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Bonke amaJuda labezizwe bazagwetshwa nguNkulunkulu
1 Ngakho kawulakuzilandulela, o muntu wonke ogwebayo; ngoba ngalokho ogweba ngakho omunye, uyazilahla wena, ngoba wena ogwebayo wenza izinto ezifananayo. 2 Njalo siyazi ukuthi ukugweba kukaNkulunkulu kuseqinisweni phezu kwalabo abenza izinto ezinjalo. 3 Njalo ucabanga lokho, o muntu ogweba abenza izinto ezinjalo, lawe uzenza lezozinto, ukuthi wena uzaphepha ukugweba kukaNkulunkulu yini? 4 Kumbe uyayeyisa yini inotho yomusa wakhe leyokubekezela lesineke, awazi yini ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukukhokhelela ekuphendukeni? 5 Kodwa ngenxa yobulukhuni bakho lenhliziyo yakho engaphendukiyo uzibekela ulaka ngosuku lolaka lolwesembulo sesigwebo esilungileyo sikaNkulunkulu, 6 ozavuza lowo lalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe; 7 kubo abalesineke ngokwenza imisebenzi elungileyo bedinga inkazimulo lodumo lokungabhubhi, impilo elaphakade; 8 kodwa kulabo abalenkani, njalo bengalaleli iqiniso kodwa belalela ukungalungi, intukuthelo lolaka, 9 usizi lokubandezeleka, phezu kwawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu owenza ububi, womJuda kuqala lowomGriki; 10 kodwa inkazimulo lodumo lokuthula kuwo wonke owenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala lakumGriki; 11 ngoba kakukho ukubandlulula umuntu kuNkulunkulu.
12 Ngoba ngobunengi babonileyo bengelamlayo, bazabhubha labo bengelamlayo; njalo ngobunengi babonileyo belomlayo, bazagwetshwa ngomlayo; 13 ngoba kakusibo abezwayo umlayo abalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa abenzayo umlayo bazalungisiswa. 14 Ngoba nxa abezizwe abangelawo umthetho besenza ngokwemvelo okungokomlayo, bona, bengelawo umlayo, bangumlayo wabo ngokwabo; 15 ababonakalisa ukuthi umsebenzi womlayo ubhaliwe enhliziyweni zabo; lesazela sabo siyafakaza laso, lemicabango phakathi kwabo ibasole kumbe njalo ibavumele, 16 ngosuku uNkulunkulu azagweba ngalo imfihlo zenhliziyo zabantu, ngoJesu Krestu, ngokwevangeli lami.
Ukwehluleka komlayo lokokusoka
17 Khangela wena obizwa ngokuthi ungumJuda, njalo weyeme emlayweni, uzincoma ngoNkulunkulu, 18 njalo usazi intando yakhe, ubususemukela izinto ezingcono, ngoba ufundisiwe emlayweni, 19 njalo uzithembile wena ukuthi ungumholi weziphofu, ukukhanya kwabasemnyameni, 20 umeluleki wezithutha, umfundisi wensane, ulesimo solwazi lolweqiniso emlayweni; 21 ngakho ofundisa omunye, kawuzifundisi yini? Wena otshumayela ukuthi ungebi, uyeba yini? 22 Wena othi ungafebi, uyafeba yini? Wena onengwa yizithombe, uphanga amathempeli yini? 23 Wena ozincoma ngomlayo, udumaza uNkulunkulu ngokweqa umlayo yini? 24 Ngoba ibizo likaNkulunkulu liyahlanjazwa phakathi kwabezizwe ngenxa yenu, njengoba kubhaliwe.
25 Ngoba ukusoka kuyasiza, uba usenza umlayo; kodwa uba ungumeqi womlayo, ukusoka kwakho sekuyikungasoki. 26 Ngakho uba ukungasoki kugcina izimiso zomlayo, ukungasoki kwakhe kakuyikubalwa ukuthi kuyikusoka yini? 27 Lokungasoki ngemvelo, egcwalisa umlayo, kungekugwebe yini wena ongumeqi womlayo ngombhalo langokusoka? 28 Ngoba kayisuye umJuda onguye ngokusobala, lokusoka kakusikho okusobala enyameni; 29 kodwa yena ungumJuda onguye ngasese, lokusoka kwenhliziyo emoyeni, hatshi ngombhalo; ondumiso yakhe kayiveli ebantwini kodwa kuNkulunkulu.