21. Emthethweni kulotshiwe ukuthi:“Ngabantu bezinye izilimi,nangezindebe zabezinye izizwengiyakukhuluma kulesi sizwe;kepha noma kunjalo abayikungizwa,” kusho iNkosi.
22. Njalo-ke izilimi ziyisibonakaliso kwabangakholwayo, kungesikho kwabakholwayo; kepha ukuprofetha kuyisibonakaliso kwabakholwayo, kungesikho kwabangakholwayo.
23. Ngakho-ke uma ibandla lonke libuthene ndawonye, bonke bakhulume ngezilimi, bese kungena abangafundile noma abangakholwayo, abazukuthi niyahlanya na?
24. Kepha uma bonke beprofetha, kungene ongakholwayo noma ongafundile, uzakuhlatshwa yibo bonke, ahlulelwe yibo bonke;
25. okufihliweyo kwenhliziyo yakhe kuyadalulwa; njalo uyakuwa ngobuso, akhuleke kuNkulunkulu, aqinise athi: “Impela uNkulunkulu ukhona phakathi kwenu.”
26. Kunjani, pho, bazalwane? Uma nibuthana, yilowo nalowo uba nehubo, noma isifundiso, noma ukwambula, noma izilimi, noma ukuhumusha. Konke akwenzelwe ukwakhiwa kwebandla.
27. Uma-ke umuntu ekhuluma ngezilimi, akube ngababili, bangadluli kwabathathu, badedelane, omunye ahumushe;
28. kepha uma kungekho ohumushayo, kathule ebandleni, azikhulumele yena yedwa nakuNkulunkulu.
29. Abaprofethi-ke, kukhulume ababili noma babe bathathu, abanye bakuhlole.
30. Kepha uma kwambulwa utho komunye ohlezi khona, kathule owokuqala.
31. Ngokuba ningaprofetha nonke abanye ngabanye, ukuze bafunde bonke, balulekwe bonke;
32. imimoya yabaprofethi ithobela abaprofethi;
33. ngokuba uNkulunkulu kasiye owesiyaluyalu kepha ngowokuthula. Njengokuba kunjalo emabandleni onke abangcwele,
34. abesifazane mabathule emabandleni; ngokuba kabavunyelwe ukuba bakhulume, kepha mabazithobe, njengokuba usho njalo nomthetho.
35. Uma-ke bethanda ukufunda utho, mababuze emadodeni abo emakhaya; ngokuba kuyihlazo ukuba owesifazane akhulume ebandleni.