INCWA­DI KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KWA­BA­SE­RO­MA

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPa­wu­li, ince­ku ka­Je­su Kri­stu, ebi­ze­lwe uku­ba ngu­mpho­sto­lia, ehlu­ka­ni­se­lwe iva­nge­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub

2 (a­li­the­mbi­sa nga­pha­mbi­lic nga­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­khe emi­bha­lwe­ni engcwe­led),

3 ma­ye­la­na le­Ndo­da­na ya­khe, eya­ve­lae enza­lwe­ni ka­Da­vi­da ngo­kwe­nya­maf,

4 eya­bo­na­ka­li­swa1 uku­ba yi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­ma­ndlag, ngo­ku­ka­Mo­ya wo­bu­ngcwe­leh, ngo­ku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo, uJe­su Kri­stu iNko­si ye­thu;

5 ese­mu­ke­la nga­ye umu­sai lo­bu­pho­sto­lij uku­thi ku­be yi­ku­la­le­la ko­kho­lok pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe zo­nkel, nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­khem,

6 eli­ku­zo la­ni, ba­bi­zi­we­yo ba­ka­Je­su Kri­stun:

7 Ki­bo bo­nke aba­se­Ro­ma, aba­tha­ndi­we­yo ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, aba­bi­ze­lwe uku­ba nga­ba­ngcwe­leo: Ka­ku­be ki­ni umu­sa lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu le­Nko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stup.

Isi­fi­so si­ka­Pa­wu­li so­ku­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li eRo­ma

8 Ku­qa­la-ke ngi­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi ngo­Je­su Kri­stu nga­ni lo­nkeq, uku­thi ukho­lo lwe­nu lu­me­nye­ze­lwa emhla­be­ni wo­nker.

9 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ungu­mfa­ka­zi wa­mis, engi­mkho­nza emo­ye­ni wa­mi nge­va­nge­li le­Ndo­da­na ya­khet, uku­thi ka­ngi­ye­ke­li uku­li­khu­mbu­la,

10 nge­si­kha­thi so­nke emi­khu­le­kwe­ni ya­miu ngi­ce­lav, uku­thi nxa ku­se­nze­ka nge­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw, ngi­phu­me­le­le uku­za ki­nix eku­ci­ne­ni.

11 Ngo­ba ngi­la­nga­tha uku­li­bo­na, uku­ze ngi­li­phey isi­pho esi­thi­le so­mo­ya, uku­ze li­qi­ni­swez,

12 oku­yi­ku­thi, si­du­du­ze­ke nda­wo­nye pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ngo­kho­lo olu­ko­mu­nye lo­mu­nye, olwe­nu ka­nye lo­lwa­mia.

13 Ka­nti angi­tha­ndi uku­thi ku­nga­zi­wa ki­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi nga­zi­mi­se­la ka­ne­ngi uku­za ki­nib (nga­se­ngi­ba­mbe­ka ku­ze ku­be kha­the­sic), uku­ze ngi­zu­zed esi­nye isi­the­loe la­pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, la­nje­nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nye izi­zwe.

14 Ngi­lo­mla­ndu ku­ma­Gri­kif ka­nye la­kwa­be­zi­zweg, kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ka­nye la­kwa­ba­nga­hla­ka­ni­pha­nga;

15 ngo­ku­nja­lo nje­ngo­ku­ki­mi ngi­lu­nge­le uku­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li la­ki­ni aba­se­Ro­ma.

16 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­la­nhlo­ni nge­va­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stuh; ngo­ba li­nga­ma­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­be lu­si­ndi­so ku­ye wo­nke okho­lwa­yoi, ku­mJu­daj ku­qa­lak la­ku­mGri­kil.

17 Ngo­ba uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum kwe­mbu­lwa ki­lo ku­su­ke­la ku­kho­lo ku­si­ya ku­kho­lo; nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thin: Ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo uza­phi­la ngo­kho­loo.

Intu­ku­the­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­zo­no za­be­zi­zwe

18 Ngo­ba ula­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lu­ya­bo­na­ka­li­swa lu­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke uku­nga­kho­nzi uNku­lu­nku­lu lo­ku­nga­lu­ngi kwa­ba­ntu aba­vi­mbe­la iqi­ni­so ngo­ku­nga­lu­ngip;

19 ngo­baq lo­kho okwa­zi­wa­yo ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­so­ba­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uku­bo­na­ka­li­si­le ki­bor.

20 Ngo­ba oku­nga­bo­nwa­yo kwa­khe, se­lo­khu kwa­da­tshu­lwa umhla­bas, ku­zwi­si­se­ka nge­zi­nto eze­nzi­we­yo, ku­bo­na­ka­li­swa oba­la, ama­ndla akhe apha­ka­de ka­nye lo­bu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ba­khet, ku­ze ku­thi ka­ba­la­ku­zi­vi­ke­lau;

21 ngo­ba ku­the be­ma­zi uNku­lu­nku­lu, ka­bamdu­mi­sa­nga nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­bambo­nga, ko­dwa ba­bav yi­ze ku­mi­ca­ba­ngo ya­bow, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo enga­qo­ndi­yox ye­nzi­wa ya­ba mnya­may.

22 Be­zi­tsha­ya aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­ba yi­zi­thu­thaz,

23 le­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu onga­bhu­bhi­yo ba­yi­phe­ndu­le­laa eku­fa­na­ne­ni lo­mfa­ne­ki­so wo­mu­ntu obhu­bha­yob, lo­we­zi­nyo­ni, lo­wezi­da­lwa ezi­le­nya­wo ezi­ne, lo­wo­ku­hu­qu­ze­la­yoc.

24 Nga­lo­kho-ke uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­ni­ke­la ema­nya­le­ni, enka­nu­kwe­ni ze­nhli­zi­yo za­bod, uku­thi ba­du­ma­ze imi­zi­mba ya­bo pha­ka­thi kwa­boe;

25 aba­phe­ndu­le­la iqi­ni­so li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf ema­nge­nig, ba­se­be­du­mi­sa be­kho­nza oku­da­li­we­yo ku­lo­Mda­li, ongo­bo­nge­ka­yo ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de. Ame­nih.

26 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­ni­ke­lai enka­nu­kwe­ni ezi­li­hla­zoj; ngo­ba la­be­si­fa­za­na ba­bo ba­phe­ndu­la ukwe­nza kwe­mve­lo kwa­ba ngo­ku­pha­mbe­ne le­mve­lok;

27 la­ngo­ku­nja­lo la­be­si­li­sa ba­ye­ke­la ukwe­nza kwe­mve­lo ko­we­si­fa­za­na, ba­tsha ngo­ku­kha­nu­ka­na kwa­bo, abe­si­li­sa la­be­si­li­sa be­nza oku­li­hla­zo, be­mu­ke­li­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­bo umvu­zo ofa­ne­le uku­du­ha kwa­bo.

28 Nja­lo nje­nga­lo­khu be­nga­vu­ma­nga uku­ba lo­lwa­zi ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lul, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­ni­ke­la uku­thi ba­be le­ngqo­ndo ebo­li­le­yom, eyo­kwe­nza izi­nto ezi­nga­fa­ne­la­ngan;

29 be­gcwa­li­swe ko­nke uku­nga­lu­ngi, uku­phi­nga, ubu­biop, umha­wuq, inzo­ndorst; be­gcwe­le umo­nau, uku­bu­la­la, inka­ni, inko­hli­so, ulu­nyav; aba­hle­ba­yow,

30 aba­nye­ya­yox, aba­zo­nda uNku­lu­nku­luy, aba­nge­la­ma­kha­ndaz, aba­zi­gqa­ja­yoab, aba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yoc, aba­qa­mbi be­zi­nto ezi­mbid, aba­nga­la­le­li aba­za­lie,

31 aba­nge­la­ngqo­ndo, abe­phu­la izi­the­mbi­sof, aba­lo­lu­nyag, aba­nge­la­ku­xo­li­swa, aba­nge­la­si­ha­wuh;

32 aba­thi be­sa­zi umla­yo wo­ku­lu­nga ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui, uku­thi abe­nza izi­nto ezi­nja­lo ba­fa­ne­le uku­faj, ku­nge­si­ku­thi ba­ya­ze­nza ku­phe­la, ko­dwa fu­thi be­vu­me­la­na la­baze­nza­yok.

Bo­nke ama­Ju­da la­be­zi­zwe ba­za­kwa­hlu­le­lwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu

2Nga­kho ka­wu­la­ku­zi­la­ndu­le­laa, we­na mu­ntub, lo­ba ungu­ba­ni owa­hlu­le­la­yo; ngo­ba nga­lo­kho owa­hlu­le­la nga­kho omu­nye, uya­zi­la­hla we­na, ngo­ba we­na owa­hlu­le­la­yo we­nza izi­nto ezi­fa­na­na­yoc.

2 Nja­lo si­ya­zi uku­thi ukwa­hlu­le­la ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­ngo­kwe­qi­ni­so phe­zu kwa­la­bo abe­nza izi­nto ezi­nja­lod.

3 Nja­lo uca­ba­nga lo­kho yi­ni, O mu­ntu owa­hlu­le­la abe­nza izi­nto ezi­nja­lo, la­we uze­nza le­zo­zi­nto, uku­thi we­na uza­phe­pha ukwa­hlu­le­la ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue?

4 Ku­mbe uya­ye­yi­sa yi­ni ino­tho yo­mu­sa wa­khef le­yo­ku­be­ke­ze­lag le­si­ne­keh, unga­zi uku­thi umu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­kho­khe­le­la eku­phe­ndu­ke­nii?

5 Ko­dwa ngo­bu­lu­khu­ni ba­kho le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho enga­phe­ndu­ki­yo uzi­be­ke­la ula­kaj ngo­su­ku lo­la­ka lo­lwe­se­mbu­lo so­kwa­hlu­le­lwa oku­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luk,

6 oza­vu­za lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khel;

7 impi­lo ela­pha­ka­dem ku­bo aba­le­si­ne­ke ngo­kwe­nza imi­se­be­nzi elu­ngi­le­yo be­di­nga inka­zi­mu­lo lo­du­mon lo­ku­nga­bhu­bhi;

8 ko­dwa intu­ku­the­lo lo­la­kao ku­la­bo aba­le­nka­nip, nja­lo be­nga­la­le­li iqi­ni­so ko­dwa be­la­le­la uku­nga­lu­ngiq,

9 usi­zir lo­ku­ba­nde­ze­le­kas, phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­mu­ntu owe­nza ubu­bit, owo­mJu­da ku­qa­lauv lo­wo­mGri­kiw;

10 ko­dwa inka­zi­mu­lox lo­du­moy lo­ku­thu­la ku­ye wo­nke owe­nza oku­hle, ku­mJu­da ku­qa­la la­ku­mGri­ki;

11 ngo­ba ka­ku­kho uku­ba­ndlu­lu­la umu­ntu ku­Nku­lu­nku­luz.

12 Ngo­ba bo­nke abo­ni­le­yo be­nge­la­mla­yo, ba­za­bhu­bha la­bo be­nge­la­mla­yoa; nja­lo bo­nke abo­ni­le­yo emla­ywe­nib, ba­za­gwe­tshwa ngo­mla­yoc;

13 ngo­ba ka­ku­si­bo abe­zwa­yo umla­yo aba­lu­ngi­le­yo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud, ko­dwa abe­nza­yo umla­yo ba­za­lu­ngi­si­swae.

14 Ngo­ba nxa abe­zi­zwe aba­nge­la­wo umla­yo be­se­nza ngo­kwe­mve­lo oku­ngo­ko­mla­yo, bo­na, be­nge­la­wo umla­yo, ba­ngu­mla­yo wa­bo ngo­kwa­bo;

15 aba­bo­na­ka­li­sa uku­thi umse­be­nzi wo­mla­yo ulo­tshi­we enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bo; isa­ze­la sa­bo si­ya­fa­ka­za la­so, le­mi­ca­ba­ngo ya­bo iba­so­le omu­nye ko­mu­nye ku­mbe nja­lo iba­vi­ke­lef omu­nye ko­mu­nye,

16 ngo­su­ku uNku­lu­nku­lu aza­kwa­hlu­le­la nga­lo imfi­hlo za­ba­ntug, ngo­Je­su Kri­stuh, ngo­kwe­va­nge­li la­mii.

Ukwe­hlu­le­ka ko­mla­yo lo­ko­ku­so­ka

17 Kha­nge­la we­na ubi­zwa ngo­ku­thi ungu­mJu­daj, we­ye­me emla­ywe­nik, uzi­nco­ma ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lul,

18 usa­zi inta­ndo ya­khem, use­mu­ke­la izi­nto ezi­ngco­non1, ufu­ndi­swe emla­ywe­nio,

19 nja­lo uzi­the­mbi­le we­na uku­thi ungu­mho­li we­zi­pho­fu, uku­kha­nya kwa­ba­se­mnya­me­nip,

20 ume­lu­le­ki we­zi­thu­tha, umfu­ndi­si we­nsa­ne, ule­si­moq so­lwa­zi lo­lwe­qi­ni­so emla­ywe­nir.

