14. Kaloku ukuba ilifa lifunyanwa kuphela ngâbo bawuthobelayo umthetho, ukukholwa koba kwenziwe into engento, nesithembiso eso singaba sitshitshisiwe.
15. Ingqumbo kaThixo kaloku ibangwa kukwaphulwa komthetho wakhe; kodwa apho ungekhoyo umthetho akukho kwaphulwa kwamthetho.
16. Ngoko ke ilifa lifunyanwa ngokukholwa, oko kukuthi ngesisa. Ngale ndlela isithembiso simiselwe yonke inzala ka-Abraham. Le nzala ke asingabo nje abo bawugcinayo umthetho, kodwa ikwangâbo bakholwayo njengaye. Kaloku uAbraham ngubawo wethu sonke,
17. njengokuba zisitsho *iziBhalo ukuthi: “Ndikwenze uyise wezizwe ezininzi.” KuThixo ke uAbraham ngubawo wethu sonke; lo Thixo uAbraham athe wakholwa kuye; lo Thixo unika abafileyo ubomi; lo Thixo uthetha ngelizwi zitsho izinto ezingekabikho zibekho.
18. UAbraham wakholwa, wathemba, naxa ithemba lalingekho. Wakholwa okokuba woba “nguyise wezizwe ezininzi,” njengoko iziBhalo zitshoyo ukuthi: “Iya kuba ngako ke inzala yakho ukuba ninzi kwayo.”
19. Wayemayela nekhulu leminyaka ezelwe, kodwa akatyhafanga elukholweni akucinga ngokwaluphala kwakhe nangobudlolo bukaSara.
20. Hayi, akasithandabuzanga isithembiso sikaThixo ngokungakholwa; waya esomelela elukholweni, embonga uThixo,
21. eqinisekile ukuba uThixo unako ukukwenza oko akuthembisileyo.
22. Kungoko “wabalelwa ekubeni lilungisa nguThixo.”
23. La mazwi athi “wabalelwa ekubeni lilungisa” akabhekisi kuye yedwa.
24. Hayi, abhekisa nakuthi, thina sasiza kuba ngamalungisa, thina sikholwayo kuThixo owamvusayo uYesu iNkosi yethu kwabafileyo,
25. yena owanikelwa ekufeni ngenxa yezono zethu, waza wabuya wavuswa, ukuze thina sibe ngamalungisa.