Incwadi yesiBini yoMalusi waseHermas, ebizwa ngokuba yiMiyalelo Yakhe INTSHAYELELO 1 Ndathi ndakuthandaza ekhaya, ndaza ndahlala phantsi ebhedini, indoda ethile yeza kum inenkangeleko yomfundisi, efana nomelusi, inxibe ingubo emhlophe, inengxowa yayo emqolo, nentonga yayo esandleni sayo, yaza yandibulisa. 2 Ndambuyisela umbuliso wakhe, waza ngoko nangoko wahlala phantsi ecaleni kwam, wathi kum, Ndithunywe yiloo mthunywa uhloniphekileyo, ukuba ndihlale nawe yonke imihla eseleyo yobomi bakho. 3 Kodwa bendicinga ukuba uze kundivavanya, ndathi kuye, Ungubani? Kuba ndiyamazi lowo ndizinikele kuye. Wathi kum, Awundazi na? Ndaphendula ndathi hayi. Ndingumalusi, utshilo, oninikelwe kuye. 4 Ngethuba esathetha, imbonakalo yakhe yatshintsha; ndaza ndaqonda ukuba ngulowo ndandizinikele kuye, ndaba neentloni, kwaye ngequbuliso ndafikelwa luloyiko, ndaza ndadakumba kakhulu, kuba ndandithethe naye ngobudenge. 5 Kodwa wathi kum, Musa ukudana, kodwa fumana amandla engqondweni yakho, ngemiyalelo endizakukunika yona. Kuba, utshilo, ndithunyelwe ukukubonisa zonke ezo zinto kwakhona, ozibonileyo ngaphambili, kodwa ngakumbi ezo zinokuba luncedo kuwe. 6 Okokuqala bhala iMiyalelo yam neeMifanekiso, ezinye uze uzibhale njengoko ndiza kukubonisa. Kodwa ke ngoko ndiyakuyalela kuqala bhala iMiyalelo yam neeMifanekiso, ukuze ngokuzifunda rhoqo uzigcine lula engqondweni. 7 Ndabhala ke imiyalelo yakhe nemifuziselo, njengoko wayendiyalele. 8 Ezi zinto ukuba nithe naziva, naza kuzigcina nizenza, nahamba ngazo, naza naziqhelisa kuzo ngengqondo ecocekileyo, niya kuzifumana eNkosini ezo zinto zithenjisiweyo kuni. 9 Kodwa ukuba nithe naziva aniyi kuguquka, kodwa niza kuqhubeka nokongeza ezonweni zenu, niya kugwetywa nguye.
10 Zonke ezi zinto uMalusi, ingelosi yenguquko, andiyalele ukuba ndizibhale. UMYALELO 1 1 Okokuqala kholelwa ukuba kukho uThixo omnye owadala waza wabumba zonke izinto ezingenanto zaba sisidalwa. 2 Uqonda zonke izinto, kwaye mkhulu kakhulu, akanakuqondwa nangubani na. 3 Ongenakuchazwa ngamazwi, okanye ongenakuqondwa yingqondo. 4 Ngoko ke kholwani kuye, nimoyike, nize nimphephe ububi bonke. 5 Zigcine ezi zinto, uze ulahle yonke inkanuko nokungalungi kude nawe, uze wambathe ubulungisa, kwaye uya kuphila kuThixo, ukuba uya kuyigcina le miyalelo. UMYALELO 2 1 Wathi kum, Yiba msulwa kwaye ungazifihli; ngoko uya kuba njengosana olungayaziyo inkohlakalo etshabalalisa ubomi bomntu. 2 Ingakumbi qaphela ukuba ungathethi kakubi nangabani na, ungavumi ukuva nabani na ethetha kakubi nangabani na. 3 Kuba ukuba awukugcini oku, nawe lowo uvayo uya kuba nesabelo kwisono salowo uthetha okubi, ngokukholwa kukunyelisa, nawe uya kuba nesono, kuba ukholiwe— uthethe kakubi ngomzalwana wakho. 4 Ukuphambuka yinto embi kakhulu; umoya ongendawo ongaguqukiyo, ongahlali unoxolo, kodwa uhlala ungavisisani. Ngoko ke zigcine kuloo nto, uhlale unoxolo ngakumbi nomzalwana wakho. 5 Yambatha ubungcwele obungenazo izono, kodwa konke kuzaliswa luvuyo; kwaye wenze okulungileyo kwimisebenzi yakho. 6 Banike bonke abasweleyo ngaphandle kokwahlukanisa, ungathandabuzi ukuba ubanika bani. 7 Kodwa nikelani kubo bonke, kuba uThixo uya kusinika sonke, kuzo zonke izipho zakhe. Ke ngoko abo bamkelayo
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baya kuphendula kuThixo, kokubini ngenxa yoko bakufumanayo kunye nesizathu. 8 Kwaye abo bafumana ngaphandle kwesidingo sokwenene, baya kuphendula ngaloo nto; kodwa lowo uphayo uya kuba msulwa. 9 Kuba uwufezile umsebenzi wakhe njengoko wawufumene kuThixo; engenzi kukhetha ukuba ngubani na omele amnike, kwaye nabani na omele angamniki. Kwaye le nkonzo wayenza ngokulula nangokuzukisa uThixo. 10 Ngoko ke gcina lo myalelo njengoko ndikunike wona; ukuze inguquko yakho ifunyanwe inyanisekile, kwaye okulungileyo kufike endlwini yakho; kwaye ube nentliziyo ecocekileyo. UMYALELO 3 1 Ngaphezu koko wathi kum, thanda inyaniso; kwaye yonke intetho mayibe yinyaniso ephuma emlonyeni wakho. 2 Ukuze umoya iNkosi ewunike ukuba uhlale enyameni yakho ufunyanwe uyinyaniso kubo bonke abantu; kwaye iNkosi mayizukiswe, eninike umoya onjalo: kuba uThixo unyanisekile kuwo onke amazwi akhe, kwaye kuye akukho buxoki. 3 Ke ngoko abo baxokayo, bayamkhanyela uYehova, baze babe ngabaphangi beNkosi, bengamniki uThixo oko bakufumene kuye. 4 Kuba bamkele umoya ongenabuxoki; ukuba ke ngoko bamenza ixoki loo nto, bayayingcolisa into abayinikiweyo yiNkosi, baze babe ngabakhohlisi. 5 Ndathi ndakuva oku, ndalila kabuhlungu; waza akundibona ndilila, wathi kum, “Ulilelani?” Ndathi, “Kuba, mhlekazi, ndiyathandabuza ukuba ndingasindiswa na?” 6 Wandibuza wathi, Kutheni? Ndaphendula ndathi, kuba mhlekazi, andikaze ndithethe ilizwi eliyinyaniso ebomini bam; kodwa bendisoloko ndiphila ngokuhanahanisa, ndiqinisekisa ubuxoki njengenyaniso kubo bonke abantu; kwaye akukho mntu undiphikisayo, kodwa bonke bawamkela amazwi am. Ndingaphila njani ke, ekubeni ndenze ngolu hlobo? 7 Wathi kum, Ucinga kakuhle kwaye unyanisekile. Kuba ufanele, njengomkhonzi kaThixo, ukuba uhambe enyanisweni, ungadibanisi isazela esibi nomoya wenyaniso, kwaye ungamdanisanga uMoya oyiNgcwele nowenyaniso kaThixo. 8 Ndaphendula ndathi kuye, Nkosi, andikaze ndiziphulaphule ngononophelo kangaka ezi zinto. Waphendula wathi, Ngoku uyaziva: Lumka ukususela ngoku, ukuba nezo zinto ubuzithetha ubuxoki ngenxa yeshishini lakho, zifumane udumo ngenyaniso yakho yangoku. 9 Kuba nezo zinto zingabalelwa ekubeni zezo, ukuba kwixesha elizayo uya kuthetha inyaniso; kwaye ngokwenza njalo uya kufumana ubomi. 10 Nabani na ophulaphula lo myalelo, aze awenze, aze ahlukane nobuxoki, uya kuphila kuThixo. UMYALELO 4 1 Ngaphezu koko, utshilo, ndikuyalela ukuba uzigcine unyulu; kwaye ungavumeli naluphi na uluvo lomnye
