Yesibili KubaseKhorinte 5:1-21
5 Siyati kutsi nayidzilitwa* lendlu yetfu yasemhlabeni, lokungulelithende,+ Nkulunkulu utasinika indlu letawuhlala phakadze ezulwini futsi lengakentiwa ngetandla.+
2 Ngobe kulendlu* siyalila, futsi silangatelela kugcoka indlu* yetfu levela ezulwini,*+
3 kuze nasesiyigcokile singatfolakali singcunu.
4 Ecinisweni, tsine lesikulelithende siyalila, futsi siyasindvwa; ngobe asifuni kuyikhumula lendlu, kodvwa sifuna kugcoka lelenye+ kuze kuphila kutogwinya loko lokufako.+
5 NguNkulunkulu lowasenta sakulungela loku,+ futsi nguye lowasinika umoya njengesicinisekiso* saloko lokuseta.+
6 Ngako sihlale siciniseka futsi sati kutsi njengobe sisaphila kulomtimba,* asikho kanye neNkhosi,+
7 ngobe siphila* ngekukholwa, hhayi ngekubona.
8 Siyaciniseka, futsi sikubona kuncono kutsi singabi kulomtimba, kodvwa likhaya letfu libe seNkhosini.+
9 Ngisho nobe sikanye nayo ekhaya nobe singekho nayo, senta konkhe lokusemandleni etfu kutsi semukeleke kuyo.
10 Ngobe sonkhe kufanele sime* embikwesihlalo saKhristu sekwehlulela, kuze nguloyo naloyo anikwe umvuzo ngalakwente asekulomtimba, kungaba ngulokuhle nobe lokubi.+
11 Ngako, njengobe sati kutsi kuyini kwesaba iNkhosi, siyachubeka senta bantfu bakholwe, futsi Nkulunkulu usati kahle. Kodvwa ngetsemba kutsi nabonembeza benu basati kahle.
12 Akusiko kutsi sesiphindze siyatincoma kini, kodvwa sinikhutsata kutsi nitigabatise ngatsi, kuze nikhone kubaphendvula labo labatigabatisa ngalokubonakala ngephandle+ kunekutsi batigabatise ngalokusenhlitiyweni.
13 Ngobe nangabe besihlanya,+ loko bekukwaNkulunkulu; nangabe siphilile engcondvweni, loko kwenu.
14 Lutsandvo Khristu lanalo luyasichuba, ngobe naku lesesiphetse ngako: Umuntfu munye wafela bonkhe bantfu,+ ngobe bonkhe bebafile.
15 Wafela bonkhe bantfu kuze labo labaphilako bangasatiphileli bona,+ kodvwa baphilele loyo lowabafela waphindze wavuswa.
16 Kusukela nyalo, kute umuntfu lesimbuka ngembono webantfu.+ Ngisho nobe Khristu besike sambuka ngembono webantfu, nyalo asisambuki ngaleyo ndlela.+
17 Nangabe umuntfu amunye naKhristu, usidalwa lesisha;+ tintfo letindzala setendlulile, futsi sekuvele tintfo letinsha.
18 Kodvwa tonkhe tintfo tivela kuNkulunkulu, lowasenta sabuyisana naye ngaKhristu,+ nalowasinika lomsebenti wekubuyisana,+
19 lokusho kutsi Nkulunkulu wenta live labuyisana naye ngaKhristu,+ wangalibaleli tono talo,+ futsi wasiphatsisa umlayeto wekubuyisana.+
20 Ngako singemancusa+ lamelele Khristu,+ kube shengatsi Nkulunkulu uncenga ngatsi. Njengobe simelele Khristu sincenga bantfu sitsi: “Buyisanani naNkulunkulu.”
21 Loyo longazange asati sono+ wamenta waba ngumhlatjelo wesono* ngenca yetfu, kuze ngaye sitewuba ngulabalungile kuNkulunkulu.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ Nobe “nayibhidlitwa.”
^ Nobe “indzawo yekuhlala.”
^ Nobe “kugcoka indzawo yekuhlala.”
^ Nobe “indzawo yekuhlala lesezulwini.”
^ Nobe “sibambiso (imali lesibambiso).”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “sisenelikhaya letfu kulomtimba.”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “sihamba.”
^ Nobe “sibonakale.”
^ Nobe “wamenta waba sono.”
