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10 Njengoba uMthetho uyisithunzi+ sezinto ezinhle ezizayo,+ ungayisizo lezozinto sibisibili, ngeke wenze abantu abasondela kuNkulunkulu baphelele+ ngemihlatshelo efananayo eqhubeka inikelwa minyaka yonke. 2 Aluba wawusenelisa ukubenza baphelele, ukunikelwa kwemihlatshelo kwakungasoze kuphele yini? Phela imizwangedwa yalabo abenza inkonzo engcwele yayingasoze iphinde ibathonisele izono nxa sebehlanjululiwe. 3 Kodwa imihlatshelo le ikhumbuza abantu minyaka yonke ukuthi bayizoni+ 4 ngoba ngeke kwenzakale ukuthi igazi lezinkunzi lelezimbuzi lisuse izono.
5 Ngakho wathi esiza emhlabeni wathi: “‘Awuzange ufune imihlatshelo leminikelo kodwa wangilungisela umzimba. 6 Awuyamukelanga iminikelo yokutshiswa egcweleyo leminikelo yezono.’+ 7 Ngasengisithi: ‘Khangela, sengibuyile. Kubhaliwe ngami encwadinimgoqwa, sengibuyile ukuzokwenza intando yakho Nkulunkulu.’”+ 8 Waqalisa ngokuthi: “Awuzange uyifune imihlatshelo leminikelo futhi awuyamukelanga iminikelo yokutshiswa egcweleyo leminikelo yezono,” imihlatshelo enikelwa kulandelwa uMthetho, 9 wasesithi: “Khangela, sengibuyile ukuzokwenza intando yakho.”+ Ususa okokuqala ukuze afake okwesibili. 10 Ngayo “intando” le+ sesingcwelisiwe ngokunikelwa komzimba kaJesu Khristu okwenziwa kanye kuphela.+
11 Kanti njalo wonke umphristi uba sendaweni yakhe usuku ngosuku ukuze enze inkonzo engcwele*+ futhi anikele kanengi ngemihlatshelo efananayo,+ lanxa lokho kungeke kuzisuse ngokupheleleyo izono.+ 12 Kodwa umuntu lo yena wanikela ngomhlatshelo wezono owodwa osebenza kuze kube nini lanini, wasehlala esandleni sokudla sikaNkulunkulu.+ 13 Kusukela lapho ulindele isikhathi sokuthi izitha zakhe zenziwe isenabelo* senyawo zakhe.+ 14 Ngokunikela ngomhlatshelo owodwa wenza ukuthi abangcweliswayo baphelele+ kuze kube nini lanini. 15 Phezu kwalokho, umoya ongcwele lawo uyafakaza kithi ngoba uqala uthi: 16 “‘Nansi isivumelwano engizasenza labo ngemva kwensuku lezo,’ kutsho uJehova.* ‘Ngizafaka imithetho yami ezinhliziyweni zabo, ngiyibhale ezingqondweni zabo.’”+ 17 Uqhubeka usithi: “Angisoze ngibe ngisazikhumbula izono zabo lezenzo zabo zokwephula umthetho.”+ 18 Manje nxa izono lezi sezithethelelwe kawusekho umnikelo wesono.
19 Ngakho-ke bafowethu, njengoba silesibindi sokusebenzisa indlela yokungena endaweni engcwele+ ngegazi likaJesu, 20 indlela asivulele* yona yaba yindlela entsha lephilayo esebenzisa ikhetheni,+ okutsho umzimba wakhe, 21 futhi njengoba silomphristi omkhulu ophethe indlu kaNkulunkulu,+ 22 asisondeleni kuNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo eziqotho langokholo olupheleleyo. Lokhu asikwenzeni ngenhliziyo ezichelwe zahlanzeka ukuze singabi lomzwangedwa ongahlanzekanga,*+ sikwenze langemizimba egeziswe ngamanzi ahlanzekileyo.+ 23 Asiqhubekeni sikhuluma ngethemba lethu ebantwini, siqine singanyikinyeki+ ngoba lowo owathembisayo uthembekile. 24 Asicabanganeni* ukuze sivuselelane* ethandweni lasemisebenzini emihle,+ 25 singayekeli ukuhlangana ndawonye+ njengabanye abalomkhuba wokwenza njalo. Kodwa asikhuthazaneni+ ikakhulu njengoba libona usuku lusondela.+
26 Nxa siqhubeka sisenza isono ngabomo thina sesilwamukele ulwazi oluqondileyo lweqiniso,+ awusekho omunye umhlatshelo wezono,+ 27 kodwa sizakwesaba kakhulu silindele ukujeziswa kanye lentukuthelo evuthayo ezatshabalalisa abaphikisayo.+ 28 Loba ngubani ongawulandelanga uMthetho kaMosi uyabulawa engazange azwelwe isihawu nxa kulobufakazi babantu ababili kumbe abathathu.+ 29 Pho libona angathi kufanele ajeziswe kakhulu kangakanani umuntu onyathenyathele iNdodana kaNkulunkulu wathuka lomoya womusa omkhulu waweyisa,+ waphinda waliphatha njengento engelancedo igazi lesivumelwano,+ lelo yena angcweliswa ngalo? 30 Siyamazi lowo owathi: “Ukuphindisela ngokwami, yimi engizabuyisela.” Waphinda wathi: “UJehova* uzakwahlulela abantu bakhe.”+ 31 Kuyinto eyesabekayo ukuwela ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu ophilayo.
32 Lanxa kunjalo qhubekani likhumbula insuku zakuqala, lapho elathi selikhanyiselwe+ laqinisela ekuhluphekeni lasebunzimeni obukhulu. 33 Kwezinye izikhathi laliphathwa kubi phambi kwabantu* njalo lihlukuluzwa futhi kwezinye izikhathi lalibancedisa labo ababephathwa njalo. 34 Kanti njalo latshengisa ukuthi liyabazwela abasemajele, lakwamukela ngentokozo ukuthathelwa impahla yenu,+ lisazi ukuthi lina ngokwenu lilempahla engcono lengapheliyo.+
35 Yikho-ke lingayekeli ukukhuluma ngesibindi* ngoba lizaphiwa umvuzo omkhulu ngenxa yalokho.+ 36 Kumele liqinisele+ ukuze nxa seliyenzile intando kaNkulunkulu, lamukele lokho elakuthenjiswayo 37 ngoba “ngesikhatshana nje,”+ “lowo ozayo uzafika, kasoze aphuze.”+ 38 “Kodwa olungileyo wami uzaphila ngenxa yokholo,”+ futhi “nxa ebuyela emuva angithokozi* ngaye.”+ 39 Thina kasisibo bantu ababuyela emuva+ ekubhujisweni kodwa singabantu abalokholo ukuze silondoloze ukuphila kwethu.*