¹ Macondzana nekudla lokunikelwelwe etithicweni: Siyati sonkhe kutsi sinelwati. Lwati luyakhukhumeta, kodvwa lutsandvo luyakha. ² Nangabe lomunye acabanga kutsi wati lutfo, loyo muntfu akati kangaloku bekangati. ³ Kodvwa nangabe kukhona lotsandza Nkulunkulu, lomuntfu watiwa nguye. ⁴ Mayelana ke, ngekudla kudla lokunikelelwe tithico: siyati kwekutsi sithico kulomhlaba asisilo lutfo nekutsi kute lomunye Nkulunkulu kepha munye. ⁵ Kepha noma ngabe kukhona lokubitwa ngabo Nkulunkulu, nome ngabe kusezulwini noma ngabe kusemhlabeni (njengoba banyenti ''bonkulunkulu' "nemakhosi" amanyenti), ⁶ naloku kitsi amunye Nkulunkulu, longuBabe, lekuye kunato tonkhe tintfo na kuye siyaphila, neNkosi yinye Jesu Khristu, kuye tonkhe tintfo tabakhona phindze natsi sabakhona ngaye. ⁷ Noma kunjalo, lolwati lolu alukho noma kubani. esikhundleni, labanye betayele kukhonta tithico, badla lokudla kwangatsi bekuhlatjwele sithico. Nembeza wabo ngako ke ungcolile ngobe ubutsakatsaka. ⁸ Kodvwa kudla angeke kusisondzete kuNkulunkulu. asisibo laba sesimeni lesibi nasingadli, nancono nasidla. ⁹ Kodvwa naka kutsi kukhululeka kwakho kungabi taba taloyo lobutsakatsaka enkholweni kukhubeka. ¹⁰ Nakwenteka loyomuntfu akubona, lonelwati, Udla kudla ethempelini lesithico. Akutukhutsateka loyo lonembeza wakhe ubutsakatsaka kutsi adle lokunikelwe etithicweni? ¹¹ Ngoba ngenca yekucondza kwakho liciniso ngetithico, lolobutsakatsaka, lomzalwane lafelwa nguKhristu naye, ubhubhisile. ¹² Kanjalo, nanona bazalwane benu nilimate nembeza wabo lobutsakatsaka, niyona kukhristu. ¹³ Ngakoke, uma kudla kwenta umzalwane wami ashelele, angisoze ngiphindze ngidle inyama, ukuze ngingenti umnaketfu ahlubuke.