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3 Ragela phambili nokubakhumbuza bona balalele begodu bathobele aborhulumende neemphathimandla,+ balungele woke umsebenzi omuhle 2 bona bangakhulumi kumbi ngomuntu, bangathandi ukuphikisana, babonelele+ begodu babe nommoya ophasi kibo boke abantu.+ 3 Ngombana nathi khesaba ngabanganangqondo, singalaleli, silahlekiswa, siziingqila eenkanukweni nekuzithabiseni okuhlukahlukeneko, siraga nokwenza okumbi nokuba nomona, sinyenyisa begodu sihloyana.
4 Nanyana kunjalo, kuthe umusa woMsindisethu, uZimu,+ nethando lakhe ngabantu nakubonakaliswako 5 (ingasi ngebanga lananyana ngimiphi imisebenzi yokulunga esiyenzileko+ kodwana ngebanga lesirhawu sakhe),+ wasisindisa ngokusihlanza okusilethe ekuphileni+ nangokusenza sibe batjha ngommoya ocwengileko.+ 6 Wasithululela ummoya lo ngobunengi ngoJesu Krestu uMsindisethu,+ 7 ukuthi ngemva kokobana kuthiwe silungile ngomusakhe omkhulu,+ sibe ziindlalifa+ ngokuvumelana nethemba lokuphila okungapheliko.+
8 Amezwi la athembekile, ngifuna bona uragele phambili ukhuluma ngezintwezi, bona labo abakholwa uZimu bahlale badzimelelise imikhumbulwabo ekwenzeni imisebenzi emihle. Izintwezi zihle begodu ziyabazuzisa abantu.
9 Kodwana zibalekele iimpikiswano ezibudlhadlha, irhubhululo lokulandelana kwabokhokho, ukunghanghisana nokulwa ngomThetho ngombana azizuzisi begodu azinamsebenzi.+ 10 Malungana nomuntu othuthukisa ifundiso ehlukileko,+ male+ ngemva kokumyelelisa kokuthoma nakwesibili,+ 11 wazi ukuthi umuntu onjalo uphambukile endleleni, uyona begodu uyazahlulela.
12 Nangithumela u-Arithema namkha uThikhikhusi+ kuwe, yenza koke okusemandlenakho bona uze kimi eNikhopholi ngombana kulapho ngiqunte ukuhlala ubusika khona. 13 Yenza koke ongakwenza bona usize uZena, owazi kuhle umThetho no-Apholo ukuthi bangatlhayeli litho ekhambweni labo.+ 14 Abantu bethu nabo kufuze bafunde ukuhlala benza imisebenzi emihle bona basize ebujamweni oburhabako+ bona bangabi ngabangatheliko.+
15 Boke abanami bayakulotjhisa. Ungilotjhisele labo abasithandako ekukholweni.
Kwanga umusa omkhulu ungaba nani noke.