Iinyembezi EzingenaMthuthuzeli
UMfundisi ubona ucudiso olungenamthuthuzeli, athi abafileyo banoyolo ngaphezu kwabaphilayo. Umona uqhuba uninzi lomsebenzi. Kodwa ababini balungile ngaphezu komnye: kukho okuphakamisayo xa usiwa, akufudumeze, ame nawe. Nkqu nokumkani othandwayo kamsinya akasafunwa.
4 1Ndabuya ndakhangela, ndakubona konke ukucudiswa okwenziwa phantsi kwelanga: abacudisiweyo babenezinyembezi, kungekho bani ubathuthuzelayo; abacudisi babo babenamandla, kwaye kungekho mthuthuzeli. 2Ngoko ndathi abafileyo, sebeselefile, banoyolo ngaphezu kwabaphilileyo, abasaphilileyo. 3Olunga ngaphezu kwabo bobabini ngulowo ungekazalwa, ongakubonanga ububi obenziwa phantsi kwelanga. 4Ndabona konke ukusebenza nabo bonke ubungcibi kuphuma emoneni ammonela ngawo ummelwane ummelwane wakhe. Nako oku kuyinkohlakalo, kukusukela umoya. 5Isinyabi siyazisonga izandla zaso, sizonakalise ngokwaso. 6Olunga unobubele isandla esinye esizele kunesibini esizele ngokubulaleka nokusukela umoya.
7Ndabuya ndabona into eyinkohlakalo phantsi kwelanga:
8Indoda ehleli yodwa, ingenamlingane, ingenanyana nangomnakwayo; ukusebenza kwayo akunasiphelo, kodwa amehlo ayo akazali butyebi. Ithi: “Ndisebenzela bani na, ndizincisa okulungileyo?” Nako oku ngumoya, ngumsebenzi ombi.
9Ababini balungile ngaphezu komnye, ngokuba banomvuzo olungileyo ngokusebenza kwabo: 10Ukuba omnye uyawa, omnye uyamphakamisa. Kodwa yeha kulowo uwa eyedwa, kungekho bani umphakamisayo. 11Kananjalo, ukuba abantu ababini balala kunye, bayafudumala. Kodwa angafudumala njani na omnye yedwa? 12Omnye yedwa angeyiswa; ababini bangema. Nomtya oneentsontelo ezintathu awaphuki ngokukhawuleza.
Umfana Olumkileyo Nokumkani Osisinyabi
13Ulungile umfana olihlwempu, olumkileyo, ngaphezu kokumkani omdala, osisinyabi, ongaseyazi ukuthabatha isilumkiso. 14Umfana lowo angaba ephume entolongweni waya kubusa, nokuba uzalelwe ebuhlwempwini kuloo bukumkani. 15Ndabona bonke abaphilileyo abahamba phantsi kwelanga belandela loo mfana, umlandeli wokumkani. 16Babengenakubalwa bonke abantu abaphambi kwakhe. Kodwa abeza emva kwakhe abavuyiswanga nguye. Nako oku kuyinkohlakalo, kukusukela umoya.