Eyesibili KwabaseKhorinte 4:1-18
4 Njengoba silenkonzo le ngenxa yokuthi senzelwa isihawu, asikhalali.
2 Kodwa sesilahle izinto ezilihlazo ezenziwa ensitha njalo asihambi ngobuqili futhi asilitshili ilizwi likaNkulunkulu.+ Senza iqiniso likhanye, sitshengisa ukuthi esikwenzayo kuqondile phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukuze yonke imizwangedwa yabantu ikunanzelele lokho.+
3 Nxa izindaba ezinhle esizitshumayelayo zifihliwe,* zifihlelwe labo ababhubhayo,
4 abantu abangakholwayo labo unkulunkulu womumo lo wezinto*+ asevale ingqondo zabo ukuthi bangaboni,+ ukuze kungakhanyi+ kubo ukukhanya kwezindaba ezinhle ezikhazimulayo ezimayelana loKhristu ongumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.+
5 Nxa sitshumayela, asikhulumi okumayelana lathi kodwa sikhuluma ngokuthi uJesu Khristu uyiNkosi langokuthi thina siyizinceku zenu ngenxa kaJesu
6 ngoba uNkulunkulu nguye owathi: “Ukukhanya akukhanye emnyameni.”+ Kanti njalo usekhanyise inhliziyo zethu+ ngolwazi olukhazimulayo olumayelana laye esebenzisa ubuso bukaKhristu.
7 Silegugu leli+ embizeni* zebumba+ ukuze amandla amakhulu futhi angajayelekanga avele kuNkulunkulu hatshi kithi.+
8 Siyacindezelwa ngazo zonke izindlela kodwa asibandezelwanga, siswela lokuthi senzeni kodwa akutsho ukuthi kayikho ngitsho indlela yokuphuma.*+
9 Siyahlukuluzwa kodwa asilahlwanga,+ siwiselwa phansi kodwa asibhujiswa.+
10 Siyaqinisela* zikhathi zonke lanxa sisezingozini zokubulawa ezinjengalezo ezehlela uJesu+ ukuze siphile impilo enjengekaJesu.*
11 Thina esiphilayo sihlala sikhangelane lokufa+ ngenxa kaJesu, ukuze siphile impilo enjengekaJesu.*
12 Sihlala sikhangelane lokufa sibili kodwa lokho kwenza lina lithole ukuphila.
13 Kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Ngangilokholo yikho ngakhuluma.”+ Lathi sitshengisa ukuthi silomoya lo wokholo yikho sikhuluma,
14 sisazi ukuthi lowo owavusa uJesu uzasivusa lathi ukuze siyekuba loJesu njalo uzasethula phambi kwakhe silani.+
15 Izinto zonke lezi zenzelwa lina ukuze umusa omkhulu uqhubeke usanda. Okwenza wande yikuthi abanengi bayambonga uNkulunkulu, abesekhazinyuliswa.+
16 Yikho-ke asikhalali. Lanxa umuntu esinguye ngaphandle esiba buthakathaka, umuntu esinguye ngaphakathi wenziwa abe mutsha nsuku zonke.
17 Ukuhlupheka* ngokwesikhatshana futhi akutsho lutho kodwa kusenza sithole inkazimulo enkulu okumangalisayo* njalo ehlala kuze kube nini lanini.+
18 Ngakho amehlo ethu siwathi nhlo ezintweni esingaziboniyo+ hatshi kwesizibonayo ngoba izinto esizibonayo ngezesikhatshana kodwa esingaziboniyo zihlala kuze kube nini lanini.
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “zivalwe ngeveyili.”
^ Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
^ Kumbe, “ezitsheni.”
^ Ezinye inguqulo zithi, “kodwa kasilahli ithemba.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “Siyaqinisela emizimbeni yethu.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ukuze impilo kaJesu ibonakaliswe emizimbeni yethu.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “impilo kaJesu ibonakaliswe emizimbeni yethu efayo.”
^ Kumbe, “Ukulingwa.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “elesisindo esikhulu.”
