YebeRoma 13:1-14
13 Woke umuntu akazithobe* eemphathimandleni eziphakemeko+ ngombana asikho isiphathimandla esikhona ngaphandle kwemvumo kaZimu;+ iimphathimandla ezikhona zijame eendaweni zazo ezilinganiselweko ezizabelwe nguZimu.+
2 Yeke, nanyana ngubani ophikisa isiphathimandla uphikisana nelungiselelo lakaZimu; labo abaphikisana naso bazozilethela isahlulelo.
3 Ngombana ababusi bayasatjwa. Abasatjwa ngilabo abenza okuhle kodwana ngilabo abenza okumbi.+ Uyafuna na ukungasisabi isiphathimandla? Raga nokwenza okuhle,+ sizokudumisa
4 ngombana sisisebenzi sakaZimu bona kuzuze wena. Kodwana nangabe wenza okumbi, saba ngombana asikayiphatheli ilize isabula. Sisisebenzi sakaZimu, umbuyiseli wokuveza ilaka* kiloyo ophila ngokwenza okumbi.
5 Nje-ke kunebanga elikatelelako ngani bona nizithobe, ingasi ngebanga lelakelo kwaphela kodwana nangebanga lakanembezenu.+
6 Ngikho nibhadela nemithelo ngombana ziziinsebenzi zomphakathi zakaZimu ezisebenzela wona umnqopho lo.
7 Nikelani boke okubafaneleko: Ofuna umthelo, umthelo;+ ofuna ukubhadelwa, mbhadeleni; ofuna ukusatjwa, ukusatjwa okunjalo;+ ofuna ukuhlonitjhwa, ukuhlonitjhwa okunjalo.+
8 Ningakolodi muntu nanyana yini ngaphandle kokuthandana+ ngombana nanyana ngubani othanda omunye umuntu uwuzalisile umthetho.+
9 Ngombana umthetho uthi, “Ungafebi,*+ ungabulali,+ ungebi,+ ungabi marhamaru”+ bese kuthi nanyana ngimuphi omunye umyalo okhona, uhlanganiswe esitjhwenesi: “Kufuze uthande umakhelwanakho njengombana uzithanda wena.”+
10 Ithando alikwenzi okumbi kumakhelwana womuntu;+ nje-ke, ithando likuzaliswa komthetho.+
11 Godu yenzani lokho ngombana niyasazi isikhathesi ukuthi sekusikhathi sokuthi nivuke ebuthongweni+ ngombana nje ukusindiswa kwethu kuseduze khulu kunangesikhathi siba makholwa.
12 Ubusuku sebukhambe khulu; imini seyitjhidele. Nje-ke asihlubuleni imisebenzi yobumnyama,+ simbathe iinkhali zokukhanya.+
13 Asikhambeni ngokuhlelekileko+ njengemini, ingasi ngemigidi engalawulekiko nokudakwa, ingasi ngokuhlanganyela amabhayi okusisono nokwenza amanyala ungabi neenhloni,*+ ingasi ngombango nomona.+
14 Kodwana yembathani iKosi uJesu Krestu+ begodu ningahleli ngaphambi kwesikhathi ukwanelisa iinkanuko zenyama.+
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Namkha “Yoke imiphefumulo ayizithobe.”
^ Namkha “wokujezisa.”
^ NgesiGirigi kusetjenziswe ibizo eliqalisela emuntwini otjhadileko oya emabhayini nomuntu angakatjhadi naye.
^ Ubunengi bebizo lesiGirigi elithi a·sel′gei·a. Qala Ihlathululo.
