1 KWEBEKORINTE 4
Abapostoli bakaKrestu
1Kufanele kwazeke bona thina siziinceku zakaKrestu eziphathiswe iimfihlakalo zakaZimu. 2Yeke kuyadingeka bona labo abaphathisiweko babonakalise ukuthembeka kwabo. 3Kodwana kimi kuyinto encani bona ngingagwetjwa ngini namkha libandla labantu; iye, nami ngokwami angizigwebi. 4Unembeza wami akanaso isazela, nokho lokho akungenzi bona ngibe msulwa. YiKosi engigwebako. 5Ngalokho-ke ningagwebi ilitho kungakafiki isikhathi, lindani bekufike iKosi. Yona izokuveza emkhanyweni koke okufihlwe ebumnyameni beyembule neenhloso zeenhliziyo zabantu. Ngesikhatheso uZimu uzokwamukelisa omunye nomunye ukuthokozwa okumfaneleko.
6Nje-ke bazalwana, ngiqalise izintwezi kimi no-Apholo ngebanga lenu ukuze nifunde kithi lokho okutjhiwo sisitjho esithi: “Ningaphambuki kilokho okutloliweko.” Ngalokho-ke anisoze nakhetha umuntu oyedwa hlangana nabanye bese nizikhakhazisa ngaye. 7Kanti ngubani onenza nehluke phakathi kwabanye na? Yini eninakho eningazange nikwamukeliswe na? Khona-ke nakube nikwamukele, kubayini nizigqaje kube ngathi anikamukeliswa na?
8Konjephana seniyasutha! Senaba ziinjinga! Senaba makhosi, iye ngaphandle kwethu! Maye ngifisa kangangani bona thana sele nimakhosi ukuze sibe makhosi kanye nani! 9Ngitjho ngombana kubonakala inga uZimu thina bapostoli usibeke embukisweni ekugcineni komlandelande njengabantu abagwetjelwe ukufa ekundleni. Senziwe amabono wephasi loke, weengilozi ngitjho newabantu. 10Thina sesesiziindlhayela zakaKrestu, kodwana nina niziinhlakaniphi kuKrestu! Thina sibuthakathaka, kodwana nina ninamandla! Niyahlonitjhwa, thina siyanyazwa! 11Bekube ngalesisikhathi siyalamba besibulawe mrhawu, simaratha, siphethwe kumbi, sibozulani, 12sisebenza nzima ngezandla zethu. Nasithukiwako siyabusisa; nasizunywako siyakubekezelela lokho; 13nasiphudlhelwako siphendula ngokuthobeka. Bekube nje, siphenduke ifucufucu yephasi, iinzibi zelizwe.
14Anginitloleli lokhu ngombana ngifuna ukuniphathisa iinhloni, kodwana ngifuna ukuniyelelisa njengabantwana bami engibathandako. 15Sengitjho nanyana nineenkulungwana ezilitjhumi zabaluleki kuKrestu, aninabobaba abanengi ngombana kuKrestu Jesu mina ngibe nguyihlo ngevangeli. 16Nje-ke ngiyanirabhela bona ningilingise. 17Kungalokho nginithumela indodanami uThimothi engimthandako nothembekileko eKosini. Uzonikhumbuza ikambo yokuphila kwami kuKrestu Jesu evumelana nalokho engikufundisako kizo zoke iindawo emabandleni woke.
18Abanye benu sele bazikhukhumeza inga angeze bengiseza kini. 19Kanti-ke nangabe iKosi ivuma, ngizokuza msinyana. Nje-ke ekufikeni kwami, angizukufunyana kwaphela bona abantu abazikhukhumezako laba bakhuluma kangangani, kodwana ngizokufunyana nokobana banaliphi igunya. 20Ngitjho ngombana umbuso kaZimu awusikukhuluma kodwana umamandla. 21Alo, ninyula kuphi na? Ngifike kini ngiphethe iswazi, namkha ngize ngethando nangommoya ophasi na?
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