¹ Ngisho ngitsi lendlalifa, asesengumntfwana, akahluki nesigcila, noko angumphatsi wayo yonkhe indzawo. ² Kepha ngephasi kwebagadzi kanye nalabatsenjwako kuze kufike lilanga lelabekwa ngubabe wakhe. ⁵ Ngako ke, ngesikhatsi sibanftwana, sagcilwatwa ngekutsi kumele sihloniphe imitsetfo yelive. ³ Kepha ngesikhatsi sikhatsi sesifike ekugcineni, Nkulunkulu watfumela indvodzana yakhe, leyayitwalwe ngumfati, atalwe ngekwemtsetfo. ⁴ Wakwenta loko kuhlenga labo labangaphasi kwemtsetfo, khona sitomukeleka njenge madvodzana. ⁶ Ngobe ningemadvodzana, Nkulunkulu utfumele etinhlitiyweni teftu moya wakhe wedvodzana, lobita, ''Abba, Babe.'' ⁷ Manje awusasiso sigcila, kepha indvodzana, kepha nangabe indvodzana, lapho nawe ungiyo indla lifa yaNkulunkulu. ⁸ Kepha ngaleso sikhatsi, usengakamati Nkulunkulu, benawakhelwe kutsi nibe tigcila kulabo, ngekwendalo, hhayi bonkulunkulwana. ⁹ Kepha nyalo ngekutsi soyamati Nkulunkulu, nobe soyatiwa ngunkulunkulu, kwenteka njani kutsi ubuyele emuva kulabo labete emandla futsi labalandzela imitsefto yetigcilwa? Uyafuna yini kuphele kubasigcila? ¹⁰ Nibona emalanga kanye netinyanga letinsha kanye netikhatsi letehlukahlukile kanye neminyaka! ¹¹ Nginekwesaba kutsi kungenteka kutsi umsebenti wami ube welite. ¹² Ngiyanincenga, bomnaketfu, ngobe ngikile ngafana nani. Anikangiphoci ngalufto. ¹³ Kepha niyati kutsi bekungenca yekugula kutsi ngishumayele livi kini ngesikhatsi sekucala. ¹⁴ Ngekugula kwami, anizange ningijikele nobe ningicwense. Kepha nangemukela ngatsi ngiyingilozi yaNkulunkulu, ngatsi bengingu Khristu Jesu licobo lwakhe. ¹⁵ Siphi kenyalo sibusiso senu? Ngobe nginitjela kutsi, kube bekungenteka, beningakhipha emehlo enu niwaletse kimi. ¹⁶ Ngako ke, ngabe sengisitsa senu yini ngobe ngikhulume emaciniso? ¹⁷ Banseshisekelo kutsatsa sikhudla, kepha hhayi ngetfo lecacako. Bafuna kunitsatsa kutsi nani nibe nalenshisekelo yabo. ¹⁸ Kubamnandzi nangabe unenshisekelo ngendlela lecondzile, hhayi nangabe ngikanye kany nani. ¹⁹ Banftwabami, ngisebuhlungwini bekutala ngani kuze Khristu atiwe kini. ²⁰ Ngifisa ngatsi ngingabakhona kanye nani bese ngishintja livi lami, ngobe ngikhatsatekile ngani. ²¹ Tjelani mine,nine lenifisile kuba ngaphasi kwemtsetfo, aniwulaleli yini umtsetfo? ²² Ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi Abraham bekanemadvodzana lamabili,lomunye abewesigcila senftombatane bese lomunye abewemfati lokhululekile. ²³ Munye lebekatelwe sigcila senftombane ngekwenyama,kepha lolomunye bekatelwe ngumfati lokhululekilengekwesethembiso. ²⁴ Letintfo leti tingahumusheka njengendzaba lengamelela tintfo letinye, ngoba labafati laba bemelele tivumelwano letimbili. Munye wabo wasentsabeni yase Sinayi futsi utala bantfwana labatigcila. Lona ngu Haga. ²⁵ Nyalo Haga umelele iMount Sinai eArabia; phindze umelele iJerusalema, ngobe asigcila nebanfwana bakhe. ²⁶ Kepha iJerusalema lengetulu ikhululekile, phindze ingumake weftu. ²⁷ Ngobe kubhaliwe, ''Tfokotani ,nine lenite intalo; khalani bese nimemetela injabulo, anibuva lobuhlungu bekutala; ngobe banfwana bebafati labashiyiwe bayabaleka kunalaba bebafati labanemandvodza. ²⁸ Kepha nine bomnaketfu ,njenga Isaac,nibanftwana besethembiso. ²⁹ Ngaleso sikhatsi munye lebekatelwe ngekwenyama wagcilwata lobekatalwe ngaMoya. Kuyafanana nyalo. ³⁰ Kepha livi litsini?''Khululani lesigcila senftombatane kanye nemfana wakhe. Kuse lomfana walenftombatane lesigcila ingatogiyelana namunftu lifa lemfati lokhululekile.'' ³¹ Ngakoke, Bomnaketfu,asisibo banftwana besigcila senftombatane, kepha bemfati lokhululekile.