INCWA­DI YE­SI­BI­LI KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KWA­BA­SE­KO­RI­NTE

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPa­wu­li umpho­sto­li ka­Je­su Kri­stua nge­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­Ti­mo­thib umza­lwa­ne, ku­ba­ndla li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eli­se­Ko­ri­ntec, la­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­led aba­ku­yo yo­nke iA­ka­yae:

2 Umu­saf ka­wu­be ki­ni lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu laku­yo iNko­si uJe­su Kri­stu.

UPa­wu­li ubo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­ndu­du­zo la­ngo­ku­si­ndi­swa kwa­khe engo­zi­ni

3 Ka­bo­ngweg uNku­lu­nku­luh, ngi­tsho uYi­se we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, uYi­se wo­bu­be­le lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­ndu­du­zo yo­nke,

4 osi­du­du­zai eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwe­thu ko­nke, uku­ze si­be la­ma­ndla oku­du­du­zaj aba­se­ku­hlu­phe­ke­ni lo­ba yi­ku­phi, nge­ndu­du­zok esi­du­du­zwa nga­yo thi­na ngo­kwe­thu ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

5 ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­khu inhlu­phe­ko zi­ka­Kri­stul ze­nge­ze­le­le­ki­le ki­thi, ngo­ku­nja­lo le­ndu­du­zo ye­thu ye­nge­ze­le­le­ki­le ngo­Kri­stu.

6 Nja­lo lo­ba si­hlu­tshwa, ku­ngo­kwe­ndu­du­zomn lo­si­ndi­so lwe­nuo, oku­se­tshe­nzwap eku­be­ke­ze­le­ni ku­le­zi­zi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­fa­na­na­yo esi­hlu­phe­ka nga­zo la­thi; lo­ba si­du­du­zwa, ku­ngo­kwe­ndu­du­zo lo­si­ndi­so lwe­nu;

7 nja­lo ithe­mba le­thu nga­ni li­qi­ni­le, si­sa­zi uku­thi nje­nga­lo­khu li­hla­nga­nye­la ezi­nhlu­phe­kwe­niq ngo­ku­nja­lo le­ndu­du­zwe­nirs.

8 Ngo­ba ka­si­tha­ndit uku­thi li­nga­zi, ba­za­lwa­ne, ngo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwe­thuu okwa­se­hle­la eA­si­yav, uku­thi sa­si­ndwa ka­khu­lu­ka­zi ngo­ku­nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­ndla, sa­ze sa­phe­le­lwa li­the­mbaw le­le­mpi­lo.

9 Ko­dwa thi­na ngo­kwe­thu sa­si­la­so ki­thi isi­gwe­bo1 so­ku­fax, uku­ze si­nga­zi­the­mbi thi­nay ko­dwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­luz ovu­sa aba­fi­le­yoa;

10 owa­so­phu­lab eku­fe­ni oku­nga­ka, lo­so­phu­la­yo; esi­the­mba ku­ye uku­thi uzaso­phu­la fu­thi.

11 La­ni li­se­be­nze­la thi­na nda­wo­nye ngo­mkhu­le­koc, uku­ze isi­pho so­mu­sa ki­thi esi­ve­la eba­ntwi­ni aba­ne­ngi si­nga­si­bo­nge­lwa nga­ba­ne­ngid.

12 Ngo­ba uku­zi­nco­ma kwe­thu yi­lo­khu, ubu­fa­ka­zi be­sa­ze­la se­thue, uku­thi ngo­ku­nge­la­nko­hli­sof la­ngo­bu­qo­thog bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ye­nya­mah ko­dwa emu­se­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, sa­zi­pha­tha emhla­be­ni, nja­lo ngo­ku­khe­the­ki­le­yo ma­qo­nda­na la­ni.

13 Ngo­ba ka­si­li­bha­le­li oku­nye, ko­dwa lo­ba izi­nto eli­zi­fu­nda­yo ku­mbe nja­lo li­zi­vu­me; ngi­the­mba fu­thi uku­thi li­zazi­vu­ma ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni;

14 nje­nga­lo­khu la­thi se­li­si­vu­mi­le nga­nxa­nyei, uku­thi si­yi­ku­zi­nco­ma kwe­nuj nje­nga­lo­khu la­ni li­nga­be­thu, osu­kwi­nik lwe­Nko­si uJe­su.

UPa­wu­li ucha­si­sa isi­za­tho so­ku­nga­fi­ki kwa­khe eKo­ri­nte

15 La­nga­le­li­the­mba nga­fi­sal uku­za ki­ni ku­qa­la, uku­ze li­be lo­mu­sa we­si­bi­lim;

16 nja­lo uku­dlu­la ki­ni ngi­si­ya eMa­ke­do­ni­yan, ngi­bu­ye ki­ni fu­thi ngi­ve­la eMa­ke­do­ni­yao, nja­lo ngi­dlu­li­se­lwep yi­ni eJu­di­ya.

17 Nga­kho ngi­qo­nde lo­kho, be­se­ngi­se­be­nzi­sa yi­ni ubu­lu­la? Ku­mbe izi­nto engi­zi­mi­sa­yo, ngi­mi­sa ngo­kwe­nya­maq yi­ni, uku­ze ku­be kho­na ki­mi uye­bo, ye­bo; lo­ha­tshi, ha­tshi?

18 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uthe­mbe­ki­le, uku­thi ili­zwir le­thu eli­ki­ni ka­li­su­ye uye­bo lo­ha­tshi.

19 Ngo­ba iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uJe­su Kri­stus owa­tshu­nya­ye­lwa yi­thi pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, yi­mi lo­Si­li­va­nut lo­Ti­mo­thiu, wa­ye­nge­yi­su­ye uye­bo lo­ha­tshi, ko­dwa ku­yev kwa­ku­ngu­ye­bo.

20 Ngo­ba zo­nke izi­the­mbi­so zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw, ku­ye zi­ngu­ye­bo, la­ku­ye zi­nguA­me­nix, ku­be lu­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­thi.

21 Nja­lo osi­qi­ni­sa­yo ka­nye la­ni ku­Kri­stu, owa­si­gco­ba­yoy, ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu,

22 owa­si­pha­wu­la­yo la­thiz, wa­se­ni­ka isi­ba­mbi­soa si­ka­Mo­yab enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­thu.

23 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­bi­za uNku­lu­nku­luc uku­thi abe ngu­mfa­ka­zi phe­zu ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, uku­ze ngi­li­ye­ke­led angi­ke­zi eKo­ri­nte.

24 Ku­nge­si­ku­thi si­bu­sa ukho­lo lwe­nue, ko­dwa si­yi­zi­se­be­nzi nda­wo­nye ze­nto­ko­zo ye­nu; ngo­ba li­mi ngo­kho­lof.

2Nga­se­ngi­zi­mi­se­la lo­khu, uku­nga­phi­ndi ngi­ze ki­nia esi­zi­ni.

2 Ngo­ba uba mi­na ngi­li­ba­nge­la usi­zib, ngu­ba­ni-ke ongi­tho­ko­zi­sa­yo, nga­pha­ndle ko­ba­nge­lwe yi­mi usi­zi?

3 Nja­lo nga­li­bha­le­la into le efa­na­na­yo uku­ze eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­mic ngi­nga­bi lo­si­zi ku­la­bo aba­me­le ba­ngi­tho­ko­zi­se, ngi­le­qi­ni­sod nga­ni lo­nke, uku­thi into­ko­zo ya­mie inge­ye­nu lo­nke.

4 Ngo­ba esi­zi­ni olu­khu­lu le­ku­da­bu­ke­ni kwe­nhli­zi­yof nga­li­bha­le­lag nge­zi­nye­mbe­zi ezi­ne­ngi, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­thi li­ba­nge­lwe usi­zih, ko­dwa uku­ze la­zi utha­ndo olwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo engi­la­lo ki­ni.

Ngo­ku­bu­yi­se­lwa kwe­zo­ni ezi­phe­ndu­ka­yo

5 Ko­dwa uba ekho­na oba­nge usi­zii, ka­ba­nga­nga usi­zi ki­mij, ko­dwa nga­nxa­nyek (u­ku­ze ngi­nga­thwa­li­si nzi­ma) ki­ni lo­nke.

6 Ku­ma­ne­le onja­lo lo­khu­ku­khu­za oku­ngo­kwa­ba­ne­ngil;

7 uku­ze enda­we­ni ya­lo­kho ku­ngco­no li­the­the­le­le li­du­du­zem, hle­zi onja­lo agi­nywe lu­si­zi olwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo.

8 Nga­kho ngi­ya­li­nce­nga uku­thi li­qi­ni­sen utha­ndo lwe­nu ku­ye.

9 Ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­lo­khu fu­thi nga­bha­la, uku­ze nga­zi uku­hlo­lwa kwe­nuo, uba li­nga­ba­la­le­la­yop ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke.

