UPetros Ubhalela Abasasazekileyo

Inkuthazo kumakholwa abandezelekayo ngenxa yokholo lwawo, ibakhumbuza ngethemba labo eliphilileyo nokuba bangabantu abanyuliweyo bakaBawo wethu.

Isahluko 1.

UPetros, umpostile kaYesu Krestu, ubhalela abasemzini abanyuliweyo, abasasazekele ePonto, eGalati, eKapadoki, eAsiya, naseBhitini. Abanyulwe ngokwazi kwangaphambili kukaBawo wethu, bangcwaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuze balulamele uYesu Krestu baze batshizwe ngegazi lakhe: makwandiswe kuni ubabalo noxolo.

Ukuzalelwa Ethembeni Eliphilileyo

Makabongwe uBawo wethu, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu: ngenxa yenceba yakhe enkulu wasizalela ngokutsha ethembeni eliphilileyo ngokuvuka kukaYesu Krestu kwabafileyo, kwilifa elingenakutshabalala, lingenakonakala, lingenakubuna, eligcinelwe nina ezulwini, nina enikhuselwe ngamandla kaBawo wethu ngokholo, nisingiswe kulo usindiso olukulungele ukutyhilwa ngexesha lokugqibela. Niyagcoba kakhulu ngako oku, nangona ngoku, okomzuzwana, kuye kwafuneka ukuba nibandezeleke zizilingo ngezilingo. Oku kwenzeke ukuze ukholo lwenu—oluthe lwacikidwa lwafunyanwa luyinyaniso, oluxabiseke ngaphezu kwegolide elinyibilikiswe ngomlilo, elisuke litshabalale—lube ludumiso, nozuko, nembeko ekubonakaleni kukaYesu Krestu. Nangona ningazanga nimbone, niyamthanda; nangona ningamboni ngoku, niyakholwa kuye, nigcoba ngovuyo olungenakuthethwa nolunozuko, kuba namkela isiphelo sokholo lwenu, usindiso lwemiphefumlo yenu.

Abaprofeti ababethetha ngobabalo olwalumiselwe nina, balufuna baluphengulula ngenyameko olu sindiso, befuna ixesha nemeko owawusalatha kuyo uMoya kaKrestu owawukubo, xa wayexela kwangaphambili iintlungu zikaKrestu nozuko oluza emva kwazo. Kwatyhilwa kubo ukuba babengazilungiseleli bona, benilungiselela nina, xa babethetha ngezi zinto ngoku ezivakaliswe kuni ngabo banishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele othunyelwe uvela ezulwini. Nezithunywa zezulu zinqwenela ukukhangela kwezi zinto.

Nibiziwe Ukuba Nibe Ngcwele

Ngoko ke, iingqondo zenu mazikulungele ukusebenza, niphaphe ngokupheleleyo, nithembe ngokupheleleyo kubabalo eniya kuluziswa ekutyhilweni kukaYesu Krestu. Njengabantwana abalulamayo, musani ukuvumela ukuba nimiliswe ziinkanuko enazilandelayo ngaphambili ekungazini kwenu. Kodwa njengoko lowo wanibizayo engcwele, nani yibani ngcwele kuko konke enikwenzayo;

kuba kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Yibani ngcwele, ngokuba mna ndingcwele.”

Ekubeni nibiza kuBawo ogweba umntu ngamnye ngokomsebenzi wakhe engakhethi buso, lichitheni ngoloyiko ixesha lokuhlala kwenu apha ningabasemzini. Niyazi ukuba anihlangulwanga kubomi obulilize enabufumana kooyihlo ngezinto ezibolayo, isilivere negolide, kodwa ngegazi elixabisekileyo likaKrestu, njengemvana engenasiphako nebala. Owanyulwa ngaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi, watyhilwa kule mihla yokugqibela ngenxa yenu. Ngaye nikholwa kuBawo wethu, owamvusayo kwabafileyo waza wamzukisa, ukuze ukholo nethemba lenu lubekuBawo wethu.

Ekubeni niyihlambulule imiphefumlo yenu ngokululamela inyaniso, nize nibe nothando olungenankohliso lwabazalwana, thandanani kakhulu ngentliziyo emsulwa. Kuba nizelwe ngokutsha—kungekho ngembewu enokonakala kodwa ngengenakonakala—ngelizwi likaBawo wethu eliphilileyo elimiyo. Kuba, “Bonke abantu banjengotyani, lonke uzuko lwabo lunjengeentyantyambo zasendle; utyani buyoma zivuthuluke iintyantyambo, ke lona ilizwi likaBawo wethu liya kuma ngonaphakade.” Ke eli lilizwi elavakaliswa kuni.