- Uxolo eniluphiwa nguKrestu malube lulo olugweba iintliziyo zenu, kuba uThixo wanibizela kolu xolo ukuze nibe ngamalungu omzimba omnye. Phuphumani ke ngumbulelo.
- Inene, lowo umamkelayo endimthumileyo, wamkela mna; ke owamkela mna, wamkela lowo undithumileyo.
- Nakuba ubume bakhe babunguThixo ngenkqu,
ukulingana noThixo akakubawelanga
kangangokude afune ukusunduzana naye.
Ndaweni yaloo nto waziqongqotha ubuyena,
wathatha isimo sesicaka,
waba ngumntu ncakasana.
Engumntu ebantwini,
wazambesa intobeko,
ntobeko leyo yamsa ekufeni –
ukufa kwasemnqamlezweni. - Kaloku yena uNyana woLuntu wezela ukufuna kwanokusindisa abantu abalahlekileyo.
- Makabaluleke yena, ndinciphe mna.
- Akuba umntu emanywe noKrestu uba yindalo entsha – isimo esidala yinto yezolo, sekuqaleke isimo esitsha.
- Ndim isango; othe wangena ngam wosindiswa. Wongena ephuma, atye anele.
- Kaloku, kwanjengokuba sinamalungu amaninzi mzimbeni mnye, abe ke onke amalungu la engenamsebenzi mnye, ngokunjalo thina aba, sibaninzi nje, simzimba mnye ngokumanywa noKrestu. Sonke ke ngabanye singamalungu omnye elomnye.
- Kuba kaloku uThixo akamthumanga uNyana wakhe ehlabathini ukuze aligwebe, koko wamthuma ukuze abe nguMsindisi walo.
- Ndaweni yaloo nto inyaniso masiyithethe siqhutywa luthando, khon' ukuze siye simfuza uYesu ngokupheleleyo. Kaloku nguye intloko.
- Wathi kubo: “Ke nina nithi ndingubani?”
Waphendula uSimon Petros wathi: “Wena unguye uKrestu, uNyana kaThixo ophilayo.” - Ukuba niyandithanda noyigcina imiyalelo yam.
- Waphendula uYesu, wathi kubo: “Umsebenzi uThixo afuna niwenze ngulo wokuba nizinikele nikholwe kulowo uThixo amthumileyo.”
- Andithi na kaloku thina sizalelwe umntwana;
kaloku thina silizwe ngonyana.
Nguye ke oya kulawula.
Ke yena wothiywa igama kuthiwe
nguMcebisi omangalisayo,
uThixo oligorha,
uSonini-nanini,
iTshawe loxolo. - Kuba kaloku ubume bobomi bukaThixo bukho ngokupheleleyo kuKrestu ongumntu; yaye ke nimanywe naye nje, niphiwe ubomi obupheleleyo. Kaloku yena yintloko: liphantsi kwakhe lonke igunya namandla.
- Yazini niqiniseke xa ninonke, mawethu, ukuba kungoYesu ukushunyayelwa kodaba lokuxolelwa kwezono. Ngokunjalo qondani ukuba wonke umntu ozinikelayo kuye uyakhululwa kuzo zonke izono, obungenako ukumkhulula kuzo umthetho kaMosis.
- Nabu ke obona bomi: kukwazana nawe, wena Thixo unguye, ingabi wumbi; bazane naye lowo uthunywe nguwe, uYesu Krestu.
- Ukuba ihlabathi lithe lanithiya, ze nikhumbule okokuba lathiya mna kuqala.
- 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.
- Umntu omfumeneyo uNyana, ubufumene ubomi; kanti ke yena ongekamfumani uNyana kaThixo, akanabo ubomi.
- Kungoko ke athe uThixo wamphakamisa kakhulu,
wamthi jize ngelona gama lingaphezu kwawo onke amanye amagama,
ukuze bonke abaphilayo,
ezulwini, emhlabeni, naphantsi komhlaba,
bagobe amadolo benika imbeko kwigama likaYesu. - ULizwi ke waba ngumntu, waza wahlala phakathi kwethu. Sabubukela ubungangamsha bakhe awabunikwa nguYise, njengoko ekukuphela koNyana wakhe; ubungangamsha ke obuphuphuma ububele nenyaniso.
- Kambe ke, ukudla ubomi, kum kukuthobela uKrestu. Ukufa ke kona kuzisa lukhulu.
- Abantu basidelile basibukula,
saba ngumntu wenkxwaleko nentlungu.
Saba njengalowo ufulathelwayo, engasiwa so;
saba ngulowo udeliweyo, nathi asasikhathalela. - Inkqu yothando siyibona kule nto yokuba uKrestu anikele ubomi bakhe ngenxa yethu. Ngokunjalo ke nathi sifanele ukuba sibunikele ubomi bethu ngenxa yamawethu.
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