Kepha sebephumulile , babuye benza okubi ebusweni bakho ; wawusubashiya esandleni sezitha zabo , zaze zabusa phezu kwabo ; kodwa lapho bebuye bekhala kuwe , wena wabezwa usezulwini , wabophula kaningi ngomusa wakho omkhulu,

Kepha yena enesihawu wathethelela ububi babo , akabhubhisanga; yebo, wabamba kaningi intukuthelo yakhe, akavusanga lonke ulaka lwakhe.

Kwaba kaningi kangakanani bephambana naye ehlane , bemdabukisa kwahlongasibi.

Kaningi wabakhulula ; kepha bahlubuka ngecebo labo , bawiswa phansi ngobubi babo.

Bangihluphile kaningi kwasebusheni bami, makasho njalo u-Israyeli.

Noma ngimlobela imithetho yami kaningi, iyashaywa okungaziwayo.

wathi: Nkosi, hawukela indodana yami, ngokuba inesithuthwane, ihlupheka kabi, lokhu iwela kaningi emlilweni, kaningi emanzini.

Nalowo oshiye izindlu , noma abafowabo, noma odadewabo, noma uyise, noma unina , noma abantwana, noma amazwe ngenxa yeg ama lami , uyakwamukeliswa okuphindwe kaningi, adle ifa lokuphila okuphakade.

ngokuba wayeseboshwe kaningi ngawozankosi nangamaketanga , kepha amaketanga ayegqashuliwe nguye nawozankosi babephuliwe , kungekho noyedwa owayenamandla okumthambisa.

ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane emazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo engcwele, wamlonda; nalapho emuzwa , wayesambatheka kaningi , nokho kwabamnandi kuye ukumuzwa.

Uyiphonsile kaningi emlilweni nasemanzini ukuba ayibhubhise; kodwa uma unamandla okwenza utho, sihawukele, usisize.

Base bethi kuye : Abafundi bakaJohane bazila kaningi , benze imikhuleko, kanjalo nababaFarisi, kepha abakho bayadla, baphuze.

Ngokuba waya la umoya ongcolileyo ukuba aphume kulowo muntu . Ngokuba wayesembambe kaningi ; walindwa eboshwe ngawozankosi nangamaketanga ezinyawo; kepha wathi esegqabule izibopho, waqhutshelwa yidemoni ehlane.

Nasemasinagogeni onke kaningi ngabajezisa ngibacindezela ukuba bahlambalaze; ngahlanya kakhulu ngabo, ngibazingela kwaze kwaba semizini yabezizwe.

Angithandi, bazalwane, ukuba ningazi ukuthi ngazimisela kaningi ukuza kini, kepha ngathiyeka kuze kube manje ukuba nakini ngibe nezithelo njengakwezinye izizwe.

Ngenxa yalokho ngathiyeka kaningi ukuza kini;

Kepha sithumele kanye nabo umzalwane wethu esimfumene kaningi ekhuthele ezintweni eziningi , kepha manje ukhuthele kakhulu ngenxa yokunethemba kwakhe okukhulu.

Bayizikhonzi zikaKristu na ? Ngikhulumisa okohlanya -- ngiyiso kakhulu kunabo; ekukhandlekeni kakhulu kunabo , nasekuboshweni kaningi kunabo , nasekushayweni okukhulu impela, nasezingozini zokufa ngezikhathi eziningi.

ngangisekuhambeni kaningi , nasezingozini zemifula , nasezingozini zabaphangi, nasezingozini kwabakithi , nasezingozini kwabezizwe , nasezingozini emzini , nasezingozini ehlane , nasezingozini elwandle , nasezingozini kubazalwane bamanga,

ngokukhandleka nangokukhathazeka , kaningi ngokuqwasha ebusuku , ngokulamba nangokoma , kaningi ngokuzila ukudla , nasemakhazeni nangokuhambaze;

Ngokuba abaningi , enganitshela kaningi ngabo nam anje nginitshela nangezinyembezi, bahamba beyizitha zesiphambano sikaKristu,

INkosi mayinike indlu ka -Onesiforu umusa , ngokuba wangihlumelela kaningi, wayengenamahloni ngeketanga lami,

Ngokuba umhlabathi , ophuze imvula efika kaningi phezu kwawo , umilisa imifino ebasizayo abawulinyelwayo, uyabusiswa nguNkulunkulu;

kungesikho futhi ukuba azinikele kaningi , njengalokhu umpristi omkhulu engena endaweni engcwele iminyaka ngeminyaka , ephethe igazi elingesilo elakhe;

uma kwakunjalo wayemelwe ukuhlupheka kaningi selokhu kwasekelwa izwe; kodwa kalokhu ubonakalisiwe kanye ekupheleni kwezikhathi ukuba asuse izono ngokuzinikela kwakhe.

Abapristi bonke kambe bemi bekhonza imihla ngemihla , benikela kaningi ngayona leyo mihlatshelo engasoze yaba namandla okususa izono;