- Ukuba niyathandana, bonke baya kuqonda okokuba ningabafundi bam.
- Lowo uyamkelayo imiyalelo yam ayigcine, nguye ondithandayo. Lowo ke undithandayo mna, uya kuthandwa nguBawo. Nam ndiya kumthanda, ndizibonakalise kuye.
- Mfo wam, musa ukuyidela ingqeqesho kaNdikhoyo,
ungasicekisi isiluleko sakhe.
Kaloku uNdikhoyo uyamluleka umntu amthandayo,
kwanjengokuba uyise emohlwaya unyana anebhongo ngaye. - Abo ndibathandayo ndiyabakhalimela ndibohlwaye. Ngoko ke zimisele, uguquke.
- Kodwa ke uThixo onceba inkulu, ngenxa yendlela asithanda ngayo, usidlise ubomi kunye noKrestu, naxa besinjengabafileyo nje ngenxa yezono zethu. Kambe ke nakhululwa ngenxa yesisa sikaThixo.
- Inkqu yothando siyibona kule nto yokuba uKrestu anikele ubomi bakhe ngenxa yethu. Ngokunjalo ke nathi sifanele ukuba sibunikele ubomi bethu ngenxa yamawethu.
- UNdikhoyo uyakuthanda ukunyaniseka nokulunga;
lizele ihlabathi zizibele zakhe. - Ekugqibeleni ke, mawethu, ndithi salani kakuhle. Zamelani ukuba ningabi nampazamo; zigqaleni iziyalo; visisanani, nihlale ngoxolo. Ngoko ke uThixo wothando noxolo uya kuba nani.
- Imiyalelo ethi: “Uze ungakrexezi, uze ungabulali, uze ungebi, uze ungangqini buxoki, uze unganqweneli,” nokuba nguwuphi umyalelo ongomnye, ushwankathelwa ngelithi: “Uze umthande ummelwane wakho kanye ngale ndlela uzithanda ngayo nawe.”
- Nina, mawethu, nibizelwe enkululekweni. Kodwa ke inkululeko yenu mayingabi lokroba lokuba nilawulwe sisimo esidala. Ndaweni yaloo nto khonzanani niqhutywa luthando.
- Ndifuna bahlale bomelele, bemanyene ngothando, ukuze bafikelele ekuqinisekeni ngokupheleleyo ngengqondo, beyiqiqa imfihlelo kaThixo. Loo mfihlelo ke nguKrestu ngenkqu.
- Owesibini ke ufana nawo: ‘Uze umthande ummelwane wakho kanye ngale ndlela uzithanda ngayo nawe.’
- Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Lowo undithandayo uyawagcina amazwi am. Wothi uBawo amthande, size siye kuye, sihlale kunye naye.”
- Ubabalo lweNkosi uYesu Krestu, nothando lukaThixo, nobudlelane boMoya oyiNgcwele, maluhlale nani nonke.
- Ndinqwenela into enye kuphela kuNdikhoyo,
ndaye ndifuna yona kanye:
le yokuba ze ndihlale kwaNdikhoyo yonke imihla yobomi bam,
ndiqwalasele ubuhle bakhe, ndimfune endlwini yakhe. - Ndibazisile ngawe, ndaye ndisaya kwenjenjalo, ukuze uthando ondithanda ngalo mna lumile kubo, nam ndihlale ndimanyene nabo.
- Ukuba umntu omi kakuhle ngezinto zobu bomi ubona uwabo eswele, aze amvimbe into engamncedayo, angatsho njani loo mntu ukuba unalo uthando lukaThixo entliziyweni yakhe?
- Nguwo lo umyalelo esiwunikwe nguKrestu ngenkqu: Ukuba umntu uyamthanda uThixo, makamthande nowabo.
- Hoyina, Sirayeli! UNdikhoyo nguThixo wethu, uNdikhoyo yedwa qwaba! Ngoko ke mthande uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho ngomxhelo wakho wonke, nangomoya wakho wonke, ngokunjalo nangamandla akho onke.
- Ngoko ke nina, zihlobo zam, zingisani nizakhe elukholweni lwenu olunyulu. Thandazani niqhutywa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Uthando lukaThixo maluhlale lunifumbathile ngoku nilinde iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. Kaloku yena unenceba, uya kunipha ubomi obungapheliyo.
- Bufana nomzali kubantwana
ububele bukaNdikhoyo kwabamnik' imbeko. - Ndisisicaka sakho, Ndikhoyo, ndikhangele ngobubele;
ndihlangule ezintshabeni zam ngenxa yezibele zakho. - Kaloku uThixo ihlabathi ulithande kangangokuba ude wancama uNyana okuphela kwakhe, ukuze wonke umntu ozinikele kuye ngokupheleleyo angatshabalali, koko abe nobona bomi bungenasiphelo.
- Kufanelekile ukuba simbulele uThixo ngawo onke amaxesha ngenxa yenu, mawethu. Ewe, kulunge kanye ukuba simbulele ngenxa yokuba ukholo lwenu luya lusanda ngokwanda. Yaye nokuthandana kwenu kuya kukhula ngakumbi nangakumbi.
- Uzungandibandezeli inceba yakho, Ndikhoyo;
ndilondoloze ngenceba nenyaniso.
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