INCWA­DI YO­KU­QA­LA

KA­PE­TRO

KU­BO BO­NKE

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPe­tro, umpho­sto­li ka­Je­su Kri­stu, kwa­be­mzi­nia aba­khe­thi­we­yo bo­ku­hla­ka­ze­kab kwe­Po­ntu­sic, iGa­la­thi­yad, iKa­pha­do­si­yae, iA­si­yaf, le­Bi­thi­ni­yag,

2 nje­ngo­ko­lwa­zi nga­pha­mbi­li lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­bahi, eku­ngcwe­li­swe­ni ko­Mo­yaj, eku­la­le­le­nik le­ku­fa­fa­zwe­ni kwe­ga­zi li­ka­Je­su Kri­stul: Umu­sam lo­ku­thu­la ka­kwa­ndi­swa ki­nin.

UPe­tro ubo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­the­mba eli­phi­li­le­yo

3 Ubu­si­si­weo uNku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­tsho uYi­se we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stup, owa­si­za­la ku­tsha nge­si­ha­wu sa­khe esi­khu­luq ethe­mbe­ni eli­phi­li­le­yors ngo­ku­vu­ka ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stu kwa­ba­fi­le­yot,

4 eli­fe­niu eli­nga­bo­li­yo le­li­nga­ngco­la­ngav le­li­nga­bu­ni­yow, eli­lo­ndo­lo­ze­lwex lo­na ema­zu­lwi­niy,

5 li­na eli­lo­ndo­lo­zwe nga­ma­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz ngo­kho­lo ku­si­ndi­so olu­lu­ngi­se­lwe ukwe­mbu­lwa esi­kha­thi­ni so­ku­ci­naa.

6 Eli­tho­ko­za ku­sobc, la­nxa okwe­si­kha­tsha­na kha­the­side, uba ku­di­nge­ka, lise­za­hlu­phe­kaf ezi­li­ngwe­ni ezi­yi­zi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bog,

7 uku­ze ubu­qo­tho bo­kho­lo lwe­nuh, olu­li­gu­gu ka­khu­lu okwe­dlu­la igo­li­de eli­bhu­bha­yoi, se­li­hlo­lwej ngo­mli­lok, bu­fi­cwe bu­le­ndu­mi­sol le­nhlo­ni­phom lo­du­mon, ekwe­mbu­lwe­ni ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stuo;

8 eli­nga­mbo­na­nga li­mtha­ndap, eli­thi kha­the­si li­ngambo­ni ko­dwa li­kho­lwe ku­yeq, li­ya­tho­ko­za nge­nto­ko­zo enga­khu­lu­me­ki­yo le­du­mi­se­ka­yor,

9 li­zu­zes isi­phe­tho so­kho­lo lwe­nut, usi­ndi­so lwe­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nu.

10 Nga­lo­lu­si­ndi­so aba­pro­fe­thiu ba­bu­zi­si­sa nja­lo ba­hlo­li­si­sav, aba­pro­fe­tha ngo­mu­sa oza ki­niw;

11 ba­bu­za uku­thi yi­si­phix lo­ba si­nja­ni isi­kha­thi uMo­ya ka­Kri­stu owa­ye­ki­bo osi­kho­mba­yoy, efa­ka­za nga­pha­mbi­liz nge­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­qo­nde­ne lo­Kri­stuab, la­ngo­bu­kho­si emva kwa­le­zocd;

12 okwe­mbu­lwa ku­boe uku­thi ku­nge­yi­si­kho ki­bof, ko­dwa ki­thi ba­be­se­be­nza le­zi­zi­nto, ese­li­zi­tshu­nya­ye­zwa yi­la­bo aba­li­tshu­ma­ye­za iva­nge­li ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le othu­nywe eve­la ezu­lwi­nig, izi­nto ingi­lo­si ezi­la­nga­thah uku­zi­hlo­li­si­sai.

