- Phulaphula, nyana wam, uwathathele ingqalelo amazwi am,
uze udle ubomi iminyaka emininzi. - Kuyinene kona ukuba sihleli apha ehlabathini; kodwa ke asilwi ngokwehlabathi.
- Sonke isibhalo sinefuthe loMoya kaThixo. Siyanceda ekufundiseni inyaniso nokuchitha imposiso. Siyanceda ukulungisa isimilo, sinike ingqeqesho; ukuze lowo uzinikele kuThixo abe namandla okuwuphumeza nawuphi na umsebenzi omhle.
- Abo ndibathandayo ndiyabakhalimela ndibohlwaye. Ngoko ke zimisele, uguquke.
- UYesu waphinda wabhekisa ebantwini wathi: “Ndim ukhanyiso lwehlabathi. Lowo undilandelayo soze ahambe ebumnyameni; woba nokhanyiselo olunika ubomi.”
- Utsho uThixo ophakamileyo,
uThixo oyedwa ophila ngonaphakade:
“Ndihlala emajuku-jukwini angayiwayo,
kanti ndiyahlala nasebantwini –
kwabo bazinikelayo bathobekileyo –
ukuze ndibahlaziye abathobekileyo,
ndibakhuthaze abo bazinikelayo.” - Utsho ke uNdikhoyo kwindlu kaSirayeli ukuthi:
“Quqelani kum, niphile.” - LelikaNdikhoyo ihlabathi liphela, nako konk' okukulo;
ndixel' ilizwe elimiweyo kunye nabemi balo. - UNdikhoyo wozihlangula izicaka zakhe;
bonke abakholose ngaye abayi kugwetywa. - Kufuneka nizahlulele mna, nibe ngabam ndedwa, kuba kaloku ndim Ndikhoyo uThixo wenu, ndaye mna ndahlukile. Ndanahlula kwezi ntlanga, ukuze nina nibe ngabam ndedwa.
- Ngoko ke ngoku nasi isishwankathelo salo mbandela: Mhlonele uThixo, uyithobele imimiselo yakhe, kuba oko luxanduva lomntu ngamnye.
- Izinto zonke zadalwa ngaye; ngaphandle kwakhe akubangakho nto idaliweyo.
- Ewe, nanizimisele ukundenzakalisa, kodwa uThixo yena walijika elo yelenqe labubuhle, khon' ukuze kusinde abantu abaninzi abaphilayo ngoku ngenxa yeso senzo senu.
- Khawundifundise iindlela zakho, Ndikhoyo,
khon' ukuze ndinamathele enyanisweni.
Ewe, ndifundise ukukuhlonela, Nkosi;
ndikunqule ndingankwalambisi. - Ndixakiwe. Ndiyakulangazelela ukufuduka ndiye kuKrestu, nto leyo ibhetele kakhulu. Kodwa ngenxa yenu kubalulekile ngaphezulu ukuba ndidle ubomi.
- Hay' inyhweba yabantu abamsulwa;
nditsho abo baziphatha ngokwemiyalelo kaNdikhoyo. - Wathi akuthanda uThixo wasizala ngokutsha ngelizwi lenyaniso, saza ke saba lulibo lwayo yonke indalo yakhe.
- Ngoko ke, thina siphahlwe ngamangqina amaninzi kangaka nje, masiyilahle ke yonke into enokusibambezela, ingakumbi isono, kuba sona siyarhintyela. Masingene kolu gqatso luphambi kwethu sizimisele.
- Kaloku uthando lukaKrestu lusongamele. Ngoko ke sigqiba kwelithi xa kwafa umntu omnye, efela abantu bonke, lonke uluntu lunenxaxheba koko kufa kwakhe. Wafela abantu bonke, ukuze abo basaphilayo bangabi saziphilela, kodwa baphilele yena wafayo wavuka ngenxa yabo.
- Kuba othe wabukokosa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo; kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, wobusindisa.
- Ngamandla akhe uThixo usenzele zonke izinto eziyimfuneko ebomini, ukuze siziphathe ngokwentando yakhe; nokuze sazane nalowo usibizileyo, khon' ukuze sibuxhamle ubuqaqawuli nesidima sakhe.
- Kaloku nathi sinobudlelane noKrestu, xa sinamathele kwada kwasekupheleni kwisivumo sethu.
- Hayi ke, yitya isonka sakho wonwabile, usele iwayini yakho uchwayitile entliziyweni, kuba ngoku lithuba elikholekileyo kuThixo lokuba wenze oko.
- Uyabona, lowo ukhukhumeleyo unentliziyo embi enxaxhileyo;
ke yena olilungisa wophila ngokuthembeka kwakhe. - Linjengemini enye iwaka leminyaka kuwe,
lona liyafana nemini yezolo,
lifutshane okwexesha labalindi ebusuku.
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