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2 Nanyana kunjalo, bafowethu, malungana nokuba khona kweKosethu uJesu Krestu+ nokubuthelwa kwethu ndawonye kuye,+ siyanibawa 2 bona ningasikinywa msinyana emkhumbulwenenu namkha nithuswe mlayezo obonakala ngasuthi uvela kuZimu+ namkha mlayezo okhulunywe ngomlomo namkha yincwadi ebonakala ivela kithi, ethi ilanga lakaJehova*+ lifikile.
3 Akungabi namuntu onilahlekisa* ngananyana ngiyiphi indlela ngombana angekhe lifike ngaphandle kokuthi ukuhlubuka+ kufike qangi begodu umuntu onganamthetho+ ambulwe, indodana yokutjhatjalaliswa.+ 4 Uyaphikisa begodu uziphakamisa ukudlula nanyana yini okuthiwa nguzimu namkha into elotjhwako* bona ahlale ethempelini lakaZimu, uziveza tjhatjhalazi bona unguzimu. 5 Anikhumbuli na ukuthi nangisesenani, bengihlala nginitjela ngezintwezi?
6 Nje niyazi ukuthi khuyini okumliyako bona ambulwe ngesikhathi sakhe esifaneleko. 7 Eqinisweni, ifihlo yokungabi namthethokhu sele isebenza+ kodwana kwaphela bekube kulapho loyo oliyako okwanje asukile endleleni. 8 Nje-ke, eqinisweni, loyo onganamthetho uzokwambulwa, loyo iKosi uJesu ezomsusa ngommoya womlomayo+ begodu imtjhabalalise ngokubonakaliswa kokuba+ khona kwayo. 9 Kodwana ukuba khona kwaloyo onganamthetho kungebanga lemisebenzi yamandla kaSathana+ neembonakaliso zamala neemangaliso+ 10 nakho koke ukukhohlisa okungakalungi+ kilabo abatjhabalalako, njengesijeziso ngombana akhenge bamukele ithando leqiniso ukuthi basindiswe. 11 Kungebangelo uZimu abavumela bona bakhohliswe yifundiso yamala bona bakholwe amezwi wamala+ 12 ukuthi boke bahlulelwe ngombana akhenge bakholwe iqiniso kodwana bathatjiswe kukungalungi.
13 Nanyana kunjalo, qobe sikatelelekile bona sithokoze uZimu ngani, bafowethu abathandwa nguJehova ngombana kusukela ekuthomeni uZimu wanikhethela+ isindiso ngokunicwengisa+ ngommoyakhe nangokukholelwa kwenu eqinisweni. 14 Unibizele kilokhu ngeendaba ezimnandi esizimemezelako ukuthi nifumane iphazimulo yeKosethu uJesu Krestu.+ 15 Nje-ke, bafowethu, dzimelelani,+ nihlale nibambelele ezintweni enazifundiswako,+ nanyana nazifumana ngomlayezo okhulunywa ngomlomo namkha ngencwadi evela kithi. 16 Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwanga iKosethu uJesu Krestu ngokwayo noZimu uBabethu, owasithanda,+ wasinikela nenduduzo engapheliko nethemba elihle+ ngomusa omkhulu, 17 angaduduza iinhliziyo zenu begodu anenze niqine kizo zoke izenzo namezwi amahle.