Izindlalifa zomusa kaBaba wethu
Babekade beyiziwula, bengalaleli, bezondana; okwashintsha kwaba isihe sikaBaba wethu, ukugezwa kokuzalwa kabusha noMoya othululiwe, kungengenxa yemisebenzi yabo, kwabenza izindlalifa. Ngakho: imisebenzi emihle, kungabi khona ukuxabana ngomthetho, umuntu owehlukanisayo axwayiswe kabili bese eyekwa.
3 1Bakhumbuze ukuthi bazithobe kubabusi nasemagunyeni, balalele, futhi balungele wonke umsebenzi omuhle, 2bangahlebi muntu, baxwaye ukuxabana, babe mnene, babonise ukucabangela okupheleleyo kubo bonke abantu. 3Nathi sake saba yiziwula, singalaleli, sikhohlisiwe, sigqilazwe yizinkanuko nezinjabulo ezahlukene, siphila ngenzondo nomona, sizondwa, sizondana. 4Kodwa lapho ubuhle nomusa onothando lukaBaba wethu, uMsindisi wethu, kwabonakala, a a v4 Lapha igama elithi “uMsindisi” libiza uBaba wethu uqobo lwakhe — umthombo wensindiso, osisindisa ngeNdodana yakhe nangoMoya wakhe (amavesi 5-6). 5wasisindisa—kungenxa yezenzo zokulunga esazenzayo, kodwa ngesihawu sakhe, ngokugezwa kokuzalwa kabusha nokuvuselelwa nguMoya oNgcwele, 6awuthulula phezu kwethu ngokuchichima ngoJesu Khristu uMsindisi wethu, 7ukuze, silungisisiwe ngomusa wakhe, sibe yizindlalifa ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade. 8Leli zwi lithembekile: ngifuna ukuba ugcizelele lezi zinto, ukuze labo abathemba uBaba wethu baqaphele ukuzinikela emisebenzini emihle. Lezi zinto zinhle futhi ziyasiza kubo bonke abantu.
9Kodwa xwaya izingxabano zobuwula, izindaba zozalo, ukuphikisana, nokuxabana ngomthetho, ngokuba kuyize futhi akunamsebenzi. 10Xwayisa umuntu obanga ukwahlukana kanye, bese okwesibili; emva kwalokho, ungabe usaba nabudlelwano naye, 11wazi ukuthi umuntu onjalo uyisigwegwe futhi uyisoni; uzigwebile yena ngokwakhe.
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12Lapho ngithuma u-Arthema noma uThikhiku kuwe, yenza konke okusemandleni akho ukuza kimi eNikhopholi, ngokuba nginqume ukuchitha ubusika lapho. 13Sheshisa ukudedela uZena ummeli no-Apholo bahambe; qaphela ukuba bangasweli lutho. 14Abantu bakithi mabafunde nabo ukuzinikela emisebenzini emihle, ukuze banelise izidingo eziphuthumayo, bangabi ngabangatheli izithelo.
15Bonke abanami bayakubingelela. Bingelela labo abasithandayo ekukholweni. Umusa mawube nani nonke.
