Ivini lezingatsha

15Mina ngilivini eliqotho, njalo uBaba ungumlimia. 2 Lonke ugatsha olukimi olungatheliyo isithelo, uyalususa; lalo lonke oluthela isithelo, uyaluthena, ukuze lwengeze ukuthelab. 3 Selihlambululekilec lina ngelizwi engilikhulume kinid. 4 Hlalani kimi, lami kini. Njengalokhu ugatsha lungethele isithelo ngokwalo, uba lungahlali evinini, ngokunjalo lani lingeke, uba lingahlali kimie. 5 Mina ngilivini, lina lizingatshaf. Lowo ohlala kimi, lami kuyeg, yena uyathela isithelo sandeh; ngoba ngaphandle kwami lingenze lutho. 6 Uba umuntu engahlali kimi, ulahlelwa phandle njengogatsha, abe esebunai, bazibuthej baziphose emlilwenikl, zitshiswem. 7 Uba lihlala kimin, lamazwi ami ehlala kinio, lizacela elikuthandayo, lizakwenzelwap. 8 UBaba uyadunyiswa ngalokhu, ukuthi lithele isithelo sandeq; njalo lizakuba ngabafundi bamir.

9 Njengalokhu uBaba engithandile, lami ngilithandile; hlalani ethandweni lwamis. 10 Uba lilondoloza imilayo yami, lizahlala ethandweni lwamit; njengalokhu mina ngilondoloze imilayo kaBaba, njalo ngihlala ethandweni lwakheu. 11 Lezizinto ngizikhulume kini, ukuze intokozo yami ihlale kiniv, njalo intokozo yenu igcwalew.

Umlayo wokuthandana

12 Lo ngumlayo wami, ukuthi lithandane, njengalokhu ngilithandilex. 13 Kakho olothando olukhulu kulaloluy, lokuthi umuntu ababekele phansi abangane bakhe impilo yakhez. 14 Lina lingabangane bamia, uba lisenza loba yini mina engililaya yonab. 15 Kangisalibizi ngokuthi lizinceku, ngoba inceku kayikwazi ukuthi inkosi yayo yenzani; kodwa sengilibize ngokuthi lingabangane, ngoba konke engikuzwileyo kuBabac ngilazise khonad. 16 Kalingikhethanga lina, kodwa mina ngilikhethilee, njalo ngilimisilef, ukuze lina lihambe lithele isithelog, lesithelo senu sihlaleh; ukuze loba yini eliyicela kuBaba ngebizo lami, alinikei. 17 Ngililaya lezizinto, ukuze lithandanej.

Inzondo yomhlaba

18 Uba umhlaba ulizondak, yazini ukuthi wangizonda mina ngaphambi kwenul. 19 Uba belingabomhlaba, umhlaba ubuzathanda abawom; kodwa ngoba lingeyisibo abomhlaban, kodwa ngalikhetha mina emhlabeni, ngakho umhlaba uyalizondao. 20 Khumbulani ilizwi mina engalitsho kini: Inceku kayinkulu kulenkosi yayop. Uba bengizingele mina, bazalizingela laniq; uba belondoloza ilizwi lami, bazalondoloza lelenur. 21 Kodwa bazakwenza konke lokhus ngenxa yebizo lamit, ngoba bengamazi ongithumileyou. 22 Uba bengingafikanga ngakhuluma labo, ngabe kabalasonov; kodwa khathesiw kabalazaba ngesono sabox. 23 Ongizondayo, uzonda loBaba. 24 Uba bengingenzanga phakathi kwabo imisebenzi kungekho omunye owayenzayoy, ngabe kabalasonoz; kodwa khathesi sebeyibonilea sebezonde sonke mina loBabab. 25 Kodwa ukuze ligcwaliseke ilizwi elilotshiweyo emlayweni wabo elokuthic: Bangizonda kungelasizathod.

26 Kodwa nxa esefikile uMduduzie, engizamthuma mina kini evela kuBabaf, uMoya weqinisog, ophuma kuBabah, lo uzangifakazelai; 27 lani futhi lizafakazaj, ngoba belilami kusukela ekuqalenik.