Intliziyo kaBawo Enkonzweni

UPawulos uthethelela indlela awaziphatha ngayo phakathi kwabo phambi koBawo wethu, engenancengo, engafihli kubawa, engafuni ukuligunyazisa igunya lakhe. Uzifanisa kuqala nomfazi owondla abantwana bakhe, aze azifanise nobawo onabantwana bakhe, aze abakhumbuze ukuba wayesebenza ebusuku ukuze angabi ngumthwalo kubani.

Isahluko 2.

Kaloku nina ngokwenu niyazi, bazalwana, ukuba ukuza kwethu kuni akubanga lilize. Kodwa nangona sasisele sibandezelekile saphathwa kakubi eFilipu, njengoko nisazi, safumana isibindi kuBawo wethu sokuthetha iindaba zakhe ezilungileyo kuni, nangona kwakunzima ukuchaswa. Kaloku ukukhunga kwethu akuveli ekulahlekeni nasekungcoleni, singazami nokukhohlisa mntu. Kodwa, ekubeni uBawo wethu asamkele ukuba sithenjwe ngeendaba ezilungileyo, sithetha ngolu hlobo—kungekhona ukukholisa abantu, kodwa uBawo wethu, ovavanya iintliziyo zethu. Asizange sithethe ngamazwi ocengo, njengoko nisazi, singazange sithethe nangenxa yokugquma ukubawa—uBawo wethu ulingqina. Asizange sifune indumiso ebantwini—nokuba kuni, nokuba kwabanye—nangona, singabapostile bakaKrestu, besinokuligunyazisa igunya lethu. Kodwa sasinobubele phakathi kwenu, njengomfazi owondlayo ophatha abantwana bakhe ngothando. Ngoko, silangazelela nina kakhulu, savuya ukwabelana nani kungekhona kuphela iindaba ezilungileyo zikaBawo wethu, kodwa kwanemiphefumlo yethu ngokwayo, ngokuba naba nibalulekile kangaka kuthi. Kaloku niyawukhumbula, bazalwana, umsebenzi wethu nokubulaleka kwethu: sasebenza ubusuku nemini, singafuni kuba ngumthwalo namnye kuni, ngelixa sasivakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zikaBawo wethu kuni. Ningamangqina nina noBawo wethu, ukuba saziphatha ngobungcwele nangobulungisa nangokungenasiphako kangakanani kuni bakholwayo. Njengoko nisazi, saniphatha ngamnye kuni njengoyise nabantwana bakhe—sinikhuthaza, sinithuthuzela, siniphembelela, ukuze nibe nobomi obufanele uBawo wethu, onibizela ebukumkanini bakhe nasebuqaqawulini bakhe.

Kananjalo siyabulela kuBawo wethu ngamaxesha onke ngenxa yale nto: xa namkele ilizwi likaBawo wethu enalivayo kuthi, nalamkela kungekhona njengentetho yabantu, kodwa njengoko lilo ngenene—ilizwi lakhe, elisebenzayo kuni nikholwayo. Bazalwana, naba ngabalinganisi bamabandla kaBawo wethu akuKrestu Yesu akwelakwaYuda, ngokuba nabandezeleka kwangaloo nto ngabantu bakowenu, njengokuba nabo babandezeleka ngamaYuda, awabulala iNkosi uYesu nabaprofeti, asigxotha, amcaphukisa uBawo wethu, achasa bonke abantu, esithintela ukuba singathethi kweentlanga ukuze zisindiswe, esoloko ezalisa umlinganiselo wezono zawo. Ngoku ingqumbo iwafikele ekugqibeleni.

Ukulangazelela Ukunibona Kwakhona

Bazalwana, sahlukaniswe nani okwexeshana—ngokwenyama, kungekhona ngentliziyo—sanxanela ngakumbi ukubona ubuso benