INCWA­DI KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KWA­BA­SE­GA­LA­THI­YA

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPa­wu­li umpho­sto­li onga­ve­li eba­ntwi­ni, nja­lo ku­nge­kho ngo­mu­ntua, ko­dwa ngo­Je­su Kri­stub, la­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu uYi­se owa­mvu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yoc,

2 la­ba­za­lwa­ne bo­nke aba­la­mid, ku­ma­ba­ndla eGa­la­thi­yae:

3 Umu­sa ka­wu­be ki­ni lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba, le­Nko­si­ni ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuf,

4 owa­zi­ni­ke­la nge­nxa ye­zo­no ze­thug, uku­ze aso­phu­le ku­lo umhla­bah omu­bi wa­kha­the­sii, ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­Ba­ba we­thuj;

5 obu­ku­ye ubu­kho­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni. Ame­nik.

Abe­Ga­la­thi­ya ba­hla­mu­ke­la iva­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stu

6 Ngi­ya­ma­nga­lal uku­thi li­mhla­mu­ke ma­si­nya­ne ka­nga­ka lo­wo owa­li­bi­ze­la emu­se­ni ka­Kri­stum, la­ya kwe­li­nye iva­nge­lin;

7 eli­nge­yi­si­lo eli­nye; ko­dwa ba­kho­na aba­nye aba­li­di­da­yo be­tha­nda uku­hla­ne­ke­la iva­nge­li li­ka­Kri­stuo.

8 Ko­dwa la­nxa ku­nga­ba yi­thi ku­mbe ingi­lo­si eve­la ezu­lwi­ni enga­li­tshu­ma­ye­za iva­nge­li ele­hlu­ke­ne la­le­lo esa­li­tshu­ma­ye­za lo­nap, ka­yi­be yi­si­qa­le­ki­soq.

9 Nje­ngo­ba se­si­tshi­lo, la­kha­the­si ngi­ya­phi­nda ngi­thi: Uba umu­ntu eli­tshu­ma­ye­za iva­nge­li ele­hlu­ke­ne la­le­lo ela­le­mu­ke­la­yor, ka­be yi­si­qa­le­ki­sos.

UPa­wu­li wa­li­zu­za ku­Kri­stu iva­nge­li

10 Ngo­ba ngi­nce­ngat aba­ntu lo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu kha­the­si yi­niu? Ku­mbe ngi­di­nga uku­tho­ko­zi­sa aba­ntu yi­niv? Ngo­ba uba ngi­sa­tho­ko­zi­sa aba­ntu, ngi­nge­be yi­nce­ku ka­Kri­stu.

11 Ko­dwa ngi­ya­la­zi­sa, ba­za­lwa­newx, iva­nge­li ela­tshu­nya­ye­lwa yi­mi, uku­thi ali­nje­ngo­ko­mu­ntuy.

12 Ngo­ba la­mi ka­ngi­le­mu­ke­la­ngaz emu­ntwi­nia, fu­thi ka­ngili­fu­ndi­swa­nga, ko­dwa ngo­kwe­mbu­le­lwa ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stub.

13 Ngo­ba se­li­zwi­le uku­ha­mba kwa­mi kwa­ku­qa­lac ko­bu­Ju­dad, uku­thi nga­li­zi­nge­la ka­khu­lu­ka­zi si­bi­lie iba­ndla li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf, nja­lo nga­ngi­li­chi­thag;

14 nja­lo nga­ngi­phu­me­le­lah ku­bu­Ju­da nga­phe­zu kwa­ba­ne­ngi aba­yi­nta­nga ya­mi esi­zwe­ni sa­mii, nga­tshi­se­ke­la ngo­kwe­nge­zi­we­yoj ama­si­ko abo­ba­bak.

15 Ko­dwa nxa kwa­ba ku­hle ku­Nku­lu­nku­lul, owa­nge­hlu­ka­ni­sa ku­su­ke­la esi­za­lwe­ni si­ka­ma­mam, wa­ngi­bi­za ngo­mu­sa wa­khen,

16 ukwe­mbu­la iNdo­da­na ya­khe ki­mio, uku­ze ngi­yi­tshu­ma­ye­le pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwep, kho­na la­pho ka­nge­lu­le­ka­na­ngaq le­nya­ma le­ga­zir;

17 fu­thi ka­nge­nyu­ke­la­nga eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ku­bo aba­be­nga­ba­pho­sto­li nga­pha­mbi kwa­mi, ko­dwa nga­su­ka nga­ya eA­ra­bhi­yas, nga­se­ngi­phi­nda ngi­bu­ye­la eDa­ma­se­kot.

