Abafazi Namadoda Bahlonelana
Imiyalelo kubafazi namadoda ijikeleza ekuhloneleni omnye komnye, nomoya ozolileyo onqabileyo kuBawo wethu, inesilumkiso sokuba ukudela kuthintela umthandazo. Emva koko intsapho ebanzi: sikelelani endaweni yokuphindezela, nilungele ukucacisa ithemba lenu ngobulali, nikhumbule ukuba uKrestu weva ubunzima ngenxa yabangalungisiyo.
3 1Ngokunjalo, nani bafazi, zithobeni kumadoda enu, ukuze nokuba bambi bengaliphulaphuli ilizwi, bazuzwe ngaphandle kwelizwi ngehambo yabafazi babo, 2xa beyibona indlela yenu ehlambulukileyo nenoyiko. 3Ubuhle benu mabungabi bobungaphandle—iinwele ezisontiweyo, izihombo zegolide, izambatho ezihle. 4kodwa mabube ngumntu ofihlakeleyo wentliziyo, ubuhle obungenakufa bomoya onobulali nozolileyo, onqabileyo emehlweni kaBawo wethu. 5Kuba benjenje ukuzihombisa abafazi abangcwele bamandulo ababethembele kuBawo wethu, bezithoba kumadoda abo, 6njengoko uSara wamphulaphula uAbraham, embiza ngokuba yinkosi. Kananjalo niba ngabantwana bakhe ukuba nenza okulungileyo, ningoyiki unkwantyiso.
7Nina madoda, ngokunjalo, hlalani nabafazi benu ngengqondo, nibahlonele ngamnye njengesitya esibuthathaka nanjengeendlalifa ngokunye zobabalo lobomi, ukuze imithandazo yenu ingathinteleki.
Usapho Olusikelelayo
8Okokugqibela, nonke, yibani nangqondo-nye, ninovelwano, nithandana njengentsapho, ninobubele bentliziyo, nithobekile. 9Ningabuyiseli ububi ngobubi okanye ingcikivo ngengcikivo, kodwa sikelelani endaweni yoko—nabizelwa oko, ukuze nidle ilifa intsikelelo. 10Kuba, “Lowo unqwenela ukuthanda ubomi nokubona imihla elungileyo, makalubambe ulwimi lwakhe ebubini nemilebe yakhe ekuthetheni inkohliso. 11Makatyeke ebubini enze okulungileyo; makafune uxolo aluphuthume. 12Kuba amehlo eNkosi yethu aphezu kwamalungisa, neendlebe zayo zivulekele umthandazo wawo, kodwa ubuso beNkosi yethu buchasene nabo benza okubi.”
13Ngoku ngubani na onganonzakalisa ukuba nizondelele ukwenza okulungileyo?
14Kodwa nokuba niyabandezelwa ngenxa yobulungisa, ninoyolo. Musani ukoyika uloyiko lwabo, ningashukunyiswa. 15Mngcwaliseni uKrestu njengeNkosi ezintliziyweni zenu. Hlalani nilungele ukuphendula nabani na onibuza isizathu sethemba lenu, kodwa ngobulali nangentlonipho. 16Gcinani isazela esicocekileyo, ukuze xa nihlejwa, abo bangcikiva indlela yenu elungileyo kuKrestu badaniswe. 17Kulungile ukubandezelwa ngenxa yokwenza okulungileyo, ukuba kuyintando kaBawo wethu, kunokwenza okubi. 18Kuba naye uKrestu wabandezelwa kwakanye ngenxa yezono, olilungisa ngenxa yabangemalungisa, ukuze asizise kuBawo wethu—wabulawa enyameni, waphiliswa emoyeni, a a v18 UKrestu wabandezelwa kungekhona ukuze asishiye kude kodwa ukuze asise kwaekhaya kuBawo wethu—le yindawo evangeli ejonge kuyo. 19awathi kuwo wahamba wavakalisa koomoya abasentolongweni, b b v19 Ubuni ‘boomoya abasentolongweni’ buyaphikiswa; kusenokwenzeka ukuba zizidalwa zokomoya eziwayo zexesha likaNowa. 20ababengaphulaphuli kudala, xa uBawo wethu wayelinde ngomonde ngemihla kaNowa, xa kwakusakhiwa umkhombe, ekwathi kuwo abambalwa—abantu abasibhozo—basindiswe emanzini. 21Olu bhaptizo oluthelekiswa nako ngoku lunisindisa nani—kungekhona ukususa umhlaba womzimba, kodwa ukucela kuBawo wethu isazela esilungileyo—ngokuvuka kukaYesu Krestu, 22owangena ezulwini, lo ungasekunene kukaBawo wethu, nezithunywa zezulu neziphathamandla namandla zithobele kuye.