UPe­tro ukhu­tha­za aba­kho­lwa­yo uku­thi ba­ha­mbe ngo­bu­ngcwe­le

13 Nga­kho li­bo­pha inka­lo ze­ngqo­ndo ye­nuj, li­qo­ndek, li­the­mbe ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo emu­se­ni ole­thwe ki­ni ekwe­mbu­lwe­ni ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stul;

14 nje­nga­ba­ntwa­na aba­la­le­la­yom, li­nga­zi­bu­mbi ngo­kwe­si­mo se­zi­nka­nu­ko eza­zi­kho­na ma­ndu­lon ko­ku­nga­zi kwe­nuo,

15 ko­dwa nje­ngo­ba owa­li­bi­za­yo engcwe­lep, la­ni ba­ni­ni ngcwe­le ku­kho ko­nke uku­zi­pha­thaq;

16 ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Ba­ni­ni ngcwe­le, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ngcwe­ler.

17 Nja­lo uba li­bi­za li­thi: Ba­ba, owa­hlu­le­la ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­khe enga­ba­ndlu­lu­list, chi­tha­ni isi­kha­thi so­ku­ba yi­zi­ha­mbi kwe­nuu ekwe­sa­be­niv;

18 li­sa­zi uku­thi ka­li­hle­ngwa­ngaw nge­zi­nto ezi­nga­bhu­bhax, isi­li­va ku­mbe igo­li­de, eku­ha­mbe­ni kwe­nu oku­yi­zey ela­kwe­mu­ke­la ku­bo­ba­baz,

19 ko­dwa nge­ga­zi li­ka­Kri­stua eli­li­gu­gu ku­nga­thi nge­le­wu­ndlub eli­nge­la­si­ci le­li­nge­la­ba­lac.

20 Isi­bi­li owa­mi­swa nga­pha­mbi­lid pha­mbi kwe­si­se­ke­lo so­mhla­bae, ko­dwa wa­bo­na­ka­li­swa esi­kha­thi­ni so­ku­ci­na nge­nxa ye­nuf,

21 eli­kho­lwa nga­ye ku­Nku­lu­nku­lug, owa­mvu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yoh, wa­se­mni­ka ubu­kho­sii, uku­ze ukho­lo le­the­mba le­nu ku­be ku­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

22 Se­li­hla­nze imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nuk eku­la­le­le­ni kwe­qi­ni­so ngo­Mo­yal etha­ndwe­ni lwa­ba­za­lwa­ne ngo­ku­nga­ze­nzi­simnop, tha­nda­na­ni ngo­ku­tshi­se­ka oku­ve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni emhlo­pheqr;

23 se­li­ze­lwe ngo­ku­tshas oku­nge­yi­si­kho oku­ve­la enhla­nye­lwe­ni enga­bo­lat, ko­dwa enga­bo­li­yo, nge­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luuv eli­phi­la­yow le­li­mi­yo epha­ka­de­nix.

24 Ngo­ba yo­nke inya­ma inje­ngo­tsha­niy, la­bo bo­nke ubu­kho­si bo­mu­ntu bu­nje­nge­lu­ba lo­tsha­niz. Utsha­ni bu­ya­bu­na, le­lu­ba la­bo li­wo­hlo­ke;

25 ko­dwaa ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­mi ku­ze ku­be se­pha­ka­de­nib. La­le­li yi­li­zwi ela­tshu­nya­ye­lwa ki­ni nge­va­nge­lic.

2Nga­kho la­hla­nia ubu­bi bo­nkeb lo­bu­qi­li bo­nke lo­ku­ze­nzi­sa lo­mha­wu lo­ku­hle­ba ko­nkec,

2 nje­nge­zi­nga­ne ezi­sa­nda uku­za­lwad, fi­sa­ni ucha­go olu­nga­qu­ngwa­ngaef lwe­li­zwig, uku­ze li­khu­li­sweh nga­lo,

3 uba-ke se­li­na­mbi­thi­lei uku­thi iNko­si ilo­mu­saj.

Ukwa­khi­wa kwe­ndlu yo­mo­ya

4 Eli­za­yo ku­yo, ili­tshe eli­phi­la­yo, ela­li­wa nga­ba­ntuk, ko­dwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­khe­thi­wel, li­li­gu­gum,

5 la­ni nje­nga­ma­tshe aphi­la­yo la­khi­wen indlu yo­ko­mo­yao, ubu­pri­sti obu­ngcwe­lep, uku­ze li­ni­ke­le imi­hla­tshe­lo yo­ko­mo­yaq eye­mu­ke­le­ka­yo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lur ngo­Je­su Kri­stus.

