1 Nyana wam, wanike indlebe amazwi am, kuba ndithi kuwe, kwananjengokuba ndatshoyo kuHilamani, okokuba kangangokuba uya kuyigcina imiyalelo kaThixo uya kuphumelela elizweni; kwaye kangangokuba ungasayi kuyigcina imiyalelo kaThixo uya kusikelwa ngaphandle kobuso bakhe.

2 Kwaye ngoku, nyana wam, ndiyathemba okokuba ndiya kuba novuyo olukhulu ngawe, ngenxa yokuzinza kwakho nentembeko yakho kuye uThixo; kuba njengokuba uqalise ebutsheni bakho ukukhangela kuyo iNkosi uThixo wakho, kwangokunjalo ndiyathemba okokuba uya kuqhubeka ekuyigcineni imiyalelo yakhe; kuba usikelelekile lowo unyamezela ukuya esiphelweni.

3 Ndithi kuwe, nyana wam, sendibe novuyo olukhulu kuwe, ngenxa yentembeko yakho nenkuthalo yakho, nomonde wakho nokuzeka kade umsindo kwakho phakathi kwabantu bamaZoramayithi.

4 Kuba ndiyazi okokuba wawusemakhamandeleni; ewe, kwaye ndiyazi kanjalo okokuba wawuxulutywa ngamatye ngenxa yelizwi; kwaye wazinyamezela zonke ezi zinto ngomonde ngenxa yokuba iNkosi yayinawe; kwaye ngoku uyazi okokuba iNkosi yaye yakuhlangula.

5 Kwaye ngoku nyana wam, Shiblani, ndinga ungakhumbula, okokuba kangangokuba uya kubeka ithemba lakho kuThixo kwangokunjalo uya kuhlangulwa uphume kwizilingo zakho, neenkathazo zakho, neembandezelo zakho, kwaye uya kuphakanyiswa ngomhla wokugqibela.

6 Ngoku, nyana wam, andinqweneli okokuba ucinge ukuba ndiyazazela ezi zinto, kodwa nguMoya kaThixo okum owenza zazeke ezi zinto kum; kuba ukuba bendingazelwanga ngokukaThixo ngendingazazanga ezi zinto.

7 Kodwa qaphela, iNkosi ngenceba yayo engenasiphelo yathumela ingelosi yayo ukuba ivakalise kum okokuba mandiwuyeke umsebenzi wentshabalalo phakathi kwabantu bayo; ewe, kwaye ndiyibonile ingelosi ubuso ngobuso, kwaye yathetha nam, kwaye ilizwi layo lalinje ngendudumo, kwaye lawushukumisa umhlaba wonke uphela.

8 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndandineentsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu ndikweyona ntlungu ikrakra nentuthumbo yomphefumlo; kwaye andizange, ndalufumana uxolelo lwezono zam, ndada ndabe ndakhalela inceba kuyo iNkosi uYesu Krestu. Kodwa qaphela, ndaye ndakhala kuyo kwaye ndaye ndafumana uxolo emphefumlweni wam.

9 Kwaye ngoku, nyana wam, ndikuxelele oku ukuze ube nokufunda ubulumko, ukuze ube nokufunda ngam okokuba ayikho enye indlela okanye uhlobo ekunokuthi umntu asindiswe ngalo, kuphela kukuye kwaye kungaye uKrestu. Qaphela, ububomi nokhanyiselo lwehlabathi. Qaphela, ulilizwi lenyaniso nobulungisa.

10 Kwaye ngoku, njengoko uqalisile ukulifundisa ilizwi kwangokunjalo ndinga ungaqhubeka ukufundisa; kwaye ndinga ungakhuthala kwaye ubengcathu kuzo zonke izinto.

11 Bona okokuba akuphakamelanga kwikratshi; ewe, bona okokuba akuzigwagwisi kobakho ubulumko, nakukomelela kwakho okukhulu.

12 Sebenzisa ukukhalipha, kodwa ingabi lugagamelo; kananjalo bona okokuba uzifaka umkhala zonke iimvakalelo zakho ezinzulu, ukuze ube nokuzaliswa ngothando; bona okokuba uyabuyeka ubuvila.

13 Ungathandazi njengokuba amaZoramayithi esenza, kuba ubonile okokuba athandazela ukuba aviwe ngabantu, nokuba anconywe ngobulumko bawo.

14 Musa ukuthi: Owu Thixo, ndiyakubulela kuba silunge ngaphezulu kunabo abazalwana bethu; kodwa unokuthi: Owu Nkosi, xolela ukungafaneleki kwam, uze ukhumbule abazalwana bam ngenceba—ewe, vuma ukungafaneleki kwakho phambi koThixo ngamaxesha onke.

15 Kwaye akwaba iNkosi ingawusikelela umphefumlo wakho, ize ikwamkele ngomhla wokugqibela ebukumkanini bayo, ukuba uhlale phantsi ngoxolo. Ngoku hamba, uze ufundise ilizwi kubo aba bantu. Yiba nengqiqo. Nyana wam, ndlela-ntle.