Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo abanamacala
Mathewu 5 : 26
26 Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Kawusoze uphume lapho, uze ukhokhe ifadingi lokugcina.
UEksodusi 20 : 1 – 17
1 UNkulunkulu wakhuluma onke lawa mazwi, wathi:
2 NginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhipha ezweni laseGibhithe, endlini yobugqila.
3 Ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami.
4 Ungazenzeli izithombe ezibaziweyo, noma umfanekiso wokusezulwini phezulu, nokusemhlabeni phansi, nowokusemanzini phansi komhlaba.
5 Ungazikhothameli, ungazikhonzi, ngokuba mina Jehova uNkulunkulu wakho nginguNkulunkulu onomhawu, ohambela ububi bawoyise kubantwana, kwesesithathu nesesine isizukulwane sabangizondayo.
6 Futhi ngihawukele izinkulungwane zalabo abangithandayo futhi bagcine imiyalo yami.
7 Ungaliphathi ngeze igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho; ngoba uJehova kayikumyekela osebenzisa ibizo lakhe ngeze.
8 Khumbula usuku lwesabatha, ulungcwelise.
9 Izinsuku eziyisithupha uyakusebenza, uwenze wonke umsebenzi wakho;
10 Kodwa usuku lwesikhombisa luyisabatha leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; awuyikusebenza msebenzi ngalo, wena nendodana yakho noma indodakazi yakho, nenceku yakho, nencekukazi yakho, nezinkomo zakho, nomfokazi wakho okuwe. Amasango:
11 Ngokuba ngezinsuku eziyisithupha uJehova wenza izulu nomhlaba, nolwandle, nakho konke okukukho, waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa; ngalokho uJehova walubusisa usuku lwesabatha, walungcwelisa.
12 Yazisa uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze izinsuku zakho zande ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona.
13 Ungabulali.
14 Ungaphingi.
15 Ungebi.
16 Ungafakazi amanga ngomakhelwane wakho.
17 Ungafisi indlu yomakhelwane wakho, ungafisi umfazi womakhelwane wakho, nenceku yakhe, nencekukazi yakhe, nenkabi yakhe, nembongolo yakhe, nokunye okomakhelwane wakho.
KwabaseRoma 13 : 1 – 14
1 Akube yilowo nalowo azithobe phansi kwamandla ombuso; Ngoba awekho amandla ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu: amandla akhona amiswe nguNkulunkulu.
2 Ngakho-ke omelana namandla umelana nesimiso sikaNkulunkulu;
3 Ngokuba ababusi kabesabeki kwabenza okuhle, kodwa kwabenza okubi. Pho, awuwesabi amandla na? yenza okuhle, futhi uyakuba nodumo yikho;
4 Ngokuba uyisikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu kuwe kube kuhle. Kepha uma wenza okubi, yesaba; ngokuba ayiphatheli ize inkemba, ngokuba iyisikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu, umphindiseli wokubuyisela ulaka kowenza okubi.
5 Ngakho-ke kufanele ukuzithoba, kungabi ngenxa yolaka kuphela, kodwa nangenxa kanembeza.
6 Ngokuba ngenxa yalokho nithela futhi, ngokuba bayizikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu ezikhuthalela khona lokho.
7 Nikani bonke okubafaneleyo; inkokhiso kubani; ukwesaba kokwesabayo; udumo kubani ukudunyiswa.
8 Ningakweleti muntu, kuphela elokuthandana, ngokuba othanda omunye uwugcwalisile umthetho.
9 Ngoba lokhu ukuthi: Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, ungafi; uma kukhona omunye umyalo, kufinyelelwe kuleli zwi lokuthi: Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena.
10 Uthando kalwenzi okubi kumakhelwane;
11 Nalokho nisazi isikhathi ukuthi sekuyihora lokuvuka ebuthongweni;
12 Ubusuku budlulile, usuku selusondele; ngakho-ke asilahle imisebenzi yobumnyama, sihlome izikhali zokukhanya.
13 Masihambe ngokufaneleyo njengasemini; kungabi ngokuzitika ngokuminza nokudakwa, kungabi ngamanyala namanyala, kungabi ngokuxabana nomhawu.
14 Kepha yembathani iNkosi uJesu Kristu, ningakhathaleli inyama ukuba nifeze izinkanuko zayo.
Mathewu 6 : 9 – 13
9 Ngakho anokhuleka kanje: Baba wethu osezulwini, malingcweliswe igama lakho.
10 Umbuso wakho mawufike. Mayenziwe intando yakho emhlabeni njengasezulwini.
11 Usiphe lamuhla isinkwa sethu sensuku zonke;
12 Usithethelele amacala ethu, njengalokhu nathi sibathethelela abanamacala kithi.
13 Ungasingenisi ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule kokubi, ngokuba umbuso ungowakho, namandla, nenkazimulo, kuze kube phakade. Amen.