10 La­lo­wo eli­mthe­the­le­la ulu­tho, la­mi ngi­ya­mthe­the­le­laq; ngo­ba mi­na uba ngi­the­the­le­le ulu­tho, lo­wo engi­mthe­the­le­la­yo, ngi­kwe­nza nge­nxa ye­nu pha­mbir ko­bu­so bu­ka­Kri­stus,

11 uku­ze si­nga­se­tshe­nzi­swa ngu­Sa­tha­netu; ngo­ba ka­si­si­bo aba­nga­ziv nga­ma­qhi­nga akhew.

UPa­wu­li ubo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­nqo­ba kwe­va­nge­li

12 Le­ku­fi­ke­ni kwa­mi eTro­wa­six nge­va­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stu, kwa­thi se­ngi­vu­le­lwe umnya­ngoy eNko­si­ni,

13 ka­ngi­ba­nga lo­ku­phu­mu­laz emo­ye­ni wa­mi, ngo­ba angi­mtho­la­nga uTi­to­si umza­lwa­ne wa­mia; ko­dwa nga­se­ngi­va­le­li­sa ki­bob nga­su­ka nga­ya eMa­ke­do­ni­yac.

14 Nja­lo ka­bo­ngwe uNku­lu­nku­lu osi­kho­khe­la­yo nge­si­kha­thi so­nke eku­nqo­be­nid ku­Kri­stu, nja­lo ebo­na­ka­li­sa nga­thi iphu­ngae lo­lwa­zi lwa­khe enda­we­ni zo­nke.

15 Ngo­ba si­li­phu­nga eli­mna­ndif li­ka­Kri­stu ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­la­bog aba­si­ndi­swa­yoh la­ku­la­boi aba­bhu­bha­yoj;

16 ku­la­ba iphu­nga lo­ku­fa eku­fe­nikl, la­kwa­ba­nye iphu­nga eli­mna­ndi le­mpi­lo empi­lwe­nim. Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni oli­nge­ne le­zi­zi­nton?

17 Ngo­ba ka­si­nje­nga­ba­ne­ngi, aba­lo­na­yoo1 ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ko­dwa nje­nge­bu­qo­thwe­nip, nja­lo nje­ngo­ku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, si­khu­lu­ma si­ku­Kri­stu.

UPa­wu­li uya­zi­ve­za eba­ndle­ni

3Si­qa­la si­phi­nde uku­zi­ve­za yi­nia? Ku­mbe si­ya­di­nga yi­ni, nje­nga­ba­nyeb, izi­ncwa­di zo­kusi­ve­za ki­nic, lo­ba zo­ku­ve­zwa oku­ve­la ki­ni?

2 Li­na li­yi­ncwa­di ye­thud, ebha­lwe enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­thu, eya­zi­wa ifu­ndwe nga­ba­ntu bo­nkee;

3 li­bo­na­ka­li­sa uku­thi li­yi­ncwa­di ka­Kri­stu ese­tshe­nzi­swa yi­thif, ebha­lwe ha­tshi nge­yi­nki, ko­dwa ngo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yog, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ezi­bhe­bhe­ni za­ma­tsheh, ko­dwa ezi­bhe­bhe­ni ze­nya­ma ye­nhli­zi­yoi.

4 Le­the­mbaj eli­nja­lo si­la­lo ngo­Kri­stu ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

5 ku­nge­si­ku­thi si­ye­ne­li­sa thi­na ngo­kwe­thuk uku­ca­ba­nga ulu­tho nje­ngo­lu­ve­la ki­thi, ko­dwa ukwe­ne­li­sa kwe­thu ku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lul;

6 owa­se­nza fu­thi se­ne­li­sa uku­ba yi­zi­kho­nzimn ze­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tshaop, esi­nge­yi­si­so so­ku­lo­tshi­we­yoq ko­dwa esi­ka­Mo­ya; ngo­ba oku­lo­tshi­we­yo ku­ya­bu­la­lar, ko­dwa uMo­yas uya­phi­li­sa.

Inka­zi­mu­lo ye­va­nge­li iya­yi­dlu­la eyo­mla­yo omda­la

7 Ko­dwa uba inko­nzo yo­ku­fat, ema­ba­le­ni, aba­zwe ema­tshe­niu, ya­fi­ke­la enka­zi­mu­lwe­niv, kwa­ze kwa­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liw be­hlu­le­ka uku­jo­lo­ze­lax ubu­so bu­ka­Mo­zi­si nge­nxa ye­nka­zi­mu­lo yo­bu­so ba­khey, eye­nzi­wa ya­phe­laz,

8 pho inge­be nku­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni inko­nzo ka­Mo­ya enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni?

9 Ngo­ba uba inko­nzo yo­ku­la­hlwa iyi­nka­zi­mu­loa, ka­nga­ka­na­ni inko­nzo yo­ku­lu­nga ye­nge­zi­we enka­zi­mu­lwe­nib.

10 Ngo­ba la­lo­kho okwa­ke kwa­ba yi­nka­zi­mu­lo, aku­za­nge ngi­tsho ku­kha­zi­mu­lec nga­li­ndle­lad, nge­nxa ya­li­nka­zi­mu­lo eyi­dlu­la­yo ka­khu­lu.

11 Ngo­ba uba lo­kho okwe­nzi­wa kwa­phe­lae ku­le­nka­zi­mu­lo, ka­nga­ka­na­ni lo­kho oku­mi­yo, ku­se­nka­zi­mu­lwe­ni.

12 Nga­kho si­le­the­mba eli­nje, si­se­be­nzi­sa isi­bi­ndi esi­khu­lu eku­khu­lu­me­nif;

13 nja­lo ka­si­nje­ngo­Mo­zi­si owa­fa­ka isi­mbo­mbo­zog ebu­swe­ni ba­khe, uku­ze aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­nga­jo­lo­ze­lih isi­phe­thoi se­nto eye­nzi­wa ya­phe­laj;

14 ko­dwa ingqo­ndo za­bokl ze­nzi­wa lu­khu­nim; ngo­ba ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla isi­mbo­mbo­zo esi­fa­na­na­yo si­hle­zi eku­fu­nde­nin isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­da­lao si­nga­mbo­mbo­zwa­nga, ese­nzi­wa sa­phe­la ku­Kri­stup.

15 Ko­dwa ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, nxa ku­fu­ndwa uMo­zi­siq, isi­mbo­mbo­zo si­phe­zu kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo.

16 Lo­ba ni­ni nxa ebu­ye­la eNko­si­nir, isi­mbo­mbo­zos si­ya­su­swa.

17 Le­Nko­si ingu­Mo­yat; la­la­pho akho­na uMo­ya we­Nko­si, la­pho ku­kho­na inku­lu­le­kou.

18 Thi­na-ke, so­nke esi­lo­bu­so obe­mbu­li­we­yo si­bo­na inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si esi­bu­kwe­nivw, si­ya­gu­qu­le­lwaxy esi­me­ni esi­fa­na­na­yo si­su­ka enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni si­si­ya enka­zi­mu­lwe­niz, nje­ngo­ku­ve­la ku­Mo­ya we­Nko­si.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li nge­si­bi­ndi

4Nga­kho-ke, lo­khu si­le­nko­nzo lea, nje­ngo­ba se­nze­lwa umu­sab, ka­si­di­nwac;

2 ko­dwa si­zi­la­hli­le izi­nto ezi­fi­hli­we­yo ze­hla­zo, si­nga­ha­mbi ebu­qi­li­nid, si­nga­pha­mba­ni­si ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue, ko­dwa ngo­kwe­nza oba­laf iqi­ni­sog si­ya­zi­bu­kah ku­sa­ze­la sa­boi bo­nke aba­ntu pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

3 Ko­dwa uba fu­thi iva­nge­li le­thu le­mbe­si­wej, le­mbe­si­we ku­la­bo aba­bhu­bha­yok;

4 oku­bo unku­lu­nku­lul wa­le­li­li­zwem uphu­mpu­the­ki­si­len ingqo­ndo za­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yoo, uku­ze ku­nga­kha­nyi ki­bo uku­kha­nyap kwe­va­nge­li le­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Kri­stuq, ongu­mfa­ne­ki­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur.

5 Ngo­ba ka­si­zi­tshu­ma­ye­lis, ko­dwa uKri­stu Je­su iNko­si; nja­lo thi­na si­zi­nce­kut ze­nu nge­nxa ka­Je­su.

6 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­thi uku­kha­nya ku­kha­nya ku­ve­la ebu­mnya­me­niu, ukha­nyi­si­lev ezi­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­thu, ukupha uku­kha­nya ko­lwa­zi lwe­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ebu­swe­ni bu­ka­Je­su Kri­stuw.