21 Nga­kho we­na ofu­ndi­sa omu­nye, ka­wu­zi­fu­ndi­si yi­ni? We­na otshu­ma­ye­la uku­thi unge­bi, uye­ba yi­nis?

22 We­na othi unga­fe­bi, uya­fe­ba yi­nit? We­na one­ngwa yi­zi­tho­mbe, upha­nga ama­the­mpe­li yi­niu?

23 We­na ozi­nco­ma ngo­mla­yo, udu­ma­za uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­kwe­qa umla­yo yi­niv?

24 Ngo­ba ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­ya­hla­nja­zwaw pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwe nge­nxa ye­nux, nje­ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we.

25 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li uku­so­ka ku­ya­si­za, uba use­nza umla­yo; ko­dwa uba ungu­me­qi wo­mla­yo, uku­so­ka kwa­kho se­ku­yi­ku­nga­so­kiy.

26 Nga­kho uba uku­nga­so­kiz ku­gci­na izi­mi­so zo­mla­yo, uku­nga­so­ki kwa­khe ka­ku­yi­ku­ba­lwa yi­ni uku­thi ku­yi­ku­so­kaa?

27 Lo­ku­nga­so­ki nge­mve­lo, egcwa­li­sa umla­yo, ku­nge­ku­gwe­be yi­nib we­na ongu­me­qi wo­mla­yo ngo­mbha­lo la­ngo­ku­so­kac?

28 Ngo­ba ka­yi­su­ye umJu­da ongu­ye ngo­ku­so­ba­la, nja­lo ka­ku­si­kho uku­so­ka oku­so­ba­la enya­me­nid;

29 ko­dwa ye­na ungu­mJu­da ongu­ye nga­se­see, lo­ku­so­ka ku­ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yof, emo­ye­nig, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­mbha­loh; ondu­mi­so ya­khei ka­yi­ve­li eba­ntwi­ni ko­dwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

Ama­Ju­da ale­lu­nge­lo ku­la­ba­nye ngo­ba ani­ki­we umla­yo

3Pho-ke yi­bu­phi ubu­ngco­no bo­mJu­da, ku­mbe lu­yi­ni usi­zo lo­ku­so­ka?

2 Ku­khu­lu nge­ndle­la yo­nke; ngo­ba ku­qa­la-ke uku­thia ba­pha­thi­swe ama­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub.

3 Ngo­ba ku­yi­ni uba aba­nye be­nga­kho­lwa­ngac? Uku­nga­kho­lwa kwa­bo ku­za­kwe­nza ize ukho­lo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­nid?

4 Phi­ndee! Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­be le­qi­ni­sof, ko­dwa wo­nke umu­ntu umqa­mbi­ma­ngag, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Uku­ze uthi­we ulu­ngi­le ema­zwi­ni akho, unqo­be ekwa­hlu­le­lwe­ni kwa­khoh.

5 Ko­dwa uba uku­nga­lu­ngi kwe­thu ku­bo­na­ka­li­sa uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, si­za­ku­thi­ni? Ka­mbe uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­lu­nga­nga yi­ni owe­hli­se­la ula­kai? (Ngi­khu­lu­ma nje­ngo­mu­ntuj.)

6 Phi­ndek! Uba ku­nge­nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­wa­hlu­le­la nja­ni umhla­bal?

7 Ngo­ba uba iqi­ni­so li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­ndi­si­le ka­khu­lum edu­me­ni lwa­khe nga­ma­nga ami, ngi­sa­gwe­tshe­lwa­ni la­mi nje­nge­so­nin?

8 Nja­lo ku­nge­nje­nga­lo­khu si­gco­nwa, la­nje­ngo­ba aba­nye ba­thi thi­na si­thi: Ka­se­nze izi­nto ezi­mbi uku­ze ku­ve­le oku­hle? Aba­ku­la­hlwa kwa­bo ku­ba ngo­ko­ku­lu­ngao.

Ama­Ju­da ale­so­no nje­nga­ba­nye

9 Pho-ke? Si­ngco­no yi­nip? Ha­tshi bo! Ngo­ba se­si­wa­ca­li­le ma­ndu­lo ama­Ju­daq ka­nye la­ma­Gri­kir uku­thi wo­nke anga­pha­nsi kwe­so­nos,

10 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Ka­kho olu­ngi­le­yo, ka­kho lo­ye­dwa;

11 ka­kho oqe­di­si­sa­yo, ka­kho odi­nga uNku­lu­nku­lut;

12 bo­nke ba­pha­mbu­ki­le, ka­ba­si­zi lu­tho bo­nka­na; ka­kho owe­nza oku­hle, ka­kho ngi­tsho lo­ye­dwau;

13 umphi­mbo wa­bo uli­ngcwa­ba eli­vu­le­ki­le­yo; ba­kho­hli­sa nge­nli­mi za­bov; ubu­hlu­ngu be­phi­mpi bu­nga­pha­nsi kwe­nde­be za­bow;

14 omlo­mo wa­bo ugcwe­le uku­qa­le­ki­sa lo­ku­ba­bax;

15 inya­wo za­bo zi­pha­ngi­se­la uku­chi­tha iga­zi;

16 inci­tha­ka­lo lo­si­zi ku­se­ndle­le­ni za­bo,

17 nja­lo indle­la yo­ku­thu­la ka­ba­ya­za­ngayz;

18 ukwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­ku­kho pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo aboa.

19 Nja­lo si­ya­zi uku­thi ko­nke oku­tsho­yo umla­yo, uku­khu­lu­ma ki­bo aba­nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yob, uku­ze yo­nke imi­lo­mo ivi­njwec, lo­ku­thi umhla­ba wo­nke ube le­ca­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lud;

20 ngo­bae emi­se­be­nzi­ni yo­mla­yo ka­ku­la­nya­ma eza­lu­ngi­si­swa pha­mbi kwa­khef; ngo­ba ngo­mla­yo ku­lo­kwa­zi iso­nog.

Umu­ntu ulu­ngi­si­swa ngo­Je­su Kri­stu

21 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke se­ku­bo­na­ka­li­si­we uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh nga­pha­ndle ko­mla­yoi, oku­fa­ka­ze­lwa ngu­mla­yojk la­ba­pro­fe­thilm;

22 ngi­tsho uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­kho­lo lu­ka­Je­su Kri­stu ki­bo bo­nke la­phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­kho­lwa­yon; ngo­ba ka­wu­kho ume­hlu­koo;

23 ngo­ba bo­nke bo­ni­le ba­si­le­le enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup,

24 ba­lu­ngi­si­swa nge­si­hleq ngo­mu­sa wa­kher ngo­hle­ngo olu­ku­Kri­stu Je­sus;

25 uNku­lu­nku­lut ammi­sa­yo uku­thi abe yi­nhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lau, ngo­kho­lo ega­zi­ni la­khev, uku­ze ku­be yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so so­ku­lu­nga kwa­khew, ngo­ku­ye­ke­lwa kwe­zo­no eze­nzi­wa nga­pha­mbi­lix, eku­be­ke­ze­le­ni ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy;

26 uku­ze ku­be yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so so­ku­lu­nga kwa­khe ku­le­si­si­kha­thi, uku­ze abe ngo­lu­ngi­le­yo lo­ku­thi uya­mlu­ngi­si­sa ongo­wo­kho­lo lu­ka­Je­suz.

27 Nga­kho ku­nga­phi uku­zi­nco­ma? Ku­va­le­lwe pha­ndle. Ngo­mthe­tho ba­nia? We­mi­se­be­nzi yi­nib? Ha­tshi bo, ko­dwa ngo­mthe­tho wo­kho­lo.

28 Nga­kho si­phe­tha ngo­ku­thic umu­ntu ulu­ngi­si­swe ngo­kho­lod, nga­pha­ndle kwe­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yoe.

29 Ka­mbe u­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­Ju­da ku­phe­la? Nja­lo ka­yi­su­ye lo­wa­be­zi­zwe yi­ni? Ye­bo lo­wa­be­zi­zwe;

30 lo­khu uNku­lu­nku­lu emu­nyef, oza­lu­ngi­si­sa uku­so­ka ekho­lwe­ni, lo­ku­nga­so­ki ngo­kho­log.

31 Nga­kho si­ya­we­nza umla­yo ube yi­ze ngo­kho­lo yi­ni? Phi­ndeh! Ko­dwa si­ya­wu­qi­ni­sa umla­yoi.

UA­bra­ha­ma wa­lu­ngi­si­swa ngo­kho­lo

4Pho-ke si­za­ku­thi uA­bra­ha­ma uba­ba we­thu wa­zu­za­ni ngo­kwe­nya­maa?

2 Ngo­ba uba uA­bra­ha­ma wa­lu­ngi­si­swa nge­mi­se­be­nzib, ulo­ku­zi­nco­mac, ko­dwa ku­nge­kho pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

3 Ngo­ba umbha­lo uthi­ni? Uthi: Ko­dwa uA­bra­ha­ma wa­kho­lwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, kwa­se­ku­ba­le­lwa ku­ye uku­thi yi­ku­lu­ngae.

4 Ko­dwa ku­lo­wo ose­be­nza­yo ka­ba­le­lwa iho­lof ngo­ko­mu­sa, ko­dwa ngo­ko­mla­ndug.

5 Ko­dwa ku­lo­wo onga­se­be­nzi­yo, ko­dwa ekho­lwa ku­ye olu­ngi­si­sa owe­yi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu, ukho­lo lwa­kheh lu­ba­le­lwa uku­thi yi­ku­lu­ngai.

6 Nje­ngo­ba la­ye uDa­vi­da ekhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­bu­si­swa ko­mu­ntu, uNku­lu­nku­lu amba­le­la uku­lu­ngaj nga­pha­ndle kwe­mi­se­be­nzik esi­thi:

7 Ba­bu­si­si­we aba­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­bo zi­the­the­le­lwe la­ba­zo­no za­bo zi­si­tshe­ke­lwe.

8 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu iNko­si enga­so­ze ya­mba­le­la iso­nol.

9 Nga­kho lo­khu­ku­bu­si­swa ku­phe­zu ko­ku­so­kam yi­nin, ku­mbe la­phe­zu ko­ku­nga­so­kio? Ngo­ba si­thi: Ukho­lo lwa­ba­le­lwa kuA­bra­ha­ma uku­thi lu­yi­ku­lu­nga.

10 Pho lwa­ba­le­lwa nja­ni? La­pho ese­ku­so­ke­ni yi­ni, ku­mbe eku­nga­so­ki­ni? Ku­nge­kho eku­so­ke­ni, ko­dwa eku­nga­so­ki­nip.

11 Wa­se­se­mu­ke­la isi­bo­na­ka­li­so so­ku­so­kaq, upha­wu lo­ku­lu­nga ko­kho­lo aye­la­kho eku­nga­so­ki­nir; uku­ze abe ngu­yi­se wa­bo bo­nke aba­kho­lwa­yo la­nxa be­nga­so­ka­nga, uku­ze uku­lu­nga ku­ba­le­lwe la­ki­bo;

12 lo­yi­se wo­ku­so­ka ku­la­bo aba­nge­yi­si­bo bo­ku­so­ka ku­phe­la, ko­dwa fu­thi aba­ha­mba ezi­nya­the­lwe­ni zo­kho­lo lu­ka­ba­ba we­thu uA­bra­ha­ma aye­la­lo enga­ka­so­kwas.

13 Ngo­ba ka­si­ngo­mla­yo isi­the­mbi­so kuA­bra­ha­ma ku­mbe ku­nza­lo ya­khe, uku­thi uza­ku­ba yi­ndla­li­fa yo­mhla­ba, ko­dwa ngo­ku­lu­nga ko­kho­lot.

14 Ngo­ba uba la­bo abo­mla­yo be­yi­zi­ndla­li­fau, ukho­lo lwe­nzi­we izev, le­si­the­mbi­so se­nzi­wa izew;

15 ngo­ba umla­yo uba­nga ula­kax; ngo­ba la­pho oku­nge­kho kho­na umla­yoy, ka­kukho lo­kwe­qaz.

16 Nga­kho ku­ngo­kho­lo, uku­ze ku­be ngo­ko­mu­saa; uku­ze isi­the­mbi­so si­qi­ni­se­keb ku­yo yo­nke inza­lo; ku­nge­yi­si­yo enge­yo­mla­yo ku­phe­la ko­dwa la­ku­yo enge­yo­kho­lo lu­kaA­bra­ha­mac, ongu­ba­ba we­thu so­nked,

17 (nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Ngi­ku­mi­si­le uku­thi ube ngu­yi­se we­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngie) pha­mbi kwa­khe akho­lwa ku­ye, uNku­lu­nku­lu, ophi­li­sa aba­fi­le­yof, lo­bi­za izi­nto ezi­nge­kho ngo­ku­nga­thi zi­kho­nag.

18 Owa­thi eme­la­ne le­the­mba wa­kho­lwa nge­the­mba, uku­ze abe ngu­yi­se we­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi, nje­nga­lo­kho okwa­tshi­wo­yo uku­thi: Iza­ku­ba nja­lo inza­lo ya­khoh.

