Umatewu 5:13-29 Ibhayibhile (XHO96)

13. “Niyityiwa yehlabathi nina. Ke ukuba ityiwa ithe yaphelelwa sisongo, yothiwani na ukubuyiselwa isongo sayo? Ayisenamsebenzi; kuphela kukuba ilahlwe phandle, inyathelwe ngabantu.

14. “Nina nilukhanyiso lwehlabathi. Umzi omi phezu kwentaba awunakufihlakala.

15. Kananjalo isibane asilunyekwa siqutyudelwe ngethunga; koko sixhonywa endaweni yaso, sikhanyisele bonke abasendlwini.

16. Makukhanye ngokukwanjalo ukukhanya kwenu phambi kwabantu, ukuze bayibone imisebenzi yenu elungileyo, bamdumise uYihlo osezulwini.”

17. “Ze ningabi ndize kuchitha *umthetho kaMosis nomyalelo *wabashumayeli bamandulo. Andizanga kuchitha; ndize kuzalisekisa.

18. Inene, lingaphela izulu nehlabathi, kodwa akuyi kupheliswa nalinye iganyana nokuba lisuntswana emthethweni, kungathanga kwenzeka konke.

19. Ke ngoko othe wajika nokuba mnye kule mithetho mincinane, wakufundisa abantu oko, kothiwa ungoyena mncinane kwabalawulwa nguThixo. Kanti ke othe wawenza umthetho, wawufundisa, woba newonga kwabalawulwa nguThixo.

20. Inene, ukuba anithanga naba ngamalungisa kunabachazi-mthetho *nabaFarasi, soze nibe ngabalawulwa nguThixo.”

21. “Nivile ukuba kwathiwa kubantu bakudala: ‘Uze ungabulali;’ kusithiwa: ‘Othe wabulala usisisulu somgwebo.’

22. Ke mna ndithi kuni, wonke umntu osuka amqumbele uwabo usisisulu somgwebo. Nothi kuwabo: ‘Ntw' ingento,’ usisisulu sokugwetywa yinkundla ephakamileyo. Ke othi: ‘Siyathandini,’ usisisulu sesihogo somlilo.

23. Ke ngoko, ukuba usondeza esibingelelweni into oyinikela kuThixo, wathi ulapho wakhumbula ukuba uwenu unendawo ngakuwe,

24. wushiye apho umnikelo wakho phambi kweqonga lamadini, uhambe uye kuxolisana nowenu kuqala, uze emva koko uwusondeze umnikelo wakho.

25. “Visisana kamsinya nokumangalelayo, usesendleleni kunye naye, hleze ummangaleli wakho akunikele kumgwebi, aze umgwebi akunikele epoliseni, uze uphoswe entolongweni.

26. Inene, akusayi kuphuma apho de uhlawule neyona malana yokugqibela.”

27. “Nivile ukuba kwathiwa: ‘Uze ungakrexezi.’

28. Ke mna ndithi kuni, wonke umntu okhangela umntu obhinqileyo embawela, uselekrexezile entliziyweni yakhe.

29. Ukuba iliso lakho lasekunene liyakulahlekisa, lincothule ulilahle. Kukulungele kanye ukuba kutshabalale libe linye emalungwini akho, kunokuba umzimba wakho uphela uphoswe esihogweni.

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