18 Emva kwa­lo­kho se­kwe­dlu­le imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thuu nge­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­ya­bo­na­na lo­Pe­trov, nga­se­ngi­hla­la la­ye insu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi la­nhla­nuw.

19 Ko­dwa ka­ngi­bo­na­nga la­mu­nye wa­ba­pho­sto­li, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ja­ko­bex umfo­wa­bo we­Nko­siy.

20 Le­zi­nto engi­li­bha­le­la zo­na, kha­nge­la­ni, pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­ngi­qa­mbi ma­ngaz.

21 Emva kwa­lo­kho nga­ya eza­be­lwe­nia ze­Si­ri­yab le­ze­Ki­li­khi­yac.

22 Nja­lo nga­ngi­nga­ka­zi­wa ngo­bu­so ema­ba­ndle­ni eJu­di­yad aye­ku­Kri­stue;

23 ko­dwa aye­si­zwa nje uku­thi: Owa­ke wa­si­zi­nge­la, use­tshu­ma­ye­la ukho­lo owa­ke wa­lu­chi­thaf,

24 ase­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu ki­mig.

Umse­be­nzi ka­Pa­wu­li wa­vu­nye­lwa nga­ba­pho­sto­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

2Emva kwa­lo­kho se­kwe­dlu­le imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nea nge­nyu­ke­la fu­thi eJe­ru­sa­le­mabc ka­nye lo­Ba­rna­ba­sid, nga­tha­tha lo­Ti­to­si fu­thie;

2 nga­se­ngi­se­nyu­ka nge­sa­mbu­le­lof, nga­se­ngi­ba­la­ndi­se­la iva­nge­li engi­li­tshu­ma­ye­la pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwegh, ko­dwa nga­se­sei1 ku­la­bo aba­be­lo­du­moj, hle­zi mhla­wu­mbe ngi­gi­ji­me­le ku­mbe nga­gi­ji­me­la izek.

3 Ko­dwa ngi­tsho uTi­to­si owa­ye­la­mil, engu­mGri­ki, ka­ci­nde­ze­lwa­nga uku­thi aso­kwem;

4 nja­lo nge­nxan ya­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­ma­nga aba­nge­ni­swa nge­nsi­thao, aba­nge­na ngo­ku­nye­nya uku­ze ba­hlo­lep uku­khu­lu­le­ka kwe­thu esi­la­kho ku­Kri­stu Je­suq, uku­ze ba­se­nze izi­gqi­lir;

5 esi­nga­ba­tho­be­la­nga ngo­ku­ze­hli­sa ngi­tsho okwe­ho­las, uku­ze iqi­ni­so le­va­nge­li li­me nja­lo ki­nit.

6 Ko­dwa ku­la­bo oku­thi­wau ba­yi­lu­tho (lo­ba ba­be­yi­ni ka­ku­tsho lu­tho ki­miv; uNku­lu­nku­lu ke­mu­ke­li isi­mo so­mu­ntuw) ngo­ba la­box aba­be­du­nyi­si­wey ka­ba­nge­le­ke­le­la­nga nga­lu­thoz;

7 ko­dwa ko­ku­pha­mbe­ne­yo, be­bo­na uku­thi nga­phi­wa iva­nge­li lo­ku­nga­so­kia, nje­ngo­Pe­tro e­lo­ku­so­kab,

8 ngo­ba owe­nza nga­ma­ndla ku­Pe­tro ku­bu­pho­sto­li bo­ku­so­kac, we­nza nga­ma­ndla la­ki­mi kwa­be­zi­zwed,

9 ba­thi be­sa­zi umu­sa engi­wu­phi­we­yo, oJa­ko­bee lo­Ke­fa­sif lo­Jo­ha­neg, aba­du­meh be­zi­nsi­kai, ba­ni­ka mi­na lo­Ba­rna­ba­si isa­ndla so­ku­ne­ne so­bu­dle­lwa­no, uku­ze thi­na si­ye kwa­be­zi­zwe, bo­na-ke eku­so­kwe­nijk;

10 ku­phe­la uku­ze si­khu­mbu­le aba­ya­ngal, into le la­mi enga­ngi­khu­tha­le­le uku­ye­nzam.

UPa­wu­li ume­la­na lo­Pe­tro. Imi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yo ka­yi­lu­ngi­si­si mu­ntu

11 Ko­dwa kwa­thi uPe­tron efi­ka eA­nti­yo­kio, nga­me­la­na la­ye ebu­swe­ni, ngo­ba wa­ye­fa­ne­le aso­lwep.

12 Ngo­ba be­nga­ka­fi­ki aba­thi­le aba­ve­la ku­Ja­ko­beq, wa­ye­si­dla la­be­zi­zwe; ko­dwa ku­the se­be­fi­ki­le, wa­mo­nyu­ka wa­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sar, ese­sa­ba abo­ku­so­kas.

13 La­ma­nye fu­thi ama­Ju­da aze­nzi­sa ka­nye la­ye, kwa­ze kwa­thi lo­Ba­rna­ba­si wa­tha­the­ka ngo­ku­ze­nzi­sa kwa­wot.

14 Ko­dwa ku­the se­ngi­bo­ni­le uku­thi ka­ba­ha­mbi ngo­ku­qo­nda eqi­ni­swe­ni le­va­nge­liu, nga­thi ku­Pe­tro pha­mbi kwa­bo bo­nkev: Uba we­na ungu­mJu­da, uphi­la ngo­kwa­be­zi­zwe nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­kwa­ma­Ju­daw, uba­ci­nde­ze­le­la­ni abe­zi­zwex uku­thi ba­phi­le ngo­kwa­ma­Ju­day?

15 Thi­na si­nga­ma­Ju­daz nge­mve­loa, nja­lo ka­si­si­zo izo­ni ezi­ve­la kwa­be­zi­zweb,

16 si­sa­zi uku­thi umu­ntu ka­lu­ngi­si­swa nge­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yoc, ko­dwa ngo­kho­lode lu­ka­Je­su Kri­stu, la­thi sa­kho­lwa ku­Kri­stu Je­suf, uku­ze si­lu­ngi­si­sweg ngo­kho­lo lu­ka­Kri­stu, nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yoh; ngo­ba nge­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yoi ka­ku­yi­ku­lu­ngi­si­swa nya­ma.

17 Ko­dwa uba thi­na, esi­di­nga uku­lu­ngi­si­swa ku­Kri­stu, la­thi uqo­bo si­fi­cwe si­yi­zo­nij, nga­kho uKri­stu uyi­si­se­be­nzi se­so­no yi­nik? Phi­ndel!

18 Ngo­ba uba ngi­bu­ye nga­khe izi­nto engi­zi­di­li­zi­le­yo, ngi­tshe­ngi­sa uku­thi ngi­ngo­pha­mbe­ka­yom.

19 Ngo­ba ngo­mla­yon mi­na nga­fa ku­wo umla­yoo, uku­ze ngi­phi­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lup.

20 Ngi­be­the­lwe ka­nye lo­Kri­stu, ko­dwa ngi­ya­phi­la; ka­ku­se­yi­mi-ke, ko­dwa uKri­stu uphi­la ki­miq; ko­dwa lo­khu engi­ku­phi­la kha­the­si enya­me­ni ngi­ku­phi­la ekho­lwe­ni lwe­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur eya­ngi­tha­nda­yos nja­lo ya­zi­ni­ke­le­la mi­nat.

21 Ka­ngi­wu­tsha­yi ize umu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu; ngo­ba uba uku­lu­nga kusi­ya ngo­mla­yov, nga­kho uKri­stu wa­fe­la izew.

Umu­ntu uya­lu­ngi­si­swa ngo­kho­lo

3Ha­wu ma­Ga­la­thi­ya ayi­zi­thu­tha, ngu­ba­ni oli­lo­yi­le­yoa uku­ze li­nga­la­le­lib iqi­ni­socd, li­na abe­kwa oba­la pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enu uJe­su Kri­stu, ebe­the­lwe pha­ka­thi kwe­nue?

2 Yi­lo­khu ku­phe­la engi­tha­nda uku­ku­fu­nda ki­ni uku­thi: Le­mu­ke­la uMo­ya nge­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yo yi­nif, lo­ba ngo­ku­zwag ko­kho­loh?

3 Ka­nti li­yi­zi­thu­tha ka­nga­ka? Li­qa­le ngo­Mo­yai se­li­phe­le­li­swa nge­nya­ma yi­ni?

4 La­hlu­phe­ka izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi1 ka­nga­ka nge­ze yi­ni? Uba-ke ngi­tsho nge­zej.

5 Nga­kho ye­na oli­ni­ka uMo­ya lo­se­be­nza imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, ku­nga­ba nge­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yo yi­ni, ku­mbe ngo­ku­zwa ko­kho­lok?

6 Nje­ngoA­bra­ha­ma wa­kho­lwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, kwa­ba­le­lwa-ke ku­ye uku­thi yi­ku­lu­ngal.

7 Nga­kho li­ya­zi uku­thi la­bo aba­nga­bo­kho­lom, bo­na ba­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­bra­ha­man.

8 Lo­mbha­lo, ubo­na nga­pha­mbi­li uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­luo ulu­ngi­si­sa abe­zi­zwe ngo­kho­lop, wa­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li nga­pha­mbi­li kuA­bra­ha­ma wa­thi: Izi­zwe zo­nke zi­za­bu­si­swa ku­weq.

9 Nga­kho aba­nga­bo­kho­lo ba­bu­si­swa ka­nye loA­bra­ha­ma okho­lwa­yor.

10 Ngo­ba bo­nke abe­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mla­yo ba­nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­qa­le­ki­sos; ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Uqa­le­ki­si­we wo­nke onga­qhu­be­ki ku­kho ko­nke oku­lo­tshi­we­yo encwa­di­ni yo­mla­yo uku­kwe­nzat.

11 Ko­dwa ku­so­ba­la uku­thi ngo­mla­yo ka­ku­la­mu­ntu olu­ngi­si­swa­yo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu; ngo­ba: Olu­ngi­le­yo uza­phi­la ngo­kho­lov;

12 ko­dwa umla­yo ka­wu­si­wo wo­kho­lo, ko­dwa ku­thi­wa: Umu­ntu owe­nza le­zi­zi­nto uza­phi­la ku­zow.

13 UKri­stux wa­si­hle­nga ku­si­qa­le­ki­so so­mla­yo, ese­nzi­we wa­ba yi­si­qa­le­ki­so esi­khu­ndle­ni se­thuy; ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Uqa­le­ki­si­we wo­nkez ole­nga esi­hla­hle­nia;

14 uku­ze ku­thi isi­bu­si­so si­kaA­bra­ha­ma si­fi­ke kwa­be­zi­zwe ngo­Kri­stu Je­sub, uku­ze se­mu­ke­lec isi­the­mbi­so si­ka­Mo­ya ngo­kho­lod.

15 Ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­khu­lu­ma nje­ngo­ko­mu­ntue; ngi­tsho isi­vu­me­lwa­no so­mu­ntuf esi­qi­ni­si­we­yog, ka­kho osi­chi­tha­yo lo­ba ose­nge­ze­le­la­yoh.

16 Nja­lo izi­the­mbi­so za­khu­lu­nywai kuA­bra­ha­ma le­nza­lwe­ni ya­khej. Ka­tsho uku­thi: Le­zi­nza­lwe­ni, nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi zi­ne­ngi, ko­dwa nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi nge­yo­dwa uku­thik: Le­nza­lwe­ni ya­kho, engu­Kri­stul.

17 La­lo­kho ngi­ya­ku­tsho: Umla­yo owe­za emva kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ka­wu­se­su­li isi­vu­me­lwa­no esa­qi­ni­swa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­Kri­stu nga­pha­mbi­lim, uku­ze use­nze isi­the­mbi­so si­be yi­zenop.

18 Ngo­ba uba ili­fa li­ve­la emla­ywe­ni, ali­sa­ve­li esi­the­mbi­swe­ni; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wali­ni­ka uA­bra­ha­ma nge­si­the­mbi­soq.

Umse­be­nzi wo­mla­yo

19 Pho, umla­yo uyi­ni? We­nge­zwa nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­kor, ku­ze ku­fi­ke inza­lo eya­ni­kwa isi­the­mbi­sos; wa­mi­swa nge­zi­ngi­lo­sit esa­ndle­ni so­mla­mu­liu.

20 Ko­dwa umla­mu­li ka­yi­su­ye wo­ye­dwav, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu mu­nyew.

21 Pho umla­yo upha­mbe­ne le­zi­the­mbi­so zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­ni? Phi­ndex! Ngo­ba uba wa­wu­ni­ki­we umla­yo ola­ma­ndla oku­phi­li­sa, isi­bi­li uku­lu­nga nga­be ku­ve­la ngo­mla­yoy.

22 Ko­dwa umbha­loz uva­le­le ko­nke nga­pha­nsi kwe­so­noa, uku­ze isi­the­mbi­sob ngo­kho­lo lu­ka­Je­su Kri­stu si­phi­we aba­kho­lwa­yoc.

23 Ko­dwa ku­nga­ka­fi­ki ukho­lod, sa­si­lo­ndo­lo­zwe nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yoe, si­va­le­lwe ku­ze ku­be se­kho­lwe­ni obe­lu­za­kwe­mbu­lwaf.

24 Nga­kho umla­yog wa­wu­ngu­me­lu­le­ki we­thu ku­Kri­stuh, uku­ze si­lu­ngi­si­swe ngo­kho­loi;

25 ko­dwa se­lu­fi­ki­le ukho­loj, ka­si­se­kho nga­pha­nsi ku­ka­me­lu­le­kik.

26 Ngo­ba lo­nke li­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­kho­lo ku­Kri­stu Je­sul.

27 Ngo­ba lo­nke ela­bha­bha­thi­ze­lwa ku­Kri­stum, le­mbe­the uKri­stun;

28 ka­ku­kho umJu­da lo­mGri­kio, ka­ku­kho obo­tshi­we­yo lo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yop, ka­ku­kho owe­si­li­sa lo­we­si­fa­za­naq; ngo­ba li­na lo­nke li­mu­nye ku­Kri­stu Je­sur.

29 Uba-ke li­nga­ba­ka­Kri­stus, nga­kho li­yi­nza­lo kaA­bra­ha­mat, nja­lo li­yi­zi­ndla­li­fa nje­ngo­kwe­si­the­mbi­sou.

Si­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­Je­su Kri­stu

4Ko­dwa ngi­thi, nga­so so­nke isi­kha­thi indla­li­fa ise­yi­nga­ne, ka­ye­hlu­ka­na­nga nga­lu­tho esi­gqi­li­ni la­nxa ingu­mni­ka­zi wa­kho ko­nkea;

2 ko­dwa inga­pha­nsi kwa­ba­pha­thib la­ba­bo­ni­sic, ku­ze ku­fi­ke isi­kha­thi esa­mi­swa ngu­yi­se.

3 Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­thi, la­pho sise­yi­zi­nga­ne, sa­si­yi­zi­gqi­lid nga­pha­nsi kwe­mfu­ndi­so za­ku­qa­la zo­mhla­bae;

4 ko­dwa kwa­thi uku­phe­le­la kwe­si­kha­thi se­ku­fi­ki­le, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thu­ma iNdo­da­na ya­khef, ye­nzi­wag ngo­we­si­fa­za­nah, ye­nzi­wai nga­pha­nsi ko­mthe­thoj,

5 uku­ze ihle­nge aba­nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yok, uku­ze se­mu­ke­le uku­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­na.

6 Nje­ngo­ba li­nga­ma­do­da­nal, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thu­ma uMo­ya we­Ndo­da­na ya­khe enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­num, eme­me­za esi­thi: Abha*, Ba­ban!

7 Nga­kho ka­wu­se­yi­so isi­gqi­li, ko­dwa indo­da­na; nja­lo uba uyi­ndo­da­na, fu­thi uyi­ndla­li­fa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­Kri­stuo.

8 Ko­dwa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, li­nga­ma­zi uNku­lu­nku­lup, la­li­yi­zi­gqi­li ku­la­boq aba­nge­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lu nge­mve­lor;

9 ko­dwa kha­the­si lo­khu se­li­ma­zi uNku­lu­nku­lu, ye­bo ka­ngi­thi li­sa­zi­wa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lus, li­bu­ye­la nja­nit fu­thi ku­mfu­ndi­so za­ku­qa­la ezi­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka le­zi­yi­bu­ya­ngau, eli­fu­na uku­ba yi­zi­gqi­li za­zo fu­thi ka­ku­tshav?

10 Li­gci­na izi­nsu­kuw, le­zi­nya­ngaxy le­zi­kha­thiz, le­mi­nya­kaa.

11 Ngi­lo­va­lo nga­nib, hle­zi ngi­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­lec ize ki­nid.

12 Ba­ni­ni nje­nga­mi, ngo­ba la­mi ngi­nje­nga­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­ya­li­nce­nga; ka­li­ngo­na­nga nga­lu­thoe;

13 li­ya­zi-ke uku­thi ngo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka be­nya­ma nga­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li ki­nif ngo­ko­ku­qa­lag,

14 lo­ku­li­ngwa kwa­mi okwa­ku­se­nya­me­ni ya­mi ka­li­ku­de­le­la­nga nja­lo ka­li­kwe­nya­nya­nga, ko­dwa la­nge­mu­ke­la nje­nge­ngi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, nje­ngo­Kri­stu Je­sui.

15 Nga­kho sa­si­yi­ni isi­bu­si­so se­nuj? Ngo­ba ngi­ya­li­fa­ka­ze­la uku­thi, uba ku­nge­nze­kak, la­li­nga­khu­pha ame­hlo enu li­ngi­ni­kel.

16 Nga­kho se­ngi­be­yi­si­tha se­nu ngo­ku­li­tshe­la iqi­ni­so yi­nim?

17 Ba­ya­li­tshi­se­ke­la ngo­ku­nge­ku­hlen; ko­dwa ba­fu­na uku­li­va­le­la nga­pha­ndle, uku­ze li­tshi­se­ke­le bo­nao.

18 Ko­dwa ku­hle uku­thi li­tshi­se­ke­le­lwe ko­ku­hle isi­kha­thi so­nke, nja­lo ku­nga­bi se­bu­kho­ne­ni ba­mi la­ni ku­phe­lap.

19 Ba­ntwa­na ba­mi aba­nca­ne, engi­lo­mhe­lo fu­thi wo­ku­li­za­laq aze uKri­stur abu­njwes ki­nit,

20 ko­dwa be­ngi­nga­tha­nda uku­ba kho­na la­ni kha­the­si, ngi­phe­ndu­le ili­zwi la­miu, ngo­ba ngi­di­de­ki­le nga­niv.

USa­ra lo­Ha­ga­ri ba­yi­mi­fa­ne­ki­so ye­zi­vu­me­lwa­no ezi­mbi­li

21 Ngi­tshe­la­ni, li­na eli­tha­nda uku­ba nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yo, ka­li­wu­zwa yi­ni umla­yo?

22 Ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi uA­bra­ha­ma wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na ama­bi­li; enye inge­ye­si­gqi­li­ka­ziw, le­nye inge­yo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yox.

23 Ko­dwa eye­si­gqi­li­ka­zi ya­za­lwa ngo­kwe­nya­may, ko­dwa eyo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo nge­si­the­mbi­soza.

24 Oku­yi­zi­nto ezi­ngu­mze­ke­li­so; ngo­ba la­ba ba­yi­zi­vu­me­lwa­no ezi­mbi­li; esi­nye ese­nta­be­ni iSi­na­yib1, esi­za­le­la ebu­gqi­li­ni, esi­nguA­ga­ric.

25 Ngo­ba lo­khu, uA­ga­ri, ku­yi­nta­ba iSi­na­yi eseA­ra­bhi­yad, nja­lo ime­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ya­la­mu­hla, fu­thi iyi­si­gqi­li ka­nye la­ba­ntwa­na ba­yoe.

26 Ko­dwa iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ephe­zu­lu ikhu­lu­le­ki­le, engu­ma­ma we­thu so­nkef;

27 ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Tho­ko­za, we­na nyu­mba enga­za­li­yo; ke­ke­la ume­me­ze, we­na onga­wu­zwa­nga umhe­lo; ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na bo­tshi­yi­we­yo ba­ne­ngi okwe­dlu­la ka­khu­lu ku­la­ye ole­ndo­dag.

28 Ko­dwa thi­na, ba­za­lwa­ne, nje­ngoI­sa­kah si­nga­ba­ntwa­na be­si­the­mbi­soi.

29 Ko­dwa nje­nga­ku­le­so­si­kha­thi owa­za­lwa ngo­kwe­nya­ma wa­mzi­nge­la ye­na ongo­wa­ko­Mo­yaj, ku­nja­lo la­kha­the­sik.

30 Ko­dwa umbha­lo uthi­nil? Uthi: Xo­tsha isi­gqi­li­ka­zi le­ndo­da­na ya­so; ngo­ba indo­da­na ye­si­gqi­li­ka­zi ka­yi­so­ze idle ili­fa ka­nye le­ndo­da­na yo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yom.

31 Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne, ka­si­si­bo aba­ntwa­na be­si­gqi­li­ka­zi, ko­dwa bo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yon.

5Nga­kho ma­ni­ni li­qi­nea enku­lu­le­kwe­ni uKri­stu asi­khu­lu­la nga­yob, li­nga­bu­yi li­bo­tshe­lwe fu­thi ejo­gwe­nic lo­bu­gqi­lid.

Inku­lu­le­ko engo­Kri­stu

2 Kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na Pa­wu­li ngi­thi ki­ni, uba li­so­kwa, uKri­stu ka­yi­ku­li­si­za nga­lu­thoe.