umtshato, okanye lobuhenyu, ukuba lungene entliziyweni yakho: kuba ingcinga enjalo ivelisa isono esikhulu. 2 Kodwa hlala ukhumbula iNkosi, ungaze wone. Kuba ukuba ucinge into embi ngolo hlobo, uya kuba netyala lesono esikhulu; kwaye abo benza izinto ezinjalo balandela indlela yokufa. 3 Zilumkele ke, uzigcine kwingcinga enjalo; kuba apho ubunyulu buhlala entliziyweni yomntu olungileyo, akufuneki kubekho ngcinga imbi. 4 Ndathi kuye, Nkosi, ndivumele ndithethe nawe kancinci. Wandiyalela ukuba ndithethe. Ndathi, Nkosi, ukuba indoda ethembekileyo eNkosini inomfazi, imbambe ekrexeza, ngaba indoda iya kwenza isono xa iqhubeka ihlala naye? 5 Wathi kum, Lo gama nje engayazi ngesono sakhe, akenzi tyala ekuhlaleni naye; kodwa ukuba indoda iya kwazi ukuba umfazi wayo wonile, aze umfazi angaguquki esonweni sakhe, kodwa aqhubeke nohenyuzo lwakhe, aze indoda iqhubeke nokuhlala naye, uya kuba netyala lesono sakhe, aze ahlanganyele naye ekukrexezeni kwakhe. 6 Ndathi kuye, Makwenziwe ntoni na ke ngoko, ukuba umfazi uqhubeka esonweni sakhe? Waphendula wathi, Indoda yakhe mayimlahle, ize ihlale yodwa; kodwa ukuba imlahla umfazi wayo, ize itshate nomnye, iyakrexeza. 7 Ndathi, Kuthekani ukuba umfazi olahliweyo kangaka, uyaguquka, aze avume ukubuyela endodeni yakhe, akayi kwamkelwa nguye na? Wathi kum, Ewe; kwaye ukuba indoda yakhe ayivumi ukumamkela, iya kona, ize yenze ityala elikhulu kuye; kodwa kufuneka amamkele umntu omonileyo, ukuba uyaguquka; kodwa kungekhona rhoqo. 8 Kuba kubakhonzi bakaThixo kukho inguquko enye kuphela. Ngenxa yesi sizathu ke indoda elahla umfazi wayo ayifanele imthabathe omnye umfazi, kuba ingaguquka. 9 Esi senzo sifana naso kwindoda nakumfazi. Ngoku bayakrexeza, kungekuphela nje abo bangcolisa inyama yabo, kodwa nabo benza umfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Ukuba ke ngoko umfazi uqhubeka ebambelele kwinto efana nale, aze angaguquki, mshiye, ungahlali naye, kungenjalo nawe uya kuba nesabelo kwisono sakhe. 10 Kodwa ke ngoko kuyalelwa ukuba bobabini indoda nomfazi bahlale bengatshatanga kuba abantu abanjalo banokuguquka. 11 Kananjalo andiniki thuba lokwenza ezi zinto; kodwa endaweni yoko ndithi lowo wonileyo, angaphindi akhubekise. 12 Kodwa ngenxa yezono zabo zangaphambili, uThixo onamandla okuphilisa uya kubanika unyango; kuba unamandla ezinto zonke. 13 Ndambuza kwakhona ndathi, Ekubeni iNkosi indibone ndifanelekile ukuba uhlale nam rhoqo, thetha amazwi ambalwa kum, kuba andiqondi nto, kwaye intliziyo yam ilukhuni ngenxa yencoko yam yangaphambili; kwaye uvule ukuqonda kwam kuba ndingumntu obuthathaka kakhulu, kwaye andiqondi nto konke konke. 14 Waphendula wathi kum, Ndingumlungiseleli woguquko, ndinika ukuqonda kubo bonke abaguqukayo. Akubonakali ngathi kuyinto yobulumko na kuwe ukuguquka? Kuba lowo wenza njalo ufumana ukuqonda okukhulu. 15 Kuba uyaqonda ukuba wonile waza wenza okubi emehlweni eNkosi, aze akhumbule ngaphakathi kuye ukuba wonile, aze aguquke angaphindi enze okubi, kodwa enze okulungileyo, aze athobe umphefumlo wakhe aze
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awuhluphe, kuba wonile. Uyabona ke ngoko ukuba inguquko bubulumko obukhulu. 16 Ndathi kuye, Ngenxa yesi sizathu, mnumzana, ndiphanda ngenyameko kuzo zonke izinto, kuba ndingumoni, ukuze ndazi into endimele ndiyenze ukuze ndiphile; kuba izono zam zininzi. 17 Wathi kum, Uya kuphila ukuba uyayigcina le miyalelo yam. Kwaye nabani na ophulaphulayo aze ayenze le miyalelo uya kuphila kuThixo. 18 Ndathi kuye, Ndive ngoku kubafundisi abathile, ukuba akukho nguquko yimbi ngaphandle kobhaptizo; xa singena emanzini, size sifumane uxolelo lwezono zethu; kwaye emva koko, asimele siphinde sone, kodwa siphile ngobunyulu. 19 Yathi kum, Uxelelwe kakuhle. Nangona kunjalo, ekubeni ngoku uhlolisisa ngenyameko zonke izinto, ndiza kukubonisa oku nawe; kodwa andiyi kubanika ithuba lokona abo baya kukholwa, kwanabo sele bekholiwe eNkosini. 20 Kuba abo basandul’ ukukholwa, okanye abo baza kukholwa emva koko, abananguquko kwizono, ngaphandle kokuxolelwa. 21 Kodwa ngokubhekisele kwabo babizelwe elukholweni, kwaye ekubeni bewele kuso nasiphi na isono esibi, iNkosi imisele inguquko, kuba uThixo uyazazi iingcinga zeentliziyo zabantu bonke, nobuthathaka babo, kunye nobubi obuninzi bomtyholi, ohlala eceba into ngokuchasene nabakhonzi bakaThixo, aze ngolunya ababekele imigibe. 22 Ngoko ke iNkosi yethu enenceba yayisiva isidalwa sayo, yaza yamisela loo nguquko, yaza yandinika amandla ayo. Ke ngoko ndithi kuni, ukuba nabani na emva kolo bizo lukhulu nolungcwele uya kulingwa ngumtyholi nesono, uguquka kanye. Kodwa ukuba uya kona kaninzi aze aguquke akuyi kumnceda umntu onjalo; kuba akanakuphila kuThixo. 23 Ndathi, Nkosi, ndivuselelwe kwakhona ebomini kuba ndiphulaphule ngenyameko le miyalelo. Kuba ndiyaqonda ukuba ukuba andisayi kongeza ezinye izono zam emva koku, ndiya kusindiswa. 24 Wathi ke yena, Niya kusindiswa nina; nabo bonke abanye, abaya kuyigcina le mithetho, baya kusindiswa. 25 Ndathi ke kwakhona kuye, Nkosi, ekubeni undiva ngomonde, ndixelele into enye kwakhona. Ndixelele, utshilo, ukuba yintoni na. 26 Ndathi, Ukuba indoda okanye umfazi uyafa, aze lowo useleyo atshate kwakhona, ngaba uyona ngokwenza loo nto? Lowo utshatayo uthi, akenzi sono; kodwa ukuba uhlala engatshatanga, uya kuzizuzela udumo olukhulu phambi kweNkosi. 27 Ngoko ke gcina ubunyulu bakho nokuthobeka kwakho, uze uphilele uThixo. Zigcine ukususela ngoku ezo zinto ndizithethayo kuwe, kwaye ndikuyalela ukuba uzigcine, ukususela kwixesha endinikelwe ngalo kuwe, uze uhlale endlwini yakho. 28 Ziya kuxolelwa izono zakho zangaphambili, ukuba uyayigcina le miyalelo yam; kwaye ngokunjalo bonke abanye baya kuxolelwa, abaya kuyigcina le miyalelo yam.