19 Nja­lo ka­ba­nga bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ekho­lwe­ni, ka­na­ka­na­nga umzi­mba wa­khe uqo­bo owa­wu­su­fi­lei, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­nga­ba le­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­luj, lo­ku­fa kwe­si­za­lo si­ka­Sa­rak;

20 nja­lo ka­tha­nda­bu­za­nga nge­si­the­mbi­so si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­nga­kho­lwa, ko­dwa wa­qi­ni­swa ekho­lwe­ni, eni­ka uNku­lu­nku­lu udu­mol,

21 nja­lo eqi­ni­se­ki­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo uku­thi lo­kho aye­ku­the­mbi­si­lem, ula­ma­ndla ngi­tsho oku­kwe­nza.

22 Nga­lo­kho-ke kwa­ba­le­lwa ku­ye uku­thi yi­ku­lu­ngan.

23 Ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga-ke nge­nxa ya­khe ye­dwa, uku­thi kwa­ba­le­lwa ku­ye;

24 ko­dwa la­nge­nxa ye­thu, esi­za­ba­le­lwa kho­nao, thi­na esi­kho­lwa ku­ye owa­vu­sa uJe­su iNko­si ye­thu kwa­ba­fi­le­yop,

25 owa­ni­ke­lwa nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ze­thuq, wa­vu­swar nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­ngi­si­swa kwe­thus.

Izi­the­lo zo­ku­lu­nga

5Nga­kho se­si­lu­ngi­si­si­we ngo­kho­loa, si­lo­ku­thu­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stub,

2 oku­nga­ye nja­lo si­lo­ku­nge­na ngo­kho­lo ku­lu­mu­sac esi­mi ku­wod, si­zi­nco­ma ethe­mbe­ni lo­bu­kho­si bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue.

3 Ka­ku­si­kho lo­khu-ke ku­phe­laf, ko­dwag si­zi­nco­ma la­nge­zi­nhlu­phe­koh, si­sa­zi uku­thi uku­hlu­phe­ka ku­ve­za uku­be­ke­ze­lai,

4 lo­ku­be­ke­ze­la uku­qi­naj, lo­ku­qi­na ithe­mbak;

5 le­the­mba ka­li­da­ni­sil, ngo­ba utha­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lu­the­li­we enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­thu ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le esi­mu­phi­we­yom.

6 Ngo­ba si­se­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yo1 uKri­stu wa­fe­la abe­yi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lun.

7 Ngo­ba ku­nzi­ma uku­thi umu­ntu afe­le olu­ngi­le­yo; ko­dwa mhla­wu­mbe ku­nga­ba kho­na ngi­tsho ole­si­bi­ndi so­ku­fe­la olu­ngi­le­yo.

8 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uqi­ni­sao utha­ndo lwa­khe uqo­bo ki­thip, uku­thi uKri­stu wa­si­fe­laq si­se­yi­zo­nir.

9 Nga­kho ka­khu­lu-ke, lo­khu se­si­lu­ngi­si­si­we kha­the­si nge­ga­zi la­khes, si­za­si­ndi­swa nga­ye ela­ke­nit.

10 Ngo­ba uba, la­pho si­se­yi­zi­thau, se­si­bu­yi­se­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­fa kwe­Ndo­da­na ya­khev, ika­khu­lu lo­khu se­si­bu­yi­se­ne si­za­si­ndi­swa nge­mpi­lo ya­yow;

11 nja­lo ka­ku­si­kho lo­khu ku­phe­lax, ko­dwa si­zi­nco­ma fu­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, ese­se­mu­ke­le nga­ye uku­bu­yi­sa­nay.

Uku­fa kwe­za ngoA­da­mu; impi­lo ye­za ngo­Je­su

12 Nga­kho, nje­nga­lo­khu nga­mu­ntu mu­nye iso­no sa­nge­na emhla­be­niz, la­nge­so­no uku­faa, ngo­ku­nja­lo uku­fa kwe­dlu­le­la ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntub, ngo­ba bo­nke bo­ni­le2;

13 ngo­ba ku­ze kufi­ke umla­yo iso­no sa­si­kho­na emhla­be­nic; ko­dwa iso­no ka­si­ba­le­lwa, unge­kho umla­yod,

14 ka­nti uku­fa kwa­bu­sa ku­su­ke­la kuA­da­mu ku­si­ya ku­Mo­zi­si, la­phe­zu kwa­la­bo aba­be­ngo­na­nga oku­fa­na­na lo­kwe­qa ku­kaA­da­mue, ongu­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe obe­za­ku­zaf.

15 Ko­dwa ku­nge­nje­nge­si­pha­mbe­ko, si­nja­lo le­si­pho so­mu­sa. Ngo­ba uba nge­si­pha­mbe­ko so­ye­dwa aba­ne­ngi ba­fag, ika­khu­lu kwa­nda kwa­ba­ne­ngihi umu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­si­pho ngo­mu­sa wo­mu­ntu mu­nye, uJe­su Kri­stuj.

16 Fu­thi isi­pho ka­si­nje­ngo­ye­dwa owo­na­yo; ngo­ba isi­gwe­bo sa­si­nge­si­so­dwa nga­se­ku­la­hlwe­ni, ko­dwa isi­pho so­mu­sa nge­se­zi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­ne­ngi nga­se­ku­lu­ngi­si­swe­nik.

17 Ngo­ba uba nge­si­pha­mbe­ko somu­ntu oye­dwa uku­fa kwa­bu­sa nga­lo­wo oye­dwa, ika­khu­lu bo­na abe­mu­ke­la ubu­ne­ngi bo­mu­sa lo­be­si­pho so­ku­lu­nga ba­za­bu­sa empi­lwe­ni nga­lo­wo oye­dwa, uJe­su Kri­stu.

18 Nga­kho nje­ngo­ba nge­si­pha­mbe­ko si­nye isi­gwe­bo sa­ba ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu uku­ya eku­la­hlwe­nil, ngo­ku­nja­lom la­ngo­ku­lu­nga ko­ye­dwa3 umu­sa we­za ku­bon bo­nke aba­ntuop uku­ya eku­lu­ngi­si­swe­ni kwe­mpi­loq.

19 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba ngo­ku­nga­la­le­li ko­mu­ntu mu­nye aba­ne­ngi be­nzi­wa izo­nir, ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ngo­ku­la­le­la ko­ye­dwa aba­ne­ngi ba­za­kwe­nzi­wa aba­lu­ngi­le­yost.

20 Ko­dwa umla­you wa­nge­na we­nge­za, uku­ze isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­ndev; ko­dwa la­pho okwa­nda iso­no kho­na, umu­sa wa­nda ka­khu­lu­ka­ziw;

21 uku­ze nje­ngo­ba iso­no sa­bu­sa eku­fe­ni, ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­mu­sa ubu­se ngo­ku­lu­ngax ku­ze ku­be se­mpi­lwe­ni ela­pha­ka­de, ngo­Je­su Kri­stu iNko­si ye­thuy.

Impi­lo entsha engo­Kri­stu

6Nga­kho si­za­ku­thi­ni? Si­za­hla­la yi­ni eso­nwe­nia, uku­ze kwa­nde umu­sab?

2 Phi­ndec! Thi­na esa­fa ma­ye­la­na le­so­no, si­za­phi­la nja­ni ku­so fu­thid?

3 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi thi­na so­nke esa­bha­bha­thi­ze­lwae ku­Kri­stu Je­suf, sa­bha­bha­thi­ze­lwa eku­fe­ni kwa­kheg?

4 Nga­kho sa­ngcwa­tshwa ka­nye la­ye ngo­bha­bha­thi­zo eku­fe­nih; uku­ze, nje­ngo­ba uKri­stu wa­vu­swa kwa­ba­fi­le­yoi ngo­bu­kho­si bu­ka­Yi­sej, ngo­ku­nja­lo la­thi si­ha­mbe ebu­tshe­ni be­mpi­lok.

5 Ngo­ba ubal si­hla­nye­lwe ka­nye la­ye eku­fa­na­ne­ni ko­ku­fa kwa­khe, si­za­ku­ba nja­lo eku­fa­na­ne­ni ko­ku­vu­ka kwa­khem;

6 si­sa­zi lo­khu, uku­thi umu­ntu we­thu omda­lan ube­the­lwe layeo, uku­ze umzi­mba we­so­no ubhu­ji­swe, uku­ze si­nga­be si­sa­kho­nza iso­nop;

7 ngo­ba ofi­le­yoq ukhu­lu­li­we1 eso­nwe­nir.

8 Nja­lo uba si­fi­le ka­nye lo­Kri­stu, si­ya­kho­lwa uku­thi si­za­phi­la fu­thi ka­nye la­yes;

9 si­sa­zi uku­thi uKri­stu ese­vu­si­we kwa­ba­fi­le­yo ka­sa­fi fu­thi; uku­fa ku­nge­ke ku­sa­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­khet.

10 Ngo­ba lo­khu wa­fa, wa­fe­la iso­nou ka­nyev; ko­dwa lo­khu ephi­la, uphi­le­la uNku­lu­nku­luw.

11 Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ni zi­na­ka­ne­ni si­bi­li li­fi­le eso­nwe­nix, ko­dwa li­phi­le­le uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­Kri­stu Je­su iNko­si ye­thuy.

12 Nga­kho ka­ku­me­la­nga iso­no si­bu­se emzi­mbe­ni we­nu ofa­yo, li­ze li­la­le­le inka­nu­ko za­woz;

13 nja­lo li­nga­ni­ke­li izi­tho ze­nu zi­be yi­zi­kha­li zo­ku­nga­lu­ngi eso­nwe­nia; ko­dwa zi­ni­ke­le­ni li­na ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nje­nga­ba­phi­la­yo kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, le­zi­tho ze­nu ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu zi­be yi­zi­kha­li zo­ku­lu­ngab;

14 ngo­ba iso­no ka­si­yi­ku­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­nuc; ngo­ba ka­li­kho nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yo, ko­dwa nga­pha­nsi ko­mu­sad.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­bu­gqi­li

15 Pho-ke? Si­za­ko­na yi­nie, ngo­ba si­nge­kho nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yo, ko­dwa nga­pha­nsi ko­mu­saf? Phi­ndeg!

16 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi lo­wo eli­zi­ni­ke­la ku­ye uku­ze li­be yi­zi­gqi­li zo­kumla­le­la, li­yi­zi­gqi­li za­khe eli­mla­le­la­yo, lo­ba eze­so­no ku­be yi­ku­fa, lo­ba ezo­ku­la­le­la ku­be yi­ku­lu­ngah?

17 Ko­dwa ka­bo­ngwe uNku­lu­nku­lu, uku­thi li­na la­ke la­ba yi­zi­gqi­li ze­so­noi, ko­dwa se­li­la­le­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni isi­mo se­mfu­ndi­so ela­ni­ke­lwa ku­soj;

18 nja­lo li­khu­lu­li­we eso­nwe­nik, le­nzi­we izi­gqi­li zo­ku­lu­ngal.

19 Ngi­khu­lu­ma ngo­kwa­ba­ntum nge­nxan yo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka be­nya­ma ye­nuo; ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­kho la­ni­ke­la izi­tho ze­nu nje­nge­zi­gqi­li za­ma­nya­lap lo­ku­bi ku­be ngo­ku­biq, ngo­ku­nja­lo zi­ni­ke­le­ni izi­tho ze­nu kha­the­si nje­nge­zi­gqi­li zo­ku­lu­nga, ku­be yi­bu­ngcwe­ler.

20 Ngo­ba la­pho li­yi­zi­gqi­li ze­so­no, la­li­khu­lu­le­ki­le eku­lu­nge­nis.

21 Nga­kho si­the­lo­ba­ni eli­la­so ezi­ntwe­ni nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ese­li­le­nhlo­ni nga­zot? Ngo­ba uku­ci­na kwa­le­zi­zi­nto yi­ku­fau.

22 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke se­li­khu­lu­li­we eso­nwe­niv, nja­lo se­le­nzi­we izi­gqi­li ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, li­le­si­the­lo se­nu ku­be yi­bu­ngcwe­le, lo­ku­ci­na ku­yi­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de.

23 Ngo­ba inko­khe­lo ye­so­now iyi­ku­fax, ko­dwa isi­pho so­mu­sa si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­yi­mpi­lo ela­pha­ka­de ngo­Kri­stu Je­su iNko­si ye­thuy.

Uku­khu­lu­le­ka emla­ywe­ni

7Ka­la­zi yi­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne (ngo­ba ngi­khu­lu­ma la­la­bo aba­wa­zi­yo umla­yo), uku­thi umla­yo ubu­sa umu­ntu se­lo­khu esa­phi­la?

2 Ngo­ba umfa­zia owe­ndi­le­yo ubo­tshe­lwe ngo­mla­yo endo­de­ni ephi­la­yo; ko­dwa uba indo­da isi­fi­le, ukhu­lu­li­we emla­ywe­ni we­ndo­da.