3 Ngi­ya­fa­ka­za-ke fu­thi ku­mu­ntu wo­nke oso­kwa­yo, uku­thi ulo­mla­ndu wo­kwe­nza umla­yo wo­nkef.

4 Li­khu­tshi­weg ku­Kri­stuh, li­na eli­lu­ngi­si­swa ngo­mla­yoi; li­wi­le emu­se­nij.

5 Ngo­ba thi­na ngo­Mo­ya si­li­nde­le ngo­kho­lo ithe­mba lo­ku­lu­ngak.

6 Ngo­ba ku­Kri­stu Je­su uku­so­ka ku­mbe uku­nga­so­ki ka­ku­si­zi lu­thol, ko­dwa ukho­lom olu­se­be­nza ngo­tha­ndon.

7 Be­li­gi­ji­ma ku­hleo; ngu­ba­ni oli­vi­mbe­le uku­thi li­nga­la­le­li iqi­ni­sop?

8 Lo­khu­ku­hu­ga ka­ku­ve­li ko­li­bi­za­yoq.

9 Imvu­be­lo eyi­ngco­sa­na ibi­li­sa inhla­ma yo­nker.

10 Mi­na ngi­le­the­mba nga­ni eNko­si­nis, uku­thi ka­li­yi­ku­na­ka­na okwe­hlu­ke­ne­yot; ko­dwa lo­wo oli­hlu­pha­yo uza­thwa­la isi­gwe­bou, lo­ba engu­ba­ni.

11 Ko­dwa mi­na, ba­za­lwa­ne, uba ngi­sa­tshu­ma­ye­la uku­so­kav, ngi­sa­zi­nge­le­lwa­niw? Nga­kho isi­khu­be­ki­so se­si­pha­mba­nox si­su­si­wey.

12 Se­nga­thiz aba­li­hlu­pha­yoa ba­nga­zi­the­na la­bob.

Imi­se­be­nzi yo­mzi­mba le­zi­the­lo zi­ka­Mo­ya

13 Ngo­ba li­na la­bi­ze­lwa enku­lu­le­kwe­nic, ba­za­lwa­ne; ku­phe­la li­nge­nzi inku­lu­le­kod ibe li­thu­ba enya­me­nie, ko­dwa ngo­tha­ndo si­za­na­nif.

14 Ngo­ba umla­yo wo­nke ugcwa­li­se­ka eli­zwi­ni li­nyeg, ku­lo­khu uku­thi: Wo­tha­nda uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho nje­nga­lo­khu uzitha­nda we­nah.

15 Ko­dwa uba li­lu­ma­na li­dla­na, qa­phe­la­ni uku­thi li­nga­qe­dwa omu­nye ngo­mu­nyei.

16 Ko­dwa ngi­thi: Ha­mba­ni ngo­Mo­yaj, li­nga­gcwa­li­sikl la­ka­nye inka­nu­ko ze­nya­mam.

17 Ngo­ba inya­ma ikha­nu­ka oku­pha­mbe­ne lo­Mo­ya, lo­Mo­ya oku­pha­mbe­ne le­nya­ma; nja­lo le­zi­zi­nto zi­pha­mbe­nen, uku­ze li­nge­nzi izi­nto eli­zi­fu­na­yoo.

18 Ko­dwa uba li­kho­khe­lwa ngu­Mo­yap, ka­li­kho nga­pha­nsi ko­mla­yoq.

19 Imi­se­be­nzi ye­nya­ma-ke iso­ba­la, eyile: Uku­fe­ba, uku­phi­ngarst, uku­ngco­lauvw, ama­nya­laxyz,

20 uku­kho­nza izi­tho­mbea, uku­tha­ka­tha, ubu­tha, inka­nibc, umo­nade, ula­kaf, uku­ba­ngagh, uku­xa­ba­nai, uku­bha­zu­kaj,

21 umha­wuk, uku­bu­la­lal, uku­da­kwam, uku­mi­nza, le­zi­nye izi­nto ezi­nja­lon; engi­li­tshe­la nga­kho nga­pha­mbi­li, nje­ngo­ba nga­tsho fu­thi nga­pha­mbi­li, uku­thi abe­nza izi­nto ezi­nje ka­ba­yi­ku­li­dla ili­fa lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo.

22 Ko­dwa isi­the­lo si­ka­Mo­yap lu­tha­ndo, into­ko­zo, uku­thu­laq, uku­be­ke­ze­larst, ubu­be­leuv, uku­lu­ngaw, ukho­lox,

23 ubu­mne­ney, uku­zi­thi­baz; ko­ku­nje ka­ku­la­mla­yoa.

