Incwadzi YaJakobe 1:1-27
1 Mine Jakobe,+ sigcili saNkulunkulu neseNkhosi Jesu Khristu, ngibhalela tive letingu-12 letisakatekile:
Ngiyanibingelela!
2 Bazalwane bami, nibojabula nanehlelwa tilingo letehlukahlukene,+
3 nati kutsi nangabe kukholwa kwenu kuvivinywe ngalendlela nitawubese nifundza kucinisela.+
4 Kodvwa vumelani kucinisela kucedzele umsebenti wako, kuze niphelele, niphile kuto tonkhe tintfo, futsi ningesweli lutfo.+
5 Nangabe lomunye wenu eswele kuhlakanipha, akachubeke akucela kuNkulunkulu+ futsi utawuphiwa kona,+ ngobe bonkhe ubapha ngesandla lesivulekile futsi ngeke abatfukutselele.*+
6 Akachubeke acela ngekukholwa,+ angangabati sanhlobo,+ ngobe loyo longabatako ufana neligagasi laselwandle lelipheshulwa ngumoya liyiswa lena nalena.
7 Ecinisweni loyo muntfu akukafaneli alindzele kutfola lokutsite kuJehova;*
8 ngobe akatati kutsi ufunani,+ futsi uyagucugucuka kuto tonkhe tindlela takhe.
9 Umzalwane lophansi akajabule* ngekuphakanyiswa kwakhe,+
10 nalonjingile akajabule ngekuhlazwa kwakhe+ ngobe utawunyamalala njengembali yesiganga.
11 Njengobe nje lilanga liphuma nekushisa kwalo lokukhulu futsi libunise lokumilako, timbali tako tihhohloke, nebuhle bako buphele, kanjalo-ke nemuntfu lonjingile utawunyamalala asenta tintfo takhe.+
12 Uyajabula umuntfu lochubeka abeketelela kuvivinywa,+ ngobe utawutsi nakemukelwa atfole umchele wekuphila,+ loyo Jehova* lawetsembise labo labachubeka bamtsandza.+
13 Nangabe umuntfu alingwa, angabosho kutsi: “Ngilingwa nguNkulunkulu.” Ngobe Nkulunkulu ngeke alingwe ngalokubi kantsi naye akalingi muntfu.
14 Kodvwa nguloyo naloyo ulingwa ngekuhungwa sifiso sakhe+ nangekuyengwa* ngiso.
15 Ngako sifiso nasesakhekile siveta sono;* bese kutsi sono nasesentiwe, siletse kufa.+
16 Bazalwane bami labatsandzekako, ningacali nidukiswe.
17 Tonkhe tipho letinhle naletiphelele tivela etulu,+ tichamuka kuBabe wetibane tasesibhakabhakeni,+ longagucuki nobe ashintje njengesitfunti.*+
18 Wasinika kuphila ngesikhatsi sikholwa livi lakhe leliliciniso+ ngobe loko bekuyintsandvo yakhe, kuze sitowuba titselo tekucala tetidalwa takhe.+
19 Naku lokufanele nikwati bazalwane bami labatsandzekako: Wonkhe umuntfu kufanele asheshe kulalela, ephute kukhuluma,+ ephute nekutfukutsela,+
20 ngobe intfukutselo yemuntfu ayikuletsi kulunga kwaNkulunkulu.+
21 Ngako lahlani konkhe kungcola nako konkhe lokubi,*+ nilemukele ngemoya lophansi livi lelihlanyelwa kini, futsi lelinganisindzisa.
22 Kodvwa banini benti belivi,+ ningabi ngulabalivako kuphela, nitiyenga ngekucabanga lokungemanga.
23 Ngobe nangabe umuntfu eva livi kodvwa angabi ngumenti walo,+ ufana nemuntfu lobuka buso bakhe esibukweni.
24 Uyatibuka, bese uyesuka ahambe, ngekushesha akhohlwe kutsi unjani.
25 Kodvwa loyo lophenyisisa umtsetfo lophelele+ wenkhululeko aphindze akwente loko lokushoko, akabi ngulovako bese uyakhohlwa, kepha uba ngumenti welivi, futsi utawujabula ngekwenta njalo.+
26 Nangabe umuntfu acabanga kutsi ukhonta Nkulunkulu* kodvwa abe angalulawuli* lulwimi lwakhe,+ usuke atiyenga enhlitiyweni, kantsi nekukhonta kwakhe Nkulunkulu kulite.
27 Kukhonta* lokuhlantekile nalokungakangcoli embikwaNkulunkulu longuBabe wetfu nguloku: Kunakekela tintsandzane+ nebafelokati+ elusizini lwabo,+ nekutsi umuntfu atigcine ete libala eveni.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ Nobe “abasole.”
^ Fundza Sandzisanchazo A5.
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “akatigcabhe.”
^ Fundza Sandzisanchazo A5.
^ Nobe “nangekukhangwa kube ngatsi kudla lokufakwe ehhukeni lekudweba.”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “sitala sono.”
^ Nobe “akashintjashintji njengesitfunti lesigucugucukako.”
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “nebubi lobandzile.”
^ Nobe “kutsi uyakholwa.”
^ Nobe “angalufaki ematomu.”
^ Nobe “Inkholo.”
