1. Indoda enkulu ibhalela inkosikazi enyuliweyo nabantwana bayo, endibathandayo mna ngenyaniso; ingendim ndedwa, ingabo bonke abayazileyo inyaniso;
2. ngenxa yenyaniso ehleliyo kuthi, eya kuba nathi ngonaphakade:
3. ithi, Makubekho kuni ubabalo, nenceba, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uYise, nakwiNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, uNyana kaYise, kuni basenyanisweni naseluthandweni.
4. Ndavuya kunene kuba ndifumene kubantwana bakho kukho abahamba enyanisweni, njengoko samkeláyo umthetho kuye uYise.
5. Nangoku ndiyakucela, nkosikazi, kungengakuba ndikubhalela umthetho omtsha; ndikubhalela lowo sasinawo kwasekuqalekeni: ukuba sithandane.
6. Lulo ke olu uthando, ukuba sihambe ngokwemithetho yakhe. Nguwo lo umthetho, njengokuba nevayo kwasekuqalekeni, ukuba nihambe kuwo.