1:19 | Uyazi lokhu, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. Ngakho wonke umuntu makasheshe ukulalela, kodwa wephuza ukukhuluma, wephuza ukuthukuthela. |
1:20 | Ngokuba intukuthelo yomuntu ayifezi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu. |
1:21 | Ngenxa yalokhu, nilahle konke ukungcola nokuchichima kobubi, lemukele ngobumnene iZwi elisanda kuxhunyelelwa, elilakho ukusindisa imiphefumulo yenu. |
1:22 | Ngakho yibani ngabenzi beZwi, futhi hhayi abalaleli kuphela, nizikhohlisa. |
1:23 | Ngokuba uma ekhona olizwayo iZwi, kodwa hhayi futhi umenzi, ufana nomuntu obuka esibukweni ebusweni azalwa naso; |
1:24 | futhi ngemva kokuzicabangela yena, wahamba wakhohlwa masinyane lokho akubonile. |
1:25 | Kodwa lowo obuka umthetho ophelele wenkululeko, nohlala kukho, akasiye ozwayo okhohlwayo, kodwa esikhundleni salokho umenzi womsebenzi. Uyobusiswa akwenzayo. |
1:26 | Kodwa uma umuntu ezibheka njengenkolo, kodwa akalubambi ulimi lwakhe, kodwa kunalokho uyenga eyakhe inhliziyo: inkolo yomuntu onjalo iyize. |
1:27 | Lena inkolo, ehlanzekile futhi engangcoli phambi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba: ukuhambela izintandane nabafelokazi osizini lwabo, nokuzigcina umsulwa, ngaphandle kwalenkathi. |