UMYALELO 5 1 Yiba nomonde, utsho, uze unyamezele; ngoko uya kuba negunya phezu kwayo yonke imisebenzi emibi, uze uzalisekise bonke ubulungisa. 2 Kuba ukuba uya kuba nomonde, uMoya oyiNgcwele ohlala kuwe uya kuba msulwa, kwaye akayi kufiphazwa ngumoya ongendawo; kodwa ukuba uzele luvuyo uya kwandiswa, kwaye uzondle emzimbeni ohlala kuwo, kwaye ukhonze iNkosi ngovuyo, nangoxolo olukhulu. 3 Kodwa ukuba kukho umsindo oza kukufikela, ngoko nangoko uMoya oyiNgcwele okuwe uya kulungiswa aze afune ukumka kuwe. 4 Kuba uminxekile ngumoya ongendawo, kwaye akanayo inkululeko yokukhonza iNkosi njengoko ebeya kwenza kuba ulusizi ngumsindo. Xa, ke ngoko, zombini ezi moya zihlala kunye, kuyamtshabalalisa umntu. 5 Njengokuba umntu ethabatha umhlonyane omncinci, awufake kwisitya sobusi, ubusi bonke buya konakala; kwaye uninzi lobusi lonakaliswa ngumhlonyane omncinci kakhulu, kwaye lulahlekelwa bubumnandi bobusi, kwaye alusamkeleki eNkosini yalo kuba ubusi bonke buba krakra, kwaye abusetyenziswa. 6 Kodwa ukuba akukho mhlonyane ofakwa ebusini, umnandi kwaye uluncedo eNkosini yawo. Ngaloo ndlela ukunyamezela kumnandi kunobusi, kwaye kuluncedo eNkosini ehlala kuyo. 7 Kodwa umsindo awunamsebenzi. Ukuba ke ngoko umsindo uxutywe nokunyamezela, umphefumlo uyabandezeleka, kwaye umthandazo wawo awunamsebenzi kuThixo. 8 Ndathi kuye, Nkosi, ndingayazi into yokuba umsindo uyinto embi, ukuze ndizigcine ndingayifuni. Wathi kum, Uya kuyazi loo nto; kwaye ukuba awuyi kuzigcina, uya kulahlekelwa lithemba lakho kunye nendlu yakho yonke. Ngoko ke suka kuyo. 9 Kuba mna mthunywa wobulungisa ndinawe; kwaye bonke abo bashiyayo, bonke abo baya kuguquka ngeentliziyo zabo zonke, baya kuphila kuThixo; kwaye ndiya kuba nabo, ndize ndibagcine bonke. 10 Kuba bonke abo baguqukileyo bagwetyelwe ngumthunywa ongcwele kakhulu, ongumlungiseleli wosindiso. 11 Kwaye ngoku, utsho, yivani ububi bomsindo; hayi indlela obubi nobubi ngayo, kwaye indlela obubhukuqa ngayo abakhonzi bakaThixo; kuba abunakwenzakalisa abo bazele lukholo kuba amandla kaThixo anabo; kodwa bubhukuqa abo bathandabuzayo, kunye nabo bangenalukholo. 12 Kuba nanini na xa ibona abantu abanjalo, iziphosa ezintliziyweni zabo; ngoko ke indoda okanye umfazi uba buhlungu ngenxa yezinto zobomi, okanye ngenxa yokutya, okanye ngenxa yelizwi elingento, ukuba nabani na ufumana ithuba lokuwela; okanye ngenxa yomhlobo, okanye ngenxa yetyala, okanye ngenxa yezinye izinto ezingabalulekanga zendalo efanayo. 13 Kuba ezi zinto zibubudenge, azibalulekanga, kwaye azincedi nganto kubakhonzi bakaThixo. Kodwa ukulingana kunamandla, kwaye kuyanyanzela; kwaye kunamandla amakhulu, kwaye kuhlala kukhulu; kuyavuya, kuyavuya ngoxolo; kwaye kumzukisa uThixo ngamaxesha onke ngobulali.
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14 Kwaye oku kunyamezela kuhlala nabo bazele lukholo. Kodwa umsindo ububudenge, kwaye ulula, kwaye awunanto. Ngoku ubukrakra buzalwa bubudenge; bukrakra, umsindo; ngumsindo, umsindo. Kwaye lo msindo uvela kwimigaqo emininzi emibi, usebenza isono esikhulu nesinganyangekiyo. 15 Kuba xa zonke ezi zinto zikwindoda enye apho uMoya oyiNgcwele uhlala khona, isitya asinakuzibamba, kodwa siyaphalala: kwaye ngenxa yokuba uMoya uthambile awunakuhlala nongendawo; uyahamba aze ahlale nomntu othobekileyo. 16 Ke ngoko, xa isuka kumntu eyayihlala kuye, loo mntu uba swele uMoya oyiNgcwele, aze emva koko azaliswe yimimoya engendawo, aze amfameke ngeengcinga ezimbi. Kunjalo ke kubo bonke abantu abanomsindo. 17 Ngoko ke suka emsindweni, wambathe ukulingana, uze uxhathise ingqumbo; ukuze ufunyanwe uthobekile kwaye ucocekile nguThixo. Lumka ke ngoko ukuba ungawutyesheli lo myalelo. 18 Kuba ukuba uya kuyithobela le miyalelo, uya kuba nakho ukugcina eminye imiyalelo, endiya kukuyalela yona. 19 Ngoko ke ziqinisele kule miyalelo, ukuze uphilele uThixo. Nabani na ogcina le miyalelo uya kuphilale uThixo. UMYALELO 6 1 Ndikuyalele, watsho, kwimiyalelo yam yokuqala, ukuba ugcine ukholo noloyiko, kunye nenguquko. Ewe, Mnumzana, ndatsho. 2 Waqhubeka wathi: Kodwa ngoku ndiza kukubonisa iimpawu zale miyalelo, ukuze wazi imiphumo yayo; indlela emiselwe ngayo ngokufanayo kwabalungileyo nabangengomalungisa. 3 Ngoko ke kholwa lilungisa, kodwa ungamniki udumo kwabangemalungisa. Kuba ubulungisa bugcina indlela ethe tye, kodwa ukungalungi kugcina indlela yabangendawo. 4 Ngoko ke gcina indlela ethe tye, ushiye ububi. Kuba indlela embi ayinasiphelo silungileyo, kodwa inezikhubekiso ezininzi; irhabaxa kwaye izele ngameva, kwaye ikhokelela ekutshatyalalisweni; kwaye iyingozi kubo bonke abahamba ngayo. 5 Kodwa abo bahamba ngendlela ethe tye bahamba bengenasiphako, kuba ayirhabaxa kwaye ayinameva. 6 Uyabona ke ngoko indlela engcono yokuhamba ngale ndlela. Ngoko ke uya kuhamba, utsho, kwaye bonke abanye, bonke abakholwayo kuThixo ngentliziyo yabo yonke, baya kudlula kuyo. 7 Ngoku ke, utsho; qondani kuqala oko kukuko ukholo. Kukho iingelosi ezimbini kunye nomntu; enye yobulungisa, enye yobubi. 8 Ndathi kuye: Nkosi, ndingayazi njani ukuba kukho iingelosi ezimbini ezinjalo ebantwini? Yiva, utsho, uze uqonde. 9 Ingelosi yobulungisa, inobulali, ithobekile, inobubele, kwaye izolile. Ngoko ke, xa ingena entliziyweni yakho, ngoko nangoko ithetha nawe ngobulungisa, ngokuthobeka, ngobunyulu, ngokupha, ngoxolelo, ngothando, nangobungcwele. 10 Xa zonke ezi zinto zifika entliziyweni yakho, yazi ke ngoko ukuba ingelosi yobulungisa inawe. Ngoko ke phulaphula le ngelosi nemisebenzi yayo.
