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