17 Ndiniwisela lo mthetho ke: ‘Thandanani!’ ”
18 “Ukuba ihlabathi lithe lanithiya, ze nikhumbule okokuba lathiya mna kuqala.
19 Ukuba beningabehlabathi, ihlabathi ngelinithanda okwabalo. Kodwa aningabo abehlabathi, kuba mna ndaninyula kulo ihlabathi. Kungoko linithiyileyo ihlabathi.
20 Likhumbuleni ilizwi endalithethayo kuni, ndisithi: ‘Akukho sicaka sikhulu kunenkosi yaso.’ Banditshutshisile mna; ke ngoko bonitshutshisa nani. Abayamkelanga imfundiso yam; neyenu ke abayi kuyamkela.
21 Ezi zinto zonke baya kuzenza kuni ngenxa yam, kuba abamazi lowo undithumileyo.
22 Ukuba bendingathethanga nabo, ngebengabanga natyala; kodwa ngoku abanandawo bangalandula ngayo malunga nesono sabo,
23 kuba ondithiyileyo mna uthiye kwanoBawo.