3 Nga­kho uba indo­da isa­phi­la, uza­thi­wa yi­si­fe­be uba esi­ba ngo­we­nye indo­da; ko­dwa uba indo­da isi­fi­le, ukhu­lu­le­ki­le emla­ywe­ni, uku­ze anga­bi yi­si­fe­be uba esi­ba ngo­we­nye indo­dab.

4 Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, se­le­nzi­we la­fa la­ni emla­ywe­nic ngo­mzi­mba ka­Kri­stud, uku­ze li­be nga­bo­mu­nye, nga­ba­lo­wo owa­vu­swa kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, uku­ze si­the­le­le uNku­lu­nku­lu izi­the­loe.

5 Ngo­ba sa­thi si­se­nya­me­ni, inka­nu­ko ze­so­no ezi­ngo­mla­yo za­se­be­nza ezi­thwe­ni ze­thuf uku­the­le­lag uku­fa izi­the­loh.

6 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke se­si­khu­lu­li­we emthe­thwe­ni, si­fi­le ma­ye­la­na la­lo­kho esa­si­ba­njwe yi­kho, uku­ze si­kho­nze ngo­bu­tsha bo­mo­ya, nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­bu­da­la bo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yoi.

Umthe­tho le­so­no

7 Pho-ke si­za­ku­thi­ni? Umthe­tho uyi­so­no yi­ni? Phi­ndej! Ko­dwa be­ngi­nga­sa­zi iso­no, nga­pha­ndle ngo­mthe­thok; ngo­ba be­ngi­nga­wa­zi umha­wu fu­thi, uba umthe­tho ubu­nga­tsho­ngo uku­thi: Unga­bi lo­mha­wul.

8 Ko­dwa iso­no, si­zu­zem ithu­ba ngo­mthe­tho, sa­se­be­nza ki­mi umha­wu wo­nken; ngo­ba nga­pha­ndle ko­mla­yo iso­no si­fi­leop.

9 Mi­na-ke nga­ke nga­phi­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mla­yoq; ko­dwa kwa­thi se­ku­fi­ke umthe­tho, iso­no sa­vu­kar, nja­lo nga­fa mi­na;

10 nja­lo umthe­tho ongo­we­mpi­lo, wo­na wa­fi­cwa yi­mi ungo­wo­ku­fas;

11 ngo­ba iso­no, si­zu­ze ithu­ba ngo­mthe­thot, sa­ngi­kho­hli­sa, sa­ngi­bu­la­la nga­wou.

12 Nga­kho umthe­tho ungcwe­le, lo­mla­yo ungcwe­lev nja­lo ulu­ngi­lew, fu­thi mu­hlex.

13 Nga­kho oku­lu­ngi­le­yo kwa­ba yi­ku­fa ki­mi yi­ni? Phi­nde! Ko­dwa iso­no, uku­ze si­bo­na­ka­li­swe uku­thi si­yi­so­no, si­se­be­nza uku­fa ki­mi ngo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yo; uku­ze iso­no ngo­mthe­tho si­be yi­ko­na­ka­la oku­khu­lu ka­khu­lu.

14 Ngo­ba si­ya­zi uku­thi umthe­tho ungo­wo­mo­yay; ka­nti mi­na ngi­ngo­we­nya­maz, ngi­the­ngi­si­we nga­pha­nsi kwe­so­noa.

15 Ngo­ba lo­khu engi­kwe­nza­yo, angi­vu­me­la­ni1 la­kho; ngo­ba ka­ku­si­kho engi­ku­tha­nda­yo, lo­kho engi­kwe­nza­yo; ko­dwa lo­kho engi­ku­zo­nda­yo, yi­kho engi­kwe­nza­yob.

16 Uba ngi­se­nza lo­kho engi­nga­ku­tha­ndi­yo, ngi­ya­wu­vu­me­la umthe­tho uku­thi ulu­ngi­lec.

17 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke ka­ku­se­yi­mi engi­kwe­nza­yo, ko­dwa yi­so­no esi­hla­la ki­mid.

18 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ki­mi, lo­khu ku­yi­ku­thi enya­me­ni ya­mi, ka­ku­hla­li oku­hlee; ngo­ba ku­kho­na uku­tha­nda ki­mi, ko­dwa ukwe­nza oku­hle ka­ngi­ku­tho­lif.

19 Ngo­ba oku­hle engi­ku­tha­nda­yo, ka­ngi­kwe­nzi; ko­dwa oku­bi engi­nga­ku­tha­ndi­yo, yi­kho engi­kwe­nza­yog.

20 Ko­dwa uba ngi­se­nza lo­kho mi­na engi­nga­ku­tha­ndi­yo, ka­ku­se­yi­mi engi­kwe­nza­yo, ko­dwa yi­so­no esi­hla­la ki­mi.

21 Nga­kho ngi­tho­la umthe­tho wo­ku­thi la­pho ngi­tha­nda ukwe­nza oku­hle, oku­bi ku­kho­na ki­mih.

22 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­tho­ko­za emthe­thwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui ngo­mu­ntu opha­ka­thij;

23 ko­dwa ngi­bo­na ezi­thwe­ni za­mik omu­nye umthe­thol olwa lo­mthe­tho we­ngqo­ndo ya­mi, lo­ngi­thu­mbe­la emthe­thwe­ni we­so­no ose­zi­thwe­ni za­mim.

24 Mi­na mu­ntu olu­si­zi! Ngu­ba­ni oza­ngi­khu­lu­la ku­lu­mzi­mba wa­lo­khu­ku­fan?

25 Ngi­ya­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­Je­su Kri­stu iNko­si ye­thu. Nga­lo­kho-ke mi­na ngo­kwa­mi ngi­kho­nza umthe­tho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­ngqo­ndo, ko­dwa nge­nya­ma umthe­tho we­so­noo.

Impi­lo engo­Mo­ya

8Nga­kho kha­the­si ka­ku­kho uku­la­hlwa ki­bo aba­ku­Kri­stu Je­su, aba­nga­ha­mbi ngo­kwe­nya­ma, ko­dwa ngo­ko­Mo­yaa.

2 Ngo­ba umthe­tho wo­Mo­ya we­mpi­lo ku­Kri­stu Je­sub ungi­khu­lu­lec emthe­thwe­ni we­so­no lo­wo­ku­fad.

3 Ngo­ba lo­kho umthe­tho owa­wu­nge­kwe­nzee, ngo­ba ubu­tha­ka­tha­ka nge­nya­maf, uNku­lu­nku­lu ethu­ma eya­khe iNdo­da­na eku­fa­na­ne­ni kwe­nya­ma ele­so­nog, nja­lo ku­se­nze­lwa iso­no, wa­la­hla iso­no enya­me­ni;

4 uku­ze uku­lu­nga ko­mthe­tho ku­gcwa­li­swe ki­thih, esi­nga­ha­mbi ngo­kwe­nya­ma ko­dwa ngo­ku­ka­Mo­yai.

5 Ngo­ba bo­na aba­ngo­kwe­nya­maj ba­na­ka­nak izi­nto ze­nya­mal; ko­dwa aba­ngo­ko­Mo­ya izi­nto zi­ka­Mo­yam.

6 Ngo­ba uku­zi­ndla kwe­nya­ma ku­yi­ku­fan; ko­dwa uku­zi­ndla ku­ka­Mo­ya ku­yi­mpi­lo lo­ku­thu­la;

7 ngo­ba uku­zi­ndla kwe­nya­ma ku­yi­bu­tha ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba ka­ku­ze­hli­se­li nga­pha­nsi ko­mthe­tho ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo, ngo­ba ku­nge­kwe­nze;

8 la­la­bo aba­se­nya­me­ni ka­ba­la­ku­mtho­ko­zi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lup.

9 Li­na-ke ali­se­nya­me­ni, ko­dwa li­ku­Mo­ya, uba phe­laq uMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ehla­la ki­nir. Uba-ke umu­ntu enge­la­ye uMo­ya ka­Kri­stu, lo­wo ka­yi­su­ye owa­khes.

10 Uba-ke uKri­stu eki­ni, umzi­mba ufi­le nge­nxa ye­so­no, ko­dwa umo­ya uyi­mpi­lo nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­ngat.

11 Nja­lo uba uMo­ya wa­lo­wo owa­vu­sa uJe­su kwa­ba­fi­le­yo ehla­la ki­niu, ye­na owa­vu­sa uKri­stu kwa­ba­fi­le­yov uza­phi­li­sa le­mi­zi­mba ye­nu efa­yow, ngo­Mo­ya wa­khe ohla­la ki­nix.

12 Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne, si­lo­mla­ndu, ku­nge­yi­si­kho enya­me­ni, uku­thi si­phi­le ngo­kwe­nya­may;

13 ngo­ba uba li­phi­la ngo­kwe­nya­ma, li­za­ku­faz; ko­dwa uba li­bu­la­la imi­se­be­nzi yo­mzi­mba ngo­Mo­ya, li­za­phi­laa.

14 Ngo­ba bo­nke aba­kho­khe­lwa ngu­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, bo­na ba­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub.

15 Ngo­ba ka­le­mu­ke­la­ngac umo­ya wo­bu­gqi­li uku­ze li­bu­ye le­sa­bed, ko­dwa le­mu­ke­le umo­ya wo­ku­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­nae, esi­me­me­za nga­wo si­si­thi: Abha*, Ba­baf!

16 UMo­ya uqo­bo ufa­ka­ze­la­na ka­nye lo­mo­ya we­thug, uku­thi si­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh;

17 nja­lo uba si­nga­ba­ntwa­na, si­yi­zi­ndla­li­fai fu­thi; izi­ndla­li­fa zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj, le­zi­ndla­li­fa ka­nye lo­Kri­stu; uba phe­la si­hlu­phe­ka ka­nye la­ye, uku­ze la­thi si­du­nyi­swe ka­nye la­yek.

Uku­nge­na enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni emva kwe­zi­nhlu­phe­ko

18 Ngo­ba ngi­thil inhlu­phe­ko za­le­si­si­kha­thi ka­zi­la­ku­li­nga­ni­swam le­nka­zi­mu­lo eza­kwe­mbu­lwa ki­thin.

19 Ngo­ba uku­la­nga­tha ko­ku­da­li­we­yoo ku­li­nde­lep ukwe­mbu­lwa kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq.

20 Ngo­ba oku­da­li­we­yo kwe­hli­se­lwar nga­pha­nsi ko­bu­zes, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­ku­tha­nda, ko­dwa nge­nxa ya­lo­wo owakwe­hli­se­la­yo; ethe­mbe­nit

21 lo­ku­thi la­lo­kho oku­da­li­we­yo ku­za­khu­lu­lwa ebu­gqi­li­niu bo­ku­bhu­bha ku­ze ku­be se­nku­lu­le­kwe­ni ye­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luv.

22 Ngo­ba si­ya­zi uku­thi ko­nke oku­da­li­we­yow1 ku­ya­bu­bu­la ka­nye­ka­nye ku­ya­he­le­lwa ku­ze ku­be kha­the­six.

23 Ka­ku­si­kho lo­khu ku­phe­la, ko­dwa la­thi uqo­bo lwe­thuy esi­le­ngqa­bu­tho ye­si­the­lo si­ka­Mo­yaza, la­thi uqo­bo si­ya­bu­bu­la nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­thub, si­li­nde­lec uku­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­nad, uhle­ngo lo­mzi­mba we­thue.

24 Ngo­ba si­si­ndi­swa nge­the­mba; ko­dwa ithe­mba eli­bo­nwa­yo ka­yi­si­lo ithe­mba; ngo­ba lo­kho umu­ntu aku­bo­na­yo, uku­the­mbe­la­ni fu­thif?

25 Ko­dwa uba si­the­mba lo­kho esi­nga­ku­bo­ni­yo, siku­li­nde­la ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­lag.

26 Ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­Mo­ya uya­si­za ubu­tha­ka­tha­ka be­thu; ngo­ba ka­si­kwa­zi esi­ku­khu­le­ke­la­yo nje­ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yoh, ko­dwa uMo­ya uqo­bo usi­nce­nge­la ngo­ku­bu­bu­la oku­nge­la­ku­phu­mi­se­lai;

27 ye­na-ke ohlo­la izi­nhli­zi­yoj uya­kwa­zi lo­kho oku­yi­ngqo­ndo ka­Mo­yak, ngo­ba2 unce­nge­la aba­ngcwe­lel ngo­kwenta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum.

28 Nja­lo si­ya­zi uku­thi izi­nto zo­nke zi­se­be­nzi­se­la­nan oku­hle ku­la­bo aba­mtha­nda­yo uNku­lu­nku­luo, aba­bi­zi­we­yop ngo­kwe­ce­bo la­kheq.

29 Ngo­ba la­bo aba­zi nga­pha­mbi­lir, wa­ba­mi­sa la­bo nga­pha­mbi­lis uku­thi ba­fa­na­net le­si­mo se­Ndo­da­na ya­kheu, uku­ze yo­na ibe li­zi­bu­lov pha­ka­thi kwe­ze­la­ma­ni ezi­ne­ngiw;

30 la­la­bo aba­mi­sa­yo nga­pha­mbi­lix, bo­na la­bo wa­ba­bi­zay; la­la­bo aba­bi­za­yo, bo­na la­bo wa­ba­lu­ngi­si­saz; la­la­bo aba­lu­ngi­si­sa­yo, bo­na la­bo wa­ba­pha inka­zi­mu­loa.

