1 KwabaseKorinte 15 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

15 ¹Bazalwana, ndiyanikhumbuza ngeendaba ezilungileyo endazishumayelayo kuni, enazamkelayo, enimi kuyo ngoku. ²Ngazo ezi ndaba ezilungileyo nisindiswe, ukuba nibambelele ngokuqinileyo kwilizwi endalishumayelayo kuni—ngaphandle kokuba ukholo lwenu belulilize.

³Kaloku ndaninika njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo endayamkelayo nam: uKrestu wafela izono zethu ngokwezibhalo, ⁴ukuba wangcwatywa, nokuba wavuka ngomhla wesithathu ngokwezibhalo, ⁵nokuba wabonakala kuKefas, waza wabonakala kwabalishumi elinababini. ⁶Emva koko wabonakala kubazalwana abangaphezu kwamakhulu amahlanu ngaxeshanye; abaninzi kubo basele bephila, nangona abanye belele. ⁷Waza wabonakala kuYakobi, wandula wabonakala kubapostile bonke. ⁸Ekugqibeleni kwabo bonke kwabonakala nakum, njengozalelwe ngexesha elingafanelekanga. ⁹Ndingoyena mncinane kubapostile, ndingafanele nokubizwa ngokuba ndingumpostile, ngenxa yokuba ndalitshutshisa ibandla likaBawo wethu. ¹⁰Ngobabalo lukaBawo wethu ndinguloo nto endiyiyo, lwaye ubabalo lwakhe kum lwangabi lilize. Kodwa ndasebenza nzima ngaphezu kwabo bonke—kungekhona mna, koko lubabalo lukaBawo wethu olunam. ¹¹Ngoko ke, nokuba ndim nokuba ngabo, senjenjalo ukushumayela, nenjenjalo ukukholwa.

Ukuba UKrestu Wayengavuswanga

¹²Ke ukuba uKrestu uvakaliswa ukuba wavuka kwabafileyo, bathini na abathile phakathi kwenu ukuthi akukho luvuko lwabafileyo? ¹³Ukuba akukho luvuko lwabafileyo, akavukanga nokuvuka uKrestu. ¹⁴Ke ukuba uKrestu akavukanga, kulilize ke ukushumayela kwethu, lulilize nokholo lwenu. ¹⁵Ngaphezu koko, sifunyanwa singamangqina obuxoki ngoBawo wethu, ngokuba singqinile ngoBawo wethu ukuba wamvusa uKrestu kwabafileyo—kanti akamvusanga, ukuba inene abafileyo abavuki. ¹⁶Kuba ukuba abafileyo abavuki, akavukanga nokuvuka uKrestu. ¹⁷Ke ukuba uKrestu akavukanga, lulilize ukholo lwenu; nisesezonweni zenu. ¹⁸Baza ke nabo balele bekuKrestu balahlekile. ¹⁹Ukuba sithemba kuKrestu kobu bomi bodwa, singabona bantu bafanelwe ukusizelwa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abaphilayo.

²⁰Kodwa inene uKrestu uvukile kwabafileyo, eyintlahlela yabo balele. ²¹Kuba njengokuba ukufa kweza ngomntu, ngokunjalo uvuko lwabafileyo luza ngomntu. ²²Kuba njengokuba bonke besifa ngoAdam, ngokunjalo bonke baya kudliswa ubomi ngoKrestu. ²³Kodwa elowo ngelakhe ixesha: uKrestu, intlahlela; kwandule, ekufikeni kwakhe, abo bangabakhe. ²⁴Kwandule kufike isiphelo, xa anikezela ubukumkani kuBawo wethu, xa ethe watshitshisa yonke imibuso, negunya, namandla. ^a a v24 Xa zonke izinto sele zigqityiwe, uNyana ubeka ubukumkani bonke bubuyele ezandleni zikaBawo wethu—injongo yazo zonke izinto nguBawo wethu ngokwakhe. ²⁵Kuba umelwe kukulawula ade azibeke zonke iintshaba zakhe phantsi kweenyawo zakhe. ²⁶Utshaba lokugqibela oluya kutshatyalaliswa kukufa. ²⁷UBawo wethu uzibeke zonke izinto phantsi kweenyawo zoNyana. Kodwa xa kusithiwa “zonke izinto” zibekwe phantsi kwakhe, kucacile ukuba akabalwa uBawo wethu, yena owazibeka zonke izinto phantsi koNyana. ²⁸Xa zithe zonke izinto zalulanyiselwa kuye, uNyana ngokwakhe uya kululanyiselwa kulowo wazilulamisayo zonke izinto kuye, ukuze uBawo wethu abe yinto yonke kuzo zonke. ^b b v28 Xa zonke izinto ekugqibeleni zithe zabuyiselwa, uNyana uthatha indawo yakhe ngovuyo phantsi koBawo wethu, ukuze uBawo wethu abe yinto yonke kumntu wonke—indawo lonke ibali ebeliya kuyo.

