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9 Ngako ngacabanga ngako konkhe loku, ngaphetsa ngekutsi labalungile nalabahlakaniphile kanye nemisebenti yabo, konkhe kusetandleni taNkulunkulu weliciniso.+ Bantfu abati lutfo ngelutsandvo nangenzondo lebekukhona basengakatalwa. 2 Bonkhe bantfu banesiphetfo lesifanako,+ lokufaka ekhatsi labalungile nalabangakalungi,+ labakahle, labahlantekile kanye nalabangcolile, labenta umhlatjelo kanye nalabangawenti. Umuntfu lolungile uyafana nalosoni, nemuntfu lowenta sifungo ngekubhudvutela uyafana naloyo locale acabange angakafungi. 3 Nayi intfo lecindzetelanako leyentekako lamhlabeni: Ngenca yekutsi bonkhe bantfu banesiphetfo lesifanako,+ tinhlitiyo tabo tigcwele bubi futsi kunemsangano etinhlitiyweni tabo kuwo onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwabo, kodvwa ngemuva kwaloko babese bayafa.
4 Lisekhona litsemba kuloyo lophilako, ngobe inja lephilako incono kakhulu kunelibhubesi lelifile.+ 5 Ngobe labaphilako bayati kutsi batakufa,+ kodvwa labafile abati lutfo,+ futsi sebete umvuzo ngobe abasakhunjulwa ngisho nekukhunjulwa.+ 6 Ngetulu kwaloko, lutsandvo lebebanalo, inzondo lebebanayo kanye nemona lebebanawo sekuphelile, futsi sekute nesabelo labanaso kulokwentiwako lamhlabeni.+
7 Hamba uyodla ujabulile futsi unatse liwayini ngenhlitiyo lejabulile,+ ngobe Nkulunkulu weliciniso uyajabula ngemisebenti yakho.+ 8 Shengatsi timphahla takho tingahlale timhlophe* futsi uhlale ugcobisa emafutsa enhloko yakho.+ 9 Jabulela kuphila nemfati wakho lomtsandzako+ kuko konkhe kuphila kwakho Nkulunkulu lakunikete kona lamhlabeni, kuwo onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwakho lokulite, ngobe loko kungumvuzo wakho ekuphileni futsi kungumvuzo wemsebenti wakho lomatima lowentako lamhlabeni.+ 10 Nobe yini lokhona kuyenta, yente ngawo onkhe emandla akho ngobe kute kusebenta, nobe kucabanga nobe lwati nobe kuhlakanipha eThuneni*+ lapho uya khona.
11 Kunalokunye lengikubonile lamhlabeni, kutsi labanematubane abahlali baphumelela emncintiswaneni, labanemandla abahlali bancoba emphini,+ labahlakaniphile abahlali banekudla, labakhaliphile engcondvweni abahlali banjingile+ nekutsi labo labanelwati abahlali baphumelela,+ ngobe bonkhe behlelwa sikhatsi senhlekelele netimo letingakalindzeleki. 12 Ngobe umuntfu akasati sikhatsi latawufa ngaso.+ Njengobe tinhlanti tibanjwa linethi netinyoni tibanjwa sitsiyo, kanjalo-ke nebantfu babanjwa sikhatsi senhlekelele lesibafikela bangakagadzi.
13 Naku lokunye lengakucondza mayelana nekuhlakanipha lamhlabeni, futsi kwangitsintsa: 14 Bekunelidolobha lelincane lebelihlala bantfu labambalwa; futsi kweta inkhosi lenemandla itolihlasela, yalivimbetela, yakha nelubondza lolukhulu lolutungeleta lelidolobha. 15 Kulelidolobha bekunendvodza lephuyile kodvwa lehlakaniphile futsi yasindzisa lelidolobha ngekuhlakanipha kwayo. Kodvwa kute ngisho namunye umuntfu lowayikhumbula lendvodza.+ 16 Ngako ngakhuluma ngenhlitiyo ngatsi: ‘Kuhlakanipha kuncono kunekuba nemandla,+ nobe kunjalo, kuhlakanipha kwemuntfu lophuyile kubukelwa phansi, nemavi akhe awalalelwa.’+
17 Kuncono kulalela emavi lapholile emuntfu lohlakaniphile kunekulalela nakumemeta umuntfu lobusa tilima.
18 Kuhlakanipha kuncono kunetikhali temphi, kodvwa soni sinye nje singona lokunyenti lokuhle.+