Intshumayelo kaPawulu eKorinte
1Nami, bazalwane, ekufikeni kwami kini angifikanga ngobungcweti bokukhuluma nobokuhlakanipha, ngimemezele kini ubufakazi bukaNkulunkulu.
2Ngokuba nganquma ukuthi angiyikwazi okunye phakathi kwenu, kuphela uJesu Kristu, lowo obethelwe esiphambanweni.
3Mina ngangikini ngobuthakathaka, nangokwesaba, nangokuthuthumela okukhulu;
4nokukhuluma kwami nokushumayela kwami akubanga-ngamazwi okuhlakanipha ahungayo, kepha kwaba-ngesibonakaliso sikaMoya nesamandla,
5ukuze ukukholwa kwenu kungemi ngokuhlakanipha kwabantu, kume ngamandla kaNkulunkulu.
6Kepha ukuhlakanipha sikukhuluma phakathi kwabapheleleyo, ukuhlakanipha kambe okungesikho okwalesisikhathi nokwababusi balesisikhathi, ababhubhayo.
7Kodwa sikhuluma ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu emfihlakalweni efihliweyo uNkulunkulu akumisela ngaphambili kube-yinkazimulo yethu, kusukela kwaphakade,
8okungaziwa namunye wababusi balesisikhathi; ngokuba uma bebekwazi, babengayikuyibethela esiphambanweni iNkosi yenkazimulo;
9kepha kunjengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi:
Lokho iso elingakubonanga, nendlebe engakuzwanga,
okungavelanga enhliziyweni yamuntu,
uNkulunkulu akulungisela abamthandayo.
10Ngokuba kithina uNkulunkulu ukwambulile ngoMoya; ngokuba uMoya uhlolisisa konke, yebo, nokujulileyo kukaNkulunkulu.
11Ngokuba ngumuphi kubantu owazi okomuntu, uma kungesiye umoya womuntu okuye na? Ngokunjalo nokukaNkulunkulu akwaziwa-muntu, kuphela nguMoya kaNkulunkulu.
12Kepha thina asamukelanga umoya wezwe kodwa umoya ovela kuNkulunkulu, ukuze sikwazi esikuphiwe nguNkulunkulu ngomusa,
13esikhuluma ngakho futhi, kungengamazwi afundiswa ngukuhlakanipha kwabantu kodwa afundiswa nguMoya, sichaza okomoya ngokomoya.
14Umuntu wemvelo kakwamukeli okukaMoya kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba kungubuwula kuye; angekuqonde, ngokuba kubonisiswa ngokomoya.
15Kepha ongowomoya ubonisisa konke, kodwa yena kabonisiswa-muntu.
16Ngokuba ngubani owake wazi umqondo weNkosi ukuba angaze ayifundise na? Kepha thina sinomqondo kaKristu.
