INCWA­DI YO­KU­QA­LA KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KWA­BA­SE­KO­RI­NTE

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPa­wu­li obi­ze­lwe uku­ba ngu­mpho­sto­li ka­Je­su Kri­stua nge­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub, lo­So­ste­ne­sic umza­lwa­ne,

2 ku­ba­ndla li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eli­se­Ko­ri­nted, ku­bo aba­ngcwe­li­si­we­yoe ku­Kri­stu Je­su, aba­bi­ze­lwef uku­ba nga­ba­ngcwe­leg, ka­nye la­bo bo­nke aba­bi­zah ibi­zo le­Nko­si ye­thui uJe­su Kri­stu ku­yo yo­nke inda­wo, eya­bo ka­nye le­ye­thuj:

3 Umu­sak ka­wu­be ki­ni lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu le­Nko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stu.

4 Ngi­ya­mbo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mil nge­si­kha­thi so­nke nga­ni, nge­nxa yo­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eli­wu­phi­we­yo ku­Kri­stu Je­su;

5 uku­thi ku­yo yo­nke into li­no­thi­si­we ku­ye, eku­khu­lu­me­ni ko­nkem le­lwa­zi­ni lo­nkeno,

6 nje­ngo­ba ubu­fa­ka­zip bu­ka­Kri­stu bu­qi­ni­si­we ki­ni;

7 nga­kho ka­li­si­le­li la­kwe­si­nye isi­pho, li­li­nde­leq ukwe­mbu­lwa kwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu,

8 oza­li­qi­ni­sar fu­thi ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni, uku­ze li­nga­bi la­ca­las ngo­su­ku lwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stut.

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu uthe­mbe­ki­leu, ela­bi­ze­lwa nga­yev ebu­dle­lwa­ne­niw kwe­Ndo­da­na ya­khe uJe­su Kri­stu iNko­si ye­thu.

Uku­phi­ki­sa­na eba­ndle­ni le­Ko­ri­nte

10 Ngi­ya­li­nce­nga-kex, ba­za­lwa­ne, nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, uku­thi lo­nke li­khu­lu­me into ibe­nyey, nja­lo ku­nga­bi kho­na ukwe­hlu­ka­na pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, ko­dwa li­phe­le­li­swez emqo­ndwe­ni mu­nye le­ku­bo­ne­ni ku­nye.

11 Ngo­ba ngi­tshe­li­we nga­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, nga­ba­ko­Klo­wea, uku­thi ku­kho­na izi­ngxa­ba­nob pha­ka­thi kwe­nu.

12 Nja­lo ngi­tsho lo­khu, ko­ku­thi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nuc uthi: Mi­na ngi­ngo­ka­Pa­wu­li; ko­dwa mi­na okaA­po­lo­sid; ko­dwa mi­na oka­Ke­fa­sie; ko­dwa mi­na oka­Kri­stu.

13 UKri­stu we­hlu­ka­ni­si­we yi­nif? Ka­nti uPa­wu­li wa­be­the­le­lwa li­na, ku­mbe la­bha­bha­thi­zwag yi­ni ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Pa­wu­li?

14 Ngi­ya­mbo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi ka­ngi­bha­bha­thi­za­ngah la­mu­nye we­nu, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Kri­spu­sii lo­Ga­yu­sij;

15 uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na othi nga­bha­bha­thi­za ebi­zwe­ni la­mi uqo­bok.

16 Fu­thi nga­bha­bha­thi­za le­ndlu ka­Ste­fa­nal; nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho ka­nga­zi uku­thi nga­bha­bha­thi­za omu­nye umu­ntu.

17 Ngo­ba uKri­stu ka­ngi­thu­ma­nga uku­thi ngi­bha­bha­thi­ze, ko­dwa uku­thi ngi­tshu­ma­ye­le iva­nge­li; ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ye­li­zwim, hle­zi isi­pha­mba­no si­ka­Kri­stu se­nzi­we izen.

Uku­hla­ka­ni­pha ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­ko­mhla­ba

18 Ngo­ba ili­zwi le­si­pha­mba­no li­yi­bu­thu­tha ku­la­bo aba­bhu­bha­yoop, ko­dwa ki­thi aba­si­ndi­swa­yoq li­nga­ma­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur.

19 Ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Ngi­za­chi­thas inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­ba­qe­di­si­sa­yo ngi­za­kwe­nza izet.

20 Si­nga­phi isi­hla­ka­ni­phi? Unga­phiu umbha­li? Unga­phi umphi­ki­si wa­lu­mhla­bav? Angi­thi uNku­lu­nku­luw wa­ye­nza ya­ba yi­bu­thu­thax inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­lu­mhla­ba yi­niy?

21 Ngo­ba ku­thez enhla­ka­ni­phe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua umhla­ba ka­wu­ma­za­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho, kwa­ba ku­hle ku­Nku­lu­nku­lub ngo­bu­thu­thac be­ntshu­ma­ye­lo uku­si­ndi­sa aba­kho­lwa­yo.

22 Ngo­ba la­ma­Ju­da ace­la isi­bo­na­ka­li­sod, la­ma­Gri­ki adi­nga inhla­ka­ni­pho;

23 ko­dwa thi­nae si­tshu­ma­ye­laf uKri­stu obe­the­lwe­yo, isi­khu­be­ki­so ku­ma­Ju­dag, lo­bu­thu­thah ku­ma­Gri­ki;

24 ko­dwa ku­la­bo aba­bi­zi­we­yo, ku­ma­Ju­da ka­nye la­ku­ma­Gri­ki, uKri­stu ama­ndlai ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­nhla­ka­ni­phoj ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

25 ngo­ba ubu­thu­tha bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu bu­hla­ka­ni­phi­le ku­la­ba­ntu, lo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu bu­la­ma­ndla ku­la­ba­ntu.

26 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la­nik ubi­zol lwe­nu, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi kaba­ba­ne­ngi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ngo­kwe­nya­ma, kaba­ba­ne­ngim aba­la­ma­ndlan, kaba­ba­ne­ngi aba­yi­zi­khu­luo;

27 ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lup ukhe­thi­le izi­nto zo­bu­thu­tha zo­mhla­ba, uku­ze aya­ngi­se aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo; nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ukhe­thi­le oku­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ko­mhla­ba, uku­ze aya­ngi­se oku­la­ma­ndla;

28 le­zi­nto ezi­pha­nsi zo­mhla­ba le­zi­nto ezi­de­le­le­ka­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu uzi­khe­thi­le, le­zi­nto ezi­nge­khoq, uku­ze enze zi­be yi­ze izi­nto ezi­kho­nar;

29 uku­ze ku­nga­bi­kho inya­mas ezi­nco­ma­yo pha­mbi kwa­khe.

30 Ko­dwa nga­ye li­na li­ku­Kri­stu Je­su, owe­nze­lwa thi­na inhla­ka­ni­phot eve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­ku­lu­ngau, lo­ku­ngcwe­li­swav, lo­hle­ngow,

31 uku­ze, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Ozi­nco­ma­yox, ka­zi­nco­me eNko­si­ni.

Intshu­ma­ye­lo ka­Pa­wu­li eKo­ri­nte

2La­mi, ba­za­lwa­ne, eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­mi ki­ni, ka­ngi­fi­ka­ngaa ngo­bu­ga­ba­zi be­li­zwi ku­mbe be­nhla­ka­ni­pho, ngi­tshu­ma­ye­la ki­ni ubu­fa­ka­zib bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

2 Ngo­ba nga­mi­sa uku­thi ngi­nga­zi lu­tho pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stuc, la­ye ebe­the­lwe.

3 Nja­lo mi­na nga­ngi­la­nid ebu­tha­ka­tha­ke­nie le­kwe­sa­be­ni le­ku­thu­thu­me­le­ni oku­khu­lu.

4 Lo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­mi lo­ku­tshu­ma­ye­la kwa­mi ka­ku­ba­ngaf nga­ma­zwi enhla­ka­ni­pho ya­ba­ntu ahu­ga­yo, ko­dwa ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­ka­Mo­ya lo­kwa­ma­ndlag;

5 uku­ze ukho­lo lwe­nu lu­nga­bi enhla­ka­ni­phe­ni ya­ba­ntu, ko­dwa ema­ndle­nih ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

6 Ko­dwa inhla­ka­ni­pho si­yi­khu­lu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­phe­le­le­yoi, ko­dwa inhla­ka­ni­phoj enga­yi­si­yo ya­le­li­li­zwek, ku­mbe eya­ba­bu­si ba­le­li­li­zwel, aba­za­kwe­nzi­wa izem;

7 ko­dwa si­khu­lu­ma inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eyi­mfi­hlon, eya­yi­fi­hli­we, uNku­lu­nku­lu ayi­mi­sao nga­pha­mbi­li ku­nga­ka­bi lo­mhla­ba ku­be yi­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­thup;

8 ku­nge­kho lo­ye­dwaq wa­ba­bu­sir ba­le­li­li­zwe owa­ye­kwa­zis; ngo­ba uba ba­be­kwa­zit, ba­be­nga­yi­ku­yi­be­the­la iNko­si ye­nka­zi­mu­lou.

9 Ko­dwa nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Izi­nto ili­hlo eli­nga­zi­bo­na­ngav, le­ndle­be engazi­zwa­nga, lezi­nga­nge­na­nga enhli­zi­ywe­ni yo­mu­ntuw, uNku­lu­nku­lu azi­lu­ngi­se­lex aba­mtha­nda­yo;

10 uNku­lu­nku­lu-ke use­mbu­le­ley thi­na lo­khu ngo­Mo­ya wa­khez; ngo­ba uMo­ya uhlo­li­si­sa zo­nke izi­nto, ngi­tsho izi­nto ezi­ju­li­le­yo zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

11 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni eba­ntwi­ni owa­zi oko­mu­ntua, nga­pha­ndle ko­mo­ya wo­mu­ntu oku­yeb? Ngo­ku­nja­lo oku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­kwa­zi­wa mu­ntu, nga­pha­ndle ko­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

12 Thi­na-ke ka­se­mu­ke­la­ngad umo­ya wo­mhla­ba, ko­dwa uMo­ya ove­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lue, uku­ze sa­zi izi­nto esi­zi­phi­wa nge­si­hle ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

13 fu­thi esi­zi­tsho­yo, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­ma­zwif inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­ba­ntu ewa­fu­ndi­sa­yo, ko­dwa ngama­zwi afu­ndi­swa ngu­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le, si­cha­si­sag oko­mo­ya ngo­ko­mo­ya.

14 Ko­dwah umu­ntu we­mve­loi ka­ze­mu­ke­li izi­nto zi­ka­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba zi­yi­bu­thu­tha ku­yej, nja­lo ka­la­wo ama­ndla oku­qe­di­si­sak, ngo­ba zi­hlo­li­si­swa ngo­ko­mo­ya;

15 ko­dwa owo­mo­yal uya­hlo­la zo­nke izi­ntom, ko­dwa ye­na ka­hlo­lwan mu­ntu.

16 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni owa­zi ingqo­ndo ye­Nko­sio, uku­thi ayi­fu­ndi­se? Ko­dwa thi­na si­le­ngqo­ndo ka­Kri­stup.

Indle­la yo­ku­la­nde­la aba­fu­ndi­si

3La­mi-ke, ba­za­lwa­ne, be­ngi­nge­la­ku­khu­lu­ma la­ni nje­nga­ba­ko­mo­yaab, ko­dwa nje­nga­kwa­ba­kwe­nya­macd, nje­nga­kwa­ba­yi­zi­nga­nee ku­Kri­stu.

2 Nga­li­na­thi­sa ucha­gof, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­dla oku­qi­ni­le­yo; ngo­ba be­li­nga­ke­ne­li­sig, ko­dwa la­kha­the­si ka­li­ke­ne­li­si;

3 ngo­ba li­se­nga­be­nya­ma; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­kho­na pha­ka­thi kwe­nu umha­wuh lo­ku­phi­ki­sa­naij lo­kwe­hlu­ka­na, ka­li­si­bo abe­nya­ma, li­ha­mba ngo­kwa­ba­ntu yi­ni?

4 Ngo­ba nxa omu­nye esi­thi: Mi­na ngi­ngo­ka­Pa­wu­lik, lo­mu­nye athi: Mi­na okaA­po­lo­sil, ka­li­si­bo yi­ni abe­nya­ma?

5 Ka­nti uPa­wu­li uyi­ni, loA­po­lo­si mu­yi­ni, ko­dwa izi­se­be­nzin ela­kho­lwa nga­zoo, la­nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ni­ka ku­lo­wo la­lo­wop?

6 Mi­na nga­hla­nye­laq, uA­po­lo­si wa­the­le­lars, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khu­li­sat.

7 Nga­kho ohla­nye­la­yo ka­si­lu­thou, lo­ba othe­le­la­yo, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu okhu­li­sa­yo.

8 Ohla­nye­la­yo ka­nye lo­the­le­la­yo ba­nye; ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wov uza­kwe­mu­ke­la owa­khe umvu­zo nje­ngo­wa­khe umse­be­nzi.

