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4 Nje-ke ngithi lokha indlalifa nayisesemntwana omncani, ayikahluki esigqileni nanyana iyikosi yezinto zoke 2 kodwana ingaphasi kwabaphathi nabatlhogomeli bekube lilanga elibekwe nguyise kusesengaphambili. 3 Nathi ngokufanako, nasisesebantwana, besigqilazwe zizinto zobuntwana zephasi.+ 4 Kodwana nakuphela isikhathi esibekiweko, uZimu wathumela iNdodanakhe, eyabelethwa mfazi+ begodu ebeyingaphasi komthetho+ 5 bona itjhaphulule labo abangaphasi komthetho+ ngokubathenga bona sifumane ukumbelekelwa njengamadodana.+
6 Nje-ke ngombana nimadodana, uZimu uthumele ummoya+ weNdodanakhe eenhliziyweni zethu,+ wona uyarhuwelela uthi: “Abha,* Baba!”+ 7 Nje-ke aniseseziingqila kodwana nimadodana; yeke nanimadodana kaZimu uzoninikela ilifa.+
8 Nanyana kunjalo, ngesikhathi ningakamazi uZimu, benigqilazwe bozimu bamala. 9 Kodwana njengombana senazi uZimu namkha senaziwa nguZimu, kuza njani bona nibuyele ezintweni zobuntwana ezibogabogako+ nezililize, nifune ukuba ziingqila zazo godu?+ 10 Ngokutjheja okukhulu, nihlonipha amalanga neenyanga+ neenkhathi neminyaka. 11 Ngiyanisabela ukuthi ngasuthi ngidlale ngamandlami kini.
12 Ngiyanirabhela bafowethu, yibani njengami ngombana nami khengaba njengani.+ Akukho okumbi eningenze khona. 13 Kodwana niyazi ukuthi bekukugula enyameni okwangenza ngafumana ithuba lokumemezela iindaba ezimnandi kini. 14 Nanyana ubujamo bepilwami bebusilingo kini, azange ningidelele namkha ninginyenye;* nangamukela njengengilozi kaZimu, njengoKrestu Jesu. 15 Liphi ithabo ebeninalo? Ngombana ngiyafakaza ukuthi ngathana bekukghoneka, benizokugobhodlha amehlwenu ninginikele wona.+ 16 Nje-ke, kghani sengibe linaba lenu ngombana nginitjela iqiniso? 17 Banetjisakalo yokunithumbela kibo kodwana lokho abakwenzi ngomnqopho omuhle; bafuna ukunihlukanisa nami ukuthi nibe netjisakalo yokulandela bona. 18 Nanyana kunjalo, kuhle ngaso soke isikhathi bona othileko anifune ngetjiseko ngomnqopho omuhle begodu ingasi nanginani kwaphela, 19 bantwanyana bami,+ enginemirhelo ngani godu bekube kulapho uKrestu akheka kini. 20 Okwanjesi ngifisa ngathana ngingaba nani, ngikhulume ngendlela ehlukileko ngombana niyangirara.
21 Akhe ningitjele nina enifuna ukuba ngaphasi komthetho: Aniwuzwa umThetho na? 22 Ngokwesibonelo, kutloliwe ukuthi u-Abrahama waba namadodana amabili, enye ngomntazana osisebenzi+ enye ngomfazi otjhaphulukileko*+ 23 kodwana loyo owabelethwa mntazana osisebenzi, wabelethwa ngendlela ejayelekileko*+ kwathi loyo owabelethwa ngomfazi otjhaphulukileko, wabelethwa ngesithembiso.+ 24 Izintwezi zingaqalwa njengedrama engokomfanekiso; ngombana abafazaba bajamele iimvumelwano ezimbili, esinye ngeseNtabeni yeSinayi,+ esibeletha abantwana bobugqila, esinguHagari. 25 Nje-ke uHagari ujamele iSinayi,+ intaba ese-Arabhiya, ufanekisela iJerusalema lanamhlanjesi ngombana lisebugqileni nabantwabalo. 26 Kodwana iJerusalema laphezulu litjhaphulukile begodu lingumma kithi.
27 Ngombana kutloliwe ukuthi: “Thaba, wena mfazi oyinyumba; rhuwelela ngethabo, wena mfazi ongananhlungu zokubeletha ngombana abantwana bomfazi olahliweko babe banengi kunebaloyo onendoda.”+ 28 Nje-ke nina bafowethu, nibantwana besithembiso njengo-Isaka.+ 29 Kodwana njengesikhathineso loyo owabelethwa ngendlela ejayelekileko* wathoma ukutlhorisa loyo obelethwe ngommoya,+ nanamhlanjesi kwenzeka okufanako.+ 30 Nanyana kunjalo, uthini umtlolo? “Qotha umntazana osisebenzi nendodanakhe ngombana indodana yomntazana osisebenzi angekhe ibe yindlalifa nendodana yomfazi otjhaphulukileko.”+ 31 Nje-ke bafowethu, asisibantwana bomntazana osisebenzi kodwana bomfazi otjhaphulukileko.