Eyokuqala KwabaseKhorinte 8:1-13
8 Nanku engilibhalela khona ngokudla okuhlatshelwe izithombe:+ Siyakwazi ukuthi sonke silolwazi.+ Ulwazi luyakhukhumeza kodwa uthando luyakha.+
2 Nxa umuntu ecabanga ukuthi into ethile uyayazi, kakayazi ngendlela okufanele ayazi ngayo.
3 Kodwa nxa umuntu emthanda uNkulunkulu, yena waziwa nguye.
4 Khathesi asikhulumeni ngokudla ukudla okuhlatshelwe izithombe. Siyakwazi ukuthi isithombe kasilutho+ emhlabeni lokuthi kuloNkulunkulu oyedwa kakho omunye.+
5 Lanxa bekhona ababizwa ngokuthi ngonkulunkulu, kungaba sezulwini kumbe emhlabeni,+ njengoba kuvele “kulabonkulunkulu” abanengi “lamakhosi” amanengi,
6 kithi kuloNkulunkulu oyedwa+ uBaba,+ lowo okwavela kuye zonke izinto njalo esikhona ngenxa yakhe+ futhi kuleNkosi eyodwa, uJesu Khristu, lowo zonke izinto ezikhona ngaye+ lathi esikhona ngaye.
7 Kodwa kayisibo bonke abakwaziyo lokhu.+ Abanye nxa besidla ukudla lokho, kibo kuyabe kuyikudla okuhlatshelwe izithombe+ ngoba bake bazikhonza izithombe njalo kungcolisa imizwangedwa yabo ebuthakathaka.+
8 Loba kunjalo, ukudla akusoze kusisondeze kuNkulunkulu.+ Akulanto esilahlekelayo nxa singadli futhi asizuzi lutho nxa singadla.+
9 Kodwa nanzelelani lingacini selikhuba abalemizwangedwa ebuthakathaka+ ngelungelo lenu lokuzikhethela.
10 Nxa umuntu angabona wena ololwazi usidla ethempelini lokukhonzela izithombe, umzwangedwa wakhe obuthakathaka ngeke yini umenze abe lesibindi aze acine esesidla ukudla okuhlatshelwe izithombe?
11 Ngakho ulwazi lwakho luyabe selulimaza lowo obuthakathaka, yena engumfowenu owafelwa nguKhristu.+
12 Nxa lisonela abafowenu ngokwenza njalo futhi lilimaza imizwangedwa yabo ebuthakathaka,+ lonela uKhristu.
13 Yikho kangisoze ngiphinde ngiyidle inyama loba sekutheni nxa engikudlayo kusenza umfowethu akhubeke, ukuze ngingamkhubi umfowethu.+
