7. bathande ukuba kukhahlelwe kubo emabaleni embutho, bethanda nokuba abantu bathi kubo: ‘Mfundisi!’
8. Ke kuni ze kungathiwa ‘mfundisi,’ kuba mnye uMfundisi eninaye, nibe nina nonke niyimilowo.
9. Ze ningabizi mntu emhlabeni apha ngokuthi nguyihlo, kuba mnye uYihlo, lowo ke usezulwini.
10. Ngokukwanjalo ze kungàthiwa niziinkokheli, kuba mnye uMkhokeli wenu, *uKrestu ke.
11. Omkhulu kuni makabe sisicaka senu.
12. Lowo uziphakamisayo uya kuthotywa, athi lowo uzithobayo aphakanyiswe.”
13. “Mawoo, nina bachazi-mthetho nani *baFarasi, mamenemenendini! Niyabathintela abantu ekulawulweni nguThixo, kuba nina ngokwenu anivumi ukulawulwa nguye, nize nibanqande nâbo bafuna ukulawulwa nguye.[
14. “Mawoo, nina bachazi-mthetho nani baFarasi, mamenemenendini! Niyayiphanga imizi yabahlolokazi, nize nihanahanise nitsho ngemilembelele yemithandazo. Ngenxa yoko niya kufumana esona sohlwayo sikhulu.]
15. “Mawoo, nina bachazi-mthetho nani baFarasi, mamenemenendini! Nityhutyha ulwandle nomhlaba ukuze nizuze nokuba mnye ongenayo ebuJudeni; kuthi ke, nakuba nimzuzile, nimenze ofanelwe sisihogo ngokuphindiweyo kunani.
16. “Mawoo, nina zinkokheli ziziimfama, nina enithi: ‘Ofunge *indlu kaThixo, akunto oko; kodwa ofunge igolide yendlu leyo, ubotshiwe sisifungo sakhe.’
17. Zidengendini zeemfama, kanene yintoni na enkulu? Ngaba yigolide leyo, okanye yindlu eyenza ibaluleke loo golide?
18. Kwakhona nithi: ‘Ofunge iqonga lamadini, akunto oko; kodwa ofunge umnikelo ophezu kweqonga, ubotshiwe sisifungo sakhe.’
19. Zimfamandini, ngaba yintoni na enkulu? Ngaba ngumnikelo lowo, okanye liqonga lamadini elenza ubaluleke loo mnikelo?
20. Ngoko ke, othe wafunga iqonga lamadini, ufunga lona kwanako konke okuphezu kwalo;
21. nalowo uthe wafunga indlu kaThixo, ufunga yona kwanalowo iyindlu yakhe.
22. Othe wafunga izulu, ufunga ikomkhulu likaThixo, efunga lowo uphetheyo apho.
23. “Mawoo, nina bachazi-mthetho nani baFarasi, mamenemenendini! Ninikela kuThixo ngesishumi sayo imifuno enjengetyeleba nedile nekumin, kanti niyazityeshela ezona zinto zizizo zomthetho: ubulungisa, inceba, nentembeko. Ezi zinto benimelwe kukuzenza, nithi neziya ningazityesheli.
24. Zinkokhelindini eziziimfama, nihluza imbuzane, nisuke niginye isilo esingangenkamela.
25. “Mawoo, nina bachazi-mthetho nani baFarasi, mamenemenendini! Nihlamba umphandle wendebe nesitya, kanti ngaphakathi zizele kokufunyenwe ngokuphanga nokunyoluka.
26. MFarasindini oyimfama, kuqala hlambulula umphakathi wendebe, wothi ke nomphandle ube uhlambulukile.