Ukulangazelela ikhaya lasezulwini
1Ngokuba siyazi ukuthi uma indlu yethu yasemhlabeni eyidokodo idilizwa, sinesakhiwo esivela kuNkulunkulu, indlu engenziwanga ngezandla, eyaphakade, esezulwini.
2Ngenxa yalokho siyabubula, silangazelela ukwelakanyiswa ngendlu yethu yasezulwini,
3ngokuba sembethe yona, asiyikufunyanwa sihamba-ze.
4Ngokuba thina esisekhona kulelidokodo sibubula, sisindwa, ngokuba asithandi ukwambulwa kodwa ukwelakanyiswa, ukuze okufayo kugingwe ngukuphila.
5Kepha owasenzela khona lokho nguNkulunkulu owasipha isibambiso esinguMoya.
6Ngakho simi isibindi ngesikhathi sonke, sazi ukuthi, nxa ikhaya lethu lisesemzimbeni, sahlukene nekhaya eliseNkosini;
7ngokuba sihamba ngokukholwa, asihambi ngokubona;
8simi isibindi, singathanda kakhulu ukwahlukana nekhaya elisemzimbeni, sihlale ekhaya eliseNkosini.
9Ngalokho futhi, noma sisekhaya noma sahlukene nalo, sihlosé ukuba sibengabathandeka kuye.
10Ngokuba thina sonke simelwe ukubonakaliswa phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaKristu, ukuze yilowo nalowo amukele njengalokho akwenzileyo esesemzimbeni, noma okuhle noma okubi.
Ubukhulu benkonzo yokubuyisana
11Ngakho lokhu sikwazi ukwesaba iNkosi, siyabancenga abantu; kepha sibonakalisiwe kuNkulunkulu; ngiyethemba ukuthi nakuye unembeza wenu sibonakalisiwe.
12Asizincomi futhi kini, kodwa sininika ithuba lokuzibonga ngathi, ukuze nibe-nakho okokuphendula abazibongayo ngokusemehlweni kungesikho okusenhliziyweni.
13Ngokuba noma sigcwaneka, kungenxa kaNkulunkulu; noma sisangulukile, kungenxa yenu.
14Ngokuba uthando lukaKristu luyasiqhubezela, sikubona lokhu ukuthi munye owafela bonke; ngakho-ke bonke sebafa;
15wafela bonke, ukuze abaphilayo bangabe besaziphilela bona, kodwa baphilele yena owabafelayo, wabuye wavuka.
16Kanjalo thina asisayikwazi umuntu ngokwenyama; nokuba besimazi uKristu ngokwenyama, nokho manje asisamazi.
17Kanjalo uma umuntu ekuKristu, uyisidalwa esisha; okwakuqala kudlulile; bheka, sekuvelé okusha.
18Kepha konke kuvela kuNkulunkulu owenza ukuba sibuyisane naye ngoKristu, wasinika inkonzo yokubuyisana,
19ngokuba uNkulunkulu ekuKristu wenza ukuba izwe libuyisane naye, engababaleli iziphambeko zabo, ebeka kithi izwi lokubuyisana.
20Ngakho singamanxusa kaKristu ngokungathi uNkulunkulu unxusa ngathi; siyanincenga esikhundleni sikaKristu, sithi: Buyisanani noNkulunkulu.
21Ongasazanga isono wamenza isono ngenxa yethu, ukuze kuyena senziwe sibe-ngukulunga kukaNkulunkulu.
