Umlilo Okungekho Ongawuthambisa
Abafundisi babhekene nokwahlulelwa okuqinile kakhulu, futhi isizathu ulimi: luyisigwedlo, luyinhlansi, luwubuthi okungekho noyedwa olubuthambisayo. Umlomo ofanayo ubusisa uBaba wethu futhi uqalekisa abantu abenziwe ngomfanekiso wakhe. Ukuhlakanipha kweqiniso kubonakala ngokuziphatha okunokuthula nokunomusa, hhayi ngesifiso esibabayo sokuphakama.
3 1Bazalwane bami, akufanele ukuba abaningi benu babe ngabafundisi, ngokuba thina esingabafundisi siyakwahlulelwa ngokungqongqo kakhulu. 2Ngokuba sonke siyakhubeka ngezindlela eziningi. Noma ngubani ongakhubeki ekukhulumeni uyindoda evuthiwe, ekwaziyo nokulawula umzimba wayo wonke. 3Uma sifaka amatomu emilonyeni yamahhashi ukuze asilalele, siqondisa nemizimba yawo yonke. 4Cabangani nangemikhumbi: noma mikhulu, iqhutshwa yimimoya enamandla, iqondiswa yiphini elincane lapho umshayeli ethanda khona. 5Ngokunjalo nolimi luyingxenye encane yomzimba, kodwa luzibonga ngezinto ezinkulu. Bhekani ukuthi umlilo omncane kangakanani ungalokhela ihlathi elikhulu! 6Ulimi lungumlilo, izwe lobubi elibekwe phakathi kwezitho zomzimba wethu. Lungcolisa umzimba wonke, lulokhele yonke inkambo yokuphila, futhi lona luqobo lulokhelwa yisihogo. a a v6 IGehena kwakuyiSigodi saseHinomu ngaphandle kweJerusalema, indawo lapho kwakushiswa khona udoti eyaba umfanekiso wokwahlulela kokugcina — lapha, yisihogo uqobo. 7Zonke izinhlobo zezilwane, izinyoni, izilwanyana ezihuquzelayo, kanye nezidalwa zasolwandle ziyathanjiswa, futhi zisethanjisiwe ngabantu, 8kodwa akukho muntu ongaluthambisa ulimi. Lungububi obungaphumuli, olugcwele ubuthi obubulalayo. 9Ngalo sibusisa uBaba wethu; ngalo siqalekisa abantu abenziwe ngomfanekiso kaBaba wethu. 10Emlonyeni munye kuphuma isibusiso nesiqalekiso. Bazalwane bami, lokhu akufanele kube njalo. 11Kambe umthombo ungampompoza amanzi amtoti nababayo emgodini munye na? 12Bazalwane, kambe umkhiwane ungathela iminqumo, noma umvini amakhiwane na? Nomthombo onosawoti ngeke ukhiphe amanzi amtoti.
Ukuhlakanipha Okuvela Phezulu
13Ngubani ohlakaniphileyo nonokuqonda phakathi kwenu? Makabonakalise izenzo zakhe ngokuziphatha okuhle, ngokuthobeka kokuhlakanipha. 14Kodwa uma umona obabayo nokuzicabangela kugcwele ezinhliziyweni zenu, ningazigabhi futhi ningaqambi amanga ngokumelene neqiniso. 15Lokhu akusikho ukuhlakanipha okwehla kuvela phezulu, kodwa kungokwasemhlabeni, okwemvelo, okwamademoni. 16Ngokuba lapho kukhona umhawu nokuzicabangela, kuyoba khona isiphithiphithi nazo zonke izenzo ezimbi. 17Ukuhlakanipha okuvela phezulu: kuqala kuhlanzekile, bese kuthanda ukuthula, kumnene, kunengqondo, kugcwele isihawu nezithelo ezinhle, kungenakhethelo, kuqotho. 18Isivuno sokulunga sihlwanyelwa ngokuthula yilabo abenza ukuthula.
