Incwadi KaJakhobe 1:1-27
1 Mina Jakhobe+ inceku kaNkulunkulu leyeNkosi uJesu Khristu, kuzizwana ezilitshumi lambili ezisabaleleyo:
Ngiyalibingelela!
2 Bafowethu, thokozani kakhulu nxa lisehlelwa yizilingo ezitshiyeneyo,+
3 njengoba lisazi ukuthi ukholo lwenu oluhlolwe ngendlela le* lwenza liqinisele.+
4 Kodwa vumelani ukuqinisela kuqede umsebenzi wakho ukuze liphelele, lingabi lasici kukho konke njalo lingasileli ngalutho.+
5 Ngakho nxa ekhona phakathi kwenu ongelakho ukuhlakanipha kaqhubeke ekucela kuNkulunkulu+ ngoba yena ubapha ngesihle bonke futhi engelansolo.*+ Uzakuphiwa sibili+
6 kodwa kaqhubeke ecela elokholo,+ engathandabuzi ngitsho lakancane+ ngoba othandabuzayo unjengegagasi lolwandle eliphetshulwa ngumoya lisiya le lale.
7 Phela umuntu onjalo akumelanga akhangelele ukwamukela loba yini evela kuJehova,*
8 ungqondombili+ njalo uyatshintshatshintsha kuzo zonke izindlela zakhe.
9 Kodwa umzalwane ophansi kathokoze* ngokuphakanyiswa kwakhe,+
10 lonothileyo kathokoze ngokwehliswa kwakhe+ ngoba uzakufa njengeluba leganga.
11 Njengoba nje ilanga liphuma litshise bhe libunise isilimo, iluba laso likhithike lobuhle baso buphele, umuntu onothileyo laye uzatshabalala elokhu egijimisana lenotho.+
12 Uyathokoza umuntu oqhubeka eqinisela nxa elingwa+ ngoba uzathi esamukelwa athole umqhele wokuphila,+ lowo uJehova* awuthembisa labo abaqhubeka bemthanda.+
13 Nxa umuntu elingwa kangatsho ukuthi, “Ngilingwa nguNkulunkulu” ngoba uNkulunkulu ngeke alingwe ngezinto ezimbi njalo yena kalingi muntu.
14 Kodwa lowo lalowo ulingwa ngokudonswa langokuhugwa* yisifiso sakhe.+
15 Nxa isifiso leso sesikhulile* sizala isono, nxa isono sesenziwe, siletha ukufa.+
16 Lingadukiswa bafowethu abathandekayo.
17 Zonke izipho ezinhle lazo zonke izipho ezipheleleyo zivela phezulu,+ zehla zivela kuYise wezibane zasezulwini+ ongatshintshiyo futhi ongaphenduphendukiyo njengemithunzi etshedayo.+
18 Kwakuyintando yakhe ukuthi asilethe ekuphileni ngelizwi leqiniso+ ukuze sibe luhlobo lwezithelo zokuqala lwezidalwa zakhe.+
19 Kumele likwazi lokhu bafowethu abathandekayo: Wonke umuntu kumele aphangise ukulalela, aphuze ukukhuluma,+ aphuze lokuzonda+
20 ngoba ukuzonda komuntu akukulethi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu.+
21 Ngakho-ke susani konke ukungcola lakho konke okuyizinto okuncane okubi,*+ likwamukele ngobumnene ukugxiliswa kwelizwi elenelisa ukulisindisa.*
22 Kumele libe ngabantu abenza lokho ilizwi elikutshoyo+ lingabi ngabalizwayo nje kuphela, liziyenga ngemicabango engamanga.
23 Loba ngubani olizwayo ilizwi kodwa angenzi lokho elikutshoyo+ unjengomuntu okhangela ubuso bakhe* esibukweni,
24 athi esezikhangelile asuke ahambe, ahle akhohlwe ukuthi ungumuntu onjani.
25 Kodwa lowo okhangelisisa umthetho opheleleyo+ wenkululeko futhi aqhubeke ekuwo uba ngulowo owenzayo umsebenzi, hatshi ozwayo abesekhohlwa njalo uzathokoza ngakwenzayo.+
26 Loba ngubani ocabanga ukuthi uyamkhonza uNkulunkulu kodwa engalubambi* ulimi lwakhe+ uyaziyenga enhliziyweni yakhe njalo ukukhonza kwakhe akuncedi ngalutho.
27 Indlela yokukhonza* ehlanzekileyo lengangcolanga ngokubona kukaNkulunkulu uBaba wethu yile: ukunakekela izintandane+ labafelokazi+ ekuhluphekeni kwabo+ kanye lokuzigcina singelasici emhlabeni.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “olwenelise ukudlula ebunzimeni.”
^ Kumbe, “engadingi sici.”
^ Khangela iSengezo ku-A5.
^ NgesiGrikhi, “kazigqaje.”
^ Khangela iSengezo ku-A5.
^ Kumbe, “langokubanjwa angathi ubanjwe ngumjibila.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “sesiyemule.”
^ Ezinye inguqulo zithi, “labo bonke ububi obandileyo.”
^ Kumbe, “ukusindisa imiphefumulo yenu.”
^ Kumbe, “ubuso bakhe bemvelo.”
^ Kumbe, “engalufaki amatomu.”
^ Kumbe, “Inkolo.”