6 Nga­kho ku­kho­na le­mbha­lwe­nit uku­thi: Kha­nge­la ngi­ya­be­ka eSi­yo­ni ili­tshe le­ngo­nsi, eli­khe­thi­we­yo eli­li­gu­guu; lo­kho­lwa ku­ye ka­so­ze aya­nge­kevw.

7 Nga­kho ki­ni eli­kho­lwa­yo uli­gu­gu1; ko­dwa kwa­ba­nga­la­le­li­yox, ili­tshe aba­khi aba­la­la­yoy, le­li se­li­be yi­nhlo­ko ye­ngo­nsi,

8 le­li­tshez lo­ku­khu­be­ki­saa, le­dwa­la lo­ku­wi­sab; aba­khu­be­ka eli­zwi­ni, be­nga­la­le­lic; oku­yi­khod la­bo aba­be­ku­mi­se­lwee;

9 ko­dwa li­na li­lu­hla­nga olu­khe­thi­we­yof, ubu­pri­sti bo­bu­kho­sig, isi­zwe esi­ngcwe­leh, aba­ntu aba­tho­li­we­yoi2, uku­ze li­tshu­ma­ye­le ji­ke­le­le uku­lu­ngaj kwa­lo­wo owa­li­bi­zak li­ve­la emnya­me­ni la­ya eku­kha­nye­ni kwa­khe oku­ma­nga­li­sa­yol;

10 ela­li­ka­de li­nge­yi­si­bo aba­ntu, ko­dwa kha­the­si li­nga­ba­ntu ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum; ela­li­nga­ha­wu­ke­lwa­nga, ko­dwa kha­the­si se­li­ha­wu­ke­lwe.

11 Ba­tha­nde­ka­yo, ngi­yali­nce­ngan nje­nga­be­mzi­niop le­zi­ha­mbiq uku­thi li­zi­thi­nter enka­nu­kwe­ni ze­nya­mas, ezi­lwa lo­mphe­fu­mu­lot;

12 li­lo­ku­ha­mbau oku­hle pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwev, uku­ze ku­thi, eku­li­hle­be­niw nje­nga­be­nzi bo­bu­bix, eze­nzwe­ni ezi­nhley aba­zi­bo­ni­le­yoz ba­nga­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lua osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­ha­nje­lwab.

Uku­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­zi­mi­so za­ba­ntu nge­nxa ye­Nko­si

13 Nga­kho ze­hli­se­le­ni nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­mi­so sa­ba­ntuc nge­nxa ye­Nko­sid; lo­ba ku­yi­nko­si, nje­nge­bu­sa­yoe;

14 lo­ba ku­ba­bu­si, nje­nga­ba­thu­nywe yi­yo eku­je­zi­swe­ni kwa­be­nzi bo­bu­bif, ko­dwa ku­be lo­du­mo lwa­be­nzi bo­ku­hleg.

15 Ngo­ba inja­lo inta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, uku­thi ngo­kwe­nza oku­hlei li­fa­ke isa­ye­ke emlo­nye­ni wo­ku­nga­zi kwa­ba­ntu aba­yi­zi­thu­thaj;

16 nje­nga­ba­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yok, ko­dwa li­nga­bi le­nku­lu­le­ko nje­nge­si­gu­bu­ze­lo so­bu­bi, ko­dwa nje­nge­zi­gqi­li zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul.

17 Hlo­ni­pha­ni bo­nkem. Tha­nda­ni ubu­za­lwa­nen. Me­sa­be­ni uNku­lu­nku­luo. Hlo­ni­pha­ni inko­sipq.

18 Zi­nce­kur, ze­hli­se­le­ni nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­kho­si ngo­kwe­sa­ba ko­nkes, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ku­la­wo alu­ngi­le­yo la­mne­ne ku­phe­lat, ko­dwa la­ku­la­wo anga­qo­nda­ngau.

19 Ngo­ba lo­khu ku­ngu­mu­sa, uba umu­ntuv ethwa­la izi­nhlu­phe­ko nge­nxa ye­sa­ze­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ehlu­phe­ka ngo­ku­nga­fa­ne­la­ngaw.