Ama­ndla ave­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu aya­qi­ni­sa ezi­nhlu­phe­kwe­ni

7 Ko­dwa si­la­lo le­li­gu­gu ezi­tshe­ni ze­bu­mbaxy, uku­ze ubu­hle­ka­ziz ba­ma­ndla bu­be ngo­bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo bu­nga­ve­li ki­thi;

8 si­ya­mi­nye­ze­lwaa inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ko­dwa kasi­ba­nde­ze­le­kib; si­ya­di­de­kac, ko­dwa kasi­la­hli ithe­mba;

9 si­ya­zi­nge­lwad, ko­dwa kasi­hla­nyu­kwae; si­wi­se­lwa pha­nsif, ko­dwa kasi­bhu­ji­swa;

10 si­thwe­le nja­lo­nja­log uku­fa kwe­Nko­si uJe­su emzi­mbe­ni, uku­ze le­mpi­lo ka­Je­suh ibo­na­ka­li­swe emzi­mbe­ni we­thu.

11 Ngo­ba thi­na esi­phi­la­yo si­ni­ke­lwa nja­lo­nja­loi eku­fe­ni nge­nxa ka­Je­su, uku­ze le­mpi­lo ka­Je­su ibo­na­ka­li­swe enya­me­ni ye­thu efa­yo.

12 Nga­kho uku­faj ku­se­be­nza ki­thi, ko­dwa impi­lo ki­ni.

13 Nga­kho si­la­lo­wo­mo­yak wo­kho­lol, nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Nga­kho­lwam, nga­kho nga­khu­lu­ma; la­thi si­ya­kho­lwa, nga­kho la­thi si­ya­khu­lu­man;

14 si­sa­zi uku­thi lo­wo owa­yi­vu­sa­yoo iNko­si uJe­su uza­si­vu­sa la­thip ngo­Je­su, asi­ve­zeq ka­nye la­ni.

15 Ngo­ba zo­nke izi­ntor zi­nge­nxa ye­nu, uku­ze umu­sa ova­mi­le­yo, ngo­ku­bo­nga kwa­ba­ne­ngis, we­nge­ze­le­lwe ku­be lu­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut.

Uku­la­nga­the­la ikha­ya le­zu­lwi­ni

16 Nga­kho-ke ka­si­di­nwau, ko­dwa la­nxa umu­ntu we­thu wa­nga­pha­ndle ebhu­ji­swa, ku­be ka­nti owa­nga­pha­ka­thiv we­nzi­wa abe mu­tshaw insu­ku nge­nsu­ku.

17 Ngo­ba inhlu­phe­ko ye­thu elu­lax enge­yo­mzu­zwa­na iya­si­se­be­nze­la isi­si­ndo so­bu­kho­si esi­la­pha­ka­de esi­nge­la­ku­li­nga­ni­swa isi­bi­liy,

18 si­nga­kha­nge­li oku­bo­nwa­yoz ko­dwa oku­nga­bo­nwa­yo; ngo­ba oku­bo­nwa­yo ku­ngo­kwe­si­kha­thia; ko­dwa oku­nga­bo­nwa­yo ngo­ku­la­pha­ka­de.

5Ngo­ba si­ya­zi uku­thi uba indlu ye­thu ye­mhla­be­nia ye­du­mbab idi­li­zwa, si­le­sa­khi­wo esi­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, indlu enge­nzi­wa­nga nge­za­ndlac, epha­ka­de ema­zu­lwi­ni.

2 Ngo­ba la­ku­le si­ya­bu­bu­lad, si­la­nga­tha ukwe­mbe­swa nge­ndlu ye­thu eve­la ezu­lwi­ni;

3 uba la­thi se­se­mba­thi­si­we si­nga­fi­cwa si­zee.

4 Ngo­ba la­thi esi­kho­na kule­li­du­mbaf si­ya­bu­bu­la, si­si­ndwag; ngo­ba ka­si­fi­sih ukwe­mbu­lwa ko­dwa ukwe­mbe­swai, uku­ze oku­fa­yo ku­gi­nywej yi­mpi­lo.

5 Owa­si­lu­ngi­se­la-ke kho­na lo­khu ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luk, fu­thi owa­si­pha isi­ba­mbi­so si­ka­Mo­yal.

6 Nga­kho si­le­si­bi­ndi nge­si­kha­thi so­nke, si­sa­zi uku­thi si­se­kho­na ekha­ya emzi­mbe­ni si­kha­tsha­na le­Nko­si,

7 ngo­ba si­ha­mba ngo­kho­lom, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­ku­bo­nan;

8 nga­kho si­le­si­bi­ndio, nja­lo si­ya­tha­ba ka­khu­lup uku­ba si­nga­bi­kho emzi­mbe­ni, lo­ku­ba se­kha­ya le­Nko­si.

9 Nga­lo­kho-ke si­ya­za­ma ka­khu­lu, lo­ba si­se­kha­ya, ku­mbe si­nge­kho ekha­ya, uku­thi si­be nga­be­mu­ke­le­ka­yo ku­yeq.

10 Ngo­ba so­nke si­me­le uku­bo­na­ka­la pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­kwa­hlu­le­la si­ka­Kri­stur, uku­ze ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wos aza­mu­ke­le­le izi­nto eze­nzi­we ngo­mzi­mba, nje­nga­lo­khu akwe­nzi­le­yo, lo­ba ku­hle ku­mbe ku­bi.

Impi­lo entsha eku­Kri­stu. Inko­nzo yo­ku­bu­yi­sa­na

11 Nga­kho si­sa­zi ukwe­sa­be­kat kwe­Nko­si si­ya­ba­nce­nga aba­ntu, ko­dwa si­bo­na­ka­li­si­weu ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; nja­lo ngi­the­mba uku­thi si­bo­na­ka­li­si­wev le­za­ze­le­ni ze­nu.

12 Ngo­ba ka­si­zi­ve­ziw fu­thi ki­nix, ko­dwa si­li­ni­ka ithu­bay lo­ku­zi­nco­maz nga­thi, uku­ze li­be lakho uku­me­la­na la­bo aba­zi­nco­ma­yo ebu­swe­ni, ku­nge­yi­si­kho enhli­zi­ywe­ni.

13 Ngo­ba uba si­hla­nyaa, ku­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; uba si­qo­ndi­leb, ku­ki­ni.

14 Ngo­ba utha­ndo lu­ka­Kri­stu lu­ya­si­qhu­be­ze­lac, si­bo­na lo­khu, uku­thi uba omu­nye wa­fe­la bo­nke, nga­kho bo­nke ba­fad;

15 nja­lo wa­fe­la bo­nke uku­ze aba­phi­la­yoe ba­nga­be be­sa­zi­phi­le­la bo­na, ko­dwa lo­wo owa­ba­fe­la­yo wa­bu­ye wa­vu­ka.

16 Nga­kho ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si thi­na ka­sa­zi mu­ntuf ngo­kwe­nya­mag; la­nxa la­thi sa­ma­zi uKri­stu ngo­kwe­nya­mah, ko­dwa kha­the­si ka­si­sama­zii.

17 Uku­ze ku­thi uba umu­ntu eku­Kri­stuj, uyi­si­da­lwa esi­tshak; oku­da­la se­ku­dlu­lel, kha­nge­la ko­nke se­ku­ku­tsha.

18 Ko­nke lo­khu-ke ku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, owa­bu­yi­sa­nam la­thi ngo­Je­su Kri­stu ku­ye, wa­si­ni­ka inko­nzon yo­ku­bu­yi­sa­nao;

19 oku­nje­ngo­ku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­ku­Kri­stup ebu­yi­sa­naq lo­mhla­ba ku­yer, enga­ba­ba­le­li izi­pha­mbe­ko za­bos, ebe­ka ki­thi ili­zwi lo­ku­bu­yi­sa­nat.

20 Nga­kho si­yi­zi­thu­nywau esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Kri­stu, nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­nce­nga nga­thiv; si­ya­nce­nga esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Kri­stu si­thi: Bu­yi­sa­na­ni lo­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

21 Ngo­ba lo­wo onga­sa­za­nga iso­no wa­me­nza iso­no esi­khu­ndle­ni se­thux, uku­ze thi­na si­be yi­ku­lu­ngay ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­ye.

6Si­se­be­nza-ke ka­nye la­ye, la­thia si­yali­nce­ngab uku­thi li­nga­we­mu­ke­li nge­ze umu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc;

2 ngo­ba uthi: Nge­si­kha­thi esi­hle ngi­ku­zwi­led, la­ngo­su­ku lo­si­ndi­so nga­ku­si­za; kha­nge­la­nie, kha­the­si yi­si­kha­thi esi­hle isi­bi­lif; kha­nge­la­ni kha­the­si lu­su­ku lo­si­ndi­so.

