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Isibingelelo

1 UJakobe, inceku kaNkulunkulu leyeNkosi uJesu uKrestu, kuzo izizwe ezilitshumi lambili ezisekuhlakazekeni, ngiyabingelela.

Ukulaya ngezilingo

2 Kubaleni njengentokozo yonke, bazalwane bami, nxa liwela ezilingweni ezizinhlobonhlobo, 3 lisazi ukuthi ukuhlolwa kokholo lwenu kuveza ukubekezela; 4 kodwa ukubekezela kakube lomsebenzi opheleleyo, ukuze libe ngabapheleleyo lifeze-ke, lingasileli ngalutho.

5 Njalo uba kukhona kini oswele inhlakanipho, kacele kuNkulunkulu ophanayo ngesihle kibo bonke, futhi kasoli, njalo izanikwa yena. 6 Kodwa kacele ekholweni engathandabuzi ngalutho; ngoba othandabuzayo unjengevinqo lolwandle eliqhutshwa ngumoya lizuliswe. 7 Ngoba lowomuntu kangacabangi ukuthi uzazuza ulutho eNkosini. 8 Indoda enhliziyombili engachumanga endleleni zayo zonke.

9 Lomzalwane ophansi kazincome ekuphakameni kwakhe; 10 lonothileyo ekuthotshisweni kwakhe; ngoba njengeluba lotshani uzadlula. 11 Ngoba ilanga liphuma lokutshisa, beselibunisa utshani, leluba labo liwohloke, lobuhle bokubonakala kwalo bunyamalale; ngokunjalo lesinothi sizanyamalala kwesikulandelayo.

12 Ibusisiwe indoda ebekezelayo ekulingweni; ngoba isihloliwe izakwemukela umqhele wempilo, iNkosi eyawuthembisa kwabayithandayo. 13 Kakulamuntu olingwayo omele athi: Ngilingwa nguNkulunkulu; ngoba uNkulunkulu kalasilingo sokubi, laye uqobo kalingi muntu. 14 Kodwa ilowo lalowo uyalingwa, lapho edonswa ehugwa ngezakhe inkanuko; 15 kuthi lapho inkanuko isiyemule ibelethe isono; lesono lapho sesiphelele sizala ukufa.

16 Lingakhohliswa, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. 17 Sonke isipho esihle laso sonke isipho esipheleleyo sivela phezulu, sehla sivela kuYise wezibane, okungekho kuye ukuguquka, kumbe isithunzi sokuphenduka. 18 Ngokuthanda kwakhe wasizala ngelizwi leqiniso, ukuze sibe njengengqabutho yesithelo sezidalwa zakhe.

Ukulaya ngokholo olulezenzo

19 Ngakho, bazalwane bami abathandekayo, wonke umuntu umele aphangise ukuzwa, aphuze ukukhuluma, aphuze ukuthukuthela; 20 ngoba ukuthukuthela kwendoda kakwenzi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu. 21 Ngakho selihlubule amanyala wonke lokwanda kakhulu kobubi, lemukele ngobumnene ilizwi eligxunyekiweyo, elilamandla okusindisa imiphefumulo yenu.

22 Njalo banini ngabenzi belizwi, futhi lingabi ngabezwayo kuphela, lizikhohlisa. 23 Ngoba uba umuntu engumuzwi welizwi futhi engesimenzi, yena ufanana lendoda ebuka ubuso bayo bemvelo esibukweni; 24 ngoba iyazibuka, ibisisuka, ibisihle ikhohlwa ukuthi ibinjani. 25 Kodwa lowo okhangelisisa emlayweni opheleleyo, lowo owenkululeko, abesebambelela kuwo, yena engesimuzwi okhohlwayo kodwa engumenzi womsebenzi, lo uzakuba ngobusisiweyo ekwenzeni kwakhe.

26 Uba umuntu phakathi kwenu esithi uyakholwa, uma engalufaki amatomu ulimi lwakhe, kodwa akhohlise inhliziyo yakhe, ukukholwa kwalo kuyize. 27 Ukukholwa okuhlanzekileyo lokungangcoliswanga phambi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba yilokhu, ukuhambela izintandane labafelwakazi ekuhluphekeni kwabo, lokuzilondoloza ungelasici kokomhlaba.

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