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3 Amezwi la athembekile: Nangabe umuntu ufuna ukuba ngumdala ebandleni,*+ ufisa umsebenzi omuhle. 2 Nje-ke umdala ebandleni* kufuze angasoleki, abe yindoda enomfazi munye, elinganiselako emikghwenayo, enokwahlulela okuhle,*+ ehlelekileko, eyamukela iimvakatjhi,+ efanelekela ukufundisa,+ 3 engasisidakwa,+ engasisisilwi,* enganakani,+ engathandi ukuphikisana,+ engathandi imali,+ 4 indoda eyengamele* umndenayo kuhle, enabantwana abathobekileko, abaziphatha kuhle nabahloniphako+ 5 (ngombana nangabe umuntu akakwazi ukwengamela* umndenakhe, uzolitlhogomela njani ibandla lakaZimu?), 6 kungabi mumuntu osanda ukutjhuguluka,+ bona angazikhakhazisi, awele esahlulelweni esikhutjhelwe uDeveli. 7 Godu kufuze akhulunyelwe kuhle babantu bangaphandle+ bona angahlaziseki begodu athiywe nguDeveli.
8 Iinceku ezisizako nazo kufuze zizimisele, zingakhohlisi, zingazinikeli ewayinini elinengi, zingabi nomrhobholo wokufumana inzuzo ngokungathembeki,+ 9 zibambe ifihlo ecwengileko yokukholwa ngonembeza ohlwengileko.+
10 Godu kufuze zihlolwe qangi bona ziyafaneleka na; ngemva kwalokho zingasebenza njengabasizi njengombana kungekho ezimangalelwa ngakho.+
11 Ngokunjalo nabafazi kufuze bazimisele, bangabi barhwayeli,+ balinganisele emikghwenabo, bathembeke ezintweni zoke.+
12 Iinceku ezisizako kufuze zibe madoda anomfazi munye, zengamele abantwabazo nemindenazo ngendlela efaneleko. 13 Ngombana amadoda enza umsebenzawo ngendlela efaneleko azizuzela ubujamo obuhle netjhaphuluko ekulu yokukhuluma ekukholweni okukuKrestu Jesu.
14 Ngikutlolela izintwezi nanyana nginethemba lokuza kuwe esikhathini esingaphelisi ihliziyo 15 bona nakungenzeka ngiriyade, wazi indlela ekufuze uziphathe ngayo emndenini kaZimu,+ okulibandla lakaZimu ophilako, isika nesisekelo seqiniso. 16 Kwamambala, kuyavunywa bona ifihlo ecwengileko yokuzinikela kuZimu le yikulu: ‘Wabonakaliswa enyameni,+ kwathiwa ulungile emmoyeni,+ wabonakala eengilozini,+ kwatjhunyayelwa ngaye eentjhabeni,+ kwakholelwa kuye ephasini,+ wamukelwa phezulu ngephazimulo.’