Unyana wam, ukuba uthe waqinisekisa ummelwane wakho, ukuba uthe wabetha umntu wasemzini isandla sakho, Urhintyelwe ngamazwi omlomo wakho, ubanjisiwe ngamazwi omlomo wakho. Yenza oku ngoku, unyana wam, uze uzihlangule, xa ungene esandleni somhlobo wakho; hamba, zithobe, kwaye uqinisekise umhlobo wakho. Musa ukuwanika ubuthongo amehlo akho, aziyozeli iinkophe zakho. Zihlangule njengebhadi esandleni somzingeli, nanjengentaka esandleni somthiyeli (IMizekeliso 6:1-5)
Ukuba awukhathaleli, kwaye uqaphele, ingenzeka, ngamazwi omlomo wakho nangezenzo zakho, uya kurhintyelwa ngumgibe kaMtyholi, uthinjwe. Uza kuyenza njani loo nto? Ngokuzibophelela (umnqophiso) nomntu wasemzini; ngokummela umhlobo wakho, nangokubethwa ngesandla sakho nowasemzini. Umntu wasemzini, ongafanele ube nobudlelwane naye (umthendeleko) nge.
Uyise uyamlumkisa unyana, bangazibandakanyi nabantu abangabaziyo. Uyazi, ukuba owasemzini uhamba ebumnyameni, kwaye oko (s)uya kunitsalela ebumnyameni nani (ubukumkani bukaMtyholi). Ukuba umhlobo wakho, umntu wasemzini, ubambe wena, xa ungene esandleni somhlobo wakho, ngoko kufuneka uzihlangule, ngokuzithoba, kwaye ngokomeleza umhlobo wakho. Zisindise ngokuma elukholweni, nangokulwa ngokuchasene nobumnyama nokuchasa umtyholi
Musa ukunika ubuthongo emehlweni akho
Hlalani nilindile, niphaphe! Musa ukunika ubuthongo emehlweni akho, ungazinikeli ukozela iinkophe zakho. Kodwa lindani, Hlala uhleli. Zihlangule, njengebhadi esandleni somzingeli, nanjengentaka esandleni somthiyeli.
Umhlobo kunye nomntu wasemzini, ufuna into enye kuphela kwaye ikukhokelela entshabalalweni. Phulaphula ilizwi loMoya oyiNgcwele, kwaye bakhokelwe, kwaye walumkisa, ngaYe nangeLizwi. Musa ukuzinikela kumntu wonke, hlalani niphaphile, nilindile.
Ngumsebenzi wakho, ukushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo kummelwane wakho, nokuba umthande ummelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda ngako. Kodwa kufuneka uzigcine kwindlela yabo yokuphila. Kwaye ungawavumeli, ukukutsalela 'kwihlabathi' labo, 'ubomi babo', ukuze uphile njengehlabathi.
‘Yiba yityuwa yetyuwa’
