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4 Tivelaphi timphi nekulwa emkhatsini wenu? Ativeli yini etifisweni tenu tenyama letichubeka tilwa ngekhatsi kini?*+ 2 Niyafisa kodvwa nite lutfo. Nichubeka nibulala futsi nihawukela, kodvwa niyehluleka kutfola. Nichubeka nilwa, nibangele netimphi.+ Nite lutfo ngenca yekutsi aniceli. 3 Nanicela aninikwa ngobe nicela ngenhloso lembi, futsi nifuna kukusebentisela tifiso tenu tenyama.
4 Nine tiphingi,* anati yini kutsi kuba ngumngani welive kwenta umuntfu abe sitsa naNkulunkulu? Ngako-ke nobe ngubani lofuna kuba ngumngani welive utenta sitsa saNkulunkulu.+ 5 Nobe nicabanga kutsi umbhalo umane usho ngaphandle kwesizatfu yini nawutsi: “Ngenca yekutsi ngekhatsi kitsi kunemona, sichubeka sifisa tonkhe tintfo”?+ 6 Kepha umusa lomkhulu Nkulunkulu lasinika wona mkhulu kakhulu. Kungako umbhalo utsi: “Nkulunkulu umelene nalabatigcabhako,+ kodvwa labatfobekile ubanika umusa wakhe lomkhulu.”+
7 Ngako-ke titfobeni kuNkulunkulu,+ kodvwa nimelane naDeveli+ futsi utanibalekela.+ 8 Sondzelani kuNkulunkulu, naye utawusondzela kini.+ Gezani tandla tenu nine toni,+ nihlambulule tinhlitiyo tenu+ nine leningabatako. 9 Vanini buhlungu, nilile futsi nikhale.+ Kuhleka kwenu akugucuke kube sililo, nekujabula kwenu kube kujabha. 10 Titfobeni embikwaJehova,*+ futsi utaniphakamisa.+
11 Bazalwane, yekelani kukhulumana kabi.+ Umuntfu lokhuluma kabi ngemzalwane wakhe nobe amehlulele, ukhuluma kabi ngemtsetfo futsi wehlulela umtsetfo. Nangabe wehlulela umtsetfo usuke ungawugcini umtsetfo, kodvwa ungumehluleli. 12 Munye loSishayamtsetfo nalonguMehluleli,+ loyo lokwati kusindzisa nekubhubhisa.+ Ungubani-ke wena kutsi ungehlulela makhelwane wakho?+
13 Labanye benu banemkhuba wekutsi: “Lamuhla nobe kusasa sitawuhamba siye kulela dolobha, sihlale khona umnyaka, sibe nelibhizinisi futsi sente nenzuzo,”+ 14 kepha nibe ningati kutsi kuphila kwenu kutawube kunjani kusasa.+ Ngobe ninjengenkhungu leba khona sikhashana bese iyanyamalala.+ 15 Esikhundleni saloko kufanele nitsi: “Nangabe Jehova* atsandza,+ sitawuphila futsi sitawenta lokwa nalokwa.” 16 Kodvwa nine niyatigcabha futsi niyatigabatisa. Kutigabatisa lokunjalo kubi. 17 Ngako-ke nangabe umuntfu ati kutsi angakwenta kanjani lokulungile kepha angakwenti, usuke ona.+