11 Funda nemisebenzi yesithunywa sobubi. Okokuqala, sinobukrakra, sinomsindo, kwaye sisidenge; kwaye imisebenzi yaso iyingozi, kwaye iyabachitha abakhonzi bakaThixo. Ngoko ke, xa ezi zinto zifika entliziyweni yakho, uya kwazi ngemisebenzi yaso, ukuba sisithunywa sobubi. 12 Ndathi kuye, Nkosi, ndingazazi njani ezi zinto? Uthi, Yiva, uze uqonde. Xa umsindo ufika kuwe, okanye ubukrakra, yazi ukuba ungaphakathi kuwe; 13 Njengokuba kunjalo, xa unqwenela izinto ezininzi, nokutya okulungileyo nokunxila; xa uthando lwezinto zabanye abantu, ikratshi, ukuthetha okuninzi kunye nokufuna amabhongo, nezinto ezinjalo, zifika kuwe. 14 Ngoko ke, xa ezi zinto zifika entliziyweni yakho, yazi ukuba ingelosi yobubi inawe. Ngoko ke, ekubeni uyazi imisebenzi yakhe, suka kuyo yonke, ungamniki mbeko, kuba imisebenzi yakhe mibi, kwaye ayisiyiyo inkonzo kaThixo. 15 Nanku ke ngoko imisebenzi yezi ngelosi zombini. Qonda ngoku kwaye ukholelwe ingelosi yobulungisa, kuba imfundiso yayo ilungile. 16 Kuba indoda mayingaze ivuye kangaka; kodwa ukuba iingcinga zesinye isithunywa zivuka entliziyweni yayo, loo ndoda okanye umfazi kufuneka one. 17 Kodwa indoda okanye umfazi makangabi mbi kangako, ukuba imisebenzi yesithunywa sobulungisa ingena entliziyweni yakhe, loo ndoda okanye umfazi kufuneka enze okulungileyo. 18 Uyabona ke ngoko ukuba kulungile ukulandela ingelosi yobulungisa. Ukuba ke ngoko uyamlandela, uze uzithobe kwimisebenzi yakhe, uya kuphila kuThixo. Nabo bonke abazithobayo emsebenzini wakhe, baya kuphila kuThixo. UMYALELO 7 1 Utsho ukuthi, Yoyika uThixo, ugcine imiyalelo yakhe. Kuba ukuba uyayigcina imiyalelo yakhe, uya kuba namandla kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakho, kwaye yonke imisebenzi yakho iya kuba mihle. Kuba ngokoyika uThixo, uya kwenza yonke into kakuhle. 2 Olu luloyiko ekufuneka uluchukumise ukuze usindiswe. Kodwa musa ukumoyika uMtyholi: kuba ukuba uyamoyika uYehova, uya kuba nolawulo phezu kwakhe; kuba akukho mandla kuye. 3 Ukuba akukho mandla kuye, ngoko ke akanakoyikwa. Kodwa lowo unamandla amakhulu, ufanele ukoyikwa; kuba wonke umntu onamandla ufanele ukoyikwa. Kodwa ongenamandla udelelwa ngumntu wonke. 4 Yoyika imisebenzi yomtyholi, kuba imbi. Kuba ngokoyika iNkosi, uya kuyoyika kwaye ungenzi imisebenzi yomtyholi, kodwa uzigcine kuyo. 5 Ngoko ke kukho uloyiko oluphindwe kabini; ukuba awufuni kwenza okubi, yoyika uYehova, ungakwenzi. Kodwa ukuba ufuna ukwenza okulungileyo, ukoyika uYehova kunamandla, kukhulu kwaye kuyakhazimla. 6 Ngoko ke, yoyika uThixo, uze uphile; bonke abamoyikayo, baze bagcine imithetho yakhe, ubomi babo buseNkosini; ke abo bangayigciniyo, akukho bomi kubo.
