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Abazalwane balaywa ukuthi bangabandlululi abantu
1 Bazalwane bami, hatshi ngokubandlulula abantu libe lokholo lweNkosi yethu yenkazimulo uJesu uKrestu. 2 Ngoba uba kungena emhlanganweni wenu indoda elendandatho yegolide lesembatho esikhazimulayo, besekungena longumyanga olesembatho esingcolileyo, 3 beselinanzelela kakhulu ogqoke isembatho esikhazimulayo beselisithi kuye: Wena hlala lapha kuhle, beselisithi kongumyanga: Wena mana lapho, loba: Hlala lapha ngaphansi kwesenabelo senyawo zami; 4 pho kalibandlululi phakathi kwenu, njalo kalibanga ngabagwebi abalemicabango emibi yini? 5 Zwanini, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. UNkulunkulu kabakhethanga yini abayanga balumhlaba, benothile ekholweni, lezindlalifa zombuso awuthembisayo kwabamthandayo? 6 Kodwa lina libadumazile abayanga. Abanothileyo kabalicindezeli yini, njalo bona kabalidonseli ekugwetshweni yini? 7 Bona kabalihlambazi yini ibizo elihle elibizwa ngalo?
8 Uba liphelelisa umlayo wobukhosi, ngokombhalo othi: Uzathanda umakhelwane wakho njengawe, lenza kuhle; 9 kodwa uba libandlulula abantu, lenza isono, lilahlwa ngumlayo njengabaweqayo. 10 Ngoba loba ngubani ogcina wonke umlayo, kodwa akhubeke kokukodwa, uba lecala kuyo yonke. 11 Ngoba owathi: Ungafebi; wathi futhi: Ungabulali; uba-ke ungafebi, kodwa ubulala, usungumeqi womlayo.
12 Khulumani kanjalo lenze kanjalo, njengabazagwetshwa ngomlayo wenkululeko. 13 Ngoba isigwebo esingelasihawu singesalowo ongenzanga isihawu; njalo isihawu sinqoba isigwebo.
Ukholo lufanele lube lezenzo
14 Kusizani, bazalwane bami, uba umuntu esithi ulokholo, kodwa engelamisebenzi? Lolokholo lungamsindisa yini? 15 Uba-ke umzalwane loba umzalwanekazi behamba nqunu njalo beswela ukudla kwensuku ngensuku, 16 omunye wenu abesesithi kibo: Hambani ngokuthula, likhudumale lisuthe; kodwa engabaniki izinto ezidingwa ngumzimba, lokho kusizani? 17 Kunjalo lokholo, uba lungelamisebenzi, lufile ngokwalo.
18 Kodwa omunye uzakuthi: Wena ulokholo, mina-ke ngilemisebenzi; ngitshengisa ukholo lwakho ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yakho, lami emisebenzini yami ngizakutshengisa ukholo lwami. 19 Wena uyakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu munye; wenza kuhle; lamadimoni ayakholwa, njalo athuthumele.
20 Kodwa uyathanda ukwazi yini, o siphukuphuku, ukuthi ukholo olungelamisebenzi lufile? 21 UAbrahama ubaba wethu kalungisiswanga yini ngemisebenzi, esenikele indodana yakhe uIsaka phezu kwelathi? 22 Uyabona ukuthi ukholo lwalusebenza kanye lemisebenzi yakhe, lokuthi ukholo lwapheleliswa ngemisebenzi, 23 kwasekugcwaliswa umbhalo othi: LoAbrahama wakholwa uNkulunkulu, kwasekubalelwa kuye ukuthi kuyikulunga, wasebizwa ngokuthi ngumngane kaNkulunkulu. 24 Ngakho-ke liyabona ukuthi umuntu uyalungisiswa ngemisebenzi, futhi hayi ngokholo kuphela. 25 Ngokunjalo-ke loRahabi isifebe kalungisiswanga ngemisebenzi yini, esezemukele izithunywa, eseziphumise ngenye indlela? 26 Ngoba njengalokhu umzimba ngaphandle komoya ufile, ngokunjalo lokholo ngaphandle kwemisebenzi lufile.