INkosi mayinike indlu ka -Onesiforu umusa , ngokuba wangihlumelela kaningi, wayengenamahloni ngeketanga lami,

Bayizikhonzi zikaKristu na ? Ngikhulumisa okohlanya -- ngiyiso kakhulu kunabo; ekukhandlekeni kakhulu kunabo , nasekuboshweni kaningi kunabo , nasekushayweni okukhulu impela, nasezingozini zokufa ngezikhathi eziningi.

ngangisekuhambeni kaningi , nasezingozini zemifula , nasezingozini zabaphangi, nasezingozini kwabakithi , nasezingozini kwabezizwe , nasezingozini emzini , nasezingozini ehlane , nasezingozini elwandle , nasezingozini kubazalwane bamanga,

ngokukhandleka nangokukhathazeka , kaningi ngokuqwasha ebusuku , ngokulamba nangokoma , kaningi ngokuzila ukudla , nasemakhazeni nangokuhambaze;

Kepha sithumele kanye nabo umzalwane wethu esimfumene kaningi ekhuthele ezintweni eziningi , kepha manje ukhuthele kakhulu ngenxa yokunethemba kwakhe okukhulu.

Kaningi wabakhulula ; kepha bahlubuka ngecebo labo , bawiswa phansi ngobubi babo.

Bangihluphile kaningi kwasebusheni bami, makasho njalo u-Israyeli.

Kepha yena enesihawu wathethelela ububi babo , akabhubhisanga; yebo, wabamba kaningi intukuthelo yakhe, akavusanga lonke ulaka lwakhe.

Kwaba kaningi kangakanani bephambana naye ehlane , bemdabukisa kwahlongasibi.

Nasemasinagogeni onke kaningi ngabajezisa ngibacindezela ukuba bahlambalaze; ngahlanya kakhulu ngabo, ngibazingela kwaze kwaba semizini yabezizwe.

Abapristi bonke kambe bemi bekhonza imihla ngemihla , benikela kaningi ngayona leyo mihlatshelo engasoze yaba namandla okususa izono;

Ngokuba umhlabathi , ophuze imvula efika kaningi phezu kwawo , umilisa imifino ebasizayo abawulinyelwayo, uyabusiswa nguNkulunkulu;

kungesikho futhi ukuba azinikele kaningi , njengalokhu umpristi omkhulu engena endaweni engcwele iminyaka ngeminyaka , ephethe igazi elingesilo elakhe;

uma kwakunjalo wayemelwe ukuhlupheka kaningi selokhu kwasekelwa izwe; kodwa kalokhu ubonakalisiwe kanye ekupheleni kwezikhathi ukuba asuse izono ngokuzinikela kwakhe.

Ngokuba abaningi , enganitshela kaningi ngabo nam anje nginitshela nangezinyembezi, bahamba beyizitha zesiphambano sikaKristu,

Ngenxa yalokho ngathiyeka kaningi ukuza kini;

Angithandi, bazalwane, ukuba ningazi ukuthi ngazimisela kaningi ukuza kini, kepha ngathiyeka kuze kube manje ukuba nakini ngibe nezithelo njengakwezinye izizwe.

Base bethi kuye : Abafundi bakaJohane bazila kaningi , benze imikhuleko, kanjalo nababaFarisi, kepha abakho bayadla, baphuze.

Ngokuba waya la umoya ongcolileyo ukuba aphume kulowo muntu . Ngokuba wayesembambe kaningi ; walindwa eboshwe ngawozankosi nangamaketanga ezinyawo; kepha wathi esegqabule izibopho, waqhutshelwa yidemoni ehlane.

ngokuba wayeseboshwe kaningi ngawozankosi nangamaketanga , kepha amaketanga ayegqashuliwe nguye nawozankosi babephuliwe , kungekho noyedwa owayenamandla okumthambisa.

ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane emazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo engcwele, wamlonda; nalapho emuzwa , wayesambatheka kaningi , nokho kwabamnandi kuye ukumuzwa.

Uyiphonsile kaningi emlilweni nasemanzini ukuba ayibhubhise; kodwa uma unamandla okwenza utho, sihawukele, usisize.

wathi: Nkosi, hawukela indodana yami, ngokuba inesithuthwane, ihlupheka kabi, lokhu iwela kaningi emlilweni, kaningi emanzini.

Nalowo oshiye izindlu , noma abafowabo, noma odadewabo, noma uyise, noma unina , noma abantwana, noma amazwe ngenxa yeg ama lami , uyakwamukeliswa okuphindwe kaningi, adle ifa lokuphila okuphakade.

Noma ngimlobela imithetho yami kaningi, iyashaywa okungaziwayo.

Kepha sebephumulile , babuye benza okubi ebusweni bakho ; wawusubashiya esandleni sezitha zabo , zaze zabusa phezu kwabo ; kodwa lapho bebuye bekhala kuwe , wena wabezwa usezulwini , wabophula kaningi ngomusa wakho omkhulu,