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1. | Pho-ke sizakuthi uAbrahama ubaba wethu wazuzani ngokwenyama? |
2. | Ngoba uba uAbrahama walungisiswa ngemisebenzi, ulokuzincoma, kodwa kungekho phambi kukaNkulunkulu. |
3. | Ngoba umbhalo uthini? Uthi: Kodwa uAbrahama wakholwa kuNkulunkulu, kwasekubalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga. |
4. | Kodwa kulowo osebenzayo kabelwa iholo ngokomusa, kodwa ngokomlandu. |
5. | Kodwa kulowo ongasebenziyo, kodwa ekholwa kuye olungisisa oweyisa uNkulunkulu, ukholo lwakhe lubalelwa ukuthi yikulunga. |
6. | Njengoba laye uDavida ekhuluma ngokubusiswa komuntu, uNkulunkulu ambalela ukulunga ngaphandle kwemisebenzi esithi: |
7. | Babusisiwe abaziphambeko zabo zithethelelwe labazono zabo zisitshekelwe. |
8. | Ubusisiwe umuntu iNkosi engasoze yambalela isono. |
9. | Ngakho lokhukubusiswa kuphezu kokusoka yini, kumbe laphezu kokungasoki? Ngoba sithi: Ukholo lwabalelwa kuAbrahama ukuthi yikulunga. |
10. | Pho lwabalelwa njani? Lapho esekusokeni yini, kumbe ekungasokini? Kungekho ekusokeni, kodwa ekungasokini. |
11. | Wasesemukela isibonakaliso sokusoka, uphawu lokulunga kokholo ayelakho ekungasokini; ukuze abe nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo ekungasokini, ukuze ukulunga kubalelwe lakibo; |
12. | loyise wokusoka kulabo abangaveli ekusokeni kuphela, kodwa abahamba labo ezinyathelweni zokholo lukababa wethu uAbrahama aye lalo engakasokwa. |
13. | Ngoba kasingomlayo isithembiso kuAbrahama kumbe kunzalo yakhe, ukuthi uzakuba yindlalifa yomhlaba, kodwa ngokulunga kokholo. |
14. | Ngoba uba labo abomlayo beyizindlalifa, ukholo lwenziwe ize, lesithembiso senziwa ize; |
15. | ngoba umlayo uveza ulaka; ngoba lapho okungekho khona umlayo, kaku kho lokweqa. |
16. | Ngakho ku ngokholo, ukuze kube ngokomusa, ukuze isithembiso siqiniseke kuyo yonke inzalo, kungeyisiyo engeyomlayo kuphela kodwa lakuyo engeyokholo lukaAbrahama, ongubaba wethu sonke, |
17. | (njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngikumisile ukuthi ube nguyise wezizwe ezinengi ) phambi kwakhe akholwa kuye, uNkulunkulu, owenza abafileyo baphile, lobiza izinto ezingekho ngokungathi zikhona. |
18. | Owathi emelane lethemba wakholwa ngethemba, ukuthi uzakuba nguyise wezizwe ezinengi, njengalokho okwatshiwoyo ukuthi: Izakuba njalo inzalo yakho. |
19. | Njalo kabanga buthakathaka ekholweni, kanakananga umzimba wakhe uqobo owawusufile, ngoba wayesengaba leminyaka elikhulu, lokufa kwesizalo sikaSara; |
20. | kodwa kathandabuzanga ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ngokungakholwa, kodwa waqiniswa ekholweni, enika uNkulunkulu udumo, |
21. | njalo eqinisekile ngokupheleleyo ukuthi lokho ayekuthembisile, ulamandla ngitsho okukwenza. |
22. | Ngalokho-ke kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga. |
23. | Kodwa kakubhalwanga ngenxa yakhe yedwa, ukuthi kwabalelwa kuye; |
24. | kodwa langenxa yethu, esizabalelwa khona, abakholwa kuye owavusa uJesu iNkosi yethu kwabafileyo, |
25. | owanikelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, wavuswa ngenxa yokulungisiswa kwethu. |
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