9 Ngo­ba si­yi­zi­se­be­nziw zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­nye la­ye; li­yi­nsi­mu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, li­yi­sa­khi­wo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux.

Ukwa­khe­la phe­zu kwe­si­se­ke­lo esi­qo­tho

10 Ngo­ko­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy engi­wu­phi­we­yo, nje­ngo­ma­khi omkhu­lu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo nga­be­ka isi­se­ke­loz, lo­mu­nye wa­kha phe­zu kwa­so. Ko­dwa ka­ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo abo­ne uku­thi wa­kha nja­ni phe­zu kwa­so.

11 Ngo­ba aku­la­mu­ntu onga­be­ka esi­nye isi­se­ke­lo nga­pha­ndle kwa­le­so esi­be­ki­we­yoa, esi­ngu­Je­su Kri­stub.

12 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu esa­khe­la phe­zu kwa­le­si­si­se­ke­lo igo­li­de, isi­li­va, ama­tshe ali­gu­gu, izi­go­do, utsha­ni, inhla­nga,

13 umse­be­nzi wa­lo­wo la­lo­wo uza­ve­la oba­lac; ngo­ba usu­kud lu­zawu­da­lu­lae, ngo­ba lu­za­ve­zwaf1 emli­lwe­nig; umli­loh uza­hlo­lai umse­be­nzi wa­lo­wo la­lo­wo uku­thi unja­ni.

14 Uba umse­be­nzi wo­mu­ntu awa­khe phe­zu­lu usi­ma, uza­kwe­mu­ke­la umvu­zoj.

15 Uba umse­be­nzi wo­mu­ntu uza­tshi­swa, uza­la­hle­ke­lwak; ko­dwa ye­na uqo­bo eza­si­ndi­swa, ko­dwa ngo­ku­nja­lo nje­nga­ngo­mli­lolm.

16 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi li­na li­li­the­mpe­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun, lo­ku­thi uMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uhla­la ki­nio?

17 Uba umu­ntu echi­tha ithe­mpe­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­mchi­tha ye­na; ngo­ba ithe­mpe­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­ngcwe­le, eli­yi­lo li­na.

18 Ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na ozi­kho­hli­sa­yop; uba umu­ntu pha­ka­thi kwe­nuq eca­ba­nga uku­thi uhla­ka­ni­phi­le ku­lu­mhla­bar, ku­me­le abe yi­si­thu­tha, uku­ze ahla­ka­ni­phe.

19 Ngo­ba inhla­ka­ni­phos ya­lu­mhla­ba iyi­bu­thu­tha ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Uba­mbat aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ebu­qi­li­ni ba­bou;

20 nja­lo loku­thi: INko­si iya­ya­ziv imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, uku­thi iyi­ze.

21 Nga­kho ka­ku­nga­bi kho­naw ozi­nco­ma nga­ba­ntux; ngo­ba zo­nke izi­nto nge­ze­nuy,

22 lo­ba uPa­wu­li, lo­ba uA­po­lo­siz, lo­ba uKe­fa­sia, lo­ba umhla­ba, lo­ba impi­lo, lo­ba uku­fa, lo­ba izi­nto ezi­kho­nab, lo­ba izi­nto ezi­za­yo; ko­nke ngo­kwe­nu,

23 li­na-ke li­nga­ba­ka­Kri­stuc, lo­Kri­stu ungo­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

Aba­pha­thi be­mfi­hlo zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

4Umu­ntu ka­na­ka­ne nga­thi ngo­ku­nje, nje­nge­zi­se­be­nzia zi­ka­Kri­stu la­ba­pha­thib be­zi­mfi­hloc zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

2 Fu­thi-ke, ku­ya­di­nge­ka eba­pha­thi­ni, uku­thi umu­ntu afi­cwe ethe­mbe­ki­led.

3 Ko­dwa ki­mi ku­yi­nto enci­nya­ne ka­khu­lu uku­thi ngi­tho­ni­si­swee yi­ni, ku­mbe ngo­kwa­hlu­le­la1 kwa­ba­ntu; ko­dwa la­mi ka­ngi­zi­tho­ni­si­sif.

4 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­na­nze­le­li lu­tho ki­mig, ka­nti ka­ngi­lu­ngi­si­swa­nga nga­lo­khoh; ko­dwa onga­hlu­le­la­yo yi­Nko­sii.

5 Nga­kho li­nga­hlu­le­li lu­tho isi­kha­thi si­nga­ka­fi­ki, ize ifi­ke iNko­sij, eza­ve­za fu­thi eku­kha­nye­ni izi­nto ezi­fi­hla­ke­le­yo emnya­me­ni, nja­lo ive­ze oba­la ama­ce­bo ezi­nhli­zi­yok; nja­lo kho­na ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wol eza­ku­ba lo­ku­bo­ngwa oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lum.

Uku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwa­be­Ko­ri­nte lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­ba­pho­sto­li

6 Nja­lo le­zi­zi­nto, ba­za­lwa­nen, ngi­zi­qo­nda­ni­se la­mi loA­po­lo­si nge­nxa ye­nuo, uku­ze li­fu­nde ki­thi uku­thi li­nga­khu­mbu­li phe­zu ko­ku­lo­tshi­we­yop, uku­ze li­nga­khu­khu­nye­zwa omu­nyeq ngo­mu­nye li­me­la­ne lo­mu­nyer.

7 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni okwe­nza uku­thi we­hlu­kes? Nja­lo ku­yi­ni ola­khot onga­kwe­mu­ke­la­ngau? Nja­lo uba la­we we­mu­ke­le, uzi­nco­me­la­ni ngo­ku­nga­thi ka­we­mu­ke­la­nga yi­ni?

8 Se­li­su­thi, se­li­no­thi­le, li­bu­si­le nga­pha­ndle kwe­thuv; ye­bo-ke ku­nga­thi nga­be li­ya­bu­sa, uku­ze la­thi si­bu­se ka­nye la­niw.

9 Ngo­ba ngi­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu usi­mi­si­le thi­na aba­pho­sto­li bo­ku­ci­nax, si­be nje­nga­ba­mi­se­lwe uku­fay; ngo­ba se­nzi­we umbu­ki­so2 emhla­be­ni, la­ku­zo ingi­lo­si, le­ba­ntwi­niz.

10 Thi­na si­yi­zi­thu­tha nge­nxa ka­Kri­stua, ko­dwa li­na li­hla­ka­ni­phi­le ku­Kri­stub; thi­na si­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, ko­dwa li­na li­la­ma­ndla; li­na li­ya­hlo­ni­tshwa, ko­dwa thi­na si­ya­de­le­lwac.

11 Ku­ze ku­be li­ho­la la­kha­the­si si­la­mbi­led, so­mi­lee, si­ha­mba­zefg, si­ya­tsha­ywa nge­nqi­ndih, si­yi­mi­ha­mbu­ma,

12 si­ya­tshi­ka­tshi­kai si­se­be­nza nge­ze­thu iza­ndla; si­thi si­thu­kwaj si­bu­si­se; si­thi si­zi­nge­lwak si­be­ke­ze­le;

13 si­thi si­nye­ywa si­nce­nge; se­nzi­wa nje­nga­ma­nya­la omhla­bal, imfu­cu­zam ye­zi­nto zo­nke, ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si.

14 Ka­ngi­li­bha­le­li le­zi­zi­nto uku­thi ngi­li­the­le inhlo­nin, ko­dwa ngile­lu­le­ka nje­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­mi aba­tha­nde­ka­yoo.

15 Ngo­ba la­nxa li­la­be­lu­le­kip aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ku­Kri­stu, ko­dwa kali­la­bo­yi­hlo aba­ne­ngi; ngo­ba mi­na nga­li­za­la ku­Kri­stu Je­suq nge­va­nge­li.

16 Nga­kho ngi­ya­li­nce­nga: Ba­ni­ni nga­ba­li­ngi­si ba­mir.

17 Nga­lo­kho ngi­thu­me ki­ni uTi­mo­this, ongu­mnta­na­mi otha­nde­ka­yot lo­the­mbe­ki­le­yo eNko­si­niu, oza­li­khu­mbu­zav nge­nha­mbo za­mi ezi­ku­Kri­stu, nje­ngo­ba ngi­fu­ndi­sa enda­we­ni zo­nke ku­lo lo­nke iba­ndlaw.

18 Ko­dwa aba­nyex ba­zi­khu­khu­me­zi­ley ngo­ku­nga­thi ka­ngi­yi­ku­za ki­ni.

19 Ka­nti ngi­za­ku­za ki­ni ma­si­nya­nez, uba iNko­si ivu­maa, nja­lo ngi­za­kwa­zi, ha­tshi ili­zwi la­la­bo aba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yob, ko­dwa ama­ndla.

20 Ngo­ba umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­wu­nge­li­zwi ko­dwa nga­ma­ndlac.

21 Li­fu­na­ni? Ngi­ze ki­nid nge­ndu­ku yi­nie, ku­mbe ngo­tha­ndo lo­mo­yaf ochu­mi­le­yo?

Uku­phi­nga kwa­be­Ko­ri­nte. Uku­pha­thwa kwe­zo­ni

5Isi­bi­li ku­zwa­ke­le uku­thi ku­kho­naa uku­phi­ngab pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, fu­thi uku­phi­nga ko­hlo­bo olu­nga­qa­njwa­yo la­pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwec, ku­ze ku­thi omu­nyed abe lo­mka­yi­see.

2 Ko­dwa li­na li­ya­zi­khu­khu­me­zaf, nja­lo enda­we­ni ya­lo­kho ali­za­nge li­li­leg, uku­ze owe­nze le­si­se­nzo asu­swe pha­ka­thi kwe­nu.

3 Ngo­ba mi­na-ke, nje­ngo­nge­kho ngo­mzi­mbah ko­dwa okho­na ngo­mo­ya, se­ngi­nqu­mi­le owe­nze lo­khu oku­nja­lo, ngo­ku­nga­thi ngi­kho­na,

4 ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, se­li­hla­nge­ne lo­mo­ya wa­mii ka­nye la­ma­ndlaj eNko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu,

5 uku­ni­ke­lak onja­lo ku­Sa­tha­nel eku­bhu­bhe­ni kwe­nya­ma, uku­ze umo­yam usi­ndi­swe osu­kwi­nin lwe­Nko­si uJe­su.

6 Ka­ku­ku­hle uku­zi­nco­ma kwe­nuo. Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi imvu­be­lo enci­nya­nep ibi­li­sa inhla­ma yo­nke?

7 Nga­kho khu­pha­ni imvu­be­lo enda­la, uku­ze li­be yi­nhla­ma entsha, nje­nga­ba­nge­la­mvu­be­lo. Ngo­ba le­pha­si­ka le­thu li­hla­tshe­lwe thi­na, eli­ngu­Kri­stuq;

8 nga­kho asi­gci­ner umkho­si, ku­nga­bi nge­mvu­be­lo enda­las, nja­lo ku­nga­bi nge­mvu­be­lot ye­nzo­ndo lo­bu­biu, ko­dwa nge­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo so­bu­qo­tho le­se­qi­ni­sov.

9 Nga­li­bha­le­la encwa­di­niw uku­thi li­nga­hla­nga­nye­li le­zi­phi­ngi;

10 ko­dwa ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo le­zi­phi­ngix za­lu­mhla­bay ku­mbe le­zi­hwa­baza, ku­mbe la­ba­pha­ngibc, ku­mbe la­ba­kho­nza izi­tho­mbed; ngo­ba phe­la ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­nga­fa­ne­la uku­thi li­phu­me emhla­be­nie.

11 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke nga­li­bha­le­la uku­thi li­nga­hla­nga­nye­lif, nxa umu­ntu ebi­zwa ngo­ku­thi ungu­mza­lwa­neg eyi­si­phi­ngih, ku­mbe isi­hwa­bai, ku­mbe okho­nza izi­tho­mbej, ku­mbe isi­thu­kik, ku­mbe isi­da­kwal, ku­mbe umpha­ngim; li­nga­ze la­dla lo­nja­lo la­ka­nye.

12 Ngo­ba ngi­la­ni lo­kwa­hlu­le­la aba­nga­pha­ndlen? Li­na ka­la­hlu­le­li yi­ni aba­nga­pha­ka­thio?

13 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­hlu­le­la aba­nga­pha­ndlep. Nja­lo li­na mxo­tshe­niq omu­bi asu­ke pha­ka­thi kwe­nu.

Uku­khu­zwa kwa­be­Ko­ri­nte aba­ma­nga­le­la­na­yo

6Ku­kho­na yi­ni umu­ntu wa­ki­ni, othi ele­ca­la lo­mu­nye, abe le­si­bi­ndi so­ku­ya­kwa­hlu­le­lwa pha­mbi kwa­ba­nga­lu­nga­nga, ku­nga­bi pha­mbi kwa­ba­ngcwe­lea?

2 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi aba­ngcwe­leb ba­za­kwa­hlu­le­la umhla­ba? Uba-ke umhla­ba uza­kwa­hlu­le­lwa yi­ni, ka­li­fa­ne­le yi­ni ukwa­hlu­le­la ama­ca­la ama­nci­nya­ne?

