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3 Bafowethu, abasibanengi kini ekufuze babe bafundisi njengombana nazi ukuthi sizokufumana isahlulelo esibudisi.*+ 2 Ngombana soke siyatjhapha iinkhathi ezinengi.+ Nangabe kunomuntu ongatjhaphi ngelizwi, umuntu loyo akanasono, ukghona nokulawula umzimbakhe woke ngasuthi uwulawula ngetomu. 3 Nasifaka amatomu emilonyeni yeenjomani bona sizenze zisilalele, sinqophisa nemizimbazo yoke. 4 Qalani godu nemikhumbi: Nanyana imikhulu begodu iragwa mimoya enamandla, inqotjhiswa ngephini elincani khulu iye lapho umuntu otjhayelako afuna iye khona.
5 Nje-ke nelimu sisitho esincani somzimba, nanyana kunjalo lizikhakhazisa khulu. Akhese nibone ukuthi kutlhogeka umlilo omncani kangangani ukuthungela ihlathi elikhulu! 6 Ilimu nalo limlilo.+ Ilimu lijamele iphasi lokungalungi hlangana namalunga womzimbethu ngombana lisilaphaza umzimba woke,+ litjhise yoke indlela yokuphila ngomlilo begodu lona litjhiswa ngomlilo yiGehena.* 7 Ngombana yoke imihlobo yeembandana, yeenyoni, yeenlwana ezirhurhubako neyeenlwana zelwandle iyathanjiswa begodu ithanjiswe babantu. 8 Kodwana akunamuntu ongathambisa ilimu. Alilawuleki begodu liyalimaza, lizele itjhefu ebulalako.+ 9 Ngalo sidumisa uJehova,* uBaba, nanyana kunjalo, ngalo siqalekisa abantu ababe khona “ngomfanekiso kaZimu.”+ 10 Emlonyeni munye kuphuma isibusiso nesiqalekiso.
Bafowethu, akukalungi bona izinto zenzeke ngendlela le.+ 11 Umthombo awenzi bona amanzi amnandi namanzi ababako avinyilike endaweni efanako, akusinjalo? 12 Bafowethu, umuthi wamafeyi angekhe uthele ama-oliva namkha umuthi wamadiribe uthele amafeyi, akusinjalo?+ Ngokufanako emanzini anetswayi angekhe kwaphuma amanzi amnandi.
13 Ngubani ohlakaniphileko nonelemuko hlangana nani? Akathi ngokuziphatha kwakhe kuhle atjengise imisebenzi eyenziwe ngokuthobeka okuvela ekuhlakanipheni. 14 Kodwana nangabe ninomona+ nokubanga+ eenhliziyweni zenu, ningazikhakhazisi+ begodu nirhwayele iqiniso. 15 Lokhu akusikuhlakanipha okuvela phezulu ngekwephasi,+ kobulwana, nokobudimoni. 16 Ngombana nanyana kukuphi lapho kunomona nokubanga khona, kuzokuba nokutjharagana nakho koke okonakeleko.+
17 Kodwana ukuhlakanipha kwaphezulu kokuthoma kumsulwa,+ kunokuthula,+ kuyabonelela,+ kukulungele ukulalela, kuzele isirhawu neenthelo ezihle,+ akukhethululi,+ akunabuzenzisi.+ 18 Ngaphezu kwalokho, isithelo sokulunga sitjalwa ebujamweni bokuthula+ malungana nalabo abenza ukuthula.+