Incwadi KaJakopo 3:1-18
3 Bafowethu, abasibanengi kini ekufuze babe bafundisi njengombana nazi ukuthi sizokufumana isahlulelo esibudisi.*+
2 Ngombana soke siyatjhapha iinkhathi ezinengi.+ Nangabe kunomuntu ongatjhaphi ngelizwi, umuntu loyo akanasono, ukghona nokulawula umzimbakhe woke ngasuthi uwulawula ngetomu.
3 Nasifaka amatomu emilonyeni yeenjomani bona sizenze zisilalele, sinqophisa nemizimbazo yoke.
4 Qalani godu nemikhumbi: Nanyana imikhulu begodu iragwa mimoya enamandla, inqotjhiswa ngephini elincani khulu iye lapho umuntu otjhayelako afuna iye khona.
5 Nje-ke nelimu sisitho esincani somzimba, nanyana kunjalo lizikhakhazisa khulu. Akhese nibone ukuthi kutlhogeka umlilo omncani kangangani ukuthungela ihlathi elikhulu!
6 Ilimu nalo limlilo.+ Ilimu lijamele iphasi lokungalungi hlangana namalunga womzimbethu ngombana lisilaphaza umzimba woke,+ litjhise yoke indlela yokuphila ngomlilo begodu lona litjhiswa ngomlilo yiGehena.*
7 Ngombana yoke imihlobo yeembandana, yeenyoni, yeenlwana ezirhurhubako neyeenlwana zelwandle iyathanjiswa begodu ithanjiswe babantu.
8 Kodwana akunamuntu ongathambisa ilimu. Alilawuleki begodu liyalimaza, lizele itjhefu ebulalako.+
9 Ngalo sidumisa uJehova,* uBaba, nanyana kunjalo, ngalo siqalekisa abantu ababe khona “ngomfanekiso kaZimu.”+
10 Emlonyeni munye kuphuma isibusiso nesiqalekiso.
Bafowethu, akukalungi bona izinto zenzeke ngendlela le.+
11 Umthombo awenzi bona amanzi amnandi namanzi ababako avinyilike endaweni efanako, akusinjalo?
12 Bafowethu, umuthi wamafeyi angekhe uthele ama-oliva namkha umuthi wamadiribe uthele amafeyi, akusinjalo?+ Ngokufanako emanzini anetswayi angekhe kwaphuma amanzi amnandi.
13 Ngubani ohlakaniphileko nonelemuko hlangana nani? Akathi ngokuziphatha kwakhe kuhle atjengise imisebenzi eyenziwe ngokuthobeka okuvela ekuhlakanipheni.
14 Kodwana nangabe ninomona+ nokubanga+ eenhliziyweni zenu, ningazikhakhazisi+ begodu nirhwayele iqiniso.
15 Lokhu akusikuhlakanipha okuvela phezulu ngekwephasi,+ kobulwana, nokobudimoni.
16 Ngombana nanyana kukuphi lapho kunomona nokubanga khona, kuzokuba nokutjharagana nakho koke okonakeleko.+
17 Kodwana ukuhlakanipha kwaphezulu kokuthoma kumsulwa,+ kunokuthula,+ kuyabonelela,+ kukulungele ukulalela, kuzele isirhawu neenthelo ezihle,+ akukhethululi,+ akunabuzenzisi.+
18 Ngaphezu kwalokho, isithelo sokulunga sitjalwa ebujamweni bokuthula+ malungana nalabo abenza ukuthula.+