3 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi si­za­za­hlu­le­la ingi­lo­sic? Ka­nga­ka­na­ni inda­ba za­lo­khu­ku­phi­lad?

4 Nga­kho uba li­la­ma­ca­la alo­khu­ku­phi­lae, ba­be­ke­ni phe­zu kwa­wo la­bo aba­de­le­le­ka­yo eba­ndle­ni.

5 Ngi­khu­lu­maf ki­ni uku­thi li­be le­nhlo­ni. Ngo­ku­nja­lo ka­kho ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu yi­ni, ngi­tsho lo­ye­dwa, onga­hlu­le­lag pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­khe?

6 Ko­dwa umza­lwa­ne uma­nga­le­la umza­lwa­ne, la­lo­kho pha­mbi kwa­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yo.

7 Nga­kho ku­se­kho­na isi­bi­lih ukwe­hlu­le­kai pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, uku­thi li­lo­ku­ma­nga­le­la­na. Ku­nga­ni ku­la­lo­khu li­nga­vu­mi uko­ni­waj? Ku­nga­ni ku­la­lo­khu li­nga­vu­mi uku­qi­li­be­ze­lwa?

8 Ko­dwa li­na li­yo­na li­qi­li­be­ze­lek, la­lo­khu ku­ba­za­lwa­ne.

9 Ku­mbe ala­zi yi­ni uku­thi aba­nga­lu­nga­nga ka­ba­yi­ku­li­dla ili­fal lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu? Li­nga­kho­hli­swam; ka­ku­la­zi­phi­nginopq, lo­ba aba­kho­nza izi­tho­mber, lo­ba izi­fe­bes, lo­ba aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka eku­la­la­ne­ni kwa­be­si­li­sa, lo­ba abe­si­li­sa aba­la­la­na­yotu,

10 lo­ba ama­se­lav, lo­ba izi­hwa­ba, lo­ba izi­da­kwa, lo­ba izi­thu­ki, lo­ba aba­pha­ngi, aba­yi­ku­li­dla ili­fa lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

11 Aba­nye be­nuw ba­be­yi­le­zi­zi­nto; ko­dwa li­ge­zi­si­wex, ko­dwa la­ngcwe­li­sway, ko­dwa la­lu­ngi­si­swaz ebi­zwe­nia le­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu, la­ngo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

Umzi­mba we­thu uli­the­mpe­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

12 Zo­nke izi­ntob zi­vu­me­le­ki­le ki­mi, ko­dwa ka­yi­si­zo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­si­za­yoc; zo­nke izi­nto zi­vu­me­le­ki­le ki­mid, ko­dwa mi­na ka­ngi­yi­ku­bu­swa lu­thoe.

13 Uku­dla ngo­kwe­si­suf, le­si­su nge­so­ku­dla; ka­nti uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­chi­tha ko­ku­bi­li, so­na la­kho. Ko­dwa umzi­mba ka­yi­si­wo wo­ku­phi­nga, ko­dwa ungo­we­Nko­sig, nja­lo iNko­si inge­yo­mzi­mbah;

14 nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lui owa­vu­sa iNko­si uza­si­vu­sa la­thi nga­ma­ndla akhej.

15 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi imi­zi­mba ye­nuk iyi­zi­tho zi­ka­Kri­stul? Pho ngi­za­tha­tha izi­tho zi­ka­Kri­stu ngi­ze­nze izi­tho ze­si­fe­be yi­ni? Phi­nde!m

16 Ku­mbe ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi ona­ma­the­la­na le­si­fe­be ungu­mzi­mba mu­nye la­so? Ngo­ba la­bo aba­bi­lin, uthi, ba­za­ku­ba nya­ma­nye.

17 Ko­dwa ona­ma­the­le­neo le­Nko­si ungu­mo­ya mu­nye la­yo.

18 Ba­le­ke­la­nip uku­phi­ngaq. So­nke iso­no umu­ntu ase­nza­yo si­nga­pha­ndle ko­mzi­mba; ko­dwa ophi­nga­yo wo­na owa­khe umzi­mbar.

19 Ku­mbe ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi umzi­mba we­nus uli­the­mpe­li li­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le oki­ni, eli­la­wo uve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo ka­li­si­bo abe­nutu?

20 Ngo­ba la­the­ngwa nge­nte­ngov; nga­kho du­mi­sa­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu emzi­mbe­ni we­nu, la­ngo­mo­ya we­nu, oku­ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

Ize­lu­le­ko le­mi­the­tho yo­ku­tha­tha­na

7Ma­ye­la­na-ke le­zi­nto ela­ngi­bha­le­la nga­zo, ku­hlea emu­ntwi­ni uku­thi anga­mthi­ntib owe­si­fa­za­na.

2 Ko­dwa nge­nxa yo­ku­phi­ngac, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ku­me­le abe lo­wa­khe umfa­zi, nja­lo ngu­lo­wo la­lo­womfa­zi abe le­ya­khe indo­da.

3 Indo­dad ka­ye­na­ni­se ku­mfa­zi isi­fi­so esi­hle esi­fa­ne­le­yo; la­ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­mfa­zi endo­de­ni.

4 Umfa­zi ka­la­ma­ndlae phe­zu ko­wa­khe umzi­mba, ko­dwa indo­da; la­ngo­ku­nja­lo le­ndo­da ka­yi­la­ma­ndlaf phe­zu ko­wa­yo umzi­mba, ko­dwa umfa­zi.

5 Li­nga­go­dle­la­nig, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­vu­me­lana okwe­si­kha­thi, uku­thi li­zi­ni­ke­le eku­zi­le­ni uku­dla le­ku­khu­le­ke­nih, li­bu­ye li­hla­nga­ne fu­thi, uku­ze uSa­tha­nei anga­li­li­ngij ngo­ku­nga­zi­thi­bik kwe­nu.

6 Ko­dwa lo­khu ngi­ku­tsho nge­mvu­mo, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­mla­yol.

7 Ngo­ba ngi­tha­ndam uku­thi aba­ntu bo­nke ba­be nje­nga­min; ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­woo ule­sa­khe isi­phi­wo esi­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, omu­nye ngo­ku­nja­lo, lo­mu­nye ngo­ku­nja­lop.

8 Ko­dwa kwa­ba­nge­nda­nga la­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi ngi­thi: Ku­hle ki­boq uba be­hla­la nje­nga­mi.

9 Ko­dwa uba be­nge­la­ku­zi­thi­bars ka­be­nde; ngo­ba ku­ngco­no ukwe­nda ku­lo­ku­tsha.

10 Ko­dwa kwa­be­ndi­le­yo ngi­ya­ba­la­ya, ku­nge­yi­si­mit ko­dwa yi­Nko­si, uku­thi umfa­zi ka­nge­hlu­ka­ni le­ndo­dau;

11 ko­dwa uba la­ye ese­hlu­ka­nav, ka­hla­le enge­nda­nga, ku­mbe abu­yi­sa­ne le­ndo­da; le­ndo­da ka­yi­nga­mla­hli umfa­zi.

12 Ko­dwa kwa­ba­nye ku­tsho mi­naw, ku­nge­yi­si­yo iNko­six, uku­thi: Uba lo­ba ngu­wu­phi umza­lwa­ne elo­mfa­zi onga­kho­lwa­yo, nja­lo ye­na evu­may uku­hla­la la­ye, anga­mla­hliz.

13 Lo­mfa­zi ole­ndo­da enga­kho­lwa­yo, nja­lo ivu­maa uku­hla­la la­ye, anga­yi­tshi­yib.

14 Ngo­ba indo­da enga­kho­lwa­yo ye­nzi­wa ibe ngcwe­le ngo­mfa­zi, lo­mfa­zi onga­kho­lwa­yo we­nzi­wa abe ngcwe­le nge­ndo­da. Uba ku­nge­nja­lo aba­ntwa­na be­nu nga­ba­ngco­li­le­yoc, ko­dwa kha­the­si ba­ngcwe­led.

15 Uba-ke onga­kho­lwa­yo eze­hlu­ka­ni­sa, ka­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se; kwe­zi­nja­lo umza­lwa­ne ku­mbe umza­lwa­ne­ka­zi ka­bo­tshwa­nga; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lue usi­bi­ze­le eku­thu­le­ni.

16 Ngo­ba wa­zi nga­nif, mfa­zi, uku­thi uza­yi­si­ndi­sag indo­da? Ku­mbe wa­zi nga­ni1, ndo­da, uku­thi uza­msi­ndi­sah umfa­zi?

17 Ku­phe­la nje nje­ngo­ku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lui aba­be­le ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo, nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ibi­zi­le ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo, aka­ha­mbe ngo­ku­nja­lo. La­ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­ya­la­yaj ema­ba­ndle­ni wo­nkek.

18 Ukho­na yi­ni owa­bi­zwa eso­ki­le? Ka­nga­bi ngo­nga­so­kwa­nga. Ukho­na yi­ni owa­bi­zwa enga­so­ka­nga? Ka­nga­so­kwa.

19 Uku­so­kal ka­ku­si­lu­tho, lo­ku­nga­so­ki ka­ku­si­lu­tho, ko­dwa uku­lo­ndo­lo­zwam kwe­mi­la­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

20 Ngu­lo­wo la­lo­won ka­hla­le ku­bi­zo abi­zwe ku­lo.

21 Wa­bi­zwa uyi­si­gqi­li yi­ni? Unga­kha­tha­ze­ki nga­kho. Ko­dwa uba la­we unga­khu­lu­le­ka, ku­ngco­no uku­se­be­nzi­se.

22 Ngo­ba lo obi­zwa eNko­si­ni eyi­si­gqi­li ungo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo we­Nko­sio; ngo­ku­nja­lo la­lo­wo owa­bi­zwa ekhu­lu­le­ki­le, uyi­si­gqi­li si­ka­Kri­stup.

23 La­the­ngwa nge­nte­ngoq; li­nga­bi yi­zi­gqi­li za­ba­ntur.

24 Ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wos abi­ze­lwe ku­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne, ka­hla­le ku­kho lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

25 Ko­dwa ma­ye­la­na le­nto­mbi ka­ngi­la­wo umla­yo we­Nko­sit; ko­dwa ngi­ye­lu­le­kau nje­ngo­we­mu­ke­le isi­ha­wuv eNko­si­ni uku­ba athe­mbe­kew.

26 Nga­kho ngi­khu­mbu­la uku­thi lo­khu ku­hle nge­nxa ye­nka­tha­zo ezi­kho­naxy, uku­thi ku­hlez emu­ntwi­ni uku­ba­nje.

27 Ubo­tshe­lwe emfa­zi­ni yi­ni? Unga­di­ngi uku­khu­lu­lwa. Ukhu­lu­lwe emfa­zi­ni yi­ni? Unga­di­ngi umfa­zi.

28 Ko­dwaa uba la­we utha­tha, ka­wo­ni; le­nto­mbi uba ise­nda, ka­yo­ni. Ka­nti aba­nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba le­nka­tha­zo enya­me­nib; mi­na-ke ngi­ya­li­phe­phi­sac.

29 Ko­dwa ngi­tsho lo­khu, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi isi­kha­thi si­fi­tsha­ned; ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si la­ba­la­ba­fa­zi ka­ba­be nje­nga­ba­nge­la­bo;

30 la­ba­kha­la­yo, nje­ngaba­nga­kha­li­yo; la­ba­tho­ko­za­yo, nje­ngaba­nga­tho­ko­zi­yo; la­ba­the­nga­yo, nje­ngaba­nge­la­lu­thoe;

31 la­ba­se­be­nzi­sa lu­mhla­ba, nje­ngaba­ngawu­se­be­nzi­si­si­yof; ngo­ba isi­mo sa­lu­mhla­ba si­ye­dlu­lagh.

32 Ko­dwa ngi­tha­ndai uku­thi li­nga­bi la­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka. Onga­tha­tha­ngaj ukha­tha­le­la izi­nto ze­Nko­si, uku­thi uza­yi­tho­ko­zi­sa nja­ni iNko­sik;

33 ko­dwa othe­the­yo ukha­tha­le­la izi­nto zo­mhla­ba, uku­thi uza­mtho­ko­zi­sa nja­ni umfa­zi.

34 We­hlu­ke­nel umfa­zi le­nto­mbi. Onga­tha­thwa­nga ukha­tha­le­lam okwe­Nko­si, uku­ze abe ngcwe­le emzi­mbe­ni ka­nye le­mo­ye­ni; ko­dwa othe­thwe­yo ukha­tha­le­la oko­mhla­ba, uku­thi uza­yi­tho­ko­zi­sa nja­ni indo­da.

35 La­lo­khu ngi­ku­tsho uku­thi ku­be ngo­lwe­nu usi­zo; ku­nge­si­ku­thi ngi­li­pho­se­le umchi­lo wo­ku­li­khi­nan, ko­dwa uku­ze li­ha­mbe ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yo lo­ku­ba­mbe­le­la eNko­si­ni ku­nge­la­ku­pha­za­mi­se­ka.

