Sigaba 67
Sembulo lesaniketwa ngaJoseph Smith umPhrofethi, eHiram, e-Ohio, ekucaleni ngenyanga yeLweti 1831. Sikhatsi bekunguleso semhlangano lokhetsekile, nekukhishwa kwetembulo lebesetitfolakele eNkhosini ngemPhrofethi kwacatjangwa kwase kutsatfwa tinyatselo (buka sihloko sesigaba 1). William W. Phelps bekasandza kusungula indzawo yekukhicita tincwadzi e-Independence, eMissouri. Kulomhlangano kwancunywa kutsi tembulo lebesetitfolakele tifakwe kuBook of Commandments (INcwadzi yeMiyaleto) nekutsi kugaywe emakhophi latinkhulungwane letilishumi (lokwatsi ngenca yebumatima lobabungakalindzeleki sibalo sehliswa saba ngemakhophi latinkhulungwane letintsatfu) Liningi lebazalwane besilisa bafakaza ngesizotsa kutsi tembulo lebesetigcogcelwe kukhishwa ngaleso sikhatsi tatiliciniso, njengoba bekufakazwe nguMoya loNgcwele labebaphiwe yena. Umlandvo waJoseph Smith ulandzisa ngekutsi emvakwekutfolakala kwesembulo lesatiwa ngekutsi sigaba 1, kwaba khona tinkhulumo letitsite mayelana nelulwimi lolwalusetjentisiwe etembulweni. Kwabese kutfolakala lesi sembulo.
1–3, INkhosi iyayiva imithandazo futsi iyabagadza babonisi Bayo; 4–9, Inika insayeya umuntfu lohlakaniphe kakhulu kutsi aphindzaphindze lokuncane kakhulu kwetembulo takhe; 10–14, Babonisi labetsembekile batawuphiliswa ngaMoya baphindze babone buso baNkulunkulu.
1 Bukani futsi nilalele, Awu nine babonisi belibandla lami, lababutsene ndzawonye, lengiyivile imithandzazo yabo, nalengitatiko tinhlitiyo tabo, netifiso tabo letifikile phambi kwami.
2 Bukani futsi nibone, emehlo ami asetikwenu, emazulu nemhlaba kusetandleni tami, nengcebo yaphakadze ngeyami kuninika.
3 Netame kukholwa kutsi nitawusitfola sibusiso lesanikelwa kini; kodvwa bukani, ngicinisile ngitsi kini bekunekwesaba etinhlitiyweni tenu, futsi ngicinisile lesi sizatfu lesente ningasasitfoli.
4 Manje mine, iNkhosi, ngininika bufakazi beliciniso balemiyaleto lephambi kwenu.
5 Emehlo enu abesetikwenceku yami Joseph Smith, lomNcane, futsi lulwimi lwakhe nilwejwayele, nebutsakatsaka bakhe nabati; etinhlitiyweni tenu nifune lwati lwekubeka kancono kunelulwimi lwakhe; naloku niyakwati.
6 Manje, funani kuyo iBook of Commandments (iNcwadzi yeMiyaleto), lokuncane kakhulu ekhatsi kuyo, nikhetse loyo lohlakaniphile kakhulu emkhatsini wenu;
7 Noma, uma kukhona noma ngubani emkhatsini wenu longenta lokufana nawo, ngaloko aninacala lekutsi aniyati kutsi iliciniso;
8 Kodvwa uma ningeke nikwati kwenta lofana nawo, ninelicala uma ningafakazi kutsi iliciniso.
9 Ngoba niyati kutsi kute kungalungi kuto, futsi loko lokulungile kwehlela phansi kuvela ngetulu, kuphuma kuBabe wekukhanya.
10 Ngetulu kwaloko, ngicinisile ngitsi kini kulilungelo lenu, nesetsembiso ngiyaninika nine lenibekwe kulobu bufundisi, kutsi nangabe nitihlubula umona nekwesaba, nititfobe phambi kwami, ngoba anikatitfobi ngalokwanele, sihenco siyawudzatjulwa futsi niyawungibona niphindze nati kutsi nginguye—hhayi ngengcondvo yenyama noma yemvelo, kodvwa ngeyamoya.
11 Ngoba kute umuntfu loke wabona Nkulunkulu noma ngasiphi sikhatsi enyameni, ngaphandle nangabe loyo muntfu aphiliswe nguMoya waNkulunkulu.
12 Futsi kute umuntfu wemvelo longamelana nebukhona baNkulunkulu, noma ngekwengcondvo yenyama.
13 Anikwati kumelana nebukhona baNkulunkulu manje, noma nekusitwa tingilosi, ngaloko-ke, chubekani nekubeketela nite nipheleliswe.
14 Ningavumeli tingcondvo tenu tibuyele emuva; futsi uma senifanelekile, ngesami sikhatsi lesifanele, niyawubona niphindze nikwati loko lokwaniketwa ngetandla tenceku yami Joseph Smith lomNcane. Amen.