20 Ngo­ba ku­le­nzu­zo ba­nix, uba li­so­na be­se­li­tsha­ywa li­be­ke­ze­la?y Ko­dwa uba li­se­nza oku­hle nja­lo li­hlu­phe­ke li­be­ke­ze­laz, lo­khu ku­ngu­mu­sa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

21 Ngo­ba la­bi­ze­lwa lo­khoab, ngo­ba uKri­stu la­ye wa­si­hlu­phe­ke­lac, esi­tshi­ye­lad isi­bo­ne­lo, uku­ze li­la­nde­le izi­nya­the­lo za­khee;

22 onge­nza­nga iso­no, le­nko­hli­so ka­yi­fi­cwa­nga emlo­nye­ni wa­khef;

23 owa­thi ethu­kwa ka­za­phi­ndi­se­la ngo­ku­thu­ka, ehlu­phe­ka ka­za­so­nge­lag, ko­dwa wazi­ni­ke­la ku­lo­wo owa­hlu­le­la ngo­ku­lu­ngah;

24 ye­na ngo­kwa­khe owa­thwa­la izo­no ze­thui emzi­mbe­ni wa­khe esi­hla­hle­nij, uku­ze ku­thi, se­si­fi­le eso­nwe­ni, si­phi­le eku­lu­nge­nik; oku­nge­mi­vi­mvi­nya ya­khe li­si­li­si­wel.

25 Ngo­ba la­li­nje­nge­zi­mvu ezi­la­hle­ka­yom; ko­dwa kha­the­si se­li­bu­ye­le ku­Me­lu­si lo­Mbo­ni­si we­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nun.

Uku­pha­tha­na kwa­ba­tha­the­ne­yo

3Ngo­ku­nja­loa ba­fa­zi, ze­hli­se­le­ni nga­pha­nsi kwa­we­nu ama­do­dab, uku­ze ku­thi, uba-ke be­kho­na aba­nga­la­le­li ili­zwic, ba­zu­zwe nga­pha­ndle kwe­li­zwidef ngo­ku­zi­pha­tha kwa­ba­fa­zi,

2 ena­nze­le­la uku­ha­mba kwe­nug oku­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo ekwe­sa­be­nih.

3 Oku­ce­ca kwe­nu ka­ku­nga­bi ngo­kwa­nga­pha­ndle oko­kwe­lu­ka inwe­lei, lo­ko­ku­gqi­za igo­li­dej, ku­mbe oko­ku­gqo­ka ize­mba­thok;

4 ko­dwa umu­ntu osi­the­ki­le­yo we­nhli­zi­yol, entwe­ni enga­gu­gi­yo yo­mo­ya omne­ne lo­ku­thu­la, oli­gu­gu eli­khu­lu pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

5 Ngo­ba ku­da­la ba­zi­ce­ci­sa ngo­ku­nja­lo la­be­si­fa­za­na aba­ngcwe­le aba­be­the­mba uNku­lu­nku­lum, be­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­wa­bo ama­do­dan;

6 nje­ngo­Sa­ra owa­mla­le­la uA­bra­ha­ma, wa­mbi­za ngo­ku­thi nko­sio, ese­li­nga­ma­do­da­ka­zi1 akhe, uba li­se­nza oku­hle nja­lo li­nge­sa­tshi­swap la­ngo­ku­ko­dwa okwe­sa­be­ka­yo.

7 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ma­do­daq, hla­li­sa­na­nir ngo­ko­lwa­zis, li­mhlo­ni­phe owe­si­fa­za­nat nje­nge­si­tsha esi­bu­tha­ka­tha­kau, nje­ngo­ba la­bo be­yi­zi­ndla­li­fa zo­mu­sa we­mpi­lo ka­nye laniv, uku­ze imi­khu­le­ko ye­nu inga­vi­nje­lwaw.

Uku­ha­mba ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­la eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni

8 Oko­ku­ci­na-ke, ba­ni­ni nhli­zi­yo­nye lo­nkex, li­zwe­la­ney, li­tha­nde aba­za­lwa­ne, li­be lo­bu­be­le, li­lo­mu­saz;

9 li­nga­phi­ndi­se­li oku­bi ngo­ku­bia, ku­mbe uku­thu­ka ngo­ku­thu­kab; ko­dwa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­lo­khu bu­si­sa­nic, li­sa­zi uku­thi la­bi­ze­lwa lo­kho, uku­ze li­dle ili­fa le­si­bu­si­sod.