36 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu ebo­na uku­thi uzi­pha­thao ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­nga ento­mbi­ni ya­khe, yo­na isi­khu­li­le, fu­thi ku­me­le kwe­nze­ke ka­nje, ke­nze aku­fu­na­yo; ko­ni; ka­ba­tsha­de.

37 Ko­dwa omi­yop eqi­ni­leq enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe, enga­ci­nde­ze­lwa lu­tho, fu­thi ela­ma­ndla nge­sa­khe isi­fi­so, ese­ku­mi­si­le lo­khu enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe uku­thi uza­gci­na eya­khe into­mbi, we­nza ku­hle;

38 nga­kho lo­wo owe­ndi­sa­yo we­nza ku­hler; ko­dwa onge­ndi­si­yo we­nza ngco­no.

39 Umfa­zis ubo­tshi­we ngo­mthe­tho se­lo­khu indo­da ya­khe iphi­la; ko­dwa uba indo­da ya­khe isi­fi­let, ukhu­lu­le­ki­le uku­thi ende­le ku­lo­wo amtha­nda­yo, ku­phe­la eNko­si­niu.

40 Ko­dwa uya­tha­ba ka­khu­lu uba ehla­la enja­lo, ngo­ku­bo­na kwa­miv; ngi­khu­mbu­la-kew uku­thi la­mi ngi­lo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux.

Ingca­ze­lo nge­nya­ma ehla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbe

8Ma­ye­la­na-ke le­zi­nto ezi­hla­tshe­lwea izi­tho­mbe, si­ya­zi uku­thi so­nke si­lo­lwa­zib. Ulwa­zicd lu­ya­khu­khu­me­zae, ko­dwa utha­ndo lu­ya­khaf.

2 Uba-ke umu­ntug esi­thi uya­zi ulu­tho, ka­ka­zi lu­tho nje­ngo­ba ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi azi;

3 ko­dwa uba umu­ntu etha­nda uNku­lu­nku­lu, ye­na uya­zi­wa ngu­yeh.

4 Nga­kho ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­dla izi­ntoi ezi­hla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbe, si­ya­zi uku­thi isi­tho­mbej ka­si­lu­tho emhla­be­ni, lo­ku­thi ka­khok omu­nye unku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle ko­ye­dwa;

5 ngo­ba la­nxa ku­kho­na oku­thi­wa ngo­nku­lu­nku­lul, lo­ba ku­se­zu­lwi­ni lo­ba ku­se­mhla­be­ni (nje­ngo­ba ku­kho­na onku­lu­nku­lu aba­ne­ngi, la­ma­kho­si ama­ne­ngi),

6 ka­nti ki­thi ku­lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu mu­nyem, uBa­ban, oku­ve­la ku­ye izi­nto zo­nkeo, la­thi si­ku­ye; le­Nko­si inye, uJe­su Kri­stup, okwave­la nga­ye ko­nkeq, la­thi sikho­na nga­ye.

7 Ko­dwa ulwa­zir ka­lu­kho ku­bo bo­nke; ka­nti aba­nye be­le­sa­ze­las se­si­tho­mbe ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si ba­ya­ku­dla nje­ngo­ku­hla­tshe­lwe isi­tho­mbet, le­sa­ze­la sa­bo esi­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka si­ngco­li­swau.

8 Ko­dwa uku­dlav ka­ku­si­so­nde­zi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba ku­nge­si­ku­thi nxa si­si­dla, si­le­nzu­zo; nja­lo ku­nge­si­ku­thi nxa si­nga­dli, si­lo­ku­la­hle­ke­lwa.

9 Qa­phe­la­ni-kew, hle­zix ama­ndla enu la abe yi­si­khu­be­ki­soy kwa­ba­bu­tha­ka­tha­kaz.

10 Ngo­ba uba umu­ntua eku­bo­na we­na olo­lwa­zib uhle­zi eku­dle­ni ethe­mpe­li­ni le­si­tho­mbe, isa­ze­lac sa­lo­wo obu­tha­ka­tha­ka ka­si­yi­ku­qi­ni­swa1 yi­ni uku­thi adle izi­nto ezi­hla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbe?

11 Nge­nxa yo­lwa­zi lwa­khod lo­mza­lwa­ne obu­tha­ka­tha­kae uza­bhu­bha yi­ni, amfe­la­yo uKri­stuf?

12 Ko­dwa uba li­so­nag ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­ba­za­lwa­ne, li­li­ma­za isa­ze­la sa­bo esi­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, li­yo­na ku­Kri­stu.

13 Nga­kho-ke uba uku­dlah ku­mkhu­be­ki­sa umza­lwa­ne wa­mii, ka­ngi­so­ze ngi­dle inya­maj lo­ba ni­ni­ni­ni, uku­ze ngi­nga­mkhu­be­ki­si umza­lwa­ne wa­mik.

Inku­lu­le­ko le­lu­nge­lo li­ka­Pa­wu­li

9Ka­ngi­su­ye umpho­sto­li yi­nia? Ka­ngi­khu­lu­le­ka­nga yi­nib? Angi­mbo­na­nga yi­nic uJe­su Kri­stu iNko­si ye­thu? Li­na ka­li­si­wo yi­ni umse­be­nzi wa­mi eNko­si­nid?

2 Uba ngi­nge­su­ye umpho­sto­li kwa­ba­nye, ko­dwa ngi­nguye si­bi­li ki­ni; ngo­ba li­na li­lu­pha­wue lo­bu­pho­sto­li ba­mif eNko­si­ni.

3 Uku­zi­phe­ndu­le­lag kwa­mi kwa­ba­ngi­hlo­la­yoh yi­lo­khu.

4 Ka­si­la­ma­ndla yi­ni oku­dlai lo­ku­na­tha?

5 Ka­si­la­ma­ndla yi­nij oku­ha­mba­ha­mba lo­mza­lwa­ne­ka­zik ongu­mke­thu1, nje­nga­ba­nye aba­pho­sto­li la­bo, la­ba­fo­wa­bol be­Nko­si, lo­Ke­fa­sim?

6 Ku­mbe yi­mi nge­dwa lo­Ba­rna­ba­sin yi­ni esi­nge­la­ma­ndla oku­nga­se­be­nzio?

7 Ngu­ba­ni owa­ke wa­phu­ma impip nge­za­khe indle­koq? Ngu­ba­ni ohla­nye­lar isi­vi­ni, anga­dli okwe­si­the­lo sa­so? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni owe­lu­sas umhla­mbit, anga­dli oko­cha­go lo­mhla­mbiu?

8 Ka­mbe le­zi­zi­nto ngi­zi­tsho ngo­ko­mu­ntuv? Ku­mbe lo­mla­yo ka­wu­tsho le­zi­zi­nto yi­ni?

9 Ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­si uku­thi: Unga­yi­fa­ki isa­ye­ke inka­biw ebhu­lax ama­be­le. Ka­mbe uNku­lu­nku­lu ukha­tha­le­la inka­bi?

10 Ku­mbe utsho nge­nxa ye­thu isi­bi­li? Ngo­ba ku­bha­lwe nge­nxa ye­thuy, uku­ze ku­thi oli­ma­yoz ku­fa­ne­le ali­me ethe­mbe­ni, lo­bhu­la­yoa ese­the­mbe­ni uhla­nga­nye­la ethe­mbe­ni la­khe.

11 Uba thi­na sa­hla­nye­lab ki­ni oko­mo­ya, ku­yi­nto enku­lu yi­ni uba si­vu­na okwe­nu okwe­nya­ma?

12 Uba aba­nye be­hla­nga­nye­la la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­nuc, ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni thi­na? Ko­dwa ka­si­wa­se­be­nzi­sa­ngad la­wo­ma­ndla, ko­dwa si­be­ke­ze­le­la ko­nkee, uku­ze si­nga­be­ki isi­khu­be­ki­sof eva­nge­li­ni li­ka­Kri­stu.

13 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi la­bo aba­se­be­nza ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­ngcwe­leg ba­dla okwe­the­mpe­li, la­bo aba­li­nda ila­thi ba­hla­nga­nye­la le­la­thi?

14 Ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si la­yo ila­yi­leh uku­thi la­bo aba­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li ba­phi­lei nge­va­nge­li.

15 Ko­dwa mi­na angi­se­be­nzi­sa­nga la­lu­nye lwa­le­zi­zi­ntoj; fu­thi ka­ngi­bha­la­nga le­zi­zi­nto uku­ze kwe­nzi­we nja­lo ki­mi, ngo­ba ku­nga­ba ngco­no ki­mi uku­thi ngi­fe, ku­lo­ku­thi umu­ntu akwe­nze ize uku­zi­nco­ma kwa­mik.

16 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngi­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li, ka­ngi­la­ku­zi­nco­mal; ngo­ba imfa­ne­lo ye­the­swe mi­nam; ko­dwa ma­ye ki­min, uba ngi­nga­tshu­ma­ye­li iva­nge­li!

17 Ngo­ba uba ngi­se­nza lo­khu ngo­ku­zi­tha­nde­la, ngi­lo­mvu­zoo; ko­dwa nxa ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­ku­zi­tha­nde­la, ubu­pha­thip bu­ni­ke­lwe ki­mi.

18 Pho umvu­zo wa­mi uyi­niq? Uyi­ku­thi nxa ngi­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li nge­nzer uku­thi iva­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stu li­nga­bi­zi lu­tho, uku­ze ngi­nga­se­be­nzi­si ka­khu­lus ama­ndla ami eva­nge­li­ni.

UPa­wu­li uyi­si­gqi­li sa­bo bo­nke

19 Ngo­ba ngi­khu­lu­le­ki­let ki­bo bo­nke, ngi­ze­nzeu isi­gqi­li sa­bo bo­nke, uku­ze ngi­zu­ze aba­ne­ngi ka­khu­luv.

20 La­ku­ma­Ju­daw nga­ba nje­ngo­mJu­da, uku­ze ngi­zu­ze ama­Ju­dax; kwa­ba­nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yoy njengo­nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yo, uku­ze ngi­zu­zez aba­nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yo;

21 kwa­ba­nge­la­mla­yoa njengo­nge­la­mla­yo (ngi­nge­su­ye onge­la­mla­yo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ko­dwa ngi­pha­ka­thi ko­mla­yo ku­Kri­stub), uku­ze ngi­zu­ze aba­nge­la­mla­yoc;

22 kwa­ba­bu­tha­ka­tha­kad nga­ba njengo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, uku­ze ngi­zu­ze aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­kae; nga­ba yi­kho ko­nkef ku­bo bo­nke, uku­ze nga­kho ko­nke ngi­si­ndi­se aba­nyeg.

23 La­lo­kho ngi­kwe­nza nge­nxa ye­va­nge­lih, uku­ze la­mi ngi­be ngo­hla­nga­nye­la ku­lo.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­gi­ji­mi

24 Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi aba­gi­ji­ma emja­hwe­ni ba­gi­ji­ma bo­nke, ko­dwa mu­nye owe­mu­ke­la umvu­zoi? Ngo­ku­nja­lo gi­ji­ma­nij, uku­ze liwu­zu­zek.

25 La­bo bo­nke aba­nci­nti­sa­na­yol ba­ya­zi­thi­bam ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke; la­bo-ke uku­ze be­mu­ke­le umqhe­len ophe­la­yo, ko­dwa thi­na onga­phe­li­yoo.

26 Mi­na-ke ngi­gi­ji­map ngo­ku­nja­lo nje­ngo­nga­qo­nda­nga lu­tho; ngi­lwa ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­nge­nje­ngo­da­bu­la umo­yaq;

27 ko­dwa ngi­ya­wu­di­nda umzi­mba wa­mir ngi­we­nze isi­gqi­lis, hle­zi ku­thi, se­ngi­tshu­ma­ye­ze aba­nye ngi­la­hlwet mi­na uqo­bo.

Li­nga­lwi lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu nje­nga­maI­sra­ye­li

10Ka­ngi­tha­ndi-kea uku­thi li­nga­zi, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi bo­nke oba­ba be­thu ba­be­nga­pha­nsi kwe­ye­zib, nja­lo bo­nke ba­da­bu­la ulwa­ndlec,

2 fu­thi bo­nke ba­bha­bha­thi­zwa ku­Mo­zi­sid eye­zi­ni lo­lwa­ndle,

3 la­bo bo­nke ba­dla uku­dla ku­nye ko­mo­yae,

4 fu­thi bo­nke ba­na­tha oku­na­thwa­yo ku­nye ko­mo­yaf; ngo­ba ba­na­tha edwa­le­ni lo­mo­ya ela­ba­la­nde­la­yo; la­le­lo­dwa­la la­li­ngu­Kri­stu.

5 Ko­dwa ubu­ne­ngi ba­bo uNku­lu­nku­lug wa­ye­nga­tho­ko­zi nga­bo; ngo­ba ba­chi­thwa enka­nga­lah.

6 La­le­zi­zi­nto za­ba yi­zi­bo­ne­loi1 ki­thi, uku­ze si­nga­lo­yi­si oku­bi, nje­nga­lo­khu la­bo ba­lo­yi­saj.

7 Nja­lo li­nga­bi nga­ba­kho­nza izi­tho­mbek, nje­nga­ba­nye ba­bo; nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Aba­ntul ba­hla­la pha­nsi uku­dla lo­ku­na­tha, ba­se­be­su­ku­ma uku­dla­la.

