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1 ¹Mina, omdala, ngibhalela inkosikazi ekhethiweyo nabantwana bayo, engibathanda ngeqiniso—hhayi mina ngedwa kuphela, kodwa nabo bonke abalaziyo iqiniso, ^a a v1 “Inkosikazi ekhethiweyo nabantwana bayo” cishe kubhekisela ebandleni lendawo namalungu alo. ²ngenxa yeqiniso elihlala kithi neliyakuba nathi kuze kube phakade. ³Umusa, ububele, nokuthula kuyakuba nathi, kuvela kuBaba wethu nakuJesu Khristu, iNdodana kaBaba wethu, ngeqiniso nangothando.

⁴Ngajabula kakhulu lapho ngithola abanye babantwana bakho behamba eqinisweni, njengoba uBaba wethu wasiyala. ⁵Manje ngiyakucela, nkosikazi ethandekayo: akuwona umyalo omusha, kodwa lowo esiwuphethe kwasekuqaleni—thandanani. ⁶Lolu yilo uthando: ukuba sihambe ngemiyalo yakhe. Lona yiwo umyalo, njengoba nakuzwa kwasekuqaleni: ukuba nihambe ngothando.

⁷Ngokuba abakhohlisi abaningi sebephumele ezweni, bephika ukuthi uJesu Khristu weza enyameni. Lona ngumkhohlisi nomphikuKhristu. ⁸Ziqapheleni, ukuze ningalahlekelwa yilokho esikusebenzele, kodwa namukele umvuzo opheleleyo. ⁹Wonke umuntu oweqayo, ongahlali emfundisweni kaKhristu, akanaye uBaba wethu; kodwa ohlala emfundisweni unaye uBaba wethu kanye neNdodana. ^b b v9 Ukuphika iNdodana kungukulahlekelwa uBaba. Incwadi kaJohane iphikelela ukuthi abangehlukaniswe—ukuhlala emfundisweni kaJesu kungukuba naye uBaba wethu kanye neNdodana yakhe ndawonye. ¹⁰Uma umuntu eza kini engenayo le mfundiso, ningamemukeli endlini yenu, ningambingeleli, ¹¹ngokuba obingelela yena uhlanganyela emisebenzini yakhe emibi.

¹²Nginokuningi engingakubhala, kodwa angithandi ukusebenzisa iphepha neyinki. Ngethemba ukuza ngikhulume nani ubuso nobuso, ukuze intokozo yethu ipheleliswe. ¹³Abantwana bakadadewenu okhethiweyo bayakubingelela.