Uku­qi­ni­swa ko­tha­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

31 Pho-ke si­za­ku­thi­ni ku­le­zi­zi­nto? Uba uNku­lu­nku­lu engo­we­thu, ngu­ba­ni ome­la­na la­thib?

32 Ye­na onga­za­nge ayi­go­dle eya­khe iNdo­da­nac, ko­dwa wa­yi­ni­ke­le­la thi­na so­nked, uza­ye­ke­la nja­ni uku­si­ni­ka nge­si­hle ko­nke ka­nye la­yoe?

33 Ngu­ba­ni oza­ba­be­ka ica­laf aba­khe­thi­we­yo ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug? Ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olu­ngi­si­sa­yoh;

34 ngu­ba­ni ola­hla­yoij? Ngu­Kri­stu owa­fa­yokl, nja­lo ika­khu­lu owa­vu­swa­yo, onga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum, lo­si­khu­le­ke­la­yon.

35 Ngu­ba­ni oza­se­hlu­ka­ni­sa lo­tha­ndo lu­ka­Kri­stu? Uku­hlu­phe­kao, ku­mbe usi­zip, ku­mbe uku­zi­nge­lwaq, ku­mbe indla­lar, ku­mbe ubu­zes, ku­mbe ingo­zi, ku­mbe inke­mba yi­ni?

36 Nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Nge­nxa ya­khot si­ya­bu­la­wa usu­ku lo­nke; ku­thi­wa si­nje­nge­zi­mvu zo­ku­hla­tshwau.

37 Ka­nti ku­le­zi­zi­nto zo­nke se­dlu­la aba­nqo­biv nga­ye owa­si­tha­nda­yow.

38 Ngo­ba ngi­le­qi­ni­so uku­thi ka­yi­si­kho uku­fa le­mpi­lo le­zi­ngi­lo­six la­ba­bu­siy la­ma­ndlaza le­zi­nto ezi­kho­nabc le­zi­nto ezi­za­yod

39 lo­bu­dee lo­ku­tsho­naf la­lo­ba yi­si­phi isi­da­lwa oku­za­ku­ba la­ma­ndla oku­se­hlu­ka­ni­sa lo­tha­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu olu­ku­Kri­stu Je­su iNko­si ye­thug.

Uku­nga­kho­lwa kwa­maI­sra­ye­li ku­ya­da­bu­la

9Ngi­khu­lu­ma iqi­ni­so ku­Kri­stua, ka­ngi­qa­mbi ma­nga, isa­ze­la sa­mi si­fa­ka­ze­la­na lami ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leb,

2 uku­thi ngi­lo­ku­da­bu­ka oku­khu­lu, lo­bu­hlu­ngu obu­nga­phe­li­yo enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mic.

3 Ngo­ba ngi­nga­fi­sa uku­thid mi­na uqo­bo ngi­qa­le­ki­swe ku­Kri­stu nge­nxa ya­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mie, izi­hlo­bo za­mi ngo­kwe­nya­maf;

4 aba­nga­maI­sra­ye­lig, oku­ngo­kwa­bo uku­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­nah, le­nka­zi­mu­loi, le­zi­vu­me­lwa­noj, lo­ku­ni­kwa ko­mla­yok, le­nko­nzo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul, le­zi­the­mbi­som,

5 aba­nga­ba­bo oba­ban, nja­lo ave­la ku­boo uKri­stu ngo­kwe­nya­map, ophe­zu kwa­kho ko­nkeq, uNku­lu­nku­lur obo­nge­ka­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. Ame­nis.

Uku­khe­thwa kwa­maI­sra­ye­li ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu

6 Ko­dwa ka­ku­nje­ngo­ku­thi ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­hlu­le­ki­let. Ngo­ba ka­ku­si­bo bo­nke aba­ve­la kuI­sra­ye­li, aba­nguI­sra­ye­liu;

7 nja­lo ku­nge­si­ku­thi ngo­ba ba­yi­nza­lo kaA­bra­ha­ma, bo­nke ba­nga­ba­ntwa­nav; ko­dwa: NgoI­sa­ka inza­lo iza­bi­ze­lwa ku­wew.

8 Lo­khu ku­tsho uku­thi, ka­ku­si­bo aba­ntwa­na be­nya­ma, bo­na ba­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na be­si­the­mbi­so ba­thi­wa yi­nza­lox.

9 Ngo­ba ili­zwi le­si­the­mbi­so yi­le­li elo­ku­thi: Nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ngi­za­fi­ka, nja­lo uSa­ra uza­ku­ba le­ndo­da­nay.

10 Ka­ku­si­kho lo­khu ku­phe­laz, ko­dwa lo­Re­be­ka ese­khu­le­lwe ngo­mu­nye, uba­ba we­thu uI­sa­ka;

11 ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na be­nga­ka­za­lwa, be­nga­ke­nzi oku­hle lo­ba oku­bia, uku­ze ice­bo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eli­ngo­ko­ku­khe­tha li­me, ku­nga­ve­li emi­se­be­nzi­nib, ko­dwa ku­ve­le ko­bi­za­yoc,

12 kwa­tshi­wo ku­ye uku­thi: Omkhu­lu uza­kho­nza omnci­nya­ned,

13 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: UJa­ko­be nga­mtha­ndae, ko­dwa uE­sa­wu nga­mzo­ndaf.

UNku­lu­nku­lu ule­si­ha­wu; ulo­ku­bu­sa ko­nke

14 Pho-ke si­za­ku­thi­ni? Ku­kho­na uku­nga­lu­ngi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­nig? Phi­ndeh!

15 Ngo­ba uthi ku­Mo­zi­si: Ngi­za­ku­ba lo­mu­sa kwe­ngi­lo­mu­sa ku­ye, nja­lo ngi­mha­wu­ke­le engi­mha­wu­ke­la­yo.

16 Nga­kho kaku­si­kho ko­tha­nda­yo, nja­lo kaku­si­kho ko­gi­ji­ma­yo, ko­dwa ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ole­si­ha­wui.

17 Ngo­ba umbha­lo uthi ku­Fa­roj: Nga­ku­pha­ka­mi­se­la kho­na lo­kho, uku­ze ngi­bo­na­ka­li­se ama­ndla ami nga­we, nja­lo uku­ze ibi­zo la­mi li­tshu­nya­ye­lwe emhla­be­ni wo­nke.

18 Nga­kho uha­wu­ke­la lo­wo atha­nda uku­mha­wu­ke­la; nja­lo ame­nze abe lu­khu­ni lo­wo atha­nda uku­me­nza lu­khu­nik.

19 Nga­kho uza­ku­thi ki­mi: Usa­so­le­la­ni? Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­me­la­na le­nta­ndo ya­khel?

20 Ha­tshi bom, mu­ntu, ungu­ba­ni we­na ophi­ki­sa­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­lun? Oku­bu­nji­we­yo ku­nga­tsho yi­ni ko­waku­bu­mba­yo uku­thi: Wa­nge­nze­la­ni nga­ba­njeo?

21 Ku­mbe umbu­mbip ka­la­gu­nya yi­ni phe­zu kwe­bu­mbaq, uku­thi nge­si­ga­qa si­si­nye enze isi­tsha esi­nye esi­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo, le­si­nye esi­nga­hlo­ni­phe­ki­yor?

22 Nja­lo uba uNku­lu­nku­lu etha­nda uku­bo­na­ka­li­sa ula­ka lwa­khe, lo­kwa­zi­sa ama­ndla akhe, wa­thwa­la ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­la oku­khu­lus izi­tsha zo­la­kat ezi­lu­ngi­se­lwe uku­bhu­ji­swau;

23 nja­lo uku­ze azi­se ino­tho ye­nka­zi­mu­lov ya­khe phe­zu kwe­zi­tsha zo­mu­saw, aye­zi­lu­ngi­se­le nga­pha­mbi­li inka­zi­mu­lox,

24 azi­bi­zi­le­yo la­zo, esi­yi­zo thi­nay, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ku­ma­Ju­da ku­phe­la, ko­dwa la­kwa­be­zi­zwez?

25 Nje­nga­lo­khu aku­tsho la­ku­Ho­se­ya: Aba­nge­yi­si­bo aba­ntu ba­mi ngi­za­ba­bi­za ngo­ku­thi nga­ba­ntu ba­mi; lo­wa­ye­nga­tha­ndwa ngo­ku­thi ngo­tha­nde­ka­yoa;

26 nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi, enda­we­ni la­pho okwa­thi­wa kho­na ki­bo: Ka­li­si­bo aba­ntu ba­mib, kho­na la­pho ba­za­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoc.

27 LoI­sa­ya ume­me­za ngoI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: La­nxa ina­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li li­nga­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndled, insa­li iza­si­ndi­swae;

28 ngo­ba uza­qe­da ise­nzo1 asi­qu­me ngo­ku­lu­nga; ngo­ba iNko­si iza­kwe­nza ise­nzo si­qu­nywe ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa emhla­be­nif.

29 Nja­lo nje­ngo­ba uI­sa­ya wa­tsho nga­pha­mbi­li uku­thi: Uba iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ibi­nga­si­tshi­ye­la­nga inza­log, be­si­za­ku­ba nje­nge­So­do­ma, nja­lo be­si­za­kwe­nzi­wa si­fa­na­ne le­Go­mo­rah.

AmaI­sra­ye­li ehlu­le­ka uku­gci­na umla­yo

30 Pho si­za­ku­thi­ni? Uku­thi abe­zi­zwei aba­nga­di­ngi­si­si uku­lu­ngaj, ba­ku­ba­mbi­le uku­lu­ngak, uku­lu­nga-ke oku­ngo­kho­lol;

31 ko­dwa uI­sra­ye­li, edi­ngi­si­sa umla­yo wo­ku­lu­ngam, ka­wu­fi­nye­le­la­ngan umla­yo wo­ku­lu­ngao.

32 Nga­ni? Ngo­ba ka­badi­ngi­si­sa­nga ngo­kho­lo, ko­dwa ngo­ku­nga­thi nge­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yo; ngo­ba ba­khu­be­kap eli­tshe­ni lo­ku­khu­be­ki­saq,

33 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Kha­nge­la ngi­be­ka eSi­yo­nir ili­tshe lo­ku­khu­be­ki­sas le­dwa­la lo­ku­wi­sat; la­ye wo­nke okho­lwa ku­ye ka­yi­ku­ya­nge­kauv.

10Ba­za­lwa­ne, isi­fi­so se­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi, lo­mkhu­le­ko ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­nxa kaI­sra­ye­li yi­ku­thi ba­si­ndi­swea.

2 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­ba­fa­ka­ze­la uku­thi ba­lo­ku­tshi­se­ke­la uNku­lu­nku­lub, ko­dwa ku­nge­nje­ngo­lwa­zic;

3 ngo­ba be­nga­kwa­zi uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud, nja­lo be­di­nga uku­mi­sa okwa­bo uku­lu­nga, ka­ba­ze­hli­se­la­nga nga­pha­nsi ko­ku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue.

4 Ngo­ba uKri­stu uyi­si­phe­tho so­mla­yo eku­lu­nge­ni ku­ye wo­nke okho­lwa­yof.

Uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­ngo­kwa­bo bo­nke aba­ntu

5 Ngo­ba uMo­zi­si ubha­la ngo­ku­lu­nga oku­ngo­ko­mla­yo, uku­thi umu­ntu owe­nza le­zi­zi­nto uza­phi­la nga­zog.

6 Ko­dwa uku­lu­nga oku­ngo­kho­lo ku­khu­lu­ma ka­njeh: Unga­tsho enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho uku­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­kwe­nyu­ke­la ezu­lwi­nii? Lo­khu ku­yi­ku­thi uku­me­hli­sa uKri­stu;

7 ku­mbe uku­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­kwe­hle­la eku­ju­le­ni? Lo­khu ku­yi­ku­thi uku­mkhu­phu­la uKri­stu kwa­ba­fi­le­yoj.

8 Ko­dwa ku­thi­ni? Ili­zwi li­se­du­ze la­we, emlo­nye­ni wa­kho le­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho; le­li yi­li­zwi lo­kho­lo esi­li­tshu­ma­ye­la­yok;

9 uku­thi uba uvu­ma ngo­mlo­mo wa­kho iNko­si uJe­sul, nja­lo ukho­lwa enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mvu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, uza­si­ndi­swam;

10 ngo­ba nge­nhli­zi­yo omu­nye uya­kho­lwa ku­be yi­ku­lu­nga, la­ngo­mlo­mo uya­vu­ma ku­be lu­si­ndi­so.

11 Ngo­ba umbha­lo uthi: Wo­nke okho­lwa ku­ye ka­yi­ku­ya­nge­kan.

12 Ngo­ba ka­ku­kho ume­hlu­ko pha­ka­thi ko­mJu­da lo­mGri­kio; ngo­ba yi­nye iNko­si ya­bo bo­nkep, ino­the­le bo­nke aba­khu­le­ka ku­yoq.