8 Nja­lo ka­si­nga­phi­ngim, nje­nga­ba­nye ba­bo aba­phi­nga­yo, ba­se­be­si­wa nga­su­ku lu­nye inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thun.

9 Nja­lo asi­nga­mli­ngi uKri­stu, nje­nga­ba­nye ba­bo fu­thi bamli­ngao, ba­se­be­bhu­ji­swa zi­nyo­kap.

10 Li­nga­so­li-ke, nje­nga­ba­nye ba­bo la­bo ba­so­laq, ba­bhu­ji­swar ngu­mbhu­bhi­sis.

11 La­le­zi­zi­nto zo­nke za­be­hle­la la­bo ku­be yi­zi­bo­ne­lot2, nja­lo za­bha­le­lwa uku­bau yi­si­xwa­yi­so se­thu, ose­ku­fi­ke uku­ci­na kwe­zi­kha­thiv.

12 Nga­kho lo­wo oca­ba­nga uku­thi umiw, ka­bo­ne uku­thi ka­wi.

13 Ka­ku­la­ku­li­ngwa oku­li­ba­mbi­le­yo nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­se­ba­ntwi­ni; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uthe­mbe­ki­lex, onga­yi­ku­vu­may uku­thi li­li­ngwe ngo­ku­nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­ndla enu, ka­nti ka­nye le­si­li­ngo uza­kwe­nza le­ndle­la yo­ku­phe­phaz, uku­ze li­be la­ma­ndla okusi­thwa­la.

Li­nga­kho­nzi izi­tho­mbe

14 Nga­kho-ke, ba­tha­ndi­we­yo ba­mi, ba­le­ke­la­ni uku­kho­nza izi­tho­mbea.

15 Ngi­khu­lu­ma nje­nga­kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yob; li­na ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa­ni engi­ku­tsho­yo.

16 Inke­zoc ye­si­bu­si­so esi­yi­bu­si­sa­yo, ka­yi­si­yo yi­ni eyo­ku­hla­nga­nye­lad kwe­ga­zi li­ka­Kri­stu? Isi­nkwae esi­si­hle­phu­na­yo, ka­yi­si­so yi­ni eso­ku­hla­nga­nye­laf ko­mzi­mba ka­Kri­stu?

17 Ngo­ba thi­na aba­ne­ngig si­yi­si­nkwa si­nye, si­mzi­mba mu­nyeh; ngo­ba thi­na so­nke si­hla­nga­nye­la le­so­si­nkwa si­nye.

18 Kha­nge­la­nii uI­sra­ye­li ngo­kwe­nya­maj; aba­dla­yo imi­hla­tshe­lo ka­ba­si­bok yi­ni aba­hla­nga­nye­la le­la­thi?

19 Ngi­thi­ni pho? Uku­thi isi­tho­mbe si­yi­lu­tho yi­nil? Ku­mbe uku­thi oku­hla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbe ku­yi­lu­tho?

20 Ko­dwa uku­thi izi­nto abe­zi­zwe aba­zi­hla­ba­yo, ba­zi­hla­be­la ama­di­mo­nim, nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ko­dwa ka­ngi­tha­ndi uku­thi li­be le­nhla­nga­nye­lon la­ma­di­mo­ni.

21 Li­nge­na­the inke­zo ye­Nko­sio le­nke­zo ya­ma­di­mo­nip; li­nge­hla­nga­nye­le ita­fu­la le­Nko­si le­ta­fu­la la­ma­di­mo­ni.

22 Ku­mbe si­za­yi­vu­se­laq ubu­khwe­le iNko­si? Ka­mbe si­la­ma­ndla ku­la­yor?

23 Zo­nke izi­ntos zi­vu­nye­lwe ki­mi, ko­dwa ka­yi­si­zo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­si­za­yo. Zo­nke izi­nto zi­vu­nye­lwe ki­mi, ko­dwa ka­yi­si­zo zo­nke izi­nto eza­kha­yot.

24 Ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na ozi­di­nge­la okwa­kheu, ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo oko­mu­nye.

25 Ko­nke oku­the­ngi­swa esi­la­he­niv ku­dle­ni, li­nga­bu­zi lu­thow nge­nxa ye­sa­ze­lax;

26 ngo­ba umhla­bay ungo­we­Nko­si lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wo.

27 Nja­lo uba omu­nye kwa­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yo eli­nxu­sa, nja­lo li­tha­nda uku­ya, dla­ni­ni ko­nke oku­be­kwa pha­mbi kwe­nuz, li­nga­bu­zi lu­thoa nge­nxa ye­sa­ze­lab.

28 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu esi­thi ki­ni: Lo­khu ku­hla­tshe­lwe isi­tho­mbec; li­nga­dli nge­nxa ya­lo­wo oli­tshe­li­le­yod, la­nge­nxa ye­sa­ze­lae; ngo­ba umhla­baf ungo­we­Nko­si lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wo.

29 Ko­dwa isa­ze­lag ngi­thi, esi­nge­yi­si­so esa­kho, ko­dwa eso­mu­nye; ngo­ba ku­nga­ni inku­lu­le­ko ya­mih ya­hlu­le­lwe yi­sa­ze­la so­mu­nye?

30 Nja­lo uba mi­na ngo­mu­sa ngi­hla­nga­nye­la, ngi­khu­lu­nye­lwa­ni ku­bi nga­lo­kho mi­na engi­ku­bo­nga­yoi?

31 Nga­kho uba li­si­dlaj, lo­ba li­na­tha, lo­ba li­se­nza­ni, ko­nke kwe­nze­le­ni udu­mok lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

32 Li­nga­bil nga­ba­khu­be­ki­sim la­ku­ma­Ju­da la­ku­ma­Gri­ki le­ba­ndle­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun;

33 nje­nga­mi fu­thi ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke ngi­tho­ko­zi­sa bo­nkeo, ngi­nga­di­ngi olwa­mi usi­zop, ko­dwa olwa­ba­ne­ngi, uku­ze ba­si­ndi­sweq.

11Ba­ni­ni nga­ba­la­nde­lia ba­mi, nje­ngo­ba la­mi oka­Kri­stu.

Ise­mba­tho so­we­si­fa­za­na enko­nzwe­ni

2 Ngi­ya­li­ba­ba­za-keb, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi li­ya­ngi­khu­mbu­la ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nkec, lo­ku­thi li­ba­mbe­le­le ezi­mi­swe­nid1 nje­ngo­ba nga­li­ni­ka.

3 Ko­dwa ngi­tha­nda uku­thi la­zi, uku­thi inhlo­ko ya­wo wo­nke ama­do­da ngu­Kri­stue; le­nhlo­ko yo­we­si­fa­za­na yi­ndo­daf; le­nhlo­ko ka­Kri­stu ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lug.

4 Yo­nke indo­da ekhu­le­ka­yo lo­ba epro­fe­tha­yoh, ikha­nda li­mbo­zi­we, ili­the­la ihla­zo ikha­nda la­yo.

5 Ko­dwa wo­nke owe­si­fa­za­na okhu­le­ka ku­mbe apro­fe­thei ikha­nda li­nga­mbo­mbo­zwa­nga, uli­the­la ihla­zoj ela­khe ikha­nda; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­fa­na­na-ke lo­phu­ci­we­yok.

6 Ngo­ba uba owe­si­fa­za­na enga­gu­bu­ze­li, fu­thi ka­ge­le; ko­dwa uba ku­ku­bil ko­we­si­fa­za­na uku­ge­la ku­mbe uku­phu­cwa, ka­gu­tshu­ze­lwe.

7 Ngo­ba indo­da ka­yi­fa­ne­le uku­mbo­mbo­za ikha­nda, ngo­ba ingu­mfa­ne­ki­som lo­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun; ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­nao ulu­du­mo lwe­ndo­dap.

8 Ngo­ba indo­da ka­yi­ve­la­nga ko­we­si­fa­za­na, ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­na endo­de­niq;

9 ngo­ba fu­thi indo­da ka­yi­da­le­lwa­nga owe­si­fa­za­na, ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­na indo­dar;

10 nge­nxa ya­lo­khu owe­si­fa­za­na ku­fa­ne­le abe la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­kha­nda nge­nxa ye­zi­ngi­lo­sis.

11 Ko­dwa indo­dat ka­yi­nga­pha­ndle ko­we­si­fa­za­na, lo­we­si­fa­za­na ka­nga­pha­ndle kwe­ndo­da, eNko­si­niu.

12 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba owe­si­fa­za­nav eve­la endo­de­ni, ngo­ku­nja­lo le­ndo­da ive­la ngo­we­si­fa­za­na, ko­dwa ko­nke ku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

13 Zi­bo­ne­le­ni li­nax; ku­fa­ne­le yi­ni uku­thi owe­si­fa­za­na akhu­le­ke ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu enga­mbo­mbo­za­nga?

14 Imve­lo uqo­bo lwa­yo ka­yi­li­fu­ndi­si yi­ni, uku­thi uba indo­da ile­nwe­le ezi­nde, ku­li­hla­zo ku­yo?

15 Ko­dwa uba owe­si­fa­za­na ele­nwe­le ezi­nde, ku­lu­du­mo ku­ye. Ngo­ba inwe­le uzi­phi­we uku­thi zi­be yi­si­mbo­mbo­zo.

16 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntuy ebo­na­ka­la ele­nka­niz, thi­na ka­si­la­wo umkhu­ba onja­lo, ngi­tsho la­ma­ba­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua.

17 Ko­dwa ngo­ku­la­ya lo­khu ka­ngili­ba­ba­zi, ngo­ba li­bu­tha­na ngo­ku­nge­ku­hle ko­dwa ngo­ku­bi.

18 Oko­ku­qa­la ngo­ba nxa li­bu­tha­na eba­ndle­ni, ngi­zwa uku­thi ku­kho­na ukwe­hlu­ka­na pha­ka­thi kwe­nub; nja­lo nga­nxa­nye ngi­ya­ku­kho­lwa.

19 Ngo­ba ku­fa­ne­lec uku­ba lo­bu­bha­zu­kad fu­thi pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, uku­ze la­boe aba­qi­ni­si­le­yo ba­bo­na­ka­lef pha­ka­thi kwe­nu.

20 Nga­kho nxa li­bu­tha­na nda­wo­nye, lo­khu ka­ku­si­kho uku­dla isi­dlo se­Nko­sig;

21 ngo­ba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo utha­tha ku­qa­la esa­khe isi­dlo eku­dle­nih, lo­mu­nye ula­mbi­le, lo­mu­nye uda­ki­wei.

22 Ka­nti ka­li­la­zo izi­ndlu zo­ku­dle­la le­zo­ku­na­the­la? Ku­mbe li­de­le­la iba­ndla li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj, li­ya­ngi­sek yi­ni aba­nge­la­kho? Ngi­nga­thi­ni ki­ni? Ngi­nga­li­ba­ba­za ku­lo­khu yi­ni? Ka­ngili­ba­ba­zi.

Indle­la yo­ku­pha­tha isi­dlo se­Nko­si

23 Ngo­ba mi­na nga­kwe­mu­ke­lal eNko­si­ni, lo­kho la­mi enga­li­ni­ka kho­na, uku­thi iNko­si uJe­sum ngo­bu­su­ku eya­ni­ke­lwa nga­bo ya­tha­tha isi­nkwa,

24 isi­bo­ngi­le yasi­hle­phu­nan, ya­thi: Tha­tha­ni, li­dle, lo­khu ku­ngu­mzi­mba wa­mi owa­hle­tshu­ne­lwa li­nao; lo­khu kwe­nze­ni uku­ngi­khu­mbu­lapq2.

25 Ngo­ku­nja­lo le­nke­zo, se­be­dli­ler, ya­thi: Inke­zo le iyi­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tsha ega­zi­ni la­mi; lo­khu kwe­nze­ni, lo­ba ni­ni liyi­na­tha, uku­ngi­khu­mbu­la.

26 Ngo­ba lo­ba ni­ni nxa li­si­dla le­si­si­nkwa, li­na­tha li­nke­zo, li­tshu­ma­ye­la uku­fa kwe­Nko­si ize ifi­kes.

27 Nga­kho lo­ba ngu­ba­nit odla le­si­si­nkwa ku­mbe ana­the inke­zo ye­Nko­si ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­ngau, uza­ku­ba le­ca­lav lo­mzi­mba le­ga­zi le­Nko­siw.

28 Ko­dwa umu­ntu ku­me­le azi­hlo­lex, ngo­ku­nja­lo-ke adle okwe­si­nkwa ana­the okwe­nke­zo;

29 ngo­ba odla­yo ana­the ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­nga, uzi­dle­la azi­na­the­le isi­gwe­bo3, enga­we­hlu­ka­ni­siy umzi­mba we­Nko­si.

30 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ba­ne­ngi ki­ni aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka la­ba­gu­la­yoz, le­ne­ngi li­le­lea.