24 Ko­dwa aba­ka­Kri­stu ba­be­the­le inya­ma ka­nye lo­ku­hu­ge­ka le­zi­nka­nu­kob.

25 Uba si­phi­la ngo­Mo­ya, nja­lo asi­ha­mbe ngo­Mo­yac.

26 Ka­si­nga­zi­khu­khu­me­zi, si­qa­la­ne, si­fe­la­ne umo­nad.

Imi­la­ye­ze­lo yo­ku­si­za­na

6Ba­za­lwa­ne, uba-ke umu­ntu ese­hle­lwa yi­si­pha­mbe­ko esi­thi­lea, li­na aba­ka­Mo­yab mlu­ngi­se­ni onja­lo ngo­mo­ya wo­bu­mne­nec, uzi­qa­phe­led, hle­zi la­we uli­ngwee.

2 Thwa­li­sa­na­ni imi­thwa­lo ye­nuf, la­ngo­ku­nja­lo gcwa­li­sa­nig umla­yo ka­Kri­stuh.

3 Ngo­ba uba umu­ntu ezi­tsho uku­thi uyi­lu­thoi, enge­si­lu­thoj, uya­zi­kho­hli­sak;

4 ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ka­hlo­le owa­khe umse­be­nzil, kho­na-ke eza­ku­bam lo­ku­zi­nco­ma ngo­ku­ngo­kwa­khe ye­dwan, nja­lo ku­nga­bi ngo­ko­mu­nye.

5 Ngo­ba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­woo uza­thwa­la owa­khe umthwa­lop.

6 Lo­fu­ndi­swa ili­zwiq ka­hla­nga­nye­le ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke ezi­nhle la­lo­wo ofu­ndi­sa­yor.

7 Li­nga­kho­hli­swas, uNku­lu­nku­lut ka­hle­kwa usu­lu; ngo­ba lo­ba yi­ni ayi­hla­nye­la­yo umu­ntu yi­yo le­yo aza­yi­vu­nauv.

8 Ngo­ba ohla­nye­la kwe­ya­khe inya­maw, uza­vu­na uku­bhu­bhax ku­ve­la enya­me­ni; ko­dwa ohla­nye­la ku­Mo­ya uza­vu­na impi­lo ela­pha­ka­de ive­la ku­Mo­yay.

9 Ko­dwaz ka­si­nga­di­nwa ekwe­nze­ni oku­hlea; ngo­ba nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yo si­za­vu­nab, uba si­nga­di­nwa­ngac.

10 Nga­kho-ke nje­ngo­ba si­le­thu­bad, ase­nze oku­hle ki­bo bo­nkee, ko­dwa ika­khu­luf kwa­be­ndlu yo­kho­log.

Isi­ci­no

11 Bo­na­ni ama­ba­la ama­khu­lu ka­nga­ka engi­li­bha­le­la nga­wo nge­sa­mi isa­ndlah.

12 Bo­nke aba­fu­na uku­bu­ke­ka enya­me­nii, yi­bo aba­li­ci­nde­ze­la uku­thi li­so­kwej, ku­phe­la uku­ze ba­nga­zi­nge­lwa nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mba­no si­ka­Kri­stuk.

13 Ngo­ba ngi­tsho la­la­bo aba­so­kwa­yo ka­ba­wu­gci­ni umla­yo, ko­dwa ba­fu­na uku­thi li­so­kwe, uku­ze ba­zi­nco­me enya­me­ni ye­nu.

14 Ko­dwa ki­mi ka­ku­nga­bi kho­nal uku­zi­nco­ma nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­pha­mba­nwe­ni se­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stum, oku­be­the­lwe nga­son umhla­ba ki­mio, la­mi ku­wo umhla­ba.

15 Ngo­ba ku­Kri­stu Je­su uku­so­ka ka­ku­si­zi lu­thop, ku­mbe uku­nga­so­ki, ko­dwa isi­da­lwa esi­tshaq.

16 Nja­lo bo­nker aba­za­ha­mba nga­le­si­si­mi­sos, uku­thu­la ka­ku­be phe­zu kwa­botu, le­si­ha­wuv, la­phe­zuw ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux.

17 Ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si, ka­ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu ongi­hlu­pha­yo; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­thwe­le emzi­mbe­ni wa­mi impa­wu ze­Nko­si uJe­suy.

18 Umu­sa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­wu­be lo­mo­ya we­nu, ba­za­lwa­ne. Ame­niz.