13 Ngo­ba wo­nke lo­ba ngu­ba­nir oza­bi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­si uza­si­ndi­swas.

14 Nga­kho ba­za­yi­bi­za nja­ni aba­nga­kho­lwa­nga ku­yo? Fu­thi ba­za­kho­lwa nja­ni ku­yo aba­nge­zwa­nga nga­yo? Fu­thi ba­za­ku­zwa nja­ni be­nge­la­mtshu­ma­ye­lit?

15 Nja­lo ba­za­tshu­ma­ye­la nja­ni uba be­nga­thu­nywa­ngau? Nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Zi­nhle ka­nga­ka­na­ni inya­wo za­ba­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li lo­ku­thu­la, za­ba­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li nge­zi­nto ezi­nhlev!

16 Ko­dwa ka­ba­li­la­le­la­nga bo­nke iva­nge­liw. Ngo­ba uI­sa­ya uthi: Nko­si, ngu­ba­ni owa­kho­lwax umbi­ko1 we­thuy?

17 Nga­kho ukho­lo lu­ve­la eku­zwe­niz, lo­ku­zwa nge­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua.

18 Ko­dwa ngi­thi: Ka­be­zwa­nga yi­ni? Ye­bo si­bi­lib, ili­zwi la­bo li­phu­me­le emhla­be­ni wo­nke, la­ma­zwi abo emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­bac.

19 Ko­dwa ngi­thi: UI­sra­ye­li ka­qe­di­si­sa­nga yi­ni? Ku­qa­la uMo­zi­si uthi: Mi­na ngi­za­li­vu­se­la umo­na ngabo aba­nge­si­so isi­zwed, ngi­li­thu­ku­the­li­se nge­si­zwe esi­nge­la­ngqo­ndoe.

20 LoI­sa­ya ule­si­bi­ndi uthi: Nga­fi­cwa yi­la­bo aba­nga­ngi­di­nga­nga, nga­bo­na­ka­la ki­bo aba­nga­bu­za­nga nga­mif.

21 Ko­dwa kuI­sra­ye­li uthi: Usu­ku lo­nke nge­lu­le­la iza­ndla za­mi ku­ba­ntu aba­nga­la­le­li­yo la­ba­le­nka­nig.

AmaI­sra­ye­li akhe­thi­we­yo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu aya­si­ndi­swa

11Nga­kho ngi­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu uba­la­hli­le yi­ni aba­ntu ba­khea? Phi­ndeb! Ngo­ba la­mi ngi­ngu­mI­sra­ye­li, owe­nza­lo kaA­bra­ha­macd, we­si­zwe si­ka­Bhe­nja­mi­nie.

2 UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­ba­la­hla­nga aba­ntu ba­khef aba­zi nga­pha­mbi­lig. Ku­mbe ka­la­zi yi­ni kuE­li­ja uku­thi umbha­lo uthi­ni? Uku­thi wa­la­bhe­la nja­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu eme­le­ne loI­sra­ye­lih, esi­thi:

3 Nko­si, ba­bu­le­le aba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho, ba­di­li­zi­le ama­la­thi akho; mi­na-ke ngi­se­le nge­dwa, se­be­di­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mii.

4 Ko­dwa impe­ndu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ya­thi­ni ku­ye? Ya­thi: Ngi­zi­tshi­ye­le ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, anga­gu­qa­nga nge­do­lo ku­Bha­lij.

5 Ku­nja­lo-ke ku­kho­na la­nga­le­si­si­kha­thi insa­li ngo­ku­khe­tha ko­mu­sak.

6 Ko­dwa uba ku­ngo­mu­sa, ka­ku­sa­yi nge­mi­se­be­nzi; uba ku­nge­nja­lo umu­sa ka­wu­se­yi­wo umu­sa. Ko­dwa alu­ba ku­si­ya nge­mi­se­be­nzi, aku­se­ngu­mu­sa; uba ku­nge­nja­lo umse­be­nzi ka­wu­se­ngu­mse­be­nzil.

7 Pho-ke? Lo­khu uI­sra­ye­li aye­ku­di­nga, lo­kho ka­ku­tho­la­nga, ko­dwa aba­khe­thi­we­yo ba­ku­tho­la, la­ba­nye be­nzi­wa ba­ba lu­khu­nim;

8 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­ni­ka umo­ya wo­bu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lun, ame­hlo uku­ze ba­nga­bo­ni, le­ndle­be uku­ze ba­nge­zwa, ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku lwa­la­mu­hlao.

9 Lo­Da­vi­da uthi: Ita­fu­la la­bo li­be ngu­mji­bi­la le­si­fup, le­si­khu­be­ki­so, le­mpi­ndi­se­lo ki­bo;

10 ame­hlo abo ka­fi­pha­zwe uku­ze ba­nga­bo­ni, nja­lo ugo­bi­se umhla­na wa­bo nja­lo­nja­loq.

11 Nga­kho ngi­thi: Ba­khu­be­ka uku­ze ba­we yi­ni? Phi­nder! Ko­dwa nge­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­bo usi­ndi­so lu­fi­ki­le kwa­be­zi­zwes, uku­ba­vu­se­la umo­nat.

12 Ko­dwa uba isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­bo si­yi­no­tho yo­mhla­ba, lo­kwe­hlu­le­ka kwa­bo ku­yi­no­tho ya­be­zi­zwe, ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni uku­gcwa­la kwa­bo?

Usi­ndi­so lwa­fi­ka kwa­be­zi­zwe

13 Ngo­ba ngi­khu­lu­ma la­ni be­zi­zwe, nje­nga­lo­kho mi­na ngi­ngu­mpho­sto­li wa­be­zi­zwe; ngi­khu­li­sa inko­nzo ya­miu;

14 uku­thi mhla­wu­mbe ngi­ba­vu­se­le umo­na abe­nya­ma ya­miv, ngi­si­ndi­sew aba­nye ba­boxy.

15 Ngo­ba uba uku­la­hlwa kwa­bo ku­yi­ku­bu­yi­swa ko­mhla­ba, kunga­ba yi­ni ukwe­mu­ke­lwa, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ku­yi­mpi­lo kwa­ba­fi­le­yoz?

16 Nja­lo uba izi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la zi­ngcwe­lea, le­nhla­ma inja­lob; uba-ke impa­nde ingcwe­le, le­nga­tsha zi­nja­loc.

17 Ko­dwa uba kwe­phu­lwe ezi­nye inga­tshad, la­we ongu­mhlwa­thi we­ga­nga wa­xhu­nye­le­lwa pha­ka­thi kwa­zoe, uhla­nga­nye­le la­zo impa­nde la­ma­fu­tha omhlwa­thif,

18 unga­zi­nco­mi phe­zu kwe­nga­tsha; ko­dwa uba uzi­nco­ma phe­zu kwa­zo, ka­yi­su­we othwe­le impa­nde, ko­dwa impa­nde we­na.

19 Uza­ku­thi-ke: Inga­tsha ze­phu­lwa, uku­ze mi­na ngi­xhu­nye­lwe.

20 Ku­lu­ngi­le; ze­phu­lwa ngo­ku­nga­kho­lwa, we­na-ke umi ngo­kho­log. Unga­zi­khu­khu­me­zih, ko­dwa ye­sa­bai;

21 ngo­ba uba uNku­lu­nku­lu enga­ye­ke­la­nga inga­tsha ze­mve­lo, hle­zi la­we ka­yi­ku­ku­ye­ke­la.

22 Kha­nge­la-ke ubu­be­le lo­bu­kha­li bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ubu­kha­li, ku­la­bo aba­wa­yo; ko­dwa ku­we, ubu­be­le, uba uhla­la ebu­be­le­nij; uba ku­nge­nja­lo uza­qu­nywa la­wek.

23 La­la­bo fu­thi, uba be­nga­hla­li eku­nga­kho­lwe­ni, ba­za­xhu­nye­lwa, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­ma­ndla oku­bu­ya aba­xhu­me.

24 Ngo­ba uba we­na wa­qu­nywa emhlwa­thi­ni we­ga­nga nge­mve­lo, wa­su­xhu­nye­le­lwa ngo­ku­pha­mbe­ne le­mve­lo emhlwa­thi­ni ohla­nye­lwe­yo, ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni la­bo, abazi­nga­tsha nge­mve­lo, ba­za­xhu­nye­le­lwa esi­hla­hle­ni sa­ki­bo so­mhlwa­thil?

UNku­lu­nku­lu ule­si­ha­wu ku­ba­ntu bo­nke

25 Ngo­ba ngi­tha­nda uku­thi li­nga­bi nga­ba­nga­zi­yo, ba­za­lwa­ne, nga­li­mfi­hlom, hle­zi li­zi­tsha­ye aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yon, uku­thi ubu­lu­khu­nio se­be­hle­le uI­sra­ye­li nga­nxa­nyep, ku­ze ku­nge­ne uku­gcwa­la kwa­be­zi­zweq;

26 ngo­ku­nja­lo-ke uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke uza­si­ndi­swar; nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Ku­za­ve­las eSi­yo­ni uMkhu­lu­lit, asu­se uku­nga­bi lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­Ja­ko­beu;

27 nja­lo yi­le­si isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi ki­bo, la­pho ngi­za­su­sa izo­no za­bov.

28 Ngo­kwe­va­nge­li ba­yi­zi­tha nge­nxa ye­nu; ko­dwa ngo­ku­khe­tha ba­nga­ba­tha­ndi­we­yo nge­nxa ya­bo­ba­baw;

29 ngo­ba izi­pho zo­mu­sa lo­ku­bi­za ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux ka­ku­la­ku­phe­ndu­kay.

30 Ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­khu la­ni ka­de li­nga­mla­le­li uNku­lu­nku­luz, ko­dwa kha­the­si se­li­ha­wu­ke­lwe nge­nxa yo­ku­nga­la­le­li kwa­bo;

31 ngo­ku­nja­lo la­la­bo kha­the­si ka­ba­la­le­la­nga, uku­ze nge­si­ha­wu se­nu ba­ha­wu­ke­lwe la­boa;

32 ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uba­va­le­le bo­nke eku­nga­la­le­li­ni, uku­ze abe le­si­ha­wu ki­bo bo­nkeb.

33 Ye­ka uku­ju­la kwe­no­thoc, ko­ku­bi­li ye­nhla­ka­ni­phod le­yo­lwa­zi lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue! Ka­ku­phe­nye­ki ka­nga­ka­na­ni ukwa­hlu­le­la kwa­khef, le­ndle­la za­kheg ka­zi­la­nde­le­kih!

34 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni owa­zi ingqo­ndo ye­Nko­si? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owa­ba ngu­me­lu­le­ki wa­yoi?

35 Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owa­mni­ka ku­qa­la, nja­lo ku­bu­yi­se­lwe ku­yej?

36 Ngo­ba ko­nke ku­ve­la ku­yek, ku­nga­yel, ku­ya ku­yem; ka­bu­be ku­ye ubu­kho­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. Ame­nin.

Uku­ha­mba oku­ngcwe­le

12Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­ya­li­nce­nga uku­thi, nge­zi­ha­wu zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua, li­ni­ke­le imi­zi­mba ye­nu ibe ngu­mhla­tshe­lo ophi­li­le­yob, ongcwe­le, owe­mu­ke­le­ka­yo ku­Nku­lu­nku­luc, ku­be yi­nko­nzo ye­nud yo­ku­qe­di­si­sae.

2 Nja­lo li­nga­li­ngi­sif lu­mhla­bag, ko­dwa li­gu­qu­lweh ngo­kwe­nzi­wa zi­be­ntshai ingqo­ndo ze­nuj, uku­ze li­hlo­li­si­sek oku­yi­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul elu­ngi­le­yo le­ye­mu­ke­le­ka­yo le­phe­le­le­yom.

Uku­tho­be­ka le­mpi­lo ya­ma­Kri­stu

3 Ngo­ba ngo­mu­sa engi­wu­phi­we­yon, ngi­thi ku­ye wo­nke opha­ka­thi kwe­nu uku­thi anga­ca­ba­ngi uku­thi mkhu­lu ku­la­lo­kho afa­ne­le uku­ku­ca­ba­nga, ko­dwa aca­ba­nge ngo­ku­qo­ndao, nje­nga­lo­khu uNku­lu­nku­lu abe­le ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wop isi­li­nga­ni­so so­kho­loq.

4 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba si­le­zi­tho ezi­ne­ngi emzi­mbe­ni mu­nye, ko­dwa izi­tho zo­nke ka­zi­la­mse­be­nzi ofa­na­na­yor;

5 ku­nja­lo thi­na esi­ba­ne­ngis si­ngu­mzi­mba mu­nye ku­Kri­stut, nja­lo si­yi­zi­tho omu­nye ko­mu­nyeu.

