1 Manje ndvodzana yami, naku lokunye lokumbalwa lengitawukusho kuwe; ngoba ngiyabona kutsi umcondvo wakho ukhatsatekile mayelana nekuvuswa kwalabafile.

2 Buka, ngitsi kuwe, kute kuvuka—noma, ngingatsi, ngalamanye emagama, lomtimba lobhubhako awukwembatsi kungabhubhi, loku kubola akukwembatsi kungaboli—kute kube semvakwekufika kwaKhristu.

3 Buka, ufeza kuvuswa kwalabafile. Kodvwa buka, ndvodzana yami, kuvuka akukafiki. Manje, ngikwembulela imfihlakalo, noko, tinyenti timfihlakalo letigciniwe, lekute namunye lotatiko ngaphandle kwaNkulunkulu lucobo. Kodvwa ngitawukukhombisa intfo yinye nje lengiyibute ngekukhutsala kuNkulunkulu kutsi ngiyati—lemayelana nekuvuka.

4 Buka, kunesikhatsi lesibekiwe lapho bonkhe bayawuvuka kulabafile. Manje kutsi lesi sikhatsi sifika nini kute lowatiko; kodvwa Nkulunkulu uyati sikhatsi lesibekiwe.

5 Manje, noma kuyawuba khona sikhatsi sinye, noma sikhatsi sesibili, noma sikhatsi sesitsatfu, lapho bantfu bayawuvuka kulabafile, akusho lutfo; ngoba Nkulunkulu uyatati tonkhe letintfo; futsi kuyangenelisa kutsi ngati kutsi nguloku lokutawukwenteka—kutsi kukhona sikhatsi lesibekiwe sekutsi bonkhe bayawuvuka kulabafile.

6 Manje kufanele kutsi kubekhona sikhatsi emkhatsini wesikhatsi sekufa kanye nesikhatsi sekuvuka.

7 Manje ngitawubuta kutsi kwentekani ngemiphefumulo yebantfu kusukela kulesi sikhatsi sekufa kute kube sikhatsi lesibekiwe sekuvuka na?

8 Manje noma ngabe kunesikhatsi lesingetulu kwasinye lesibekelwe bantfu kutsi bavuke loko akusho lutfo; ngoba abafi ngesikhatsi sinye, futsi loku akusho lutfo; konkhe kunjengelilanga linye kuNkulunkulu, futsi sikhatsi sibalwa bantfu kuphela.

9 Ngako-ke, kukhona sikhatsi lesibekelwe bantfu kutsi bayawuvuka kulabafile; futsi kunesikhatsi emkhatsini wesikhatsi sekufa kanye nesekuvuka. Manje, mayelana nalesi sikhatsi, kutsi kwentekani ngemiphefumulo yebanftu yintfo lengiyibutile ngekukhutsala eNkhosini kutsi ngiyati; futsi lena yintfo lengiyatiko.

10 Uma sikhatsi sesifika lapho bonkhe bayawuvuka, ngaleso sikhatsi bonkhe bayawukwati kutsi Nkulunkulu uyatati tonkhe tikhatsi latibekele umuntfu.

11 Manje, mayelana nesimo semphefumulo emkhatsini wekufa kanye nekuvuka—Buka, kwembuliwe kimi ngengilosi, kutsi imiphefumulo yabo bonkhe bantfu, masinyane ngesikhatsi nje uma isuka kulomtimba lobhubhako, yebo, imiphefumulo yabo bonkhe bantfu, noma ngabe beyimihle noma beyimibi, iyatsatfwa iyiswe ekhaya kuloyo Nkulunkulu lowayinika imphilo.

12 Ngaleso sikhatsi kuyawukwenteka, kutsi imiphefumulo yalabo labalungile yemukelwa esimeni senjabulo, lesibitwa ngekutsi yipharadisi, simo sekuphumula, simo sekuthula, lapho iyawuphumula kuto tonkhe tinkhatsato tayo kanye nako konkhe lokuhlupheka, kanye nelusizi.

13 Ngaleso sikhatsi kuyawukwenteka, kutsi imiphefumulo yalababi, yebo, labo labanebubi—ngoba buka, bete sabelo saMoya weNkhosi; ngoba buka, bona bakhetsa imisebenti yebubi kunemisebenti lemihle; ngako-ke umoya wadeveli wangena kubo, watsatsa indlu yabo yaba ngeyakhe—lena iyawulahlwa ebumnyameni lobungephandle; lapho kuyawuba khona kukhala, nekulila kanye nekugedletela kwematinyo, futsi loku kungenca yebubi babo, baholelwe ekutfunjweni ngentsandvo yadeveli.