3 Ka­si­khu­be­ki­sig nga­lu­tho ngi­tsho, uku­ze inko­nzo inga­so­lwah;

4 ko­dwa ku­kho ko­nke si­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa1 nje­nge­zi­kho­nzi zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui, eku­be­ke­ze­le­ni oku­khu­luj, ezi­nhlu­phe­kwe­ni, ebu­nzi­me­nikl, enci­nde­ze­lwe­nim,

5 eku­tsha­ywe­nin, eku­bo­tshwe­nio, ezi­phi­thi­phi­thi­ni, eku­se­be­nze­ni nzi­mapq, eku­nga­la­li­nir, eku­zi­le­ni uku­dlast,

6 eku­hla­mbu­lu­ke­ni, elwa­zi­ni, eku­be­ke­ze­le­niu, ebu­be­le­niv, ku­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le, etha­ndwe­ni olu­nga­ze­nzi­si­yow,

7 eli­zwi­ni le­qi­ni­sox, ema­ndle­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy; nge­zi­kha­li zo­ku­lu­ngaza kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­kwe­so­kho­hlob,

8 ngo­du­mo la­nge­hla­zoc, ngo­ku­thu­kwa la­ngo­ku­du­nyi­swa; nje­nga­ba­kho­hli­sid, ka­nti aba­qi­ni­si­le­yo;

9 nje­nga­ba­nga­zi­wa­yo, ka­nti aba­zi­wa­yo ka­khu­lue; nje­nga­ba­fa­yof, ka­nti kha­nge­la­ni si­ya­phi­la; nje­nga­ba­la­ywa­yog, ka­nti aba­nga­bu­la­wa­yo;

10 nje­nga­ba­lo­si­zih, ko­dwa aba­tho­ko­za nja­lo­nja­lo; nje­nga­ba­ya­ngai, ko­dwa aba­no­thi­sa aba­ne­ngi; nje­nga­ba­nge­la­lu­tho, ka­nti aba­la­kho ko­nkej.

11 Umlo­mo we­thu uvu­le­ke­le li­na, be­Ko­ri­ntek, inhli­zi­yo ye­thul ye­nzi­we ba­nzim.

12 Ka­li­vi­nje­lwa­nga yi­thin, ko­dwa li­vi­nje­lweop emi­bi­li­ni ye­nu.

13 Nja­lo ngo­kwe­na­na­na oku­fa­na­na­yo (ngi­khu­lu­ma nje­nge­ba­ntwa­ne­niq), la­ni ye­nzi­wa­ni ba­nzi.

UPa­wu­li uxwa­yi­sa aba­kho­lwa­yo uku­thi ba­nga­hla­nga­ni la­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yo

14 Li­nga­bo­tshwa ngo­ku­nga­li­nga­ni ejo­gwe­ni la­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yor; ngo­ba ku­lo­ku­hla­nga­nye­la ba­nis uku­lu­nga lo­ku­nga­lu­ngi? Ku­lo­ku­hla­nga­nye­la ba­nit uku­kha­nya lo­bu­mnya­mau?

15 Nja­lo uKri­stu ulo­ku­zwa­na ba­ni lo­Bhe­li­ya­li? Ku­mbe ule­sa­be­lo ba­ni okho­lwa­yo lo­nga­kho­lwa­yo?

16 Nja­lo ku­lo­ku­vu­me­la­na ba­ni ithe­mpe­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­zi­tho­mbe? Ngo­ba li­na li­li­the­mpe­liv li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yow, nje­ngo­ku­tsho ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi: Ngi­za­hla­la ki­boxy, ngi­za­ha­mba pha­ka­thi kwa­bo; se­ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, bo­na-ke ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­mi.

17 Nga­kho phu­ma­niz pha­ka­thi kwa­bo le­hlu­ka­ni­swe, itsho iNko­si, li­nga­thi­nti oku­ngco­li­le­yo; mi­na-ke ngi­za­le­mu­ke­la,

18 fu­thi ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­Ba­ba ki­nia, li­na se­li­za­ku­ba ki­mi nga­ma­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi, itsho iNko­si uSo­ma­ndlab.

7Lo­khu si­la­le­zi­zi­the­mbi­soa, ba­tha­nde­ka­yo, asi­zi­hla­mbu­lu­le­nib ku­kho ko­nke uku­ngco­la kwe­nya­ma lo­ko­mo­yac, si­phe­le­li­se ubu­ngcwe­le ekwe­sa­be­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu.

UPa­wu­li uja­bu­li­swa yi­ku­fi­ka ku­ka­Ti­to­si

2 Se­mu­ke­le­nid; ka­so­na­nga mu­ntue, ka­so­na­ka­li­sa­nga mu­ntu, ka­si­dle­le­ze­la­nga mu­ntuf.

3 Ka­ngi­khu­lu­me­li ukuli­so­la; ngo­ba nga­tsho pha­mbi­lig, uku­thi li­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­thu uku­thi si­fe nda­wo­nye si­phi­le nda­wo­nye.

4 Si­khu­lu isi­bi­ndih sa­mi se­nku­lu­mo ki­ni, ngi­lo­ku­zi­qhe­nya oku­khu­lu nga­nii; ngi­gcwe­le indu­du­zoj; nge­nge­ze­le­lwek ka­khu­lu into­ko­zo ku­yo yo­nke inhlu­phe­ko ye­thu.

5 Ngo­ba le­ku­fi­ke­ni kwe­thu eMa­ke­do­ni­yal, inya­ma ye­thu ka­yi­ba­nga lo­ku­phu­mu­lam, ko­dwa sa­ba­nde­ze­lwa ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nken; nga­pha­ndle ingxa­ba­noo, nga­pha­ka­thi ukwe­sa­ba.

6 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu, odu­du­za aba­da­ni­le­yo, wa­si­du­du­za eku­fi­ke­nip ku­ka­Ti­to­siq;

7 nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khe ku­phe­la, ko­dwa la­nge­ndu­du­zor adu­du­ze­ka nga­yo nga­ni, la­pho esi­la­ndi­se­la uku­la­nga­tha kwe­nus, uku­da­bu­ka kwe­nut, uku­ngi­tshi­se­ke­la kwe­nuu, nga­ze nga­tho­ko­za ka­khu­lu.

8 Ngo­ba la­nxa nga­li­da­bu­ki­sav nge­ncwa­di, ka­ngi­zi­so­liw; la­nxa nga­zi­so­lax; ngo­ba ngi­bo­na uku­thi le­yo­ncwa­di ya­li­da­bu­la, lo­ba ku­ngo­kwe­si­kha­thiy.

9 Kha­the­si ngi­ya­tho­ko­za, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­thi la­da­tshu­lwaz, ko­dwa uku­thi la­da­tshu­le­lwa eku­phe­ndu­ke­nia; ngo­ba la­da­tshu­lwa ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­ze li­nga­la­hle­ke­lwa lu­thob nge­nxa ye­thu.

10 Ngo­ba uku­da­bu­ka ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lucd ku­le­tha uku­phe­ndu­kae ku­be lu­si­ndi­so onge­zi­so­le nga­lof; ko­dwa uku­da­bu­ka ko­mhla­ba ku­le­tha uku­fag.

11 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, le­yo into, uku­thi la­da­tshu­lwa ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, uku­thi ku­ve­ze ki­ni uku­khu­tha­lai oku­nga­ka­na­ni, ye­bo, uku­zi­phe­ndu­le­laj, ye­bo, uku­thu­ku­the­la, ye­bo, ukwe­sa­bak, ye­bo, uku­la­nga­thal, ye­bo, uku­tshi­se­kamn, ye­bo, impi­ndi­se­loo. Ku­kho ko­nke la­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sap uku­thi li­msu­lwa ku­le inda­baq.

12 Uba-ke la­mi nga­li­bha­le­la, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­nxa ya­lo­wo owo­na­yo, nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­nxa ya­lo­wo owo­ni­we­yor, ko­dwa uku­ze uku­li­khu­tha­le­la kwe­thust ku­bo­na­ka­li­swe ki­ni pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

13 Nga­lo­kho si­du­du­ze­ki­leu nge­ndu­du­zo ye­nu; ye­bo sa­tho­ko­za ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo ka­khu­lu nge­nto­ko­zo ka­Ti­to­siv, ngo­ba umo­ya wa­khe uvu­se­le­lwew ngo­ku­ve­la ki­ni lo­nke;

14 ngo­ba uba nga­zi­nco­me­lax li­na ngo­lu­tho ku­ye ka­ngi­ya­nge­ka­ngay; ko­dwa nje­ngo­ba sa­ku­khu­lu­ma ko­nke ki­ni nge­qi­ni­soz, ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­ku­zi­nco­ma kwe­thu okwa­ku­ku­Ti­to­sia kwa­ba li­qi­ni­so.

15 Isi­he­lo sa­khe se­se­nge­ze­le­lwe ka­khu­lu ki­ni, la­pho ekhu­mbu­la uku­la­le­lab kwe­nu lo­nke, uku­thi la­me­mu­ke­la nja­ni ngo­kwe­sa­ba la­ngo­ku­thu­thu­me­lac.