31 Ko­dwa ubab be­si­zi­hlo­li­lec thi­na, be­si­nga­yi­kwa­hlu­le­lwa;

32 ko­dwa nxa si­sa­hlu­le­lwa, si­khu­zwa yi­Nko­sid, uku­ze si­nga­la­hlwa ka­nye lo­mhla­ba.

33 Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, nxa li­bu­tha­na uku­thi li­dle, ka­li­bo­me­le­la­na.

34 Nja­lo uba omu­nye ela­mbi­lee, ka­bo­ku­dla ekha­yaf; uku­ze li­nga­bu­tha­ne­li uku­gwe­tshwag4. Oku­se­le­yo-ke, ngi­za­ku­lu­ngi­sah mhla ngi­fi­ka­yoi.

Izi­pho zi­ka­Mo­ya eze­hlu­ke­ne­yo

12Ma­qo­nda­na-ke lezi­pho zo­mo­yaa, ba­za­lwa­ne, ka­ngi­tha­ndib uku­thi li­nga­zi.

2 La­zi uku­thi la­li­nga­be­zi­zwec la­do­nse­lwad ezi­tho­mbe­ni ezi­yi­zi­mu­ngu­lue, nje­nge­li­kho­khe­lwa­yo.

3 Nga­kho ngi­ya­la­zi­sa, uku­thi ka­kho umu­ntu okhu­lu­ma ngo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf othi: UJe­su uyi­si­qa­le­ki­so1; fu­thi ka­kho umu­ntu onga­thi: UJe­su uyi­Nko­sig, ku­phe­la ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le.

4 Ku­kho­na-ke izi­pho eze­hlu­ke­ne­yoh, ko­dwa uMo­ya mu­nyei.

5 Nja­lo ku­kho­naj inko­nzo eze­hlu­ke­ne­yok, ko­dwa iNko­si yi­nyel.

6 Ku­kho­na-ke imi­se­be­nzim eye­hlu­ke­ne­yo, ko­dwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu mu­nyen, ose­be­nza ko­nke ki­bo bo­nkeo.

7 Ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uphi­wa uku­bo­na­ka­li­sap ku­ka­Mo­ya ku­lo­kho oku­lu­si­zo.

8 Ngo­ba omu­nye uphi­wa ngo­Mo­ya ili­zwi le­nhla­ka­ni­phoq, la­ko­mu­nye ili­zwi lo­lwa­zir, ngo­Mo­ya mu­nye;

9 la­ko­mu­nye ukho­los, ngo­Mo­ya mu­nyet; la­ko­mu­nye izi­pho zo­ku­si­li­sau, ngo­Mo­ya mu­nye;

10 la­ko­mu­nye uku­se­be­nza imi­se­be­nziv ya­ma­ndlaw, la­ko­mu­nye isi­pro­fe­thox, la­ko­mu­nye ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa imi­mo­yay, la­ko­mu­nye inhlo­bo ye­ndi­miz, la­ko­mu­nye uku­cha­si­sa indi­mia;

11 ko­dwa ko­nke lo­kho lo­wo­Mo­ya mu­nye uya­ku­se­be­nza, eba­be­lab ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nga­mu­nye nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­khec.

12 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba umzi­mba umu­nyed, nja­lo ule­zi­tho ezi­ne­ngi, ko­dwa zo­nke izi­tho za­lo­wo­mzi­mba mu­nye, zi­zi­ne­ngi, zi­ngu­mzi­mba mu­nyee; ku­nja­lo-ke lo­Kri­stuf;

13 ngo­ba ngo­Mo­ya mu­nyeg la­thi so­nke sa­bha­bha­thi­ze­lwa emzi­mbe­ni mu­nye, lo­ba ama­Ju­da lo­ba ama­Gri­kih, lo­ba izi­gqi­li lo­ba aba­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yoi; fu­thi thi­na so­nke sa­na­thi­swaj ku­Mo­ya mu­nyek.

14 Ngo­ba umzi­mba la­wo ka­wu­si­so isi­tho si­nye ko­dwa ezi­ne­ngi.

15 Uba unya­wo lu­nga­thi: Lo­khu ngi­nge­si­sa­ndla, ka­ngi­si­kho oko­mzi­mba; ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­lo­kho ka­ku­si­lo olo­mzi­mba;

16 uba-ke indle­be inga­thi: Lo­khu ngi­nge­si­lo ili­hlo, ka­ngi­si­kho oko­mzi­mba; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ka­yi­si­yo yi­ni eyo­mzi­mba?

17 Uba umzi­mba wo­nke ubu­yi­li­hlo, nga­be ku­nga­phi uku­zwa? Uba wo­nke ubu­yi­ku­zwa, nga­be ku­nga­phi uku­nu­ka?

18 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke uNku­lu­nku­lu umi­si­lel izi­tho, yi­le­so la­le­so sa­zo, emzi­mbe­ni, nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­khemn.

19 Ko­dwa uba zo­nke be­zi­yi­si­tho si­nye, umzi­mba nga­be unga­phi?

20 Ko­dwa kha­the­si izi­tho zi­ne­ngio, ko­dwa umzi­mba mu­nye.

21 Ili­hlo-ke li­nge­ke la­tsho esa­ndle­ni uku­thi: Ka­ngi­ku­swe­li. Ku­mbe fu­thi ikha­nda ezi­nya­we­ni uku­thi: Ka­ngi­li­swe­li;

22 ko­dwa ka­khu­lu­ka­zi izi­tho zo­mzi­mba ezi­kha­nge­le­ka zi­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ka­khu­lu, zi­ya­di­nge­ka;

23 la­le­zo ezo­mzi­mba esi­ca­ba­nga uku­thi zi­de­le­le­ki­le ka­khu­lu, yi­zo esi­zi­hlo­ni­pha2 ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe ka­khu­lu; la­le­zo eze­thu ezi­nge­zi­nhlep zi­lo­bu­hle obe­nge­ze­le­lwe ka­khu­lu;

24 ka­nti ezi­nhle ze­thu ka­zi­ku­swe­li; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­wu­hla­nga­ni­sa umzi­mba, eni­ka udu­mo olwe­nge­ze­le­lwe ka­khu­lu kwe­siku­swe­la­yo,

25 uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na ukwe­hlu­ka­na emzi­mbe­ni, ko­dwa izi­tho zi­na­nze­le­la­ne ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yo.

26 Uba-ke ku­hlu­phe­ka isi­tho si­nye, izi­tho zo­nke zi­hlu­phe­ka ka­nye laso; uba ku­du­nyi­swa isi­tho si­nye, izi­tho zo­nke zi­ya­ja­bu­laq ka­nye laso.

27 Li­na-ke li­ngu­mzi­mba ka­Kri­sturs, le­zi­thot nga­mu­nye nga­mu­nyeu.

28 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­luv umi­si­le aba­thi­le eba­ndle­ni, ku­qa­la aba­pho­sto­liwx, okwe­si­bi­li aba­pro­fe­thiyza, okwe­si­tha­thu aba­fu­ndi­sib, be­se­ku­si­ba imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndlac, be­se­ku­si­ba izi­pho zo­ku­si­li­sad, ize­nzo ezi­si­za­yoe, ubu­kho­khe­lif, indi­mi eze­hlu­ke­ne­yo3.

29 Bo­nke ba­nga­ba­pho­sto­li yi­ni? Bo­nke ba­nga­ba­pro­fe­thi yi­ni? Bo­nke ba­nga­ba­fu­ndi­si yi­ni? Bo­nke be­nza imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla yi­ni?

30 Bo­nke ba­le­zi­pho zo­ku­si­li­sa yi­nig? Bo­nke ba­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mi yi­nih? Bo­nke ba­ya­cha­si­sa yi­nii?

31 Ko­dwa fi­sa­ni ka­khu­luj izi­pho ezi­ngco­no. Nja­lo ngi­sa­li­tshe­ngi­sa indle­la engco­no ka­khu­lu­ka­zi.

Isi­pho esi­khu­lu ku­la­zo zo­nke si­lu­tha­ndo

13Nxa ngi­nga­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mia za­ba­ntu le­ze­zi­ngi­lo­si, ko­dwa ngi­nge­la­tha­ndo, ngi­za­ku­ba li­thu­si eli­kha­la­yo ku­mbe insi­mbi ence­nce­tha­yob.

2 Nja­lo lo­ba ngi­nga­ba le­si­pro­fe­thoc, ngi­sa­zi imfi­hlo zo­nke lo­kwa­zid ko­nke, nja­lo uba ngi­lo­kho­loe lo­nke, uku­ze ngi­su­se izi­nta­baf, ko­dwa ngi­nge­la­tha­ndo, angi­si­lu­tho.

3 Nja­lo lo­ba ngi­nga­be­lag aba­ya­nga ko­nke engi­la­kho, nja­lo uba ngi­nga­ni­ke­la umzi­mba wa­mi uku­thi ngi­tshi­swe, ko­dwa ngi­nge­la­tha­ndo, ka­ku­ngi­si­zi nga­lu­tho.

4 Utha­ndo lu­ya­be­ke­ze­lahi, lu­lo­bu­be­lej; utha­ndo ka­lu­la­mo­nak; utha­ndo ka­lu­zi­nco­mi, ka­lu­khu­khu­nye­zwal,

5 ka­lu­zi­pha­thi ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­ngam, ka­lu­zi­di­nge­li okwa­lon, ka­lu­cu­nu­kio, ka­lu­na­ka­ni oku­bip,

6 ka­lu­tho­ko­ziq ngo­ku­nga­lu­nga­ngar, ko­dwa lu­tho­ko­za eqi­ni­swe­nist;

7 lu­si­be­ke­la izi­nto zo­nkeu, lu­kho­lwa izi­nto zo­nke, lu­the­mba izi­nto zo­nke, lu­be­ke­ze­le­la izi­nto zo­nkev.

8 Utha­ndo ka­lu­nge­ke lwe­hlu­le­ke. Ku­mbe-ke izi­pro­fe­thowx, zi­za­kwe­nzi­wa zi­phe­ley; ku­mbe indi­miza, zi­za­kha­wu­la; ku­mbe ulwa­zib, lu­za­kwe­nzi­wa lu­phe­lec.

9 Ngo­ba sa­zid nga­nxa­nyee, si­pro­fe­thaf nga­nxa­nye;

10 ko­dwa la­pho se­ku­fi­ki­le oku­phe­le­le­yog, kho­na oku­yi­ngxe­nyeh ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa izei.

11 La­pho ngi­lu­sa­ne, nga­khu­lu­ma nje­ngo­sa­ne, nga­qe­di­si­sa nje­ngo­sa­ne, nga­na­ka­na nje­ngo­sa­ne; ko­dwa ku­the se­ngi­yi­ndo­da, nga­ze­nza ize izi­nto zo­sa­nej.

12 Ngo­ba kha­the­si si­bo­nak esi­bu­kwe­nil ka­lu­vi­vi1, ko­dwa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ubu­so ngo­bu­som; kha­the­si nga­zi nga­nxa­nyen, ko­dwa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­za­kwa­zio nje­ngo­ba-ke nga­ngi­sa­zi­wap.

13 Nja­lo kha­the­si-ke ku­mi ukho­lo, ithe­mba, utha­ndo, lo­khu ko­ku­tha­thu; ko­dwa oku­khu­lu ku­lo­khu lu­tha­ndo.

Isi­pho so­ku­pro­fe­tha si­dlu­la eso­ku­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mi

14La­nde­la­ni utha­ndoa; li­fi­seb ka­khu­lu izi­pho zo­mo­yac, ko­dwa ika­khu­lu uku­thi li­pro­fe­thed.

2 Ngo­ba okhu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mie ka­khu­lu­mi eba­ntwi­ni, ko­dwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba ka­kho ozwa­yof, ka­nti ukhu­lu­ma izi­mfi­hlo ngo­mo­ya.

3 Ko­dwa opro­fe­tha­yog ukhu­lu­ma eba­ntwi­ni ukwa­khah le­nku­tha­zoi le­ndu­du­zo.

4 Okhu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mi uya­za­kha ye­na, ko­dwa opro­fe­tha­yoj wa­kha iba­ndlak.

5 Nja­lo ngi­ya­tha­nda uku­thi lo­nke li­khu­lu­me nge­ndi­mil, ko­dwam ka­khu­lu uku­thi li­pro­fe­then; ngo­ba opro­fe­tha­yo mkhu­lu ku­lo­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mi, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ato­li­keo, uku­ze iba­ndla le­mu­ke­le ukwa­khi­wa.

6 Kha­the­si-ke, ba­za­lwa­ne, uba ngi­fi­ka ki­ni ngi­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mi, ngi­za­li­si­za nga­ni, nxa ngi­nga­khu­lu­mi ki­ni ku­mbe ekwe­mbu­le­lwe­nip, lo­ba ekwa­zi­niq, lo­ba ku­si­pro­fe­thor, ku­mbe emfu­ndi­swe­nis?

