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2 Kodwa kwavela labaphrofethi bamanga ebantwini njengoba nje kuzakuba labafundisi bamanga phakathi kwenu.+ Bazabangela ukuthi kube lokwehlukana phakathi kwenu besebenzisa indlela ezicatshileyo baze baphike lalowo owabathengayo,+ bezilethela ukubhujiswa masinyane. 2 Phezu kwalokho abanengi bazalandela ukuxhwala kwabo*+ futhi indlela yeqiniso izathukwa ngenxa yabo.+ 3 Kanti njalo bazaliqilibezela ngamazwi obuqili ngenxa yokuthi bayizihwaba. Kodwa isigwebo sabo esakhitshwa endulo+ siyeza masinyane lokubhujiswa kwabo kuzafika loba sekutheni.+
4 UNkulunkulu kazange ayekele ukujezisa izingilosi ezonayo+ kodwa waziphosela eThatharasi,*+ wazibopha ngamaketane obumnyama* obukhulu ukuze zigcinelwe ukwahlulelwa.+ 5 Kazange ayekele lokujezisa umhlaba wasendulo+ kodwa ngesikhathi eletha uZamcolo emhlabeni owawulabantu abangamesabiyo+ wavikela uNowa umtshumayeli wokulunga+ labanye abayisikhombisa.+ 6 Kanti njalo wajezisa amadolobho eSodoma leGomora ngokuwatshisa abe ngumlotha,+ etshengisa abantu abangamesabiyo isibonelo salokho okuzayo.+ 7 Kodwa wahlenga uLothi+ umuntu olungileyo owayekhathazeke kakhulu ngokuxhwala* kwabantu ababengelamthetho— 8 ngoba nsuku zonke umuntu lo olungileyo wayehlukuluzeka emphefumulweni* wakhe ngenxa yezenzo ezimbi ayezibona layezizwa ngesikhathi ehlala phakathi kwabantu labo ababengelamthetho. 9 Yikho uJehova* uyakwazi ukubahlenga ekulingweni abantu abazinikele kuye+ lokugcinela abantu abangalunganga ukubhujiswa* ngosuku lokwahlulela,+ 10 ikakhulu labo abafuna ukungcolisa imizimba yabanye+ futhi abeyisa abalamandla.*+
Balesibindi futhi balenkani yikho bengesabi ukukhuluma kubi ngalabo uNkulunkulu abanike inkazimulo 11 kodwa izingilosi lanxa ziqine kakhulu futhi zilamandla kazibasoli zibathuka ngoba ziyamhlonipha* uJehova.*+ 12 Loba kunjalo abantu laba bakhuluma kubi ngezinto abangazaziyo.+ Banjengezinyamazana ezingacabangiyo ezenza izinto zifuqwa yimizwa yemvelo njalo ezizalelwa ukubanjwa lokubulawa. Bazabhujiswa ngenxa yokulandela indlela yabo embi, 13 bejeziselwa okubi abakwenzayo.
Ngitsho lasemini libalele bakubona kumnandi ukuphilela ukukholisa.+ Bangamatshatha angcolisayo, abantu abedlulisa amalawulo nxa bezijabulisa ngezimfundiso ezidukisayo ngesikhathi besidla lani emadilini.+ 14 Amehlo abo agcwele ubufebe+ futhi kuyabehlula ukuyekela ukwenza isono. Bahuga abantu abangaqinanga* njalo inhliziyo zabo zafundiswa ubuhwaba. Bangabantwana abaqalekisiweyo. 15 Batshiye indlela eqondileyo badukiswa. Balandele indlela kaBhalamu+ indodana kaBheyori eyayithanda umvuzo wokwenza okubi,+ 16 kodwa eyakhuzwa ngenxa yokwephula umthetho.+ Ubabhemi inyamazana engakhulumiyo wakhuluma ngelizwi lomuntu wavimba ukuhlanya komphrofethi lo.+
17 Bayimithombo engelamanzi lenkungu eqhutshwa yisiphepho esilamandla futhi bagcinelwe ubumnyama obumnyama bhuqe.+ 18 Bakhuluma amazwi azwakala elesisindo kodwa wona engatsho lutho. Basebenzisa izifiso zenyama+ lezenzo zokuxhwala* ukuze bahuge abasanda kubalekela labo abaphila ngendlela engaqondanga.+ 19 Babathembisa inkululeko kodwa bona beyizigqili zokonakala.+ Phela nxa umuntu enganqotshwa ngomunye umuntu useyisigqili sakhe.*+ 20 Nxa sebephunyukile ekungcoleni komhlaba+ ngokuba lolwazi oluqondileyo oluphathelane leNkosi loMsindisi wethu uJesu Khristu kodwa besebephinda bebuyela ezintweni lezi zibanqobe, isiphetho sabo siba sibi kakhulu kulesiqalo sabo.+ 21 Bekuzakuba ngcono ngabo aluba bebengazange babe lolwazi oluqondileyo olumayelana lendlela yokulunga, kulokuthi bathi sebeyazi bafulathele umlayo ongcwele abawamukelayo.+ 22 Okwenzakale kubo kutshengisa ukuthi siliqiniso sibili isaga lesi esithi: “Inja isibuyele emahlanzweni ayo, lengulube ebigezisiwe isibuyele edakeni yayazigiqa.”+