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1 Ndikuxelele, utshilo, ukuba kukho iintlobo ezimbini zezidalwa zeNkosi, nokuba kukho ukuzibamba okuphindwe kabini. Ngoko ke kufuneka uziphephe ezinye izinto, kwaye ezinye ungaziphephi. 2 Ndaphendula ndathi, Ndixelele, nkosi, into endimele ndiyiyeke, nento endimele ndiyiyeke. Phulaphula, utshilo. Zigcine ebubini, ungakwenzi; kodwa ungakuyeki okulungileyo, kodwa kwenze. Kuba ukuba uyayeka okulungileyo, ungakwenzi, uya kuba wona. Ke ngoko khwebuka kuyo yonke into embi, uya kuba kwazi konke ukulunga. 3 Ndathi, Zizinto zini ezimbi endimele ndiziphephe? Phulaphulani, utshilo: ukukrexeza, ukunxila, ukuqhatha, ukutya kakhulu, ubutyebi nokungathembeki, ikratshi, ukukhohlisa, ukuxoka, ukukhohlisa, ukuhanahanisa, ukukhumbula ububi, kunye nokuthetha okubi konke. 4 Kuba le yimisebenzi yobugwenxa, ekufuneka isicaka sikaThixo siyiphephe. Kuba lowo ungenako ukuzibamba kwezi zinto, akanakuphila kuThixo. 5 Kodwa yivani, utshilo, okulandelayo kwezi zinto: kuba eneneni zininzi ezinye izinto umkhonzi kaThixo amele aziphephe: Ubusela, nokuqhatha; ubungqina bobuxoki, ukubawa, ukuzigwagwisa, nazo zonke ezinye izinto ezifanayo. 6 Ngaba ezi zinto zibonakala zimbi kuwe okanye akunjalo? Enyanisweni zimbi kakhulu kubakhonzi bakaThixo. Ngenxa yoko umkhonzi kaThixo umele aziphephe zonke ezi zinto. 7 Zigcine ke kuzo, ukuze uphilele uThixo, uze ubhalwe phakathi kwabo bazikhwebulayo kuzo. Ndikubonisile ke ngoko izinto omele uziphephe: ngoku funda kwizinto omele ungazeyi kuzo. 8 Musa ukuyeka nayiphi na imisebenzi elungileyo, kodwa yiyekeni. Wathi, Phulaphulani, nive ukuba yintoni na imfanelo yaloo misebenzi ilungileyo enimele niyenze, ukuze nisindiswe. Owokuqala lukholo; ukoyika iNkosi; uthando; ukuvumelana; ubulungisa; inyaniso; umonde; ubunyulu. 9 Akukho nto ilungileyo ngaphezu kwezi zinto ebomini bomntu; oza kuzigcina aze azenze ezi zinto ebomini bakhe. Yiva oku kulandelayo emva kwezi zinto. 10 Ukulungiselela abahlolokazi; ukungabadeleli abangenayise nabangamahlwempu; ukukhulula abakhonzi bakaThixo kwiintswelo; ukuba nomoya wokubuk’ iindwendwe; (kuba ekubuk’ iindwendwe ngamanye amaxesha kukho iziqhamo ezinkulu) kungabi ngumoya wokuxabana, kodwa hlala uzolile. 11 Ukuthobeka ngaphezu kwabantu bonke; ukuhlonipha abantu abadala; ukusebenza nzima ukuze ube lilungisa; ukuhlonipha abazalwana; ukunyamezela izithuko; ukuba nomonde; kungekhona ukubalahla abo bawileyo elukholweni, kodwa ukubaguqula, nokubakhuthaza; ukubaluleka aboni; kungekhona ukubacinezela abo banetyala kuthi; nazo zonke ezinye izinto ezifanayo. 12 Ngaba ezi zinto zibonakala zilungile kuwe okanye azilungile? Ndathi, Yintoni enokuba ngcono kunala mazwi? Phila ke, utshilo, kule miyalelo, ungaphambuki kuyo. Kuba ukuba uyayigcina yonke le miyalelo, uya kuphila kuThixo. Kwaye bonke abo bayigcinayo le miyalelo baya kuphila kuThixo.
1 Waphinda wathi kum; Susa konke ukuthandabuza kuwe; ungabuzi nto konke konke, xa ucela into eNkosini; usithi ngaphakathi kuwe: Ndingathini na ukucela into eNkosini ndize ndiyifumane, ekubeni ndone kakhulu kuye? 2 Musa ukucinga ngolu hlobo, kodwa jika uye eNkosini ngentliziyo yakho yonke, uze uyicele ngaphandle kokuthandabuza, uze uyazi inceba yeNkosi; ukuba ayiyi kukushiya, kodwa iya kuzalisekisa isicelo somphefumlo wakho. 3 Kuba uThixo akanjengomntu, ekhumbula iintlungu azenzileyo; kodwa uyalibala iintlungu, aze abe nenceba kwizidalwa zakhe. 4 Ngoko ke hlamba intliziyo yakho kuzo zonke izinto ezimbi zeli hlabathi langoku; kwaye ugcine imiyalelo endikunike yona ngaphambili evela kuThixo; kwaye uya kufumana naziphi na izinto ezilungileyo ozicelayo, kwaye akukho nto iya kuswela kuwe kuzo zonke izicelo zakho; ukuba uya kucela eNkosini ngaphandle kokuthandabuza. 5 Kodwa abo bangenjalo, abayi kufumana nto kwezo zinto bazicelayo. Kuba abo bazele lukholo bacela zonke izinto ngokuzithemba, baze bafumane eNkosini, kuba bacela ngaphandle kokuthandabuza. Kodwa lowo uthandabuzayo, akanakuphila kuThixo, ngaphandle kokuba aguquke. 6 Ngoko ke hlamba intliziyo yakho ekungathandabuzini, uze unxibe ukholo, uthembele kuThixo, kwaye uya kuzifumana zonke izinto ozicelayo. Kodwa ukuba unethuba lokucela into ethile uze ungayifumani (ngoko nangoko), ungathandabuzi ke ngoko, kuba awukasifumani isicelo somphefumlo wakho okwangoku. 7 Kuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba awuyi kuyifumana ngoku ngenxa yesilingo sakho, okanye ngenxa yesono ongasaziyo. Kodwa ungayeki ukucela, uze emva koko ufumane. Kungenjalo ukuba uyayeka ukucela, kufuneka ukhalaze ngawe, kungekhona ngoThixo, ukuba akakunikanga oko ukunqwenelayo. 8 Ngoko ke khawuqwalasele oku kuthandabuza, indlela okukhohlakeleyo nokuyingozi ngayo; nendlela okubangela ukuba abaninzi bangabi nokholo, ababethembekile kwaye beqinile. Kuba oku kuthandabuza yintombi yomtyholi, kwaye kuqhubana kakubi kakhulu nabakhonzi bakaThixo. 9 Yidelele ke ngoko, kwaye uya kuyilawula ngamaxesha onke. Yambatha ukholo oluqinileyo nolunamandla: kuba ukholo luthembisa zonke izinto kwaye lugqibelelisa zonke izinto. Kodwa ukuthandabuza akuyi kukholwa, ukuba kuya kuzuza nantoni na, ngako konke okunokukwenza. 10 Uyabona ke ngoko, utsho, indlela ukholo oluvela ngayo phezulu, luvela kuThixo; kwaye lunamandla amakhulu. Kodwa ukuthandabuza ngumoya wasemhlabeni, kwaye kuvela kumtyholi, kwaye akunamandla. 11 Ngoko ke gcina isidima sokholo, uphephe ukuthandabuza, apho kungekho sidima, uze uphilele uThixo; bonke abo bazenzayo ezi zinto baya kuphila kuThixo. UMYALELO 10 1 Susa lonke usizi kuwe; kuba ludade wokuthandabuza nomsindo. Ndathi, nkosi, ingaba ngudade wabo bani? Kuba usizi, nomsindo, nemibuzo, ibonakala kum yahlukile kakhulu.
