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| 1. | Kodwa kwakukhona labaprofethi bamanga phakathi kwabantu, njengoba lakini kuzakuba khona abafundisi bamanga, abazangenisa ngensitha imfundiso ezehlukanisayo ezichithayo, bephika leNkosi eyabathengayo, bezehlisela ukuchitheka okuphangisayo, |
| 2. | labanengi bazalandela incithakalo zabo; okungabo indlela yeqiniso izahlanjazwa, |
| 3. | njalo emhawini ngamazwi alungisiweyo bazakwenza inzuzo ngani; okulahlwa kwabo kwakudala kakulibalanga, lencithakalo yabo kayiwozeli. |
| 4. | Ngoba uba uNkulunkulu engaziyekelanga ingilosi ezonayo, kodwa e zi phosela esihogweni e zi nikela emaketaneni obumnyama ukuze zigcinelwe isigwebo; |
| 5. | njalo kaliyekelanga ilizwe lendulo, kodwa walondoloza owesificaminwembili uNowa umtshumayeli wokulunga, mhla eletha uzamcolo emhlabeni wabeyisa uNkulunkulu; |
| 6. | ngoku yi chitha eyitshisa imizi yeSodoma leGomora waseyilahla, waseyenza isibonelo kulabo abazakweyisa uNkulunkulu; |
| 7. | wasemophula uLothi olungileyo, owahlutshwa yikuhamba ngamanyala kwabangalunganga; |
| 8. | ngoba lowo olungileyo, ehlala phakathi kwabo, ngokubona lokuzwa insuku ngensuku wezwisa ubuhlungu umphefumulo wakhe olungileyo ngemisebenzi yabo engelamthetho; |
| 9. | iNkosi iyakwazi ukubophula ekulingweni labo abamkhonzayo uNkulunkulu, lokubagcina abangalunganga kuze kube lusuku lwesigwebo, bajeziswe; |
| 10. | kodwa ikakhulu bona abalandela inyama enkanukweni engcolileyo, labadelela ubukhosi. Abangakhathaliyo, abalenkani, kabesabi ukuhlambaza ubukhosi; |
| 11. | kanti ingilosi, ezinkulu ngamandla langengalo, kazilethi isigwebo senhlamba ukumelana labo phambi kweNkosi. |
| 12. | Kodwa laba, njengezinyamazana ngemvelo ezingelangqondo ezazalelwa ukubanjwa lokubulawa, bahlambaza izinto abangazaziyo, bazabhujiswa ekuboleni kwazo, |
| 13. | bazakwemukela umvuzo wokungalungi, abathi kuyintokozo ukuminza emini, bayisici loyangiso, bejabula enkohlisweni zabo, besedilini lani, |
| 14. | balamehlo agcwele ubufebe, labangayekeli isono, bayenga imiphefumulo ebuthakathaka, belenhliziyo ezejwayele ubuhwaba, abantwana besiqalekiso; |
| 15. | batshiye indlela eqondileyo baduha, balandela indlela kaBalami kaBosori, owathanda inzuzo yokungalungi, |
| 16. | kodwa waba lokusolwa kwesakhe isiphambeko; ubabhemi oyisimungulu, ekhuluma ngelizwi lomuntu, wanqanda ubuhlanya bomprofethi. |
| 17. | Laba bayimithombo engelamanzi, amayezi aqhutshwa yisiphepho, okugcinelwe bona ubumnyama bomnyama kuze kube phakade. |
| 18. | Ngoba bakhuluma okokuziqakisa okweze, babayenga ngenkanuko zenyama la ngobufebe labo abaphunyuke sibili kibo abahamba ekuduheni, |
| 19. | bebathembisa inkululeko, bona uqobo beyizigqili zokubola; ngoba lowo umuntu ehlulwe ngaye, lakuye wenziwa isigqili. |
| 20. | Ngoba uba sebephunyukile ekungcoleni komhlaba ngolwazi lweNkosi loMsindisi uJesu Kristu, besebebuya behilelwa behlulwa yikho, izinto zokucina sezibe zimbi kibo kulezokuqala. |
| 21. | Ngoba ngabe kwaba ngcono kibo uba babengayazanga indlela yokulunga, kulokuthi sebe ya zile bafulathele umlayo ongcwele onikelwe kibo. |
| 22. | Kodwa kubehlele lokhu okwesaga esiqinisileyo esithi: Inja ibuyela kwawayo amahlanzo; lengulube egezileyo ekugiqikeni edakeni. |
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