7 Ngo­ku­nja­lo izi­nto ezi­nge­la­mpi­lo ezi­kha­la­yo, lo­ba umhla­nga, lo­ba icha­cho, uba zi­nga­ni­ki ume­hlu­ko ngo­ku­kha­lat, ku­za­kwa­zi­wa nja­ni oku­vu­the­lwa­yo ngo­mhla­nga ku­mbe oku­tsha­ywa­yo ngo­mqa­nga­la?

8 Ngo­ba-ke nxa upho­ndo ulu­ni­ka uku­kha­la oku­nga­qo­nda­ka­li­yo, ngu­ba­ni oza­zi­lu­ngi­se­la impiv?

9 Ku­nja­lo la­ni, uba li­nga­ni­ki inku­lu­mo eca­ci­le­yo ngo­li­mi, ku­za­kwa­zi­wa nja­ni oku­khu­lu­nywa­yo? Ngo­ba li­za­ku­ba li­khu­lu­ma emo­ye­niw.

10 Ku­kho­na, nxa ku­nge­nza­ka­lax, imi­hlo­bo emi­ne­ngi ka­nga­ka ye­mi­si­ndoyz emhla­be­ni ko­dwa ka­wu­kho onga­tsho lu­tho;

11 nga­kho uba ngi­nga­wa­zi umqo­ndo we­li­zwi, ngi­za­ku­ba ngo­we­zi­zwe­nia ku­lo­wo okhu­lu­ma­yo, la­lo­wo okhu­lu­ma­yo uza­ku­ba ngo­we­zi­zwe­ni ki­mi.

12 Ku­nja­lo la­ni, lo­khu li­tshi­se­ke­la izi­pho zo­mo­ya, di­nga­ni uku­thi li­va­me ekwa­khi­we­nib kwe­ba­ndla.

13 Nga­kho-ke okhu­lu­ma­yo nge­ndi­mic ka­khu­le­ke uku­thi ato­li­ked.

14 Ngo­ba uba ngi­khu­le­ka nge­ndi­mi, umo­ya wa­mi uya­khu­le­ka, ko­dwa ingqo­ndo ya­mi ka­yi­la­si­the­lo.

15 Nga­kho ku­yi­ni? Ngi­za­khu­le­ka ngo­mo­ya, nja­lo ngi­za­khu­le­ka la­nge­ngqo­ndo; ngi­za­hla­be­le­la indu­mi­soe ngo­mo­ya, nja­lo ngi­za­hla­be­le­la indu­mi­so la­nge­ngqo­ndof.

16 Uba ku­nge­nja­lo, nxa ubo­nga ngo­mo­yag, lo­wo ogcwa­li­sa inda­wo yo­nga­fu­nda­ngah uza­mu­tsho nja­ni uA­me­nii eku­bo­nge­ni kwa­khoj, lo­khu enga­kwa­zi oku­tsho­yo?

17 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li we­na ubo­nga ku­hlek, ko­dwa omu­nye ka­khi­wa.

18 Ngi­ya­mbo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi uku­thi ngi­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mil ka­khu­lu ku­la­ni lo­nke;

19 ko­dwa eba­ndle­ni ngi­tha­nda uku­khu­lu­ma ama­zwi ama­hla­nu nge­ngqo­ndo ya­mi, uku­ze ngi­fu­ndi­se la­ba­nyem, ku­la­ma­zwi ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi nge­ndi­mi.

20 Ba­za­lwa­ne, li­nga­bi nga­ba­ntwa­na engqo­ndwe­nin; ko­dwa ebu­bi­ni ba­ni­ni zi­nga­neo, le­ku­na­ka­ne­ni li­be nga­ba­khu­li­le­yo.

21 Emla­ywe­nip ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Nge­zi­nye indi­miq la­nge­zi­nye inde­be ngi­za­khu­lu­ma la­le­si­si­zwe, la­ngo­ku­nja­lo la­bo ka­ba­yi­ku­ngi­zwa, itsho iNko­si.

22 Nga­kho indi­mi zi­nge­ze­si­bo­na­ka­li­so, ku­nge­yi­si­kho kwa­ba­kho­lwa­yo, ko­dwa kwa­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yo; ka­nti isi­pro­fe­thor, ku­nga­yisi­so sa­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yo, ko­dwa sa­ba­kho­lwa­yo.

23 Nga­kho uba iba­ndla lo­nke li­bu­the­ne nda­wo­nye, la­bo bo­nke ba­khu­lu­me nge­ndi­mi, be­se­ku­nge­na aba­nga­fu­nda­ngas lo­ba aba­nga­kho­lwa­yo, ka­ba­zu­ku­thi li­ya­hla­nya yi­nit?

24 Ko­dwa uba bo­nke be­pro­fe­thau, nja­lo ku­nge­ne othi­le onga­kho­lwa­yo lo­ba onga­fu­nda­ngav, uya­khu­zwaw yi­bo bo­nke, ahlo­lwe yi­bo bo­nke,

25 la­ngo­ku­nja­lo izi­nto ezi­fi­hli­we­yo ze­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe zi­ya­da­lu­lwa; ngo­ku­nja­lo uza­ku­wa ngo­bu­sox akho­nze uNku­lu­nku­luy, ebi­ka uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­qo­tho upha­ka­thi kwe­nuz.

Indle­la yo­ku­kho­nza kwe­ba­ndla

26 Nga­kho ku­yi­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne? Lo­ba ni­ni li­bu­tha­na, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nu ele­si­hla­be­le­loa, ele­mfu­ndi­sob, elo­li­mic, ele­sa­mbu­le­lod, elo­ku­to­li­kae. Ko­nke ka­kwe­nze­lwe ekwa­khe­nif.

27 Uba umu­ntu ekhu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mig, ka­ku­be nga­ba­bi­li, ku­mbe ba­nga­dlu­li kwa­ba­tha­thu, nja­lo ba­de­de­la­ne, lo­mu­nye ku­me­le ato­li­ke;

28 ko­dwa uba ku­nge­kho umto­li­ki, ku­me­le athu­le eba­ndle­ni; akhu­lu­me ku­ye ngo­kwa­khe la­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

29 Aba­pro­fe­thi-keh aba­bi­li lo­ba aba­tha­thu ka­ba­khu­lu­me, la­ba­nye ka­ba­hlo­li­si­sei.

30 Ko­dwa uba ku­se­mbu­lwa ko­mu­nye ohle­zi­yo, ka­thu­le owo­ku­qa­laj.

31 Ngo­ba lo­nke li­nga­pro­fe­thak mu­nye nga­mu­nye, uku­ze bo­nke ba­fu­nde, nja­lo bo­nke ba­khu­tha­zwel;

32 le­mi­mo­ya ya­ba­pro­fe­thim iya­tho­tshi­se­lwa aba­pro­fe­thi.

33 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­su­ye owe­si­phi­thi­phi­thi, ko­dwa ngo­wo­ku­thu­la, nje­nge­ma­ba­ndle­nin wo­nke aba­ngcwe­le.

34 Abe­si­fa­za­nao be­nu ka­ba­thu­le ema­ba­ndle­ni; ngo­ba ka­ba­vu­nye­lwap uku­khu­lu­ma, ko­dwa uku­zi­tho­baq, nje­ngo­ba la­wo umla­yor usi­tsho.

35 Uba-ke be­tha­nda uku­fu­nda ulu­tho, ka­ba­bu­ze ku­bo­mka­bo ekha­ya; ngo­ba ku­li­hla­zo ko­we­si­fa­za­na uku­khu­lu­ma eba­ndle­ni.

36 Ku­mbe ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­phu­ma ki­ni? Ku­mbe la­fi­ka ki­ni lo­dwa yi­ni?

37 Uba umu­ntu eca­ba­ngas uku­thi ungu­mpro­fe­thi lo­ba ungo­wo­mo­ya, ume­le ukwe­mu­ke­lat izi­nto engi­li­bha­le­la zo­na, uku­thi zi­yi­mi­la­yo ye­Nko­si;

38 uba umu­ntu enga­zi, ku­me­le enga­zi.

39 Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne, tshi­se­ke­la­niu uku­pro­fe­thav, nja­lo li­nga­ku­vi­mbe­li uku­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­miw;

40 ko­nkex ka­kwe­nzi­we nge­mfa­ne­lo la­ngo­ku­la­nde­la­nay.

Uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo

15Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­la­zi­sa iva­nge­lia enga­li­tshu­ma­ye­za lo­nab, la­ni ela­le­mu­ke­la­yoc, nja­lo eli­mi ku­lod,

2 nja­lo eli­si­ndi­swa nga­loe; uba li­ba­mbe­le­la eli­zwi­ni le­va­nge­li enga­li­tshu­ma­ye­la ki­ni, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi la­kho­lwa izef.

3 Ngo­ba nga­li­ni­kag oko­ku­qa­la lo­kho enga­kwe­mu­ke­la­yoh la­mi, uku­thi uKri­stu wa­fa nge­nxa ye­zo­no ze­thui, nje­ngo­kwe­mi­bha­loj;

4 lo­ku­thi wa­ngcwa­tshwa; lo­ku­thi wa­vu­swa kwa­ba­fi­le­yo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thuk, nje­ngo­kwe­mi­bha­lol;

5 lo­ku­thi wa­bo­na­ka­lam ku­Ke­fa­sin, emva kwa­lo­kho kwa­ba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lio;

6 emva kwa­lo­kho wa­bo­na­ka­la nge­si­kha­thi si­nye ku­ba­za­lwa­ne abe­dlu­la ama­khu­lu ama­hla­nup, ubu­ne­ngi ba­bo ba­se­kho­na ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaq, ko­dwa la­ba­nye se­ba­la­lar;

7 emva kwa­lo­kho wa­bo­na­ka­la ku­Ja­ko­bes, emva kwa­lo­kho wa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ba­pho­sto­li bo­nket;

8 le­ku­ci­ne­niu kwa­bo bo­nke wa­bo­na­ka­la la­ki­miv nje­ngo­ze­lwe nge­si­kha­thi esi­nga­qo­nda­nga.

9 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ngo­mnci­nya­new ku­ba­pho­sto­li, engi­nga­fa­ne­le uku­thi­wa ngu­mpho­sto­li, ngo­ba nga­zi­nge­lax iba­ndla li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

10 Ko­dwa ngo­mu­say ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngi­yi­kho lo­kho engi­yi­kho kho­na, lo­mu­sa wa­khe oki­mi ka­wu­ba­nga yi­ze; ko­dwa ngi­tshi­ka­tshi­kez okwe­nge­ze­le­lwe ku­la­bo bo­nke, ka­nti ku­nge­si­mia, ko­dwa ngu­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ola­mi.

11 Nga­kho lo­ba ku­yi­mi, lo­ba ku­yi­bo, ngo­ku­nja­lo si­ya­tshu­ma­ye­la la­ngo­ku­nja­lo la­kho­lwa.

12 Ko­dwa uba uKri­stu etshu­nya­ye­lwa uku­thi uvu­si­we kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, ba­tsho nja­ni aba­nye pha­ka­thi kwe­nu uku­thi ka­ku­kho uku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yob?

13 Ko­dwa uba ku­nge­kho uku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo, ka­vu­swa­nga la­ye uKri­stuc;

14 uba-ke uKri­stu enga­vu­swa­nga, nga­kho uku­tshu­ma­ye­la kwe­thu ku­yi­ze, lo­kho­lo lwe­nu la­lo lu­yi­ze,

15 la­thi fu­thi si­fi­cwa si­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­ma­nga ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ba sa­fa­ka­za ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi wa­mvu­sad uKri­stu, anga­mvu­sa­nga, uba-ke aba­fi­le­yo be­nga­vu­swa.

16 Ngo­ba uba aba­fi­le­yo be­nga­vu­swa, ka­vu­swa­nga la­ye uKri­stu;

17 nja­lo uba uKri­stu enga­vu­swa­nga, ukho­lo lwe­nu lu­yi­ze; li­se­se­zo­nwe­ni ze­nue.

18 Nga­kho la­la­bo aba­le­lef be­ku­Kri­stu se­ba­bhu­bha.

19 Uba si­nga­ba­the­mbe­la ku­Kri­stu ku­le impi­lo ku­phe­la, si­nga­ba­lo­si­zi ku­la­bo bo­nke aba­ntug.

20 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke uKri­stu uvu­si­we kwa­ba­fi­le­yoh, wa­ba yi­si­the­lo so­ku­qa­lai sa­ba­le­le­yoj.

21 Ngo­ba lo­khu ngo­mu­ntu uku­fa kwe­zak, la­ngo­mu­ntu uku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo kwe­zal.

22 Ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­khu kuA­da­mum bo­nke ba­ya­fa, ngo­ku­nja­lo fu­thi ku­Kri­stu bo­nke ba­za­kwe­nzi­wa ba­phi­le.

23 Ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­sa­khe isi­ga­ba; isi­the­lo so­ku­qa­la uKri­stun, be­se­ku­si­ba nga­ba­ka­Kri­stuo eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khep,

24 be­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­phe­la, la­pho ese­ni­ke­la umbu­soq ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uYi­ser, la­la­pho ese­chi­thi­le ko­nkes uku­bu­sat la­bo bo­nke ubu­kho­si la­ma­ndlau.

