10 Ngenene baninzi abavukeli abalahlekisa abanye ngemfeketho, ingakumbi abo basuka kwinkolo yobuJuda.
11 Kufuneka ubavale imilomo abanjalo, kuba balukuhla imizi ngokufundisa izinto ezingafanelekanga, ngeenjongo zokuzuza imali.
12 Omnye umshumayeli wamaKrete wathi ukuthetha ngamawabo: “AmaKrete ngamaxoki, ziindlobongela, ngamanqenerha nezinyolu-nyolu.”
13 Ngenene loo nto yinyaniso! Ngoko ke esi sisizathu esenza kube yimfuneko ukuba ubakhalimele ngqongqo, khon' ukuze bafumane ukholo oluphilileyo,
14 endaweni yokulandela iintsomi zobuJuda nemigaqo yabantu, engumsebenzi wabantu abayifulatheleyo inyaniso.
15 Yonke into inyulu kwabo banyulu; kodwa ke akukho nto inyulu kwabangqondo zingcolileyo, bengakholwa. Kaloku ingqiqo nezazela zabo zingcolile.
16 UThixo bayamvuma ngomlomo, kodwa bayamphika ngezenzo zabo. Iinkani zabo zenza bangabi nako mpela ukwenza umsebenzi omhle.