²⁹Kungenjalo, baya kwenza ntoni na abo babhaptizwa ngenxa yabafileyo? Ukuba abafileyo abavuki kwaphela, kungani na ukubhaptizelwa bona? ^c c v29 Esi senzo kanye uPawulos abhekisa kuso apha asaziwa; usisebenzisa njengobungqina bokuba nabo bebesenza oko babekholelwa eluvukweni. ³⁰Thina ke, kungani na ukuzibeka engozini rhoqo ngelixa ngalinye? ³¹Ndiyafa imihla ngemihla—njengoko inene ndiqhayisa ngani, bazalwana, ngoKrestu Yesu iNkosi yethu. ³²Ukuba ndalwa namarhamncwa asendle eEfesu ngenxa yezizathu zomntu nje, iyintoni na inzuzo yam? Ukuba abafileyo abavuki, “Masidle, sisele, kuba ngomso siyafa.” ³³Musani ukulukuhleka: “Ubudlelane obubi bonakalisa isimilo esihle.” ³⁴Phaphamani ngokufaneleyo, niyeke ukona—abanye abamazi uBawo wethu; nditsho oku ukuze nidane.

Umzimba Owunikwa nguBawo

³⁵Kodwa othile uya kubuza athi: “Bavuka njani na abafileyo? Beza nomzimba onjani na?” ³⁶Hayi ubudenge! Into oyihlwayelayo ayibi nabomi ingafanga. ³⁷Ekuhlwayeleni kwakho, akuhlwayeli umzimba oya kubakho, koko imbewu eze, mhlawumbi yingqolowa okanye enye into. ³⁸Kodwa uBawo wethu uyinika umzimba awawunyulayo, nembewu nganye ayinike owayo umzimba. ³⁹Ayifani yonke inyama: eyabantu, neyezilwanyana, neyeentaka, neyeentlanzi, nganye yahlukile. ⁴⁰Kukho imizimba yasemazulwini, nemizimba yasemhlabeni; buluhlobo olunye ubuqaqawuli bemizimba yasemazulwini, bube luhlobo olunye obemizimba yasemhlabeni. ⁴¹Ilanga linobunye ubuqaqawuli, inyanga ibe nobunye, neenkwenkwezi zibe nobunye; kuba inkwenkwezi yahluka kwenye inkwenkwezi ngobuqaqawuli.

⁴²Kunjalo ke nasekuvukeni kwabafileyo: umzimba uhlwayelwa unokonakala, uvuke ungenakonakala. ⁴³Uhlwayelwa ehlazweni, uvuke ebuqaqawulini; uhlwayelwa ebuthathakeni, uvuke emandleni. ⁴⁴Uhlwayelwa ungumzimba wasemvelweni, uvuke ungumzimba wokomoya. Ukuba ukho umzimba wasemvelweni, ukho nomzimba wokomoya. ⁴⁵Kubhaliwe ke kwanjalo kwathiwa: “Umntu wokuqala, uAdam, waba ngumphefumlo ophilayo”; uAdam wokugqibela waba ngumoya odlisa ubomi. ^d d v45 UYesu “nguAdam wokugqibela”: apho uAdam wokuqala wazisa ukufa kubo bonke, uYesu unika ubomi kubo bonke abangabakhe. ⁴⁶Kodwa akuqalanga okokomoya, koko kokwasemvelweni, kwaza emveni koko kwalandela okokomoya. ⁴⁷Umntu wokuqala wayengowothuli lomhlaba; umntu wesibini ungowasemazulwini. ⁴⁸Njengoko anjalo umntu wothuli, banjalo nabo bothuli; njengoko anjalo umntu wasemazulwini, banjalo nabo basemazulwini. ⁴⁹Njengoko siwuthwele umfanekiso womntu wasemhlabeni, siya kuthwala nomfanekiso womntu wasemazulwini.

⁵⁰Nantsi into endiyithethayo, bazalwana: inyama negazi azinako ukudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu, nokonakalayo akunako ukudla ilifa okungenakonakala.

⁵¹Yabonani, ndinixelele imfihlelo: Asiyi kulala sonke, kodwa siya kuguqulwa sonke. ⁵²Ngephanyazo, ngokuqhwanyaza kweliso, ngesigodlo sokugqibela—siya kukhala, bavuswe abafileyo bengasenako ukufa, size siguqulwe thina. ⁵³Kuba oku kunokonakala kumele kwambathiswe okungenakonakala, noku kunokufa kwambathiswe okungenakufa. ⁵⁴Kuthi ke, xa oku kunokonakala kuthe kwambatha okungenakonakala, noku kunokufa kwambatha okungenakufa, lize lizaliseke ilizwi elibhaliweyo elithi: “Ukufa kuginyelwe eloyisweni. ⁵⁵Luphi na, kufa, uloyiso lwakho? Luphi na, kufa, ulwamvila lwakho?”

⁵⁶Ulwamvila lokufa sisono, namandla esono ngumthetho. ⁵⁷Kodwa makabulelwe uBawo wethu! Osinika uloyiso ngeNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. ⁵⁸Ngoko ke, bazalwana bam abathandekayo, yibani ngabazinzileyo, abangagungqiyo, nihleli niphuphuma emsebenzini weNkosi, nisazi ukuba umsebenzi wenu eNkosini awuyi kuba lilize.