6 Nja­lo si­le­zi­pho eze­hlu­ke­ne­yov ngo­ko­mu­sa esi­wu­phi­we­yowx; zi­nga­ba yi­ku­pro­fe­thay, asi­pro­fe­the ngo­kwe­si­li­nga­ni­so so­kho­lo;

7 ku­mbe yi­ku­kho­nzaz, asi­se­be­nze enko­nzwe­ni; ku­mbe ofu­ndi­sa­yoa, eku­fu­ndi­se­nib;

8 ku­mbe ola­ya­yoc, eku­la­ye­nid; opha­na­yo, ka­ni­ke ngo­bu­qo­thoe; obu­sa­yof, ngo­ku­khu­tha­lag; ole­si­ha­wu, nge­nto­ko­zoh.

9 Utha­ndoi ka­lu­be qo­thoj. Ye­nya­nya­ni oku­bi, li­ba­mbe­le­le ko­ku­lu­ngi­le­yok.

10 Tha­nda­na­ni ka­khu­lu ngo­tha­ndo lo­bu­za­lwa­ne1; eku­hlo­ni­pha­ne­ni pha­tha­ni aba­nye ngco­no ku­la­nil;

11 li­nga­bi nga­ma­vi­lam eku­khu­tha­le­nin; li­vu­the emo­ye­nio; li­kho­nza iNko­sip;

12 li­tho­ko­za ethe­mbe­ni; li­be­ke­ze­la eku­hlu­phe­ke­niq; li­phi­ke­le­la emkhu­le­kwe­nir;

13 ya­be­la­ni ku­nswe­lo za­ba­ngcwe­les; li­khu­tha­le­le uku­pha­na ku­zi­ha­mbit.

14 Ba­bu­si­se­ni aba­li­zi­nge­la­yo; bu­si­sa­ni, li­nga­qa­le­ki­siu.

15 Tho­ko­za­ni la­ba­tho­ko­za­yov, li­kha­le la­ba­kha­la­yow.

16 Ka­li­be le­nhli­zi­yo­nye ko­mu­nye lo­mu­nyex. Li­nga­khu­mbu­li nge­zi­nto ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, ko­dwa li­hla­nga­ne la­ba­tho­be­ki­le­yoy. Li­nga­zi­tsha­yi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoz.

17 Li­nga­phi­ndi­se­li mu­ntu oku­bi ngo­ku­bia. Li­na­ka­ne oku­du­mi­se­ka­yo pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu bo­nkeb.

18 Uba ku­nge­nze­ka, ngo­ku­ki­nic, hla­la­ni ngo­ku­thu­la la­ba­ntu bo­nked.

19 Ba­tha­ndi­we­yo, li­nga­zi­phi­ndi­se­lie, ko­dwa ni­ka­ni ula­ka inda­wof; ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Nge­ya­mi impi­ndi­se­lo, mi­na ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la, ku­tsho iNko­sig.

20 Nga­kho nxa isi­tha sa­kho si­la­mbi­le, si­phe uku­dla; nxa so­mi­le, si­na­thi­se; ngo­ba ngo­kwe­nza lo­kho, usi­be­ke­la ama­la­hle avu­tha­yo phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­so.

21 Unga­nqo­tshwa ngo­ku­bi, ko­dwa nqo­ba oku­bi ngo­ku­hlehi.

Ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­la­le­la ama­kho­si

13Wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­loa awu­ze­hli­se­le nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­ndla aphe­zu­lub; ngo­ba ka­ku­kho ama­ndla nga­pha­ndle kwa­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­luc; la­ma­ndla akho­na ami­swe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

2 Nga­kho ome­la­na la­ma­ndla, ume­la­na le­si­mi­so si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue; la­la­bo aba­me­la­na la­wo ba­za­zi­tha­the­la uku­la­hlwaf.

3 Ngo­ba aba­bu­si ka­be­sa­be­ki emi­se­be­nzi­ni emi­hleg, ko­dwa kwe­mi­bi. Nja­lo uya­tha­nda yi­ni uku­nge­sa­bi ama­ndla? Ye­nza oku­hle, nja­lo uza­ku­ba lo­du­mo ku­woh;

4 ngo­ba uyi­nce­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze ku­be ku­hle ku­we. Ko­dwa nxa use­nza oku­bi, ye­sa­ba; ngo­ba inke­mba ka­yi­pha­the­li ize. Ngo­ba uyi­nce­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ungu­mphi­ndi­se­li wo­la­ka ku­lo­wo owe­nza oku­bi.

5 Nga­kho ku­me­le uku­thi uze­hli­se, ku­nga­bi nge­nxa yo­la­ka ku­phe­lai, ko­dwa la­nge­nxa ye­sa­ze­laj.

6 Ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­lo­kho li­the­la lo­mthe­lok; ngo­ba ba­yi­zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ezi­khu­tha­le­la kho­na lo­kho.

7 Nga­kho pha­ni­ni bo­nke oku­fa­ne­le­yol; umthe­lo kofa­ne­le umthe­lom; inko­khe­lo kofa­ne­le inko­khe­lo; ukwe­sa­tshwa kofa­ne­le ukwe­sa­tshwa; udu­mo kofa­ne­le udu­mon.

Uku­tha­nda aba­za­lwa­ne

8 Li­nga­bi la­mla­ndu ku­mu­ntu, nga­pha­ndle ko­wo­ku­tha­nda­na; ngo­ba otha­nda omu­nye, ugcwa­li­si­le umla­yoo.

9 Ngo­ba lo­khu uku­thi: Unga­fe­bi, unga­bu­la­li, unge­bi, unga­fa­ka­zi ama­ngap, unga­bi lo­mha­wuq; lo­ba-ke ku­kho­na la­wu­phi umla­yo, ku­hla­nga­ni­swa ku­le­li­li­zwi, ku­lo­khur: Wo­tha­nda uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho nje­nga­lo­khu uzitha­nda we­nas.

10 Utha­ndo ka­lwe­nzi oku­bi ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne; nga­kho utha­ndo lu­yi­ku­gcwa­li­se­ka ko­mla­yotu.

Uku­ha­mba eku­kha­nye­ni

11 Nja­lo lo­khu, li­sa­zi isi­kha­thiv, uku­thi se­ku­li­ho­law lo­ku­thi si­vu­ke ebu­tho­ngwe­nix; ngo­ba usi­ndi­so se­lu­so­nde­le ki­thi ku­le­si­kha­thi esa­kho­lwa nga­soy.

12 Ubu­su­ku bu­dlu­li­le, usu­ku se­lu­so­nde­lez; nga­kho asi­khu­phe imi­se­be­nzi yo­bu­mnya­maa, si­hlo­meb izi­kha­li zo­ku­kha­nyac.

13 Asi­ha­mbe ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yo, nje­nga­se­mi­nid, ku­nga­bi ngo­ku­mi­nza la­ngo­ku­da­kwae, ku­nga­bi se­ma­ca­nsi­nif lo­ku­ngco­lag, ku­nga­bi ngo­ku­xa­ba­na la­ngo­mo­nah.

14 Ko­dwa ye­mba­tha­ni iNko­si uJe­su Kri­stu, li­nga­na­ke­ke­li inya­mai, nge­zi­nka­nu­koj.

Indle­la yo­ku­pha­tha aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ekho­lwe­ni

14Lo­wo obu­tha­ka­tha­ka ekho­lwe­nia me­mu­ke­le­ni, ku­nga­bi ngo­ko­ku­phi­ki­sa­nab kwe­mi­bo­no.

2 Omu­nye ukho­lwa uku­thi anga­dla ko­nkec, ko­dwa obu­tha­ka­tha­ka udla imi­bhi­dad.

3 Lo­wo odla­yo ka­nga­mde­le­li onga­dli­yoe, lo­nga­dli­yo ka­nga­mgwe­bi odla­yof; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ume­mu­ke­leg.

4 Ungu­ba­ni we­na ogwe­bah ince­ku yo­mu­nyei? Enko­si­ni ya­yo iye­ma ku­mbe iwe. Ye­bo, iza­mi­swa; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­ma­ndla oku­yi­mi­sa.

5 Omu­nye wa­zi­sa usu­ku ku­lolu­nye usu­ku, omu­nye wa­zi­sa insu­ku zo­nkej. Ka­ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo aqi­ni­se­ke kwe­ya­khe ingqo­ndo.

6 Owa­zi­sa usu­ku, ulwa­zi­sa eNko­si­ni; lo­nga­lwa­zi­si­yo usu­ku, kalwa­zi­si eNko­si­nik. Lo­dla­yo udla eNko­si­ni, ngo­ba ebo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu; lo­nga­dli­yo aka­dli eNko­si­ni, nja­lo ebo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lul.

7 Ngo­ba ka­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­thu ozi­phi­le­la­yo, nja­lo ka­kho ozi­fe­la­yo.

8 Ngo­ba uba si­phi­la, si­phi­le­la iNko­si; uba-ke si­si­fa, si­fe­la iNko­si; nga­kho lo­ba si­phi­la, lo­ba si­si­fa, si­nga­be­Nko­sim.

9 Ngo­ba ku­lo­khu uKri­stun la­ye wa­fa, wa­vu­kao, wa­bu­ya wa­phi­lap, uku­ze abe yi­Nko­siq ya­ba­fi­le­yo ka­nye la­ba­phi­la­yor.

10 We­na-ke umgwe­be­la­ni umza­lwa­ne wa­khos? Ku­mbe la­we umde­le­le­la­ni umza­lwa­ne wa­khot? Ngo­ba so­nke si­za­ku­mau pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­kwa­hlu­le­la si­ka­Kri­stuv.

11 Ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Mi­na ngi­ya­phi­law, itsho iNko­si; lo­nke ido­lo li­za­gu­qa pha­mbi kwa­mi, la­lo lo­nke uli­mi lu­za­mvu­ma uNku­lu­nku­lux.

12 Nga­kho ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­thu uza­zi­phe­ndu­le­la ngo­kwa­khe ku­Nku­lu­nku­luy.

13 Nga­kho ka­si­nga­be si­sa­hlu­le­la­naz; ko­dwa ahlu­le­la­ni lo­kho ika­khu­lua, uku­thi si­nga­mbe­ke­li umza­lwa­ne isi­khu­be­ki­sob lo­ba ulu­tho lo­ku­mwi­sac.

14 Ngi­ya­zi nja­lo ngi­qi­ni­se­ki­si­le eNko­si­ni uJe­su, uku­thi ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­ngco­li­le­yo ngo­kwa­lod; nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­wo oca­ba­nge­la ulu­tho uku­thi lu­ngco­li­le, ku­ye lu­ngco­li­lee.

15 Ko­dwa uba umza­lwa­ne wa­kho ekhu­tshwa yi­ku­dla, ka­wu­sa­ha­mbi ngo­ko­tha­ndo. Unga­mbhu­bhi­si ngo­ku­dla kwa­kho lo­wo, amfe­la­yo uKri­stuf.

16 Nga­kho oku­hle ki­ni ka­ku­nga­hla­nja­zwag;

17 ngo­ba umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­wu­si­kho uku­dla lo­ku­na­tha, ko­dwa uku­lu­nga lo­ku­thu­la le­nto­ko­zo ku­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leh.

18 Ngo­ba okho­nza uKri­stui ku­le­zi­zi­nto uye­mu­ke­le­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­luj, nja­lo ukho­le­ki­le eba­ntwi­nik.

19 Nga­kho asi­di­ngi­si­se izi­nto zo­ku­thu­lal, le­zi­nto zo­kwa­khi­sa­nam.

20 Unga­wu­chi­thi umse­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­nxa yo­ku­dlan. Ko­nke ku­hla­mbu­lu­ki­leop, ka­nti ku­bi ku­mu­ntu odlaq ngo­ku­khu­be­ki­sar.

21 Ku­hle uku­nga­dli inya­ma, lo­ku­nga­na­thi iwa­yi­ni, lo­ku­nye umza­lwa­ne wa­kho akhu­be­ka nga­kho ku­mbe acu­nu­lwe ku­mbe abe­bu­tha­ka­tha­kas.

22 Ulo­kho­lo yi­ni? Wo­ba lalo ngo­kwa­kho pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ubu­si­si­we lo­wo onga­zi­gwe­bi­yo nga­lo­khot aku­vu­me­la­you!

23 Ko­dwa otha­nda­bu­za­yo, uba esi­dla, ula­hli­we, ngo­ba aku­ve­li ekho­lwe­niv; nja­lo ko­nke oku­nga­ve­li ekho­lwe­ni, ku­yi­so­now.

15Ko­dwa thi­na esi­la­ma­ndlaa si­fa­ne­le uku­thwa­la ubu­tha­ka­tha­ka ba­ba­nge­la­ma­ndlab, nja­lo si­nga­zi­tho­ko­zi­si thi­na.

2 Ngo­ba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­thu ka­tho­ko­zi­se uma­khe­lwa­nec ebu­hle­ni ekuma­khe­nid.

3 Ngo­ba la­ye uKri­stu ka­zi­tho­ko­zi­sa­nga ye­nae, ko­dwa, ku­nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Uku­thu­ka kwa­ba­ku­thu­ka­yo kwa­we­la phe­zu kwa­mif.

4 Ngo­ba ko­nke okwa­bha­lwa nga­pha­mbi­lig, kwa­bha­le­lwa uku­fu­ndi­swa kwe­thuh, uku­ze ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­la la­nge­ndu­du­zo ye­mi­bha­lo si­be le­the­mbai.

