16 Ngakho-ke yilokhu iNkosi EnguMbusi uJehova ekushoyo:

Akekho obonisa ukholo kulo oyokwethuka. +

17 Kodwa wababheka ngqo, wathi: “Kusho ukuthini-ke lokhu okulotshiwe: ‘Itshe elenqatshwa abakhi, selibe yitshe legumbi* eliyinhloko’? +

11 Lo ‘uyitshe nina bakhi enaliphatha njengelingento yalutho eseliyitshe legumbi* eliyinhloko.’ +

11 Ngoba akekho ongabeka esinye isisekelo ngaphandle kwaleso esibekiwe, esinguJesu Kristu. +

19 Ngakho anisezona izihambi nezifiki, + kodwa niyizakhamuzi + kanye nabangcwele futhi ningamalungu endlu kaNkulunkulu, + 20 futhi nakhiwe phezu kwesisekelo sabaphostoli nabaprofethi, + kuyilapho uKristu Jesu ngokwakhe eyitshe legumbi eliyisisekelo. +

4 Njengoba niza kuyo, itshe eliphilayo elenqatshwa ngabantu + kodwa elikhethiwe neliyigugu kuNkulunkulu, + 5 nani njengamatshe aphilayo niyakhiwa nibe yindlu engokomoya + ukuze nibe ubupristi obungcwele, ukuze ninikele imihlatshelo engokomoya + eyamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu. + 6 Ngoba kuthiwa emBhalweni: “Bheka! Ngibeka itshe elikhethiwe eZiyoni, itshe eliyinhloko lesisekelo eliyigugu, akekho obonisa ukholo kulo oyoke adumazeke.” *+

7 Ngakho-ke, uyigugu kini, ngoba ningamakholwa; kodwa kulabo abangakholwa, “itshe elenqatshwa abakhi + selibe yitshe legumbi* eliyinhloko” +