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2 Waza waphendula wathi: Awunangqondo na ukuba awuyiqondi loo nto? Kuba usizi lolona lubi kakhulu kuyo yonke imimoya, kwaye lubi kakhulu kubakhonzi bakaThixo: Lutshabalalisa imimoya yabo bonke abantu, kwaye luthuthumbisa uMoya oyiNgcwele; kwaye kwakhona, luyasindisa. 3 Nkosi yam, ndathi, ndisisidenge kakhulu, kwaye andiziqondi ezi zinto. Andinakuqonda ukuba zinokundithuthumbisa njani, kodwa zisindise. Yiva, utshilo, kwaye uqonde. Abo bangazange bayifune inyaniso, okanye babuze ngobungangamsha bukaThixo, kodwa bakholwa kuphela, babandakanyeka kwimicimbi yabahedeni. 4 Kwaye kukho omnye umprofeti oxokayo otshabalalisa iingqondo zabakhonzi bakaThixo; lowo ngowabo bathandabuzayo, kungekhona abo bathembele ngokupheleleyo eNkosini. Ngoku abo bantu bathandabuzayo beza kuye, ngokungathi bakwimoya kaThixo, baze babuze kuye ukuba kuza kwenzeka ntoni kubo. 5 Kwaye lo mprofeti uxokayo engenamandla kuye oMoya oNgcwele, uyabaphendula ngokweemfuno zabo, aze azalise imiphefumlo yabo ngezithembiso njengoko benqwenela. Nangona kunjalo loo mprofeti ulilize, kwaye uphendula izinto ezingento kwabo bangamampunge ngokwabo. 6 Kwaye nantoni na ebuzwa kuye ngabantu abangenangqondo, uyayiphendula ngokungeyomfuneko. Nangona kunjalo uthetha izinto ezithile ngenyaniso. Kuba uMtyholi uyamzalisa ngomoya wakhe, ukuze abhukuqe abanye bamalungisa. 7 Nabani na ke ngoko oqinileyo elukholweni lweNkosi, waza wambatha inyaniso, akanxulumananga nemimoya enjalo, kodwa uyayishiya. Kodwa abo bathandabuzayo, nabahlala beguquka njengabahedeni, bayabuza kubo, baze baziqwebele isono esikhulu, bekhonza izithixo. 8 Ngoko ke bonke abanjalo, buzani kubo ngamaxesha onke; nqulani izithixo; kwaye niziziyatha, kwaye ningenalo inyaniso. 9 Kuba wonke umoya ovela kuThixo akufuneki ucelwe; kodwa ukuba namandla obuThixo kuthetha yonke into ngokwawo; kuba uvela phezulu, uvela emandleni kaThixo. 10 Kodwa lowo ubuzwayo uthetha ngokweminqweno yabantu, nangeminye imicimbi emininzi yeli hlabathi langoku, akaziqondi izinto eziphathelele uThixo. Kuba le mimoya imnyama ngenxa yemicimbi enjalo, kwaye yonakele kwaye yaphukile. 11 Njengemidiliya emihle ukuba ayikhathalelwanga, icinezelwe lukhula nameva, ize ekugqibeleni ibulawe yiyo; banjalo ke nabantu abakholelwa kwimimoya enjalo. 12 Bawela kwizenzo ezininzi kunye namashishini, kwaye abanangqondo, kwaye xa becinga ngezinto eziphathelele uThixo, abaqondi nto konke konke: kodwa ukuba nangaliphi na ixesha bafumana ithuba lokuva nantoni na malunga neNkosi, iingcinga zabo zigxile kwimicimbi yabo. 13 Kodwa abo bamoyikayo uYehova, nabaphanda inyaniso ngoThixo, becinga yonke into ngeNkosi, mabaqonde konke okuthethwa kubo, baze bakuqonde kwangoko, kuba bamoyikayo uYehova. 14 Kuba apho umoya weNkosi uhlala khona, kukho ukuqonda okuninzi okongeziweyo. Ngoko ke zihlanganise neNkosi, uze uqonde zonke izinto.
15 Funda ngoku, mntundini ungenangqiqo, indlela olusizi olumkhathaza ngayo uMoya oyiNgcwele, nendlela olusindisa ngayo. Xa umntu othandabuzayo esenza nantoni na, aze angayenzi ngenxa yokuthandabuza kwakhe, olu sizi lungena kuye, luze lumdakumbise uMoya oyiNgcwele, lumenze abe lusizi. 16 Kwakhona, umsindo xa ufikela nawuphi na umntu ngenxa yanoma yimuphi umsebenzi uyashukuma kakhulu; kwaye emva koko intlungu ingena entliziyweni yakhe, owayeshukunyiswa ngumsindo, aze akhathazeke ngenxa yoko akwenzileyo, aze aguquke, kuba enze okuphosakeleyo. 17 Ngoko ke olu sizi lubonakala luzisa usindiso, kuba uguquka kwisenzo sakhe esibi. Kodwa zombini ezinye izinto, ezizezi, ukuthandabuza kunye nosizi, njengoko bekukhankanyiwe ngaphambili, ziyamkhathaza umoya: ukuthandabuza, kuba umsebenzi wakhe awuzange uphumelele: kunye nosizi, kuba wamcaphukisa uMoya oyiNgcwele. 18 Ngoko ke susa intlungu kuwe, ungamchukumisi uMoya oyiNgcwele ohlala kuwe, hleze acele kuThixo, aze asuke kuwe. Kuba umoya weNkosi onikwe ukuba uhlale enyameni, awunyamezeli intlungu enjalo. 19 Ngoko ke nxiba uvuyo, oluhlala lukholekile eNkosini, kwaye uya kuvuyela kulo. Kuba wonke umntu ovuyayo wenza okulungileyo; kwaye uyayinandipha into elungileyo, kwaye uyayithiya intlungu. 20 Kodwa umntu odakumbileyo uhlala esenza ububi. Okokuqala, wenza ububi, kuba uwenza buhlungu uMoya oyiNgcwele, onikwe umntu, engumntu ochwayitileyo. Kwaye kwakhona wenza ububi, kuba uthandaza edakumbile eNkosini, aze angaqali ngokubulela inceba yakhe yangaphambili, aze angafumani kuThixo oko akucelayo. 21 Kuba umthandazo womntu odakumbileyo awusoloko usebenza kakuhle ukuya esibingelelweni sikaThixo. Ndathi kuye, Nkosi, kutheni umthandazo womntu odakumbileyo ungafanele ufike esibingelelweni sikaThixo? kuba, utshilo, loo ntlungu ihleli entliziyweni yakhe. 22 Ngoko ke, xa umthandazo womntu uphelekwa lusizi, akayi kuvuma ukuba izicelo zakhe zinyukele esibingelelweni sikaThixo zicocekile. Kuba njengokuba iwayini xa ixutywe neviniga, ingenabo ubumnandi eyayinabo ngaphambili; ngokunjalo nosizi xa luxutywe noMoya oyiNgcwele, aluvumeli umthandazo womntu ukuba ufane njengoko ubuya kuba njalo ngenye indlela. 23 Ngoko ke zihlambulule kwintlungu, ebuhlungu, uze uphilele uThixo, bonke abanye baya kuphilale uThixo, bonke abo baya kulahla intlungu baze banxibe uvuyo. UMYALELO 11 1 Wandibonisa amadoda athile ehleli ezihlalweni, nomnye ehleli esitulweni: wathi kum uyababona na abahleli ezihlalweni? Mnumzana, ndathi, Ndiyababona. Waphendula wathi, Bangabantu abathembekileyo; kwaye lowo uhleli esitulweni ngumoya wasemhlabeni. 2 Kuba akangeni ebandleni labathembekileyo, kodwa uyayiphepha loo nto. Kodwa ujoyina abo bathandabuzayo nabangenanto; aze aprofete kubo emacaleni nakwiindawo ezifihlakeleyo; aze abakholise ngokuthetha ngokweminqweno yeentliziyo zabo.
