KubaseRoma 13:1-14
13 Bonkhe bantfu* abatfobele tiphatsimandla,+ ngobe kute ligunya lelingaveli kuNkulunkulu;+ futsi tiphatsimandla letikhona nyalo tisetikhundleni tato letehlukahlukene ngobe tivunyelwe nguNkulunkulu.+
2 Ngako loyo lomelene netiphatsimandla usuke amelene nalokubekwe nguNkulunkulu, futsi labo labamelene nato batawujeziswa.
3 Ngobe labo lababusako kufanele besatjwe, kepha bangesatjwa ngulabenta lokulungile, kodvwa besatjwe ngulabenta lokubi.+ Nangabe ufuna kungatesabi tiphatsimandla, chubeka wenta lokuhle,+ futsi titakudvumisa ngaloko;
4 ngobe tisebentela Nkulunkulu kuze kuzuze wena. Kodvwa nangabe wenta lokubi, kufanele wesabe ngobe atiyiphatseli lite inkemba. Titisebenti taNkulunkulu, futsi tibaphindziseli kuze tivete lulaka* lwakhe kulabo labenta tintfo letimbi.
5 Ngako-ke kunesizatfu lesibalulekile sekutsi nititfobe kuto, hhayi ngenca yalolo lulaka kuphela, kodvwa nangenca yabonembeza benu.+
6 Kungako nibhadala imitselo; ngobe tiphatsimandla titisebenti taNkulunkulu letisita sive, naletichubeka tenta lomsebenti.
7 Bonkhe banikeni loko lokubafanele. Lofuna umtselo, mnikeni umtselo;+ lofuna kubhadalwa, mbhadaleni; lofuna kwesatjwa, mesabeni;+ nalofuna kudvunyiswa, mdvumiseni.+
8 Akubete lutfo lenilukweleta umuntfu, ngaphandle kwekutsi nikweletane lutsandvo,+ ngobe loyo lotsandza lomunye umuntfu usuke alalela umtsetfo.+
9 UMtsetfo utsi: “Ungaphingi,+ ungabulali,+ ungebi,+ ungahawukeli.”+ Lemitsetfo kanye nayo yonkhe leminye ihlanganiswe nganankha emavi latsi: “Kufanele utsandze makhelwane wakho njengobe utitsandza wena.”+
10 Lutsandvo alukwenti lokubi kumakhelwane;+ ngako lutsandvo lukugcwaliseka kwemtsetfo.+
11 Loku kwenteni ngobe niyasati sikhatsi, kutsi sengilo li-awa lekutsi nivuke ebutfongweni,+ ngobe nyalo kusindziswa kwetfu sekusedvute kunangesikhatsi siba ngemakholwa.
12 Busuku sebuyaphela; imini seyisondzele. Ngako asilahleni imisebenti yebumnyama,+ sihlome ngetikhali tekukhanya.+
13 Asihambe ngendlela lefanele+ njengasemini, sibalekele imicimbi lengalawulwa,* kudzakwa, kugwadla, kona lokuhambisana nekwedzelela,*+ kucabana kanye nemona.+
14 Kodvwa lingisani* iNkhosi Jesu Khristu,+ futsi ningakuhleli kusengaphambili kwenelisa tifiso tenyama.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “Yonkhe imiphefumulo.”
^ Nobe “sijeziso.”
^ Nobe “imicimbi lenemsindvo.”
^ Nobe “kwenta tintfo letenyanyekako ungenamahloni.” NgesiGriki kutsi a·selʹgei·a. Fundza Tinchazelo Temagama.
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “gcokani.”
