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5 Ungayikhahlameti indvodza lendzala.+ Kepha yiyale njengababe wakho, labadvuna labasebasha ubayale njengabomnakenu, 2 bafati lasebakhulile ubayale njengabomake wakho, nalabasikati labasebasha ubayale njengabodzadzewenu ngabo bonkhe bumsulwa.
3 Bacabangele* bafelokati lababafelokati mbamba.*+ 4 Kodvwa nangabe umfelokati anebantfwana nobe batukulu, kufanele bacale bakhombise emakhaya kutsi besaba Nkulunkulu,+ futsi babuyisele loko lokufanele kubatali babo, kubogogo babo nakubomkhulu babo,+ ngobe loku kuyemukeleka kuNkulunkulu.+ 5 Umfati longumfelokati mbamba futsi longenabani ubeka litsemba lakhe kuNkulunkulu,+ uhlale ancusa futsi athantaza busuku nemini.+ 6 Kodvwa loyo lotinikela enkhanukweni usuke afile nanobe aphila. 7 Ngako-ke chubeka ubanika lemiyalo* kuze bangasoleki. 8 Ecinisweni, nangabe umuntfu angabanakekeli lababakhe, ikakhulukati bendlu yakhe, ukuphikile kukholwa futsi mubi kakhulu kunemuntfu longakholwa.+
9 Umfelokati longetulu kweminyaka lengu-60 budzala kufanele afakwe eluhlwini lwalabatawusitwa, nangabe bekanendvodza yinye, 10 atiwa ngemisebenti lemihle,+ sekakhulise bantfwana,+ emukela tihambi,+ ageza tinyawo talabangcwele,+ asita labahluphekile,+ futsi atinikela kuyo yonkhe imisebenti lemihle.
11 Ngakulokunye, bafelokati labasebasha ningabafaki kuloluhla, ngobe kutsi lapho tinkhanuko tabo tiphatamisa buhlobo babo naKhristu bese bafuna kushada. 12 Batawehlulelwa ngobe basephulile setsembiso sabo sasekucaleni.* 13 Ngesikhatsi lesifanako babese bayavilapha, baphume bangena emitini yebantfu, futsi abagcini nje ngekuvilapha, kodvwa bayahleba, batifake etindzabeni tebantfu,+ bakhulume nangetintfo letingakafaneli. 14 Ngako ngifisa kutsi bafelokati labasebasha bashade,+ batale bantfwana,+ banakekele emakhaya abo, futsi bangamniki umphikisi litfuba lekukhuluma kabi. 15 Ecinisweni, labanye sebavele baphambukile balandzela Sathane. 16 Nangabe umfati lokholwako anetihlobo letibafelokati, akatisite kuze libandla lingatfwali kamatima, khona litokwati kusita labo lababafelokati mbamba.*+
17 Emadvodza lamadzala lengamela ngendlela lekahle+ kufanele atsatfwe njengalafanelwe ludvumo lolukhulu,+ ikakhulukati lawo lasebenta kamatima ekukhulumeni nasekufundziseni.+ 18 Ngobe umbhalo utsi: “Ungayifaki sifonyo inkhabi nayibhula,”+ uphindze utsi: “Sisebenti sifanelwe ngumholo waso.”+ 19 Ungalaleli nangabe indvodza lendzala* ibekwa licala, ngaphandle nakunebufakazi bebantfu lababili nome labatsatfu.+ 20 Bantfu labenta sono+ ubobekhuta+ embikwabo bonkhe lababukile, kuze kube secwayiso kulabanye.* 21 Ngiyakuyalisisa embikwaNkulunkulu, embikwaKhristu Jesu nasembikwetingilosi letikhetsiwe, kutsi ugcine leticondziso ngaphandle kwekubandlulula nobe kukhetsa.+
22 Ungajaki kubeka nobe ngumuphi umuntfu tandla,*+ futsi ungahlanganyeli etonweni talabanye, kodvwa tigcine umsulwa.
23 Ungasawanatsi emanti,* kodvwa natsa liwayini lelincane ngenca yesisu sakho nangenca yekutsi ugula kanyenti.
24 Tono talabanye bantfu tisebaleni futsi bavele behlulelwe ngaleso sikhatsi, kodvwa talabanye tibonakala ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi.+ 25 Ngendlela lefanako, imisebenti lemihle isebaleni,+ naleyo lengabonakali ngeke ihlale ifihlekile.+