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3 Kuba uzibeka phakathi kwezitya ezingenanto, akaqhekeki, kodwa enye ifanela enye. Kodwa xa efika kwiqela labantu abalungileyo, abazele ngumoya kaThixo, baze bathandaze eNkosini; loo mntu ungenanto kuba loo moya wasemhlabeni uyabaleka kuye, kwaye usisimumu, kwaye akakwazi ukuthetha nantoni na. 4 Njengokungathi usendlwini yokugcina iwayini okanye ioyile; kwaye phakathi kwezo zitya kuya kubekwa ingqayi engenanto; kwaye emva koko uya kuza kuyivula, uya kuyifumana ingenanto njengoko uyivalile: ngoko ke abo baprofeti bangenanto xa befika phakathi kwemimoya yamalungisa, bafunyanwa benjalo njengoko beza. 5 Ndathi, Umntu angathini na ke ngoko ukukwazi ukuziqonda? Cinga ngento endiza kuyithetha xa ucinga ngeentlobo zombini zabantu; kwaye njengoko ndithetha nawe uya kuvavanya umprofeti kaThixo, nomprofeti wobuxoki. 6 Kwaye kuqala mlingeni umntu onomoya kaThixo; kuba umoya ovela phezulu uthobekile, kwaye uzolile; kwaye uyasuka kuyo yonke into embi; nakwiminqweno elilize yehlabathi langoku; kwaye uzenza athobeke ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu; kwaye akaphenduli nanye xa ebuzwa; kwaye akaphenduli kuye wonke umntu eyedwa: kuba uMoya kaThixo awuthethi nomntu xa ethanda, kodwa xa uThixo ethanda. 7 Ngoko ke xa umntu onoMoya kaThixo engena ebandleni lamalungisa, anokholo kuThixo, aze athandaze eNkosini, ingelosi engcwele kaThixo iyamzalisa loo mntu ngoMoya osikelelekileyo, aze athethe ebandleni njengoko eshukunyiswe nguThixo. 8 Ngoko ke uMoya kaThixo uyaziwa, kuba othe wathetha ngoMoya kaThixo, uthetha njengoko iNkosi ithandayo. 9 Phulaphulani ngoku malunga nomoya wasemhlabeni, ongenanto kwaye uyisidenge, kwaye ongenasimilo. Kwaye okokuqala umntu omele ukuba noMoya, (nangona engenawo ngokwenene), uyaziphakamisa, kwaye unqwenela ukuba nesihlalo sokuqala, kwaye ukhohlakele, kwaye uzele ngamazwi. 10 Kwaye uchitha ixesha lakhe ekonwabeni, nakuzo zonke iintlobo zokuzifica; aze afumane umvuzo wokuvumisa kwakhe; ukuba akawufumani, akawuvumisi. 11 Ngaba uMoya kaThixo ufanele afumane umvuzo nobungcwele? Akufuneki ukuba ngumprofeti kaThixo ukwenza njalo. 12 Ngaloo ndlela nibona ubomi bohlobo ngalunye lwabaprofeti. Ngoko ke bonisani loo mntu ngobomi bakhe nangemisebenzi yakhe, othi unoMoya oyiNgcwele. Nize nikholwe nguMoya ovela kuThixo, kwaye unamandla anjalo. Kodwa musani ukukholwa ngumoya wasemhlabeni nongenanto, ovela kumtyholi, ongenalukholo nabuhle kuye. 13 Khawuphulaphule ke umzekeliso endiwuthethayo kuwe: Thabatha ilitye, uliphose ezulwini; okanye uthabathe umngxuma wamanzi, uwunyuse uye kuwo; ubone ukuba unako na ukufikelela ezulwini. 14 Nkosi, ndathi, oku kungenziwa njani? Kuba akukho nanye kwezo zinto uzikhankanyileyo enokwenzeka. Waphendula wathi, Ngenxa yoko, njengoko ezi zinto zingenakwenzeka, nomoya wasemhlabeni ungenabuhle, kwaye awunamsebenzi. 15 Qonda ngakumbi amandla avela phezulu, ngolu hlobo. Iinkozo zesichotho eziwayo zincinci kakhulu; kodwa xa ziwela entlokweni yomntu, zibangela njani intlungu kuye?
16 Kwaye kwakhona; cinga ngamaconsi endlu: indlela amaconsi amancinci awela emhlabeni, enza ngayo umngxuma ematyeni. 17 Ngokunjalo ke nezinto ezincinci ezivela phezulu, ziwela emhlabeni, zinamandla amakhulu. Ngoko ke zibandakanye nalo moya, onamandla; uze umke kwenye engenanto. UMYALELO 12 1 Waphinda wathi kum; susa zonke iinkanuko ezimbi kuwe, uze unxibe okulungileyo nokungcwele. Kuba xa unxibe iminqweno elungileyo, uya kuthiya okubi, uze ukulawule njengoko uthanda. Kodwa iminqweno emibi iyoyikeka kwaye kunzima ukuyilawula. 2 Imbi kakhulu kwaye imbi kakhulu: kwaye ngenxa yoburhalarhume bayo idla abantu. Ingakumbi ukuba umkhonzi kaThixo angawela kuyo, ngaphandle kokuba elumkile kakhulu, uya konakala yiyo. Kuba itshabalalisa abo bangenalo isambatho sokunqwenela okuhle: kwaye baxakeke kwimicimbi yale mihla; kwaye ibanikela ekufeni. 3 Ndathi, Nkosi, zithini na izenzo zomnqweno ombi, ezibulala abantu? Ndibonise zona, ukuze ndimke kuzo. Yiva wathi, ngemisebenzi umnqweno ombi uzisa abakhonzi bakaThixo ekufeni. 4 Okokuqala, ngumnqweno ombi ukunqwenela umfazi wenye indoda; okanye ukuba umfazi afune indoda yomnye umntu; njengokuba enqwenela izinto ezimnandi zobutyebi; nokutya okuninzi okungadingekileyo; nokunxila; nezinto ezininzi ezimnandi. 5 Kuba ekutyebeni okuninzi kukho ubuyatha; kwaye ulonwabo oluninzi alufuneki kubakhonzi bakaThixo. Ngoko ke, inkanuko enjalo imbi kwaye iyingozi, ebulala abakhonzi bakaThixo. Kuba yonke inkanuko enjalo ivela kumtyholi. 6 Ngoko ke, nabani na osuka kuzo zonke iinkanuko ezimbi, uya kuphila kuThixo; kodwa abo bathobelayo baya kufa ngonaphakade. Kuba le nkanuko imbi iyabulala. Ngoko ke yambatha umnqweno wobulungisa, kwaye uxhobe ngokoyika uYehova, uxhathise zonke iinkanuko ezimbi. 7 Kuba olu loyiko luhlala kwiinkanuko ezilungileyo; kwaye xa inkanuko embi iya kukubona uxhotyiswe ngoloyiko lweNkosi, kwaye uyichasa, iya kubaleka kude nawe, kwaye ingabonakali phambi kwakho, kodwa yoyika isikrweqe sakho. 8 Kwaye uya kufumana uloyiso, kwaye uthweswe isithsaba ngenxa yalo; kwaye uya kufikelela kuloo mnqweno ulungileyo; kwaye uya kunika uThixo uloyiso olufumeneyo, kwaye uya kumkhonza ngokwenza oko wena ubuya kukwenza. 9 Kuba ukuba ukhonza iminqweno elungileyo, uze uyithobele, uya kukwazi ukulawula iinkanuko zakho ezimbi; kwaye ziya kukuthobela njengoko uthanda. 10 Ndathi ke, Nkosi, ndingathanda ukwazi indlela yokukhonza loo mnqweno ulungileyo? Phulaphula, utsho, Yoyika uThixo, ukholose ngaye, uthande inyaniso nobulungisa, wenze okulungileyo. 11 Ukuba uya kuzenza ezi zinto, uya kuba ngumkhonzi kaThixo okholekileyo; kwaye uya kumkhonza; kwaye bonke abanye abakhonza ngendlela efanayo baya kuphila kuThixo. 12 Akuba eyizalisekisile le miyalelo ilishumi elinambini, wathi kum, Unayo le miyalelo ngoku, hamba kuyo; kwaye