10 Ngo­ba lo­wo ofu­na uku­tha­nda impi­lo, lo­ku­bo­na insu­ku ezi­nhle, ka­nqa­nde uli­mi lwa­khe ko­ku­bi, le­nde­be za­khe uku­ze zi­nga­khu­lu­mi inko­hli­soe;

11 ka­pha­mbu­ke ko­ku­bi, abe­se­se­nza oku­hlef; adi­nge uku­thu­la, nja­lo aku­nxwa­ne­le.

12 Ngo­ba ame­hlo eNko­si aphe­zu kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo, le­ndle­be za­yo zi­nga­se­mkhu­le­kwe­ni wa­bog; ko­dwa ubu­so be­Nko­si bu­me­la­na la­be­nza oku­bi.

13 Pho ngu­ba­ni onga­li­li­ma­zah, uba li­nga­ba­li­ngi­si bo­ku­hle?i

14 Ko­dwaj uba la­ni li­hlu­phe­ka nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­ngak, li­bu­si­si­wel; nja­lo li­nge­sa­bi ukwe­thu­sa kwa­bom li­nga­kha­tha­ze­kin;

15 ko­dwa ngcwe­li­sa­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­nuo; be­se­li­hla­la li­zi­lu­ngi­se­lep uku­phe­ndu­la wo­nke oli­bu­za isi­za­tho nge­the­mba eli­ki­niq, ka­nye lo­bu­mne­ner lo­kwe­sa­bas2,

16 li­le­sa­ze­la esi­hletu, uku­ze ku­thi ku­lo­kho aba­li­hle­ba nga­khov nje­nga­be­nzi bo­bu­biw ba­ya­nge­ke, la­bo aba­thu­kax uku­zi­pha­tha kwe­nu oku­hle ku­Kri­stuy.

17 Ngo­ba ku­ngco­no uku­hlu­phe­ka li­se­nza oku­hle, uba inta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu iku­tha­ndaz, ku­loku­hlu­phe­ka li­se­nza oku­bi.

18 Ngo­ba lo­Kri­stu wa­hlu­phe­ka ka­nyeab nge­nxa ye­zo­no, olu­ngi­le­yo esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­ba­nga­lu­nga­ngac, uku­ze asi­se ku­Nku­lu­nku­lud; owa­bu­la­wae enya­me­nif, ko­dwa we­nzi­wa wa­phi­lag ngo­Mo­yah,

19 aye­se­ha­mbe nga­wo la­ye wa­tshu­ma­ye­lai ku­mi­mo­ya ese­nto­lo­ngwe­nij,

20 eya­ba­be­ka­de be­nga­la­le­lik, la­phol uku­be­ke­ze­la ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum kwa­ku­ka­de ku­li­nde­le, ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­No­wa la­pho umkhu­mbi wa­wu­sa­khi­wan, okwa­si­ndi­swa ku­wo aba­lu­tshwa­na, oku­yi­ku­thi imi­phe­fu­mu­lo eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­liop, nga­ma­nziq.

21 Umfu­zi­se­lo wa­wor lu­bha­bha­thi­zos olu­si­si­ndi­sa­yot la­thi kha­the­si, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­su­swa kwe­ngce­ke­za ye­nya­mau, ko­dwa uku­ce­lav kwe­sa­ze­la esi­hle ku­Nku­lu­nku­luw, ngo­ku­vu­ka ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stux,

22 ose­ye ezu­lwi­ni, ekho­na nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy, izi­ngi­lo­siz le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlaabc la­ma­ndladef se­kwe­hli­se­lwe nga­pha­nsi kwa­kheg.

Aba­kho­lwa­yo ba­la­ywa uku­thi ba­ye­ke­le uko­na

4Nje­ngo­ba uKri­stu wa­si­hlu­phe­ke­laa enya­me­nib, hlo­ma­nic la­ni nge­ngqo­ndo efa­na­na­yod, ngo­ba ohlu­phe­ke enya­me­nie, use­ye­ke­le iso­nof,

2 uku­ze isi­kha­thi esi­se­le­yo enya­me­ni li­nga­be li­sa­phi­le­lagh inka­nu­ko za­ba­ntui, ko­dwa inta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

