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46 ¹UBaba uMbusi usho kanje: Isango lasempumalanga legceke langaphakathi lihlala livaliwe izinsuku eziyisithupha zokusebenza, kodwa livulwa ngosuku lwesabatha futhi livulwa ngokuthwasa kwenyanga. ²“Isikhulu singena ngendlu yokungena yesango sivela ngaphandle, sime ngasogodweni lomnyango, kuyilapho abapristi bedlulisa umnikelo waso wokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula. Sikhuleka embundwini wesango, bese siphuma; kodwa isango lihlala livuliwe kuze kuhlwe. ³Abantu balelo zwe bayakukhuleka entubeni yalelo sango phambi kukaBaba wethu ngamasabatha nangokuthwasa kwezinyanga. ⁴Umnikelo wesikhulu wokushiswa kuBaba wethu ngosuku lwesabatha: amawundlu ayisithupha angenasici nenqama engenasici. ⁵Umnikelo wempuphu: cishe amagaloni ayisithupha empuphu kanye nenqama; namawundlu, noma yini angayinikela; namafutha angaba yigaloni elilodwa kuwo wonke amagaloni ayisithupha. ⁶Ngosuku lokuthwasa kwenyanga: ithole lenkomo, amawundlu ayisithupha, nenqama, konke kungenasici. ⁷Njengomnikelo wempuphu unikela cishe amagaloni ayisithupha kanye nenkunzi, amagaloni ayisithupha kanye nenqama, namawundlu ngangokungako angakwazi, kanye namafutha angaba yigaloni kuwo wonke amagaloni ayisithupha. ⁸Lapho isikhulu singena, singena ngendlu yokungena yesango siphume ngendlela efanayo.

⁹Lapho abantu balelo zwe beza phambi kukaBaba wethu emikhosini emisiweyo, lowo ongena ngesango lasenyakatho ukuze akhuleke uphuma ngelaseningizimu, nalowo ongena ngelaseningizimu uphuma ngelasenyakatho. Akekho obuyela ngesango angene ngalo; yilowo nalowo uqonda phambili aphume. ¹⁰Isikhulu siyakuba phakathi kwabo—singena lapho bengena, siphume lapho bephuma. ¹¹Emikhosini nasezikhathini ezimisiweyo umnikelo wempuphu ungamagaloni ayisithupha empuphu kanye nenkunzi, ayisithupha kanye nenqama, namawundlu ngangokungako angakunikela, negaloni elilodwa lamafutha kuwo wonke amagaloni ayisithupha. ¹²Lapho isikhulu sinikela kuBaba wethu umnikelo wokuzithandela—umnikelo wokushiswa noma iminikelo yokuthula—isango elibheke empumalanga siyalivulelwa. Sinikela umnikelo waso wokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula njengangosuku lwesabatha, bese siphuma, isango livalwe emva kokuphuma kwaso.

¹³Nikela ngewundlu elinonyaka owodwa elingenasici njengomnikelo wokushiswa wansuku zonke kuBaba wethu, elilungiswe njalo ekuseni. ¹⁴Njalo ekuseni nikela ngomnikelo wempuphu kanye nalo: cishe igaloni lempuphu ecolekileyo nekota yamafutha ukuyithambisa, umnikelo wempuphu kuBaba wethu—umthetho ongunaphakade, kuze kube phakade. ¹⁵Bayakunikela ngewundlu, umnikelo wempuphu, namafutha njalo ekuseni, umnikelo wokushiswa oqhubekayo.”

¹⁶UBaba uMbusi uthi: “Uma isikhulu sinika omunye wamadodana aso isipho, siba yifa laleyo ndodana, siba ngesamadodana aso njengempahla yawo. ¹⁷Kodwa uma sinika inceku ingxenye yefa laso, iba ngeyenceku kuze kufike unyaka wenkululeko, bese ibuyela esikhulwini. Ifa laso ngelamadodana aso kuphela—lingelawo. ¹⁸Isikhulu akumelwe sithathe ifa labantu ngenkani, sibaxoshe empahleni yabo. Siyakunika amadodana aso ifa kokwaso, ukuze kungabikho namunye ebantwini bami oxoshwa empahleni yakhe.”

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¹⁹Wayesengingenisa ngomnyango oseceleni kwesango wangisa emakamelweni angcwele abapristi abheke enyakatho; lapho, ekugcineni kwasentshonalanga kude, kwakukhona indawo.

²⁰Wathi kimi: “Lapha abapristi bapheka iminikelo yecala neyesono babhake umnikelo wempuphu, ukuze bangawuyisi egcekeni elingaphandle badlulisele ubungcwele ebantwini.” ^a a v20 Ekukhonzeni kuka-Israyeli, izinto ezingcwele zazithathwa njengezinamandla omoya; ukuthintana nazo kwakungabeka engozini abantu abavamile ababengalungiselelwanga ngokwesiko, ngakho ukupheka kwakuhlala phakathi endaweni engcwele.

²¹Wangikhiphela egcekeni elingaphandle wangidlulisa emagumbini alo amane; kwelinye nelinye kwakukhona igceke. ²²Emagumbini amane egceke kwakukhona amagceke abiyelweyo, ubude bawo bungaba yizinyawo ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa, ububanzi buyizinyawo ezingamashumi amahlanu; womane elingana. ²³Uhla lwamatshe lwaluzungeza phakathi kuwo womane, kwakhiwa amaziko okupheka ngaphansi kwezinhla nxazonke.

²⁴Wayesethi kimi: “Yiwona la amakhishi lapho izinceku zethempeli ziphekela khona imihlatshelo yabantu.”