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10 ¹Bazalwane, ngifuna ukuba nazi lokhu: okhokho bethu bonke babengaphansi kwefu, bonke badabula ulwandle. ²Bonke babhapathizelwa kuMose efwini nasolwandle. ³Bonke badla ukudla okukodwa okungokomoya, ⁴futhi bonke baphuza isiphuzo esisodwa esingokomoya, ngokuba baphuza edwaleni elingokomoya elalibalandela—lelo dwala kwakunguKhristu. ⁵Kodwa uBaba wethu wayengathokozi ngabaningi babo, ngokuba babulawa ehlane.

⁶Manje lezi zinto zaba yizibonelo zethu, ukuze singabi nokunxanela izinto ezimbi njengoba bona bazinxanela. ⁷Ningabi ngabakhonzi bezithombe njengabanye babo; njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “abantu bahlala phansi ukuba badle baphuze, base besukuma ukuba badlale.” ⁸Masingoni ngokocansi njengoba abanye babo benza—kwafa abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nantathu ngalanga linye. ⁹Masingamlingi uKhristu, njengoba abanye babo benza, babhujiswa yizinyoka. ¹⁰Futhi ningakhononi, njengoba abanye babo bakhonona, babhujiswa ngumbhubhisi. ¹¹Lezi zinto zabehlela njengezibonelo, zalotshwa ukuba zibe yisixwayiso kithi, thina okufike kithi ukuphela kwezikhathi. ¹²Ngakho-ke, lowo ocabanga ukuthi umile makaqaphele ukuba angawi. ¹³Akukho silingo esinibambile ngaphandle kwaleso esejwayelekile ebantwini. Futhi uBaba wethu uthembekile: akayikunivumela ukuba nilingwe ngaphezu kwamandla enu, kodwa kanye nesilingo uyakunenzela nendlela yokuphuma, ukuze nikwazi ukusibekezelela.

¹⁴Ngakho-ke, bathandekayo, balekelani ukukhonzwa kwezithombe. ¹⁵Ngikhuluma njengakwabantu abanokuqonda; zahlulelelani nina ngokwenu lokho engikushoyo. ¹⁶Inkomishi yesibusiso esiyibusisayo—akukhona yini ukuhlanganyela egazini likaKhristu na? Isinkwa esisihlephulayo—akukhona yini ukuhlanganyela emzimbeni kaKhristu na? ¹⁷Njengoba kukhona isinkwa esisodwa, thina esibaningi singumzimba owodwa, ngokuba sonke sihlanganyela esinkweni sinye. ¹⁸Bhekani abantu bakwa-Israyeli: labo abadla imihlatshelo abazona yini izihlanganyeli ze-altare na? ¹⁹Pho, ngisho ukuthini—ukuthi ukudla okuhlatshelwe izithombe kuyinto yini, noma ukuthi isithombe siyinto yini? ²⁰Cha, kodwa lokho abakuhlabayo labo abangamazi uBaba, bakuhlabela amademoni, hhayi uBaba wethu; angifuni ukuba nihlanganyele namademoni. ²¹Ningeke niphuze inkomishi yeNkosi kanye nenkomishi yamademoni; ningeke nihlanganyele etafuleni leNkosi kanye netafula lamademoni. ²²Noma sizama ukuvusa umona weNkosi na? Sinamandla kunayo na?

²³“Konke kuvumelekile”—kodwa akukona konke okusizayo. “Konke kuvumelekile”—kodwa akukona konke okwakhayo. ²⁴Makungabikho muntu ozifunela okuhle kwakhe yedwa, kodwa makafune okuhle komakhelwane wakhe. ²⁵Dlanini noma yini ethengiswa emakethe yenyama ningabuzi mibuzo ngenxa kanembeza, ²⁶ngokuba “umhlaba ungokaBaba wethu, nakho konke okukuwo.” ²⁷Uma ongakholwayo enimema ekudleni futhi nithanda ukuya, dlanini noma yini ebekwa phambi kwenu, ningabuzi mibuzo ngenxa kanembeza. ²⁸Kodwa uma umuntu ethi kini: “Lokhu kwanikelwa njengomhlatshelo,” ningakudli, ngenxa yalowo onitshelile, nangenxa kanembeza. ²⁹Ngisho unembeza hhayi owakho wena, kodwa owomunye. Ngokuba kungani unembeza womunye umuntu kumele ahlulele inkululeko yami na? ³⁰Uma ngidla ngokubonga, kungani ngisolwa ngenxa yalokho engikubongayo na?

³¹Ngakho-ke, noma nidla, niphuza, noma nenza noma yini, kwenzeni konke ngenxa yenkazimulo kaBaba wethu. ³²Ningakhubekisi amaJuda noma amaGriki noma ibandla likaBaba wethu, ³³njengoba nami ngizama ukwenza bonke abantu bajabule kukho konke—ngingafuni okuhle kwami yedwa, kodwa okuhle kwabaningi, ukuze basindiswe.