nihlale nikulungele kutiphendvulela ngelitsemba lenu kubo bonkhe labanibuta ngalo, kodvwa nente njalo ngemoya lophansi*+ nangenhlonipho lenkhulu.+
16 Hlalani ninanembeza lomuhle,+ kuze kutsi kunobe yini labanikhuluma kabi kuyo, bahlazeke+ ngenca yekutiphatsa kwenu lokuhle njengobe nibalandzeli baKhristu.+ 17 Kuncono kuhlupheka ngobe nenta lokuhle+ nangabe loko kuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu, kunekuhlupheka ngobe nenta lokubi.+ 18 Ngisho naKhristu wafa kwaba kanye kuphela ngenca yetono,+ umuntfu lolungile wafela labangakalungi,+ kuze aniholele kuNkulunkulu.+ Wabulawa ayinyama,+ kodvwa wavuswa angumoya.+ 19 Ngesikhatsi anemtimba wemoya, wahamba wayoshumayela emimoyeni lebeyiboshiwe,+ 20 lebeyingalaleli ngesikhatsi Nkulunkulu alindze ngekubeketela* emalangeni aNowa,+ ngalesikhatsi kwakhiwa umkhumbi+ lokwatsi ngawo bantfu* labangu-8 kuphela bahamba ngekuphepha etikwemanti.+
21 Lubhabhatiso loluhlobene naloku seluyanisindzisa (hhayi ngekususwa kwekungcola kwenyama, kodvwa ngekucela nembeza lomuhle kuNkulunkulu),+ ngekuvuswa kwaJesu Khristu ekufeni. 22 Ungesekudla saNkulunkulu+ ngobe waya ezulwini, futsi tingilosi, emagunya kanye nemandla kwabekwa ngephansi kwakhe.+