15 Kaloku uThixo ufuna ukuba nithi ngenxa yezimilo ezihle nibatsho basikwe umlomo abo bangaqondiyo, ndawonye nezibhanxa.
16 Ziphatheni njengabantu abakhululekileyo. Kambe ke inkululeko leyo mayingabi lokhusi lokungcola; koko ziphatheni njengezicaka zikaThixo.
17 Hloniphani wonke umntu; wathandeni amakholwa, nimoyike uThixo, nimthobele osemagunyeni.
18 Nina zicaka, bahlonipheni abo baniqeshileyo, nibathobele kangangoko. Le nto ke sanukuyenza kwabo banobubele nobuntu kuphela, koko yenzeni nakwabo bakhohlakeleyo.
19 Kaloku uThixo uyamthamsanqelisa umntu onyamezela ingcinezelo engonanga, kuba elangazelela okuthandwa nguThixo.
20 Ewe, kaloku umntu akafumani nqaku xa enyamezela isohlwayo ngenxa yesono asenzileyo. Kodwa ke ukuba ùnyamezela ukuphatheka kabuhlungu naxa ungenzanga bubi, uThixo ungakuwe.
21 Kakade nabizelwa loo nto; kaloku uKrestu waphatheka kabuhlungu ngenxa yenu, waza ngaloo ndlela wanishiya nomzekelo, ukuze nina nihambe ekhondweni lakhe.