3 Ngo­ba kwa­ne­le ki­thik uku­thi isi­kha­thi se­mpi­lo ese­dlu­li­le­yo si­qhu­be inta­ndo ya­be­zi­zwelm, se­si­ha­mbe ema­nya­le­nin, e­zi­nka­nu­kwe­ni, e­ku­da­kwe­nio, e­ku­mi­nzeni, e­ku­na­theni, le­ku­kho­nzeni izi­tho­mbe oku­ya­ngi­sa­yopq;

4 aba­ma­nga­la ku­khor, nxa li­nga­gi­ji­mi nda­wo­nye ku­lo­khu­ku­thu­lu­le­ka kwa­ma­nya­la, beli­hla­mba­zas;

5 aba­za­zi­phe­ndu­le­lat ku­lo­wo olu­nge­le ukwa­hlu­le­la aba­phi­la­yo la­ba­fi­le­you.

6 Ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­lo­khu iva­nge­li la­tshu­nya­ye­lwa la­kwa­ba­fi­le­yov, uku­ze ba­hlu­le­lwe ngo­kwa­ba­ntu enya­me­niw, ko­dwa ba­phi­le ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu emo­ye­nix.

7 Ko­dwa uku­phe­la kwe­zi­nto zo­nke se­ku­so­nde­ley; nga­kho qo­nda­niz li­li­ndea li­se­mi­khu­le­kwe­nib;

8 ko­dwa pha­mbi kwa­kho ko­nke ba­ni­nic lo­tha­ndo olu­vu­tha­yo omu­nye ko­mu­nyed, ngo­bae utha­ndo lu­za­si­be­ke­la inki­thi­nki­thi ye­zo­nof;

9 pha­tha­na­ni ku­hle ekwe­the­ke­la­ne­nig, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­so­lah;

10 ngu­lo­wo la­lo­woi nje­nge­si­phi­wo ase­mu­ke­le­yoj, ka­si­se­be­nze omu­nye ko­mu­nye, nje­nga­ba­pha­thi aba­lu­ngi­le­yok bo­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ozi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bol;

11 uba umu­ntu ekhu­lu­mam, ka­khu­lu­me nje­nga­ma­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun; uba umu­ntu ese­be­nzao, ka­se­be­nze nje­ngo­ku­ve­la ema­ndle­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu awa­ni­ka­yop; uku­ze uNku­lu­nku­lu adu­nyi­swe ku­zo zo­nke izi­ntoq ngo­Je­su Kri­stur, oku­ku­yes ubu­kho­sit la­ma­ndla ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­niu. Ame­ni.

Uku­hla­nga­nye­la inhlu­phe­ko zi­ka­Kri­stu

12 Ba­tha­nde­ka­yo, li­nga­ma­nga­liv nge­si­li­ngo esi­tshi­sa­yow esi­phe­zu kwe­nu esi­li­hlo­la­yo, ngo­ku­nga­thi le­hle­lwe yi­nto enga­zi­wa­yo;

13 ko­dwa nje­ngo­ba li­hla­nga­nye­la inhlu­phe­ko zi­ka­Kri­stu, tho­ko­za­nixy, uku­ze ku­thi le­kwe­mbu­lwe­ni kwe­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­khez li­tho­ko­ze li­ja­bu­le ka­khu­lu.

14 Uba li­thu­kwaa nge­nxa ye­bi­zo li­ka­Kri­stub, li­bu­si­si­wecd; ngo­ba uMo­ya we­nka­zi­mu­lo lo­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uhle­zi phe­zu kwe­nu; nga­bo-kee uya­thu­kwaf, ko­dwa nga­ni uya­du­nyi­swag.

15 Ko­dwa ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na owa­ki­ni ohlu­phe­ka nje­ngo­mbu­la­lih, lo­ba ise­la, lo­ba ume­nzi wo­ku­bii, lo­ba nje­ngo­zi­ga­xa enda­be­ni za­ba­nyej;

16 ko­dwa uba ehlu­phe­ka nje­ngo­mKri­stu, ka­nga­bi la­nhlo­nik, ko­dwa ka­du­mi­se uNku­lu­nku­lul nge­nxa ya­lo­khum.