25 Ngo­ba ume­le ye­na uku­bu­sa, aze abe­ke zo­nke izi­tha za­khev nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­khe.

26 Isi­tha so­ku­ci­na esi­za­chi­thwa yi­ku­fawx.

27 Ngo­ba izi­nto zo­nke uze­hli­se­le nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­khey. Ko­dwa nxa esi­thiz izi­nto zo­nke ze­hli­si­we, ku­so­ba­la uku­thi unga­pha­ndle kwa­zo oze­hli­si­le­yo izi­nto zo­nke nga­pha­nsi kwa­khe.

28 Nxa izi­nto zo­nke se­ze­hli­si­we nga­pha­nsi kwa­khea, la­pho-ke la­yo iNdo­da­nab ngo­kwa­yo iza­ze­hli­sa nga­pha­nsi kwa­lo­wo owe­hli­se­la zo­nke izi­nto nga­pha­nsi kwa­yo, uku­ze uNku­lu­nku­lu abe yi­kho ko­nke ku­kho ko­nke.

29 Pho, ba­za­kwe­nza­ni aba­bha­bha­thi­ze­lwa aba­fi­le­yoc uba aba­fi­le­yo be­nga­vu­ki isi­bi­lid? Ba­bha­bha­thi­ze­lwa la­bo aba­fi­le­yo nja­ni?

30 Ku­nga­ni la­thi si­se­ngo­zi­nie iho­la nge­ho­la?

31 Ngi­ya­faf usu­ku ngo­su­kug, ngi­ya­qi­ni­sa ngo­ku­zi­nco­ma nga­ni engi­la­kho ku­Kri­stu Je­su iNko­si ye­thu.

32 Uba ngo­kwa­ba­ntu nga­lwah le­zi­lo eE­fe­sui, nzu­zo ba­ni ki­mi, uba aba­fi­le­yo be­nga­vu­ki? Asi­dle si­na­thej, ngo­ba ku­sa­sa si­ya­fa.

33 Li­nga­kho­hli­swak; ukwe­jwa­ye­la­na la­ba­bil ku­yo­na­ka­li­sa izi­mi­lo ezi­nhle.

34 Vu­sa­ni ingqo­ndo ngo­ku­lu­ngam nja­lo li­ngo­ni; ngo­ba aba­nye ba­lo­ku­nga­ma­zi uNku­lu­nku­lun; ngi­khu­lu­me­la uku­thi li­be le­nhlo­nio.

35 Ko­dwa omu­nye uza­ku­thi: Aba­fi­le­yop ba­vu­swa nja­ni? Nja­lo be­za lo­mzi­mba onja­ni?

36 Si­phu­ku­phu­kuq, lo­kho oku­hla­nye­la­yor we­na, ka­kwe­nzi­wa ku­phi­le nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ku­fe;

37 la­lo­kho oku­hla­nye­la­yo, ka­wu­hla­nye­li umzi­mba oza­ku­ba kho­na, ko­dwa uhla­mvu olu­ze, mhla­wu­mbe, olwe­be­le ku­mbe olo­ku­nye njes;

38 ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­ni­ka umzi­mba nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­khet, la­ku­le­yo la­le­yo ye­nhla­nye­lo owa­yo umzi­mba.

39 Inya­ma yo­nke ka­yi­si­nya­ma­nye; ko­dwa enye yi­nya­ma ya­ba­ntu, le­nye yi­nya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­na, le­nye eye­nhla­nzi, le­nye eye­zi­nyo­ni.

40 Ikho­na le­mi­zi­mba ye­zu­lwi­ni, le­mi­zi­mba ye­mhla­be­ni; ko­dwa inka­zi­mu­lo ye­zu­lu inge­nye, le­ye­mhla­be­ni inge­nye.

41 Enye yi­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­la­nga, le­nye yi­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­nya­nga, le­nye yi­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­zi­nka­nye­zi; ngo­ba inka­nye­zi ye­hlu­ki­le kwe­nye inka­nye­zi enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni.

42 Ku­nja­lo-ke uku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­you. Ku­hla­nye­lwa eku­bo­le­niv, ku­ya­vu­swa ku­nge­kho eku­bo­le­niw;

43 ku­hla­nye­lwa eku­de­lwe­nix, ku­vu­swe enka­zi­mu­lwe­niy; ku­hla­nye­lwa ebu­tha­ka­tha­ke­ni, ku­vu­swe ema­ndle­ni;

44 ku­hla­nye­lwa umzi­mba we­mve­loz, ku­vu­swe umzi­mba wo­mo­ya. Ku­kho­na umzi­mba we­mve­lo, nja­lo ku­kho­na umzi­mba wo­mo­ya.

45 La­ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Umu­ntu wo­ku­qa­la uA­da­mu wa­ba ngu­mphe­fu­mu­lo ophi­la­yoa; uA­da­mu wo­ku­ci­na ngu­mo­ya ophi­li­sa­yob.

46 Ko­dwa oko­ku­qa­la ka­ku­si­kho oko­mo­ya, ko­dwa okwe­mve­loc, be­se­ku­si­za oko­mo­ya.

47 Umu­ntu wo­ku­qa­lad wa­ve­la emhla­be­ni, ungo­wo­mhla­ba­thie; umu­ntu we­si­bi­li uyi­Nko­si eve­la ezu­lwi­nifg.

48 Nje­ngo­ba enja­lo owo­mhla­ba­thih, ba­nja­lo la­bo abo­mhla­ba­thii; la­nje­ngo­ba enja­lo owe­zu­lwi­ni, ba­nja­lo la­bo abe­zu­lwi­ni;

49 fu­thi nje­ngo­ba si­le­si­mo so­wo­mhla­ba­thi, la­thi si­za­ku­ba le­si­mo so­we­zu­lwi­nij.

50 Ko­dwa ngi­tsho lo­khu, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi inya­ma le­ga­zik ku­nge­li­dle ili­fa lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul; lo­ku­bo­lam ka­ku­li­dli ili­fa lo­ku­nga­bo­lin.

51 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­li­tshe­la imfi­hlo: Ka­si­yi­ku­la­la so­nkeop, ko­dwa si­za­phe­ndu­lwa so­nkeq,

52 nge­si­kha­tsha­na, ngo­ku­cwa­yi­za kwe­li­hlo, eku­kha­le­ni ko­pho­ndo lo­ku­ci­na; ngo­ba upho­ndor lu­za­kha­la, la­ba­fi­le­yo ba­za­vu­swa be­nge­la­ku­bo­la, la­thi si­za­phe­ndu­lwa.

53 Ngo­ba lo­khu oku­bo­la­yo ku­me­le ukwe­mba­tha uku­nga­bo­lis, la­lo­kho oku­fa­yot kwe­mba­the uku­nga­fi.

54 Nxa-ke lo­kho oku­bo­la­yo se­kwe­mbe­the uku­nga­bo­liu, la­lo­kho oku­fa­yov se­kwe­mbe­the uku­nga­fi, ku­za­kwe­nze­ka nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ili­zwi eli­lo­tshi­we­yo lo­ku­thi: Uku­faw ku­gi­nyi­wex eku­nqo­be­niy.

55 Lu­nga­phi, ku­faz, udo­nsi lwa­kho? Ku­nga­phi, ngcwa­ba1, uku­nqo­ba kwa­kho?

56 Lo­do­nsi lo­ku­fa yi­so­no; la­ma­ndla eso­no ngu­mla­yoa.

57 Ko­dwa ka­bo­ngweb uNku­lu­nku­lu osi­ni­ka uku­nqo­bac nge­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu.

58 Nga­khod, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi aba­tha­nde­ka­yo, ma­ni­ni, li­nga­nyi­ki­nye­kie, le­nge­ze­le­lwe emse­be­nzi­ni we­Nko­sif ko­ku­phe­la, la­zi uku­thi uku­tshi­ka­tshi­ka kwe­nug ka­ku­si­lo ize eNko­si­nih.

Uku­ni­ke­le­lwa kwa­ma­kho­lwa

16Ma­ye­la­na-ke lo­ku­qo­qe­lwaa okwa­ba­ngcwe­leb, nje­ngo­ba nga­la­yac ama­ba­ndlad eGa­la­thi­yae, ye­nza­ni ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ni.

2 Nga­lo lo­nke usu­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­vi­kif ka­ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nu azi­be­ke­le aqo­ge­le­le lo­ba yi­ni aphu­me­le­la nga­yogh, uku­ze ku­nga­bi ng'kho­na ku­za­qo­qwai nxa ngi­fi­ka­yo.

3 Nja­lo lo­ba ni­ni eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­mi, lo­ba ngo­ba­nij eli­ba­khe­thi­le­yo, nge­zi­ncwa­dik, la­ba ngi­za­ba­thu­ma uku­ze ba­se isi­pho se­nu so­mu­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma;

4 nja­lo uba ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi la­mi ngi­ha­mbe, ba­za­ha­mba la­mi.

Uha­mbo lu­ka­Pa­wu­li

5 Ko­dwa ngi­za­ku­za ki­ni, nxa se­ngi­da­bu­lel eMa­ke­do­ni­yam; ngo­ba ngi­za­da­bu­la eMa­ke­do­ni­yan;

6 fu­thi ngi­nga­hle ngi­hla­le la­nio, lo­ba ngi­qe­de lo­bu­si­ka, uku­ze li­na li­ngi­dlu­li­se­le lo­ba nga­phi la­pho engi­ya kho­na.

7 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­fi­si uku­li­bo­na kha­the­si­nje ekwe­dlu­le­nip; ko­dwa ngi­the­mba uku­hla­la la­ni isi­kha­thi esi­thi­le, uba iNko­si ivu­maq.

8 Ko­dwa ngi­za­hla­la eE­fe­sur ku­ze ku­fi­ke iPe­nte­ko­ste*s;

9 ngo­ba ngi­vu­le­lwe umnya­ngo omkhu­lu lo­la­ma­ndlat, la­ba­phi­ki­sa­yo ba­ne­ngiu.

10 Nxa-kev uTi­mo­thiw enga­fi­ka, bo­na­ni uku­thi ula­ni enge­la­kwe­sa­ba; ngo­ba use­be­nzax umse­be­nzi we­Nko­siy nje­nga­mi fu­thi.

11 Nga­kho ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na omde­le­la­yoz; ko­dwa mdlu­li­se­nia ngo­ku­thu­lab, uku­ze eze ki­mi; ngo­ba ngi­mli­nde­le ka­nye la­ba­za­lwa­ne.

12 Nja­lo ma­ye­la­na lo­mza­lwa­ne uA­po­lo­sic, nga­mkhu­tha­za ka­khu­lu uku­ze eze ki­ni ka­nye la­ba­za­lwa­ne; ko­dwa kwa­ku­nge­yi­si­yo inta­ndo ya­khe la­ka­nye uku­thi eze kha­the­si, ko­dwa uza­ku­za nxa ese­le­thu­ba.

13 Li­nda­nid, li­me ekho­lwe­ni, li­zi­pha­the nje­nga­ma­do­dae, li­be la­ma­ndlafg.

14 Izi­nto ze­nu zo­nke ka­ze­nzi­we ngo­tha­ndoh.

15 Fu­thi ngi­ya­li­nce­nga ba­za­lwa­ne, li­ya­ya­zi indlu ka­Ste­fa­nai, uku­thi iyi­si­the­lo so­ku­qa­laj seA­ka­yak, loku­thi ba­zi­mi­se­le uku­se­be­nze­la aba­ngcwe­lelm;

16 uku­ze la­ni le­hli­se­lwen nga­pha­nsi kwa­ba­nja­lo, la­bo bo­nke aba­se­be­nza ka­nye la­thi, be­tshi­ka­tshi­kao.

17 Se­ngi­tho­ko­za ngo­ku­fi­ka ku­ka­Ste­fa­nap lo­Fo­rtu­na­tu loA­ka­yi­ko, ngo­ba bo­na ba­gcwa­li­si­le uku­si­le­la kwe­nuq;

18 ngo­ba ba­wu­vu­se­le­le umo­ya wa­mi lo­we­nu. Nga­kho ba­na­nze­le­le­ni aba­nja­lor.

Isi­ci­no

19 Ama­ba­ndla eA­si­yas aya­li­bi­nge­le­la; ba­ya­li­bi­nge­le­la ka­khu­lu eNko­si­ni oA­kwi­la lo­Pri­si­lat, ka­nye le­ba­ndlau eli­se­mzi­ni wa­bo.

20 Bo­nke aba­za­lwa­ne ba­ya­li­bi­nge­le­la. Bi­nge­le­la­na­ni ngo­kwa­nga oku­ngcwe­lev.

21 Isi­bi­nge­le­lo nge­sa­mi isa­ndla esi­ka­Pa­wu­liw.

22 Uba umu­ntu enga­yi­tha­ndi iNko­si uJe­su Kri­stux, ka­be yi­si­thu­koy. Wo­za Nko­si!z

23 Umu­saa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­wu­be la­ni.

24 Utha­ndo lwa­mi ka­lu­be la­ni lo­nke ku­Kri­stu Je­su. Ame­ni.