16 Nga­kho ngi­ya­tho­ko­za uku­thi ngi­ya­li­the­mbad ku­kho ko­nke.

Nge­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­si­za ama­Kri­stu anga­ba­ya­nga

8Se­si­la­zi­saa, ba­za­lwa­ne, umu­sab ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­we ema­ba­ndle­ni eMa­ke­do­ni­yac;

2 uku­thi eku­li­ngwe­ni oku­khu­lu kwe­nhlu­phod, ukwe­nge­ze­le­lwae kwe­nto­ko­zo ya­bo lo­bu­ya­nga ba­bo obu­ju­li­le­yof be­nge­ze­le­la eno­thwe­ni yo­ku­pha­na1 kwa­bo.

3 Ngo­ba ba­be­khu­lu­le­ki­le nje­ngo­kwa­ma­ndla abogh, ngi­ya­fa­ka­za, la­nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­ndla abo,

4 nge­si­ce­lo esi­khu­lu ba­si­nce­nga, uku­thi se­mu­ke­le isi­phoi, lo­ku­hla­nga­nye­la ko­nce­do olu­ngo­lwa­ba­ngcwe­lej;

5 nja­lo ka­kuba­nga nje­ngo­ba sa­the­mba, ko­dwa ba­zi­ni­ke­la ku­qa­la eNko­si­ni, la­ki­thi nge­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luk.

6 Kwa­ze kwa­thi sa­khu­tha­zal uTi­to­sim uku­thi, nje­nga­lo­khu wa­ye­se­qa­li­len pha­mbi­li, ngo­ku­nja­lo awu­qe­de fu­thi ki­ni lu­mu­sa2.

7 Ko­dwa nje­nga­lo­khu li­se­nge­ze­le­lao ku­kho ko­nke, ekho­lwe­ni, le­li­zwi­nip, le­lwa­zi­niq, le­ku­khu­tha­le­ni ko­nker, le­tha­ndwe­ni lwe­nu ki­this, uku­ze la­ku­lu­mu­sa le­nge­ze­le­let.

8 Ka­ngi­khu­lu­mi nje­ngo­ku­la­wu­lau, ko­dwa ngo­ku­tshi­se­kav kwa­ba­nye, nja­lo ngi­hlo­la ubu­qo­thow bo­tha­ndo lwe­nux.

9 Ngo­ba li­ya­wa­zi umu­sa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, uku­thi la­nxa wa­ye­no­thi­ley, wa­ba ngu­mya­nga nge­nxa ye­nuza, uku­ze ngo­bu­ya­nga ba­khe li­na li­no­theb.

10 La­ku­lo­khu ngi­pha umbo­noc; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­lu­nce­dod ki­ni, aba­qa­la pha­mbi­lie nya­ke­nyef, ku­nge­yi­si­kwe­nza ku­phe­la, ko­dwa lo­ku­fi­sa;

11 ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke qe­da­ni fu­thi ukwe­nza, uku­ze, nje­nga­lo­khu ku­kho­na uku­khu­tha­le­lag uku­fi­sa, ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­kho­na lo­ku­qe­di­sa nga­lo­khoh eli­la­khoi.

12 Ngo­ba uba ku­kho­naj uku­fi­sak, umu­ntu uye­mu­ke­le­kal nga­lo­kho ala­kho, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­lo­kho ange­la­kho.

13 Ngo­ba ku­nge­yi­si­ku­thi aba­nye ba­be le­nku­lu­le­ko, li­na-ke li­be lo­hlu­pho; ko­dwa ngo­ku­li­nga­na, okwa­le­si­si­kha­thi ise­nge­zo se­nu si­be nge­se­nswe­lo ya­bo,

14 uku­ze ku­thi le­se­nge­zo sa­bom si­be nge­se­nswe­lo ye­nun, uku­ze ku­be kho­na uku­li­nga­nao,

15 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Owa­bu­thap oku­ne­ngi, ka­ba­nga lo­ku­sa­la­yo; lowa­bu­tha oku­nci­nya­ne ka­si­le­la­nga.

16 Ko­dwa ka­bo­ngwe uNku­lu­nku­lu ofa­kaq inku­tha­lor efa­na­na­yo nga­ni enhli­zi­ywe­ni ka­Ti­to­si,

17 uku­thi isi­bi­li we­mu­ke­la isi­khu­tha­zos, ko­dwa etshi­se­ka ka­khu­lut, wa­su­ka wa­ya ki­ni nge­si­fi­so sa­kheu.

18 Nja­lo si­thu­ma ka­nye la­ye umza­lwa­nev, odu­mo lwa­khe eva­nge­li­ni lu­da­bu­le ema­ba­ndle­ni wo­nkew;

19 ku­nge­yi­si­lo­khu ku­phe­la, ko­dwa ukhe­thi­wex fu­thi nga­ma­ba­ndla uku­thi asi­phe­le­ke­ze­ley la­lo umu­sa3 owa­se­tshe­nzwaz yi­thi ku­be lu­du­moa lwa­le iNko­si, leku­bo­na­ka­li­swe­ni ko­ku­khu­tha­la kwe­nub;

20 si­vi­ke­la lo­khuc, hle­zi umu­ntu asi­so­le ku­le­si­se­nge­zo esi­se­tshe­nzwe yi­thid;

21 si­na­ke­ke­la oku­hlee ku­nge­kho pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ku­phe­la ko­dwa la­pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu.

22 Sa­se­si­thu­ma ka­nye la­bo umza­lwa­ne we­thu, esi­mfi­ce ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­ne­ngi ka­ne­ngi ekhu­the­lef, ko­dwa kha­the­si ukhu­the­le ka­khu­lu­ka­zig nge­nxa yo­ku­li­the­mba oku­khu­luh.

23 Ku­mbe ngo­Ti­to­si, ungu­mhla­nga­nye­lii le­si­se­be­nzij ka­nye la­mi ki­ni; lo­ba aba­za­lwa­ne be­thuk, ba­yi­zi­thu­nywal za­ma­ba­ndla, ba­yi­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Kri­stu.

24 Nga­kho bo­na­ka­li­sa­ni ku­bo ubu­fa­ka­zi bo­tha­ndo lwe­nu la­bo­ku­zi­nco­me­la kwe­thu li­na, la­pha­mbi kwa­ma­ba­ndlamno.

Ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­ni­ke­la la­nge­si­bu­si­so esi­ve­la ngo­ku­ni­ke­la

9Ngo­ba ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­nce­di­saa oku­ngo­kwa­ba­ngcwe­leb ka­ku­swe­le­ki ki­mi uku­li­bha­le­la;

2 ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­khu­tha­la kwe­nuc, engi­zi­nco­ma nga­khod nga­ni kwa­be­Ma­ke­do­ni­ya, uku­thi iA­ka­yae ya­yi­si­zi­lu­ngi­se­le ku­su­ke­la nya­ke­nyef; lo­ku­tshi­se­ka oku­ve­la ki­ni ku­ba­vu­si­le aba­ne­ngi.

3 Ko­dwa ngi­thu­me aba­za­lwa­neg, uku­ze uku­zi­nco­ma kwe­thuh nga­ni ku­nge­nzi­wa ize ma­qo­nda­na la­lo­khui; uku­ze, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­mi, li­be li­lu­ngi­lej;

4 hle­zi mhla­wu­mbe, nxa abe­Ma­ke­do­ni­ya be­fi­ka la­mik be­li­fi­ca li­nga­lu­ngi­se­la­nga, si­ya­nge­ke thi­na (u­ku­ze si­nga­tsho, li­na) nga­le­si­si­bi­ndi so­ku­zi­nco­malm.

5 Nga­kho ngi­bo­na ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi ngi­khu­tha­ze aba­za­lwa­nen, uku­ze ba­qa­le uku­za ki­ni, nja­lo ba­lu­ngi­se­le nga­pha­mbi­li uku­pha kwe­nu nge­si­hle1 okwa­khu­lu­nywa nga­kho ma­ndu­lo, uku­thi le­si si­lu­ngi­le, ngo­ku­nja­lo nje­nge­si­bu­si­soo fu­thi ku­nge­nje­ngo­ku­nci­tsha­nap.

6 La­lo­khu uku­thi, ohla­nye­la ingco­sa­na, la­ye uza­vu­na ingco­sa­naq; lo­hla­nye­la ngo­ku­ne­ngi, la­ye uza­vu­na ngo­ku­ne­ngi.

7 Ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nje­nga­lo­khu azi­khe­the­la kho­na enhli­zi­ywe­ni; ku­nga­bi ngo­ko­ku­do­ndars ku­mbe ngo­ko­ku­ba­njwa nga­ma­ndla; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lut uya­mtha­nda oni­ke­la nge­nto­ko­zo.

8 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­luuv ula­ma­ndla oku­le­nge­ze­le­la wo­nke umu­saw, uku­ze, li­lo­kwe­ne­la ko­nke ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke nge­si­kha­thi so­nke, le­nge­zwe emi­se­be­nzi­ni yo­nke emi­hlex;

9 nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo uku­thi: Uchi­tha­chi­thi­ley, wa­ni­ka aba­ya­nga; uku­lu­nga kwa­khe ku­hla­la ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de.