17 Ngo­ba se­ku­yi­si­kha­thi so­ku­thi ukwa­hlu­le­la ku­qa­len endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo; nja­lo uba ku­qa­la ki­thip, kuza­ku­ba yi­ni uku­phe­la kwa­la­bo aba­nga­la­le­la­nga iva­nge­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu?q

18 Uba-ke olu­ngi­le­yo esi­ndi­swa ngo­bu­lu­khu­nir, owe­yi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lus le­so­ni uza­bo­na­ka­la nga­phi?t

19 Nga­kho-ke la­bo aba­hlu­phe­ka­yo ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu, nje­nga­ku­Mda­li othe­mbe­ki­le­yo ka­ba­ni­ke­le eya­bo imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ekwe­nze­ni oku­hlev.

Uku­la­ywa kwa­ba­da­la be­ba­ndla lo­kwa­ba­tsha

5Aba­da­la aba­pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ngi­ya­ba­khu­tha­zaa engi­ngo­mda­lab ka­nye labo lo­mfa­ka­zi we­nhlu­phe­ko zi­ka­Kri­stuc, lo­mhla­nga­nye­li we­nka­zi­mu­lo eza­kwe­mbu­lwad:

2 Ye­lu­sa­ni umhla­mbi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue opha­ka­thi kwe­nu, liwu­bo­ni­sef ku­nga­bi ngo­ku­ba­njwa nga­ma­ndla, ko­dwa nge­si­hleg; nja­lo ku­nga­bi nge­nxa ye­nzu­zo eli­hla­zoh, ko­dwa ngo­ku­vu­mai,

3 fu­thi li­nga­bi nje­nga­ma­kho­sij1 ku­la­bo ela­be­lwa bo­nak, ko­dwa li­bel yi­zi­bo­ne­lo zo­mhla­mbim.

4 Ku­za­ku­thi la­pho uMe­lu­si omkhu­lun ese­bo­na­ke­le li­za­kwe­mu­ke­lao umqhe­le wo­bu­kho­sip onga­bu­ni­yoq.

5 Ngo­ku­nja­lo, ba­tshar, ze­hli­se­le­ni nga­pha­nsi kwa­ba­da­las; nja­lo lo­nke ze­hli­se­ni omu­nye ko­mu­nyet, ze­mba­thi­se­ni uku­tho­be­kau; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ume­la­na la­ba­zi­gqa­ja­yo, ko­dwa aba­tho­be­ki­le­yo uya­ba­pha umu­sav.

6 Nga­kho ze­hli­se­le­niw nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu esi­la­ma­ndla, uku­ze ali­pha­ka­mi­se nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yo,

7 li­pho­se­la phe­zu kwa­khe inka­tha­zo ze­nu zo­nkex, ngo­ba ye­na uya­li­kha­tha­le­la.

8 Qo­nda­niy, li­li­ndez, ngo­ba isi­tha se­nu, udi­ya­bho­laa, si­ya­bho­da nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­bho­nga­yob si­di­nga esi­nga­mgi­nyac;

9 li­me­la­ne la­yed li­qi­ni­le ekho­lwe­nie, li­sa­zi uku­thi zo­na le­zo­nhlu­phof za­phe­le­li­swag ku­ba­za­lwa­ne be­nu aba­se­mhla­be­nih.

10 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­mu­sa wo­nke, owa­si­bi­ze­lai ebu­kho­si­ni ba­khe obu­pha­ka­de ku­Kri­stu Je­suj, sesi­hlu­phe­ke okwe­si­kha­tsha­nak, se­nga­thi ye­na anga­li­phe­le­li­sal, ali­qi­ni­sem, ali­ni­ke ama­ndla, ali­se­ke­len.

11 Ka­ku­be ku­ye inka­zi­mu­lo la­ma­ndla ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nio. Ame­ni.

Isi­ci­no

12 Ngo­Si­li­va­nup ongu­mza­lwa­ne othe­mbe­ki­le­yo ki­ni, ngo­ku­ma­zi kwa­mi, ngi­bha­le ngo­ku­fi­tsha­neq, ngi­khu­tha­zar nja­lo ngi­fa­ka­zas uku­thi lo ngu­mu­sa oqo­tho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut, eli­mi ku­wou.

13 Iba­ndla eli­se­Bha­bhi­lo­niv eli­khe­thi­we­yo ka­nye lani li­ya­li­bi­nge­le­law, lo­Ma­rko indo­da­na ya­mix.

14 Bi­nge­le­la­na­ni ngo­kwa­nga ko­tha­ndoy.

Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ki­ni lo­nke eli­ku­Kri­stu Je­suz. Ame­ni.