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| 1. | Gcina unyawo lwakho nxa usiya endlini kaNkulunkulu; sondelela ukulalela kulokunikela umhlatshelo wezithutha, ngoba kazazi ukuthi zenza okubi. |
| 2. | Ungabi lamawala ngomlomo wakho, lenhliziyo yakho ingaphangisi ukukhupha ilizwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu; ngoba uNkulunkulu usemazulwini, wena-ke usemhlabeni, ngakho amazwi akho kawabe malutshwana. |
| 3. | Ngoba iphupho liza ngobunengi bomsebenzi, lelizwi lesithutha ngobunengi bamazwi. |
| 4. | Lapho ufunga isifungo kuNkulunkulu, ungaphuzi ukusikhokha, ngoba kakulantokozo kuziwula; khokha lokho okufungileyo. |
| 5. | Kungcono ukuthi ungafungi kulokuthi ufunge ungakhokhi. |
| 6. | Ungavumeli umlomo wakho ukuthi wenze inyama yakho yone, futhi ungatsho phambi kwengilosi ukuthi bekuyisiphosiso; uNkulunkulu uzathukuthelelani ilizwi lakho, achithe umsebenzi wezandla zakho? |
| 7. | Ngoba ebunengini bamaphupho lamazwi kukhona lokuyize okunengi, kodwa mesabe uNkulunkulu. |
| 8. | Uba ubona ucindezelo lomyanga lokuphanjulwa kokulunga lesahlulelo ngodlakela esabelweni, ungamangali ngalinto, ngoba ophezulu kophezulu uyananzelela, njalo kulabaphezulu phezu kwabo. |
| 9. | Lenzuzo yomhlabathi ngeyabo bonke; inkosi isetshenzelwa yinsimu. |
| 10. | Othanda imali kayikweneliswa yimali, njalo othanda okunengi kayi kweneliswa yikwanda; lokhu lakho kuyize. |
| 11. | Ekwandeni kokuhle, bayanda abakudlayo; njalo kulenzuzo bani kubanini bakho, ngaphandle koku ku buka ngamehlo abo? |
| 12. | Bumnandi ubuthongo besisebenzi loba sisidla okulutshwana loba okunengi; kodwa ukusutha kwesinothi kakusivumeli ukulala. |
| 13. | Kukhona ububi obubuhlungu e sengibubonile ngaphansi kwelanga: Inotho egcinelwe abaniniyo kube yibubi kibo. |
| 14. | Kodwa leyonotho ichitheka ngomsebenzi omubi: Esezala umntwana, kungaselalutho esandleni sakhe. |
| 15. | Njengokuphuma kwakhe esiswini sikanina, uzabuyela eze ehamba njengokuza kwakhe; njalo kayikuthatha lutho lomtshikatshika wakhe angahamba lalo esandleni sakhe. |
| 16. | Lokhu lakho kuyibubi obubuhlungu, kukho konke njengokufika kwakhe ngokunjalo uzahamba. Njalo ulenzuzo bani owatshikatshikela umoya? |
| 17. | Njalo insuku zakhe zonke udlela emnyameni, e losizi olukhulu, lomkhuhlane wakhe, lokuthukuthela? |
| 18. | Khangela, engikubonileyo mina, kulungile okuhle ukudla lokunatha lokubona okuhle emtshikatshikeni wakhe wonke awutshikatshikayo ngaphansi kwelanga, e nani ni lensuku zempilo yakhe uNkulunkulu amnike zona, ngoba kuyisabelo sakhe. |
| 19. | Laye wonke umuntu, uNkulunkulu amnike inotho lengcebo, wamnika amandla okudla kukho, lokuthatha isabelo sakhe, lokuthokoza emtshikatshikeni wakhe - lokhu kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu. |
| 20. | Ngoba kayikukhumbula kakhulu insuku zempilo yakhe, ngoba uNkulunkulu u m phendula ngentokozo yenhliziyo yakhe. |
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