17 Nangona wona umthandazo wakho uvakala kuThixo, awuloncedo komnye umntu.
18 Ndiyambulela uThixo kuba mna iilwimi ndizithetha ngaphezu kwenu nonke.
19 Kodwa enkonzweni ndikhetha ukuthetha nokuba ngambalwa amazwi aqondakalayo, ukuze abanye bafunde, kunokuba ndenze umlembelele wento engaviwayo ndithetha iilwimi.
20 Izimvo zenu mazingabi zezobuntwana, mawethu. Yibani ngabantwana kambe kwizinto eziphathelele ebubini, kodwa iingcinga zenu zona mazivuthwe.
21 Kaloku *eziBhalweni kuthiwa:“ ‘Ndiya kuthetha kwaba bantu ngabantu abantetho yimbi,’ itsho iNkosi.‘Ndiya kuthetha ngeelwimi zasemzini,kunjalo nje abayi kundiva.’ ”
22 Ngoko ke isiphiwo sokuthetha iilwimi sikholo ukuba sibe ngumqondiso kwabangakholwayo, ingekuko kwabakholwayo. Ke sona isiphiwo sokushumayela singumqondiso kwabakholwayo, ingekuko kwabangakholwayo.
23 Xa lihlangene ke ibandla, waza ulowo nalowo wasuka wathetha iilwimi, kwaza kwathi kusenjalo kwafika abanye abangayiqondiyo le nto okanye abangengomakholwa, abayi kuthi niphambene?