10 Nja­lo ye­na oni­kaz inhla­nye­lo ku­mhla­nye­li, le­si­nkwa so­ku­dla, kwa­nga­thi anga­ni­ka akhu­li­se inhla­nye­lo ye­nu, andi­se izi­the­loa zo­ku­lu­nga kwe­nub;

11 li­no­thi­swe ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke ku­kho ko­nke uku­pha­na2, oku­se­be­nza nga­thic uku­bo­ngwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

12 ngo­ba umse­be­nzid wa­li­nko­nzo ka­wu­gcwa­li­si ku­phe­la inswe­loe za­ba­ngcwe­le, ko­dwa fu­thi we­nge­za ngo­ku­bo­ngwa oku­ne­ngi ku­Nku­lu­nku­luf;

13 ngo­bu­fa­ka­zig ba­li­nko­nzoh ba­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lui ngo­ku­la­le­la ko­vu­moj lwe­nu iva­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stu, la­ngo­ku­pha kwe­nu oku­khu­luk ku­bo, la­ku­bo bo­nke;

14 la­ngo­mkhu­le­ko wa­bo nga­ni, be­li­la­nga­tha ngo­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul onge­la­ku­li­nga­ni­swa phe­zu kwe­nu.

15 Nja­lo ka­bo­ngwe uNku­lu­nku­lum nge­nxa ye­si­pho sa­khe esi­nga­khu­lu­me­ki­yo.

UPa­wu­li uya­zi­vi­ke­la kwa­ba­mhle­ba­yo

10Mi­na-ke uPa­wu­li ngo­kwa­mi ngi­ya­li­nce­ngaa ngo­bu­mne­neb la­nge­si­sac si­ka­Kri­stu, otho­be­ki­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nudef nxa ngi­kho­na1, ko­dwa nxa ngi­nge­kho ngi­le­si­bi­ndi ki­ni;

2 ngi­yali­nce­nga-ke uku­thi, nxa ngi­kho­na, ngi­nga­bi le­si­bi­ndig nga­lo­khu­ku­zi­mi­se­la ebe­ngi­khu­nju­le­lwa2 nga­kho uku­thi ngi­le­si­bi­ndi so­ku­me­la­na la­ba­nyeh aba­ca­ba­nga nga­thi nje­nga­ba­ha­mba ngo­kwe­nya­mai.

3 Ngo­ba la­nxa si­ha­mba enya­me­ni ka­si­lwi ngo­kwe­nya­maj;

4 ngo­ba izi­kha­likl ze­mpi ye­thum ka­yi­si­zo za­se­nya­me­ni, ko­dwa zi­la­ma­ndlan ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu3 eku­bhi­dli­ze­niop izi­nqa­ba,

5 se­hli­sa imi­na­ka­no la­kho ko­nke oku­zi­pha­ka­mi­se­laq uku­me­la­na lo­lwa­zi lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­mi­ca­ba­ngor yo­nke si­yi­thu­mbe­la eku­mla­le­le­ni uKri­stus;

6 fu­thi si­lo­ku­lu­nge­la uku­phi­ndi­se­la uku­nga­la­le­li ko­nket, nxa uku­la­le­la kwe­nu se­ku­phe­le­leu.

7 Li­kha­nge­lav izi­nto nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­zo yi­ni? Uba umu­ntuw ezi­the­mba ye­na uku­thi ungo­ka­Kri­stu, ka­bu­ye ana­ka­ne lo­khu nga­ye, uku­thi nje­ngo­ba ye­na engo­ka­Kri­stu,x ngo­ku­nja­lo la­thi si­nga­ba­ka­Kri­stuy.

8 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngo­lu­tho olwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo ka­khu­lu ngi­nga­ze ngi­zi­nco­mez fu­thi nga­ma­ndla ethua, eya­si­ni­ka wo­na iNko­si ekwa­khe­nib, nja­lo ku­nga­bi ngo­ku­li­chi­thac, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ya­nge­kad;

9 uku­ze ngi­nga­bo­na­ka­li nje­ngo­le­thu­sa nge­zi­ncwa­di.

10 Ngo­ba ku­thi­wa: Incwa­di za­khe zi­nzi­ma zi­la­ma­ndlae; ko­dwa ubu­kho­na bo­mzi­mba wa­khe bu­bu­tha­ka­tha­kaf, lo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­khe ku­de­le­le­ki­leg.

11 Onja­lo ka­na­ka­ne lo­khu, uku­thi nje­ngo­ba si­nja­lo nge­li­zwi nge­zi­ncwa­di nxa si­nge­kho, la­thi si­nja­lo nge­se­nzo nxa si­kho­na.

12 Ngo­ba ka­si­la­si­bi­ndi so­ku­zi­ba­le­la ku­mbe uku­zi­fa­na­ni­sah la­ba­thi­le ba­bo aba­zi­qhe­nya­yoi; ko­dwa bo­na ba­ya­li­nga­ni­sa­na bo­dwaj, nja­lo ba­ya­fa­na­ni­sa­na bo­dwak, ka­ba­qe­di­si­si.

13 Ko­dwa thi­na ka­si­so­ze si­zi­nco­mel okwe­dlu­la ama­la­wu­lo; ko­dwa nge­si­li­nga­ni­som se­si­ga­ba4 uNku­lu­nku­lu asa­be­le so­na, isi­li­nga­ni­so so­ku­fi­ka la­ki­ni.

14 Ngo­ba ka­si­ze­lu­li ngo­kwe­qi­le­yo ngo­ku­nga­thi ka­si­fi­nye­le­la­nga ki­ni, ngo­ba si­fi­ki­leno la­ki­ni eva­nge­li­ni li­ka­Kri­stu;

15 ka­si­zi­nco­mip okwe­dlu­la ama­la­wu­lo emse­be­nzi­ni wa­ba­nyeq, ko­dwa si­le­the­mba lo­ku­thi, nxa lwa­ndi­le ukho­lo lwe­nu, si­za­khu­li­swa ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­le­lwe­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu nge­si­ga­ba se­thu,

16 uku­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li enda­we­ni ezi­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­nu, si­nga­zi­nco­mi nge­si­ga­ba5 so­mu­nyer ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­lu­ngi­si­we­yo.

17 Ko­dwa ozi­nco­ma­yos, ka­zi­nco­me eNko­si­ni.

18 Ngo­ba ka­yi­su­yet ozi­nco­ma­yo, ko­dwa lo­wo iNko­si emnco­ma­yo, ngu­ye ovu­nywa­youv.

Uku­zi­phe­ndu­le­la ku­ka­Pa­wu­li ngo­mse­be­nzi wa­khe

11Ku­nga­thi li­nga­ngi­be­ke­ze­le­laa ka­nca­ne ebu­thu­the­ni ba­mib; ye­bo la­ni li­ngi­be­ke­ze­le­lec.

2 Ngo­ba ngi­lo­bu­khwe­led nga­ni ngo­bu­khwe­le bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba nga­li­ga­ne­lae endo­de­ni yi­nye uku­thi ngi­li­sefg ku­Kri­stu li­yi­nto­mbi emsu­lwah.

3 Ko­dwa ngi­ye­sa­ba uku­thi hle­zi nje­nga­lo­khu inyo­kai ya­kho­hli­saj uE­va ngo­bu­qi­li ba­yok, ngo­ku­nja­lo imi­ca­ba­ngo ye­nul inga­du­hi­swam ebu­qo­thwe­nin obu­ku­Kri­stu.

4 Ngo­ba uba ofi­ka­yoo etshu­ma­ye­la omu­nye uJe­su esi­nga­mtshu­ma­ye­la­nga, lo­ba li­se­mu­ke­la omu­nye umo­ya eli­nga­me­mu­ke­la­nga, lo­ba eli­nye iva­nge­lip eli­nga­le­mu­ke­la­nga, ku­hle uku­thi limbe­ke­ze­le­leq.

5 Ngo­ba ngi­thir ka­ngi­si­le­li nga­lu­thos ku­la­bo­ba­pho­sto­li aba­qa­ka­the­ki­le­yo si­bi­lit.

6 Nja­lo uba la­miu ngi­nga­fu­nda­nga eku­khu­lu­me­niv, ka­nti ku­nge­yi­si­kho elwa­zi­niw; ko­dwa entwe­ni yo­nke si­bo­na­ka­li­si­wex ki­ni ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke.

7 Ku­mbe nge­nze iso­noy yi­ni ngo­ku­zi­tho­baz uku­ze li­pha­ka­nyi­swe li­na, lo­khu ngi­li­tshu­ma­ye­zea iva­nge­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­si­hleb?