14 Manje lesi simo semiphefumulo yalababi, yebo, lesebumnyameni, kanye nasesimeni lesibi kakhulu, sekulindzela ngekwesaba kushiswa yintfukutselo yelulaka lwaNkulunkulu; ngako-ke bahlala bakulesi simo, kanjalo nalabalungile epharadisi, kute kube sikhatsi sekuvuka kwabo.

15 Manje, kukhona labanye labasicondzako kutsi lesi simo senjabulo kanye nalesi simo selusizi lwemphefumulo, lesingaphambi kwekuvuka, sikuvuka kwekucala. Yebo, ngiyavuma kutsi singabitwa ngekuvuka, kuvuswa kwemoya noma kwemphefumulo kanye nekuyiswa kwawo ekujabuleni noma elusizini, njengekwemavi lakhulunyiwe.

16 Buka, kukhulunyiwe futsi, kwatsiwa kukhona kuvuka kwekucala, kuvuka kwabo bonkhe labo labebakhona, noma labakhona, noma labayawuba khona, kwehle kute kufike ekuvukeni kwaKhristu kulabafile.

17 Manje, asikholelwa kutsi lokuvuka kwekucala, lokukhulunywa ngako ngalendlela, kungaba kuvuswa kwemiphefumulo kanye nekuyiswa kwayo ekujabuleni noma elusizini. Ungakholelwa kutsi loku kusho loko.

18 Buka, ngitsi kuwe, Cha; kodvwa kuchaza kuhlangana kwemphefumulo kanye nemtimba, walabo kusukela emalangeni a-Adamu kwehla kuya ekuvukeni kwaKhristu.

19 Manje, noma ngabe imiphefumulo kanye nemitimba yalabo losekukhulunywe ngabo yonkhe iyawuhlanganiswa kanyekanye, lababi ngalokunjalo nalabalungile, angisho; akukwenelise, kutsi ngitsi yonkhe iyawuvuka, noma-ke ngalamanye emagama, kuvuka kwabo kuyawufezeka ngaphambi kwekuvuka kwalabo labafa emvakwekuvuka kwaKhristu.

20 Manje, ndvodzana yami, angisho kutsi kuvuka kwabo kuyawufika ngekuvuka kwaKhristu; kodvwa buka, ngikusho nje njengembono wami, kutsi imiphefumulo kanye nemitimba iyawuhlangana futsi, yalabalungile, ekuvukeni kwaKhristu, kanye nasekwenyukeni kwakhe ezulwini.

21 Kodvwa noma ngabe kuyawuba sekuvukeni kwakhe noma ngemuva, angisho; kodvwa nguloku lengingakusho, kutsi kukhona sikhatsi emkhatsini wekufa kanye nekuvuswa kwemtimba, kanye nesimo semphefumulo lesisekujabuleni noma lesiselusizini kute kube sikhatsi leso lesibekwe nguNkulunkulu kutsi labafile bavuke, baphindze bahlangane, umphefumulo kanye nemtimba, baphindze baletfwe kutsi batokuma ngaphambi kwaNkulunkulu, behlulelwe ngekwemisebenti yabo.

22 Yebo, loku kuletsa kubuyiselwa kwaletintfo lokwakhulunywa ngato ngemilomo yebaphrofethi.

23 Umphefumulo uyawubuyiselwa emtimbeni, kanye nemtimba emphefumulweni; yebo, futsi tonkhe titfo kanye nemalunga kuyawubuyiselwa emtimbeni wako; yebo, ngisho nelunwele lwasenhloko aliyukulahleka; kodvwa tonkhe tintfo tiyawubuyiselwa esicwini sato lesingiso nalesiphelele.

24 Manje, ndvodzana yami, loku ngulokubuyiselwa lokukhulunywe ngako ngemilomo yebaphrofethi—

25 Futsi ngaleso sikhatsi labalungile bayawukhatimula embusweni waNkulunkulu.

26 Kodvwa buka, kufa lokubi kakhulu kuyeta kulababi; ngoba bona bayawukufa ngekwetintfo letiphatselene netintfo tekulunga; ngoba bona bangcolile, futsi ayikho intfo lengcolile lengakhona kudla lifa lembuso waNkulunkulu; kodvwa bayokhishelwa ngaphandle, futsi bahanjiswe bayodla titselo tekusebenta kwabo noma temisebenti yabo, lebeyiyinkhohlakalo; futsi banatse tidzidzi esitjeni lesibabako.