5 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­ku­be­ke­ze­la le­ndu­du­zo ka­li­phe uku­thi li­be nhli­zi­yo­nye pha­ka­thi kwe­nu nje­ngo­ku­ka­Kri­stu Je­suj;

6 uku­ze nga­nhli­zi­yo­nyek ngo­mlo­mo mu­nye li­mdu­mi­se uNku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­tsho uYi­se we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stul.

7 Nga­kho ye­mu­ke­la­na­ni, nje­nga­lo­khu lo­Kri­stu wa­se­mu­ke­lam, ku­be lu­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun.

8 Nja­lo ngi­thi, uJe­su Kri­stu wa­ba yi­nce­ku yo­ku­so­kao nge­nxa ye­qi­ni­so li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup, uku­thi aqi­ni­se izi­the­mbi­so za­bo­ba­baq;

9 le­zi­zwer zi­mdu­mi­se uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­nxa ye­si­ha­wus; nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Nga­kho ngi­za­ku­vu­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ngi­hu­be­le ibi­zo la­kho izi­bo­ngot.

10 Nja­lo fu­thi uthi: Tho­ko­za­ni, be­zi­zwe, ka­nye la­ba­ntu ba­kheu.

11 Fu­thi-ke: Du­mi­sa­ni iNko­si li­na be­zi­zwe lo­nke; idu­mi­se­ni-ke li­na ba­ntu bo­nkev.

12 Nja­lo fu­thi uI­sa­ya uthi: Ku­za­ku­ba kho­naw impa­nde ka­Je­se, lo­pha­ka­me­la uku­bu­sa abe­zi­zwe; abe­zi­zwe ba­za­the­mbe­la ku­ye.

13 Ku­nga­thi-ke uNku­lu­nku­lu we­the­mba anga­li­gcwa­li­sa nge­nto­ko­zo yo­nke la­ngo­ku­thu­la eku­kho­lwe­ni, uku­ze le­nge­zwe ethe­mbe­ni, nga­ma­ndla ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lex.

UPa­wu­li ucha­si­sa umse­be­nzi wa­khe

14 La­mi-ke ngo­kwa­mi nga­ne­li­si­we nga­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­miy, uku­thi la­ni ngo­kwe­nu li­gcwe­le oku­hlez, li­gcwa­li­swe yi­kwa­zi ko­nkea, li­la­ma­ndla-ke okwe­lu­le­ka­na.

15 Ko­dwa, ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­li­bha­le­le nge­si­bi­ndi esi­khu­lu, nga­nxa­nyeb, nje­ngo­li­khu­mbu­za­yoc, nge­nxa yo­mu­sa engi­wu­phi­we­yo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lud,

16 uku­ze ngi­be yi­si­kho­nzi si­ka­Je­su Kri­stu kwa­be­zi­zwe, ngi­kho­nze iva­nge­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue, uku­ze imi­ni­ke­lo ya­be­zi­zwef ye­mu­ke­le­ke, kwe­nzi­we ku­be ngcwe­le ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leg.

17 Nga­kho ngi­lo­ku­zi­nco­ma ku­Kri­stu Je­su ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­qo­nda­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­luh;

18 ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba le­si­bi­ndi so­ku­khu­lu­ma ulu­tho lwe­zi­nto uKri­stu anga­ze­nza­nga nga­mii, uku­ze ku­be kho­na uku­la­le­la kwa­be­zi­zwej, nge­li­zwi la­nge­se­nzo,

19 nga­ma­ndla ezi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so, nga­ma­ndla ka­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; nga­kho ku­su­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma lenda­wo ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo ku­ze ku­fi­ke eI­li­ri­ku ngitshu­ma­ye­le iva­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stu ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yok;

20 ngo­ku­nja­lo nga­za­ma ka­khu­lu uku­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li, ku­nge­yi­si­kho la­pho uKri­stu abi­zwe kho­nal, uku­ze ngi­nga­khi phe­zu kwe­si­se­ke­lo so­mu­nyem;

21 ko­dwa, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Aba­nga­tshe­lwa­nga nga­ye, ba­za­bo­na, la­ba­nge­zwa­nga, ba­za­qe­di­si­san.

UPa­wu­li ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­ya eRo­ma

22 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho fu­thi nga­vi­nje­lwa ka­ne­ngi uku­za ki­nio;

23 ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke lo­khu ngi­nga­se­la­nda­wo ku­le­zi­za­be­lop, fu­thi se­ku­yi­mi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi ngi­le­si­fi­so esi­khu­lu so­ku­za ki­niq,

24 ngo­ku­nja­lo nxa ngi­za­ku­ya eSpa­ni­ya, ngi­za­ku­za ki­ni; ngo­ba ngi­the­mba uku­thi ngi­za­li­bo­na eku­dlu­le­ni, nja­lo ngi­phe­le­ke­ze­lwe yi­ni kho­nar, uba ku­qa­la se­ngi­su­thi­se­ki­le nga­nxa­nye ngi­la­nis.

25 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke ngi­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngi­kho­nze aba­ngcwe­let.

26 Ngo­ba kwa­ba ku­hle eMa­ke­do­ni­yauv leA­ka­yawx ukwe­nze­la umni­ke­lo othi­le aba­ya­nga kwa­ba­ngcwe­le aba­se­Je­ru­sa­le­may.

27 Ngo­ba kwa­ba ku­hle ki­bo, nja­lo ba­lo­mla­ndu ki­bo. Ngo­ba uba abe­zi­zwe be­hla­nga­nye­la la­bo ezi­ntwe­ni za­bo zo­mo­yaz, ba­lo­mla­ndu fu­thi wo­ku­ba­se­be­nze­la ezi­ntwe­ni ze­nya­maa.

28 Nga­kho nxa se­ngi­qe­de lo­khu, se­ngi­ba­pha­wu­le­leb le­si­si­the­loc, ngi­za­su­ka ngi­ye eSpa­ni­ya ngi­dlu­le nga­ki­ni.

29 Ngi­ya­zi-ke uku­thi nxa ngi­si­za ki­nid ngi­za­fi­ka eku­gcwa­le­ni kwe­si­bu­si­so se­va­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stue.

30 Ngi­ya­li­nce­nga-ke, ba­za­lwa­ne, nga­yo iNko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, la­ngo­tha­ndo lu­ka­Mo­ya, uku­thi li­lwi­se ka­nye la­mi emi­khu­le­kwe­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­mif;

31 uku­ze ngo­phu­lwe kwa­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yo1 eJu­di­yag, nja­lo uku­ze umse­be­nzi wa­mi ongo­we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma we­mu­ke­le­ke ki­bo aba­ngcwe­leh;

32 uku­ze nge­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui ngi­ze ki­ni nge­nto­ko­zo, ngi­vu­se­le­le­ke ka­nye la­nij.

33 Nga­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­ku­thu­la ka­be la­ni lo­nke. Ame­nik.

UPa­wu­li ubi­nge­le­la aba­za­lwa­ne

16Ngi­ya­mnco­ma-ke ki­ni uda­de­we­thu uFe­bea, oyi­si­kho­nzi­ka­zi se­ba­ndla eli­se­Ke­ni­kre­yab;

2 uku­ze li­me­mu­ke­le eNko­si­nic nje­ngo­ku­fa­ne­le aba­ngcwe­led, uku­thi li­msi­ze lo­ba ku­lu­phi uda­ba alu­swe­la­yo ki­ni; ngo­ba la­ye ube­ngu­mme­li wa­ba­ne­ngi, lo­wa­mi uqo­boe.

3 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uPri­si­la loA­kwi­laf izi­se­be­nzi ka­nye la­mi ku­Kri­stu Je­su,

4 aba­be­ka pha­nsi inta­mo ya­bo esi­khu­ndle­ni se­mpi­lo ya­mi; engi­ba­bo­nga­yo ku­nge­yi­si­mi nge­dwa, ko­dwa la­ma­ba­ndla wo­nke abe­zi­zweg;

5 bi­nge­le­la­ni le­ba­ndla eli­se­ndli­ni ya­boh. Bi­nge­le­la­ni uE­pe­ne­tu, otha­ndi­we­yo wa­mi, oyi­si­the­lo so­ku­qa­lai seA­ka­ya ku­Kri­stuj.

6 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uMa­ri­yak, owa­si­se­be­nze­la ka­khu­lul.

7 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uA­nde­ro­ni­ku lo­Ju­ni­ya, aba­yi­zi­hlo­bo za­mim le­zi­bo­tshwa ka­nye la­min, aba­nga­ba­du­mi­le­yoo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­pho­sto­lip, aba­be­ku­Kri­stu la­bo nga­pha­mbi kwa­mi.

8 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uA­mpi­li­ya­si, otha­ndi­we­yo wa­mi eNko­si­ni.

9 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uO­rba­nu isi­se­be­nzi ka­nye la­thi ku­Kri­stu, lo­Si­ta­ku otha­ndi­we­yo wa­miq.

10 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uA­pe­le othe­mbe­ki­le­yo ku­Kri­stur. Bi­nge­le­la­ni la­bo aba­kaA­ri­sto­bu­lu.

11 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uHe­ro­di­yo­ni isi­hlo­bo sa­mis. Bi­nge­le­la­ni aba­ka­Na­rki­su, la­bo aba­se­Nko­si­ni.

12 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uTri­fi­na lo­Tri­fo­sa, abe­si­fa­za­na aba­se­be­nza eNko­si­ni. Bi­nge­le­la­ni uPe­rsi­si owe­si­fa­za­na otha­nde­ka­yo, owa­se­be­nza ka­khu­lu eNko­si­nit.

13 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uRu­fu­siu okhe­thi­we­yo eNko­si­ni, lo­ni­na nja­lo ongo­wa­miv.

14 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uA­si­nki­ri­tu, uFi­le­ko, uHe­rma­si, uPa­tro­ba, uHe­rme­si, la­ba­za­lwa­ne aba­la­bow.

15 Bi­nge­le­la­ni uFi­lo­lo­gu lo­Ju­li­ya, uNe­ru­si lo­da­de­wa­bo, loO­li­mpa, la­ba­ngcwe­le bo­nkex aba­la­boy.

16 Bi­nge­le­la­na­ni ngo­kwa­nga oku­ngcwe­le. Ama­ba­ndla ka­Kri­stu aya­li­bi­nge­le­la.

17 Nja­lo ngi­ya­li­nce­nga, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi li­qa­phe­le aba­ba­nga uku­xa­ba­naz le­zi­khu­be­ki­so, oku­pha­mbe­ne le­mfu­ndi­so ela­yi­fu­ndi­swa­yoa; ba­xwa­ye­ni bo­nab.

18 Ngo­ba aba­nja­lo ka­ba­se­be­nze­li iNko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuc, ko­dwa isi­su sa­bod; nja­lo nge­li­zwi eli­mna­ndie le­ndu­mi­so ba­kho­hli­sa inhli­zi­yo za­ba­nge­la­ca­laf.

19 Ngo­ba uku­la­le­la kwe­nu se­ku­fi­ki­le ki­bo bo­nkeg. Nga­kho ngi­ya­tho­ko­za nga­ni; ko­dwa ngi­tha­nda uku­thi li­hla­ka­ni­phe ko­ku­hle, ko­dwa li­be msu­lwa ko­ku­bih.

20 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­ku­thu­lai uza­hle amcho­bo­zej uSa­tha­ne nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo ze­nuk. Umu­sa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­wu­be la­ni. Ame­nil.

21 UTi­mo­thim isi­se­be­nzi ka­nye la­min, lo­Lu­ki­yuo lo­Ja­so­nip lo­So­si­pa­troq, izi­hlo­bo za­mi, ba­ya­li­bi­nge­le­lar.

22 Mi­na Te­rti­yo, engi­bha­le incwa­di, ngi­ya­li­bi­nge­le­la eNko­si­nis.

23 UGa­yu­si umnge­ni­si wa­mi, le­ba­ndla lo­nke, uya­li­bi­nge­le­lat. UE­ra­stuu umpha­thi­si­khwa­ma so­mu­zi uya­li­bi­nge­le­la, lo­Kwa­rtu umza­lwa­ne.

24 Umu­sa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­wu­be la­ni lo­nke. Ame­niv.

Isi­ci­no

25 Ku­ye ola­ma­ndlaw oku­li­qi­ni­sax ngo­kwe­va­nge­li la­mi lo­ku­tshu­nya­ye­lwa ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stuy, ngo­kwe­mbu­lwa kwe­mfi­hloz eya­yi­gci­nwe ifi­hla­ke­le nge­zi­kha­thi ze­ndu­loa,

26 ko­dwab isi­bo­na­ka­li­si­we kha­the­sic, la­nge­mi­bha­lo ya­ba­pro­fe­thid, nje­ngo­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ola­pha­ka­dee, ya­zi­swa ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke eku­la­le­le­ni ko­kho­lof,

27 ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­lwa­zi ye­na ye­dwa ka­ku­be ubu­kho­si, ngo­Je­su Kri­stu, ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. Ame­nig.