8 Nga­pha­nga ama­nye ama­ba­ndla, ngi­tha­tha iho­lo uku­zec ngi­li­si­ze;

9 la­la­pho nga­ngi­kho­na ki­ni ngi­swe­le ka­ngi­ba­nga ngu­mthwa­lo ngi­tsho emu­ntwi­nide; ngo­ba aba­za­lwa­nef, aba­ve­la eMa­ke­do­ni­yag, ba­gcwa­li­sa inswe­lo ya­mi; nja­lo ku­kho ko­nke ngi­zi­gci­ni­leh uku­thi ngi­nga­bi ngu­mthwa­lo ki­ni, fu­thi ngi­za­zi­gci­na.

10 Nje­ngo­ba iqi­ni­so li­ka­Kri­stu li­ki­mii, uku­thi lo­khu­ku­zi­nco­maj ka­ku­yi­ku­mi­swa nga­mi eza­be­lwe­nik zeA­ka­yal.

11 Nge­nxa ya­ni? Ngo­ba ngi­nga­li­tha­ndi yi­nim? UNku­lu­nku­lu uya­zin.

12 Ko­dwa engi­kwe­nza­yo, ngi­za­kwe­nza fu­thi, uku­ze ngi­qu­meo ithu­bap kwa­ba­fu­na ithu­baq, uku­ze ku­lo­kho aba­zi­nco­ma nga­kho, ba­fi­cwe be­nje­nga­thi la­bor.

13 Ngo­ba aba­njes ba­nga­ba­pho­sto­li ba­ma­ngat, izi­se­be­nzi ezi­kho­hli­sa­you, be­zi­phe­ndu­lav ba­be nga­ba­pho­sto­li ba­ka­Kri­stu.

14 Ka­ku­ma­nga­li­si-ke; ngo­ba uSa­tha­new uqo­bo uzi­phe­ndu­lax abe yi­ngi­lo­si yo­ku­kha­nyay.

15 Nga­kho kaku­si­nto enku­lu uba la­zo ince­ku za­khez zi­zi­phe­ndu­laa zi­si­ba nje­nge­nce­ku zo­ku­lu­ngab, oku­phe­la kwa­zo ku­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­zoc.

16 Ngi­ya­phi­nda ngi­thid: Ka­ku­nga­bi lo­mu­ntu oca­ba­nga uku­thi ngi­yi­si­thu­thae; ko­dwa uba ku­ngenja­lo nge­mu­ke­la­nif la­nje­nge­si­thu­tha, uku­ze la­mi ngi­zi­nco­me ka­nci­nya­ne.

17 Lo­kho engi­ku­tsho­yo, ka­ngi­ku­tsho ngo­kwe­Nko­sig, ko­dwa nje­nge­bu­thu­the­nih, ku­le­si­si­bi­ndi so­ku­zi­nco­mai.

18 Lo­khu aba­ne­ngi be­zi­nco­ma ngo­kwe­nya­maj, la­mi ngi­za­zi­nco­mak.

19 Ngo­ba li­be­ke­ze­le­la aba­yi­zi­thu­thal nge­nto­ko­zo, li­na li­nga­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yom.

20 Ngo­ba li­ya­be­ke­ze­lan, uba umu­ntu ele­nza izi­gqi­lio, uba umu­ntu eli­dla ali­qe­dep, uba umu­ntu ele­mu­kaq, uba umu­ntu ezi­pha­ka­mi­sa, uba umu­ntu eli­tsha­yar ebu­swe­ni.

21 Ngi­tsho nge­nhlo­nis, ku­ze ku­nga­thi thi­na be­si­bu­tha­ka­tha­kat; ko­dwa la­ku­ku­phi umu­ntu ale­si­bi­ndi nga­khou (ngi­khu­lu­me­la ebu­thu­the­niv) la­mi ngi­le­si­bi­ndi nga­kho.

22 Ba­nga­ma­He­bhe­ru yi­niw? La­mi. Ba­nga­maI­sra­ye­li yi­nix? La­mi. Ba­yi­nza­lo kaA­bra­ha­ma yi­niy? La­mi.

23 Ba­yi­zi­kho­nzi zi­ka­Kri­stu yi­niz? (Ngi­khu­lu­ma nje­ngo­hla­nya) ngi­yi­so ku­labo; emi­se­be­nzi­ni enzi­ma okwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo ka­khu­luab, emi­vi­mvi­nye­nicd okwe­dlu­la ama­la­wu­lo, ezi­nto­lo­ngwe­nief oku­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo ka­khu­lu, ezi­mfe­ni ka­ne­ngig;

24 ku­ma­Ju­dah nge­mu­ke­la ka­hla­nu imi­vi­mvi­nya enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne ku­sa­la owo­dwai.

25 Nga­tsha­ywa ka­tha­thu nge­zi­ndu­kuj, nga­kha­ndwa nga­ma­tshe ka­nyek, ka­tha­thu nga­chi­the­ke­lwa ngu­mkhu­mbil, ubu­su­ku le­mi­ni ngi­se­ku­ju­le­ni ko­lwa­ndle;

26 eku­ha­mbe­ni ka­ne­ngi; engo­zi­ni ze­mi­fu­lam, engo­zi­ni za­ba­pha­ngin, ezi­ngo­zi­ni kwa­ba­ki­thio, ezi­ngo­zi­ni kwa­be­zi­zwep, ezi­ngo­zi­ni emzi­niq, ezi­ngo­zi­ni enka­nga­lar, engo­zi­ni olwa­ndle, ezi­ngo­zi­ni ku­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­ma­ngas,

27 eku­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­nitu le­bu­nzi­me­niv, eku­nga­la­li­ni ka­ne­ngiw, eku­la­mbe­nixy le­ko­me­niz, eku­zi­le­ni uku­dla ka­ne­ngiab, eku­go­do­le­ni le­ku­ha­mbe­ni­zec.

28 Nga­pha­ndle kwe­zi­nto ezi­nga­pha­ndle, oku­ngi­ci­nde­ze­la­yo insu­ku zo­nke yi­ku­kha­tha­le­lad wo­nke ama­ba­ndlae.

29 Ngu­ba­ni obu­tha­ka­tha­ka, ngi­nga­bi bu­tha­ka­tha­ka la­mif? Ngu­ba­ni okhu­tshe­ki­swa­yo, la­mi ngi­nga­tshi­se­ki?

30 Uba ku­me­le uku­zi­nco­ma, ngi­za­zi­nco­mag nge­zi­nto zo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ba­mi.

31 UNku­lu­nku­lu uYi­se we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuh, obo­nge­ka­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nii, uya­zi uku­thi ka­ngi­qa­mbi ma­ngaj.

32 EDa­ma­se­kok indu­na ye­nko­si uA­re­tha ya­li­ndal umu­zi wa­be­Da­ma­se­ko, efu­na uku­ngi­ba­mba;

33 nja­lo nge­hli­swa nge­wi­ndi esi­lu­lwi­ni ngo­mdu­limn, nga­se­ngi­phe­pha eza­ndle­ni za­yo.

UPa­wu­li we­mu­ke­la ize­mbu­lo ku­Je­su

12Qi­ni­so uku­zi­nco­ma ka­ku­si­zi lu­tho ki­mi; ngo­ba ngi­za­ku­ya ku­mi­bo­noa le­ze­mbu­lob ze­Nko­si.

2 Ngi­ya­ma­zi umu­ntu eku­Kri­stuc se­ku­dlu­le imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­ne (lo­ba emzi­mbe­ni ka­nga­zi, lo­ba nga­pha­ndle ko­mzi­mba ka­nga­zi, uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­zid), uku­thi lo­njee wa­hlu­thu­le­lwaf ezu­lwi­ni le­si­tha­thug.

3 Ngi­ya­ma­zi-ke umu­ntu onja­lo (lo­ba emzi­mbe­ni, lo­ba nga­pha­ndle ko­mzi­mba, ka­nga­zi; uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­zih),

4 uku­thi wa­hlu­thu­lwai wa­si­wa ePa­ra­di­sej, we­zwa ama­zwi anga­khu­lu­me­ki­yo, anga­vu­nye­lwak1 mu­ntu uku­wa­khu­lu­ma.

5 Ngi­za­zi­nco­ma ngo­nja­lo, ko­dwa nga­mi uqo­bo ka­ngi­yi­ku­zi­nco­mal, nga­pha­ndle ko­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ba­mim.

6 Ngo­ba uba be­ngi­nga­tha­nda uku­zi­nco­ma, be­ngi­nga­zu­ku­ba yi­si­thu­than; ngo­ba ngi­za­khu­lu­ma iqi­ni­so, ko­dwa ngi­ya­ye­ke­lao, hle­zi umu­ntu aca­ba­nge nga­mip oku­nga­phe­zu kwa­lo­kho angi­bo­na ngi­yi­kho, ku­mbe aku­zwa ki­mi,

7 fu­thi uku­ze ngi­nga­pha­ka­nyi­swa ka­khu­lu­ka­zi ngo­bu­khu­lu­ka­zi be­ze­mbu­loq, nga­ni­kwar ame­va enya­me­nis, isi­thu­nywat si­ka­Sa­tha­neu, uku­ngi­du­tshu­zav, uku­ze ngi­nga­zi­pha­ka­mi­si ka­khu­lu­ka­zi.

