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| 1. | Bazalwane bami, kungeyisikho ngokubandlulula abantu libe lokholo lweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, iNkosi yenkazimulo. |
| 2. | Ngoba uba kungena emhlanganweni wenu indoda elendandatho yegolide lesembatho esikhazimulayo, besekungena longumyanga olesembatho esingcolileyo, |
| 3. | beselinanzelela ogqoke isembatho esikhazimulayo beselisithi kuye: Wena hlala lapha kuhle, beselisithi kongumyanga: Wena mana lapho; loba: Hlala lapha ngaphansi kwesenabelo senyawo zami; |
| 4. | pho, kalibandlululi phakathi kwenu, njalo laba ngabahluleli abalemicabango emibi yini? |
| 5. | Zwanini, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. UNkulunkulu kabakhethanga yini abayanga balumhlaba, benothile ekholweni, njalo bezindlalifa zombuso awuthembisayo kwabamthandayo? |
| 6. | Kodwa lina libadumazile abayanga. Abanothileyo kabalicindezeli yini, njalo bona balidonsele ekwahlulelweni yini? |
| 7. | Bona kabalihlambazi yini ibizo elihle elibizwa ngalo? |
| 8. | Uba liphelelisa umlayo wobukhosi, ngokombhalo othi: Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzi thanda wena, lenza kuhle; |
| 9. | kodwa uba libandlulula abantu, lenza isono, lilahlwa ngumlayo njengabaweqayo. |
| 10. | Ngoba loba ngubani ogcina umlayo wonke, kodwa akhubeke kokukodwa, uba lecala kuyo yonke. |
| 11. | Ngoba owathi: Ungafebi; wathi futhi: Ungabulali; uba-ke ungafebi, kodwa ubulala, usungumeqi womlayo. |
| 12. | Khulumani ngokunjalo lenze njalo, njengabazakwahlulelwa ngomlayo wenkululeko. |
| 13. | Ngoba ukwahlulelwa okungelasihawu kungokwalowo ongenzanga isihawu; njalo isihawu sizincoma kukho ukwahlulela. |
| 14. | Kusizani, bazalwane bami, uba umuntu esithi ulokholo, kodwa engelamisebenzi? Lolokholo lungamsindisa yini? |
| 15. | Uba-ke umzalwane loba umzalwanekazi behambaze njalo beswela ukudla kwensuku ngensuku, |
| 16. | omunye wenu abesesithi kibo: Hambani ngokuthula, likhudumale lisuthe; kodwa engabaniki izinto ezidingwa ngumzimba, lokho kusizani? |
| 17. | Kunjalo lokholo, uba lungelamisebenzi, lufile ngokwalo. |
| 18. | Kodwa omunye uzakuthi: Wena ulokholo, mina-ke ngilemisebenzi: Ngitshengisa ukholo lwakho ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yakho, lami emisebenzini yami ngizakutshengisa ukholo lwami. |
| 19. | Wena uyakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu munye; wenza kuhle; lamadimoni ayakholwa, njalo athuthumele. |
| 20. | Kodwa uyathanda ukwazi yini, O siphukuphuku, ukuthi ukholo olungelamisebenzi lufile? |
| 21. | UAbrahama ubaba wethu kalungisiswanga yini ngemisebenzi, esenikele indodana yakhe uIsaka phezu kwelathi? |
| 22. | Uyabona ukuthi ukholo lwalusebenza kanye lemisebenzi yakhe, lokuthi ukholo lwapheleliswa ngemisebenzi, |
| 23. | kwasekugcwaliswa umbhalo othi: LoAbrahama wakholwa uNkulunkulu, kwasekubalelwa kuye ukuthi kuyikulunga, wasebizwa ngokuthi ngumngane kaNkulunkulu. |
| 24. | Ngakho-ke liyabona ukuthi umuntu uyalungisiswa ngemisebenzi, futhi kungesikuthi ngokholo kuphela. |
| 25. | Ngokunjalo-ke loRahabi isifebe kalungisiswanga ngemisebenzi yini, esezemukele izithunywa, ese zi phumise ngenye indlela? |
| 26. | Ngoba njengalokhu umzimba ngaphandle komoya ufile, ngokunjalo lokholo ngaphandle kwemisebenzi lufile. |
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