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ukhuthaze abo baphulaphulayo abaguqukayo, kwaye ukuba bagcine inguquko yabo icocekile yonke imihla eseleyo yobomi babo. 13 Uze ufeze ngenkuthalo olu lungiselelo ndilunikela kuwe, kwaye uya kufumana inzuzo enkulu ngalo; kwaye uya kufumana ubabalo kubo bonke abaguqukayo, bakholwe ngamazwi akho. Kuba ndinawe, kwaye ndiya kubanyanzela ukuba bakholwe. 14 Ndathi kuye, Nkosi, loo miyalelo mikhulu kwaye ibalaseleyo, kwaye inako ukuvuyisa intliziyo yaloo mntu uya kukwazi ukuyigcina. Kodwa, Nkosi, andazi, ukuba ingagcinwa na ngumntu? 15 Waphendula wathi, Uya kuyigcina lula le miyalelo, kwaye ayiyi kuba nzima; nangona kunjalo, ukuba uya kuyivumela kube kanye ukuba ingene entliziyweni yakho ukuba ayinakugcinwa ngumntu, awuyi kuyizalisekisa. 16 Kodwa ngoku ndithi kuwe ukuba awuyi kuyigcina le miyalelo, kodwa uyityeshele, awuyi kusindiswa, wena nabantwana bakho, okanye indlu yakho; kuba ugwebe ukuba le miyalelo ayinakugcinwa ngumntu. 17 Ezi zinto wazithetha kum ngomsindo omkhulu, kangangokuba wandoyikisa kakhulu. Watshintsha ubuso bakhe, kangangokuba akukho mntu wayenokukwazi ukunyamezela umsindo wakhe. 18 Uthe akundibona ndikhathazekile kwaye ndididekile, waqala ukuthetha ngobulali nangovuyo, esithi, Owu zidenge, ezingenakuqonda! 19 Engaguqukiyo, engayazi inkazimulo kaThixo ukuba mkhulu kangakanani kwaye uyamangalisa; owadala ihlabathi ngenxa yomntu, waza wazenza zonke izidalwa zamthobela; waza wamnika onke amandla, ukuze akwazi ukuzalisekisa yonke le miyalelo. 20 Unako, utshilo, ukuzalisekisa yonke le miyalelo, lowo uneNkosi entliziyweni yakhe: kodwa abo baneNkosi kuphela emlonyeni wabo, kwaye intliziyo yabo ilukhuni, kwaye bakude neNkosi; kubantu abanjalo le miyalelo inzima kwaye inzima. 21 Ke ngoko, nina ningenanto nakhaphukhaphu elukholweni, bekani iNkosi uThixo wenu ezintliziyweni zenu kwaye niya kuqonda ukuba akukho nto ilula ngaphezu kwale miyalelo, okanye emnandi ngakumbi, okanye ethambileyo nengcwele ngakumbi. 22 Kwaye jikani niye eNkosini uThixo wenu, nimshiye umtyholi kunye neziyolo zakhe, kuba zimbi, zikrakra, kwaye azicocekanga. Kwaye ningoyiki umtyholi, kuba akanalo igunya phezu kwenu. 23 Kuba ndinani, isithunywa senguquko, esinegunya phezu kwakhe. Umtyholi ngokwenene uyaboyikisa abantu; kodwa uloyiko lwakhe alunamsebenzi. Ngoko ke musani ukumoyika, kwaye uya kubaleka kuni. 24 Ndathi kuye; Nkosi, ndive ndithetha amazwi ambalwa nawe. Waphendula wathi, Yithi: Umntu unqwenela ngenene ukugcina imiyalelo kaThixo: kwaye akukho mntu ngaphandle kokuba athandaze kuThixo, ukuze akwazi ukugcina imiyalelo yakhe. 25 Kodwa umtyholi ulukhuni, kwaye ngamandla akhe ulawula abakhonzi bakaThixo. Kwaye wathi akanakulawula abakhonzi bakaThixo, abamthembayo ngeentliziyo zabo zonke. 26 UMtyholi unokuzama, kodwa akanakoyisa. 27 Kuba ukuba niyamchasa, uya kubaleka edidekile. Kodwa abo bangaphelelanga elukholweni, boyikani
umtyholi, ngokungathi unamandla amakhulu. Kuba umtyholi uyabavavanya abakhonzi bakaThixo kwaye ukuba ubafumana bengenanto, uyabatshabalalisa. 28 Kuba njengokuba umntu, xa egcwalisa iimbiza ngewayini elungileyo, aze phakathi kwazo abeke iimbiza ezimbalwa ezizele isiqingatha, aze eze kuzivavanya, akazivavanyi ezo zizeleyo, kuba uyazi ukuba zilungile; kodwa uyayivavanya ezo zizele isiqingatha, hleze zibe krakra; (kuba iimbiza ezizele isiqingatha ziya kuba krakra kungekudala, kwaye zilahlekelwe yincasa yewayini:) ngoko ke umtyholi uza kubakhonzi bakaThixo ukuze abavavanye. 29 Abo bazele lukholo bayamchasa ngamandla, aze emke kubo, kuba engafumani ndawo yokungena kubo: aze aye kwabo bazele lukholo, kwaye ngenxa yokuba enendawo yokungena, uyangena kubo, aze enze oko akuthandayo ngabo, baze babe ngabakhonzi bakhe. 30 Kodwa mna, mthunywa wenguquko, ndithi kuni, musani ukumoyika umtyholi, kuba ndithunyelwe kuni, ukuze ndibe nani, bonke abaya kuguquka ngentliziyo yenu yonke, nokuze ndiniqinise elukholweni. 31 Kholwani ke ngoko, nina nimlibeleyo uThixo ngenxa yezikreqo zenu, nosindiso lwenu; kwaye ukongezelela ezonweni zenu kwenze ubomi benu baba nzima kakhulu. 32 Ukuba niza kujika niye eNkosini ngeentliziyo zenu zonke, nize niyikhonze ngokwentando yayo; iya kuniphilisa ezonweni zenu zangaphambili, kwaye niya kuba nobukhosi phezu kwayo yonke imisebenzi yomtyholi. 33 Musani ukoyika nakweyiphi na ingxolo yakhe, kuba ayinamandla, njengemithambo-luvo yomntu ofileyo. Kodwa ndiphulaphuleni, nize nimoyike iNkosi uSomandla, enako ukunisindisa nokunitshabalalisa; nigcine imiyalelo yakhe, ukuze niphilele uThixo. 34 Ndaza ndathi kuye; Nkosi, ngoku ndiqinisekisiwe kuyo yonke imiyalelo yeNkosi ngelixa unam, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba uya kuwaphula onke amandla omtyholi. 35 Kwaye nathi siya kumoyisa, ukuba sinokukwazi, ngoncedo lweNkosi, ukugcina le miyalelo uyinikelweyo. 36 Uze uzigcine, utshilo, ukuba uya kuzihlambulula iintliziyo zakho eNkosini. Kwaye bonke baya kuzigcina nabo baya kuzihlambulula iintliziyo zabo kwiminqweno elilize yehlabathi langoku, baze baphilele uThixo.