8 Nga­lo­kho nga­nxu­sa iNko­si ka­tha­thuw uku­ze ku­su­ke ki­mi.

9 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Umu­sa wa­mi ukwa­ne­le; ngo­ba ama­ndla amix aphe­le­li­swa ebu­tha­ka­tha­ke­ni. Nga­kho ngi­za­zi­nco­may nge­nto­ko­zo enku­lu ebu­tha­ka­tha­ke­ni ba­mi, uku­ze ama­ndla ka­Kri­stuz ahla­le phe­zu kwa­mi.

10 Nga­kho ngi­ya­tho­ko­za ebu­tha­ka­tha­ke­niab, eku­thu­kwe­ni, eku­ba­njwe­ni nga­ma­ndlacd, eku­zi­nge­lwe­nie, eku­kha­tha­ze­ke­nif, nge­nxa ka­Kri­stu; ngo­ba nxa ngi­bu­tha­ka­tha­kag, kho­na ngi­la­ma­ndla.

Uku­so­lwa kwa­khe li­ba­ndla ka­ku­kho eqi­ni­swe­ni

11 Se­ngi­ze nga­ba yi­si­thu­tha, ngi­zi­nco­mah; yi­ni eli­ngi­ci­nde­ze­le­yo; ngo­ba be­ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi mi­na ngi­ve­zwe yi­nii; ngo­ba ka­ngi­si­le­la­nga nga­lu­thoj ku­la­bo aba­pho­sto­li aba­qa­ka­the­ki­le­yo si­bi­li, la­nxa ngi­nge­si­lu­thok.

12 Isi­bi­li impa­wul zo­mpho­sto­lim ze­nzi­wa pha­ka­thi kwe­nu eku­be­ke­ze­le­ni ko­nken, nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­soop le­zi­ma­nga­li­soq le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla.

13 Ngo­ba ku­yi­ni ela­ba nga­pha­nsi nga­kho kwa­ma­nye ama­ba­ndlar, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi mi­na uqo­bos ka­ngi­ba­nga ngu­mthwa­lo ki­nit? Ngi­the­the­le­la­ni lo­khu­ku­nga­lu­ngiu.

14 Kha­nge­la­ni, se­ngi­lu­nge­le uku­za ki­ni ngo­kwe­si­tha­thuv, nja­lo ka­ngi­zu­ku­ba ngu­mthwa­lo ki­niw; ngo­ba ka­ngi­fu­ni okwe­nu, ko­dwa li­nax; ngo­ba aba­ntwa­nay ka­ba­fa­ne­le uku­dli­nze­ke­le­la aba­za­li, ko­dwa aba­za­li aba­ntwa­na.

15 Mi­na-ke ngi­za­chi­tha nge­nto­ko­zoz nja­lo ngi­za­chi­the­lwa imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nu, la­nxa ngi­li­tha­nda okwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo ka­khu­lua, ngi­tha­ndwa ka­nci­nya­ne.

16 Ko­dwa kunja­lo, mi­na ka­ngi­ba­nga ngu­mthwa­lo ki­nib; ko­dwa ngi­ngu­mhu­gic, nga­li­ba­mba ngo­bu­qi­li.

17 Nga­li­qi­li­be­ze­la yi­nid ngo­mu­nye wa­la­boe enga­ba­thu­ma ki­ni?

18 Nga­ce­la uTi­to­sif, nga­se­ngi­thu­ma ka­nye laye umza­lwa­neg; uTi­to­si wa­li­qi­li­be­ze­la yi­nih? Ka­si­ha­mba­nga yi­ni ngo­mo­ya mu­nye? Ngi­tsho nge­zi­nya­the­lo zi­nye yi­nii?

Ize­lu­le­ko zo­ku­ci­na zi­ka­Pa­wu­li kwa­be­Ko­ri­nte

19 Li­ca­ba­nga fu­thij uku­thi si­ya­zi­phe­ndu­le­la yi­ni ki­ni? Si­khu­lu­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­ku­Kri­stuk; ko­dwa ko­nke lo­khul, ba­tha­nde­ka­yo, ku­ngo­ko­kwa­khi­wa kwe­num.

20 Ngo­ba ngi­lo­va­lo hle­zi mhla­wu­mbe eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­min ngi­za­li­fi­ca li­nge­nje­nga­lo­kho engi­ku­tha­nda­yo, la­mi ngi­fi­cweo yi­ni ngi­nge­nje­nga­lo­kho eli­ku­tha­nda­yo; hle­zi mhla­wu­mbe ku­be kho­na uku­xa­ba­nap, umo­naq, ula­kar, umba­ngos, uku­hle­bat, uku­nye­yau, uku­zi­khu­khu­me­za, izi­phi­thi­phi­thiv;

21 hle­zi eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­miw fu­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi angi­tho­bi­se pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, nja­lo ngi­li­le­le aba­ne­ngi abo­ni­le­yox nga­pha­mbi­li, nja­lo aba­nga­phe­ndu­ka­nga ku­kho uku­ngco­lay lo­bu­fe­beza la­ma­nya­labc aba­kwe­nzi­le­yo.

UPa­wu­li uba­xwa­yi­sa enga­ka­fi­ki ku­bo

13Nga­le­si­si­kha­thi se­si­tha­thua ngi­za ki­ni; ngo­mlo­mob wa­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­bi­li ku­mbe aba­tha­thu wo­nke umu­tsho uza­qi­ni­swa.

2 Se­ngi­tshi­loc nga­pha­mbi­li nja­lo ngi­ya­ndu­le­la uku­tsho, nje­nga­lo­khu ngi­kho­na ngo­kwe­si­bi­lid, nja­lo ngi­nge­kho kha­the­si ngi­bha­le­la la­bo abo­na nga­pha­mbi­lie, la­kwa­ba­nye bo­nke, uku­thi nxa ngi­nga­bu­ya fu­thi, ka­ngi­so­zef ngiba­ye­ke­leg;

3 nje­ngo­ba li­di­nga ubu­fa­ka­zih bu­ka­Kri­stu okhu­lu­ma ki­mii, onge­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ki­nij ko­dwa ela­ma­ndlak pha­ka­thi kwe­nul;

4 ngo­ba la­nxa wa­be­the­lwam ngo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, ka­nti uya­phi­lan nga­ma­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo. Ngo­ba la­thi si­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ku­yep, ko­dwa si­za­phi­la ka­nye la­ye nga­ma­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ki­ni.

5 Zi­hlo­le­ni uku­thi li­se­kho­lwe­ni; li­zi­li­ngeq. Ka­nti ka­la­zi li­na uku­thi uJe­su Kri­stu uki­nir, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi nge­qi­ni­so li­nga­ba­la­hli­we­yos?

6 Ngi­the­mba-ke uku­thi li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi thi­na ka­si­si­bo aba­la­hli­we­yo.

7 Nja­lo ngi­ya­khu­le­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­thi li­nge­nzi lu­tho olu­bi, ku­nge­si­ku­thi si­bo­na­ka­le thi­na si­nga­ba­the­mbe­ki­le­yot, ko­dwa uku­ze li­na le­nze uku­lu­nga, ko­dwa thi­na si­be nje­nga­ba­la­hli­we­you.

8 Ngo­ba ka­si­la­ma­ndla okwe­nza ulu­tho olu­me­la­na le­qi­ni­so, ko­dwa okwe­qi­ni­so.

9 Ngo­ba si­ya­ja­bu­la nxa si­bu­tha­ka­tha­kav thi­na, la­ni li­la­ma­ndla; nja­lo la­lo­kho si­ya­ku­khu­le­ke­la, uku­phe­le­li­swaw kwe­nu.

10 Nga­kho ngi­bha­la le­zi­zi­nto ngi­nge­kho, uku­ze ku­thi nxa ngi­kho­nax ngi­nga­se­be­nzi­si ubu­kha­liy, nje­nga­ma­ndlaz iNko­si eya­ngi­ni­ka wo­na, ekwa­khe­niab, nja­lo anga­bi nga­wo­ku­bhi­dli­zacd.

Isi­ci­no

11 Elo­ku­ci­na, ba­za­lwa­ne, tho­ko­za­ni, li­phe­le­li­swee, li­du­du­zwef, li­be ngqo­ndo­nyeg, li­hla­le ngo­ku­thu­lah; nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­tha­ndoi lo­wo­ku­thu­laj uza­ku­ba la­ni.

12 Bi­nge­le­la­na­ni ngo­kwa­nga oku­ngcwe­lek.

13 Bo­nke aba­ngcwe­le ba­ya­li­bi­nge­le­lal.

14 Umu­sam we­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu, lo­tha­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­bu­dle­lwa­non bu­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le ka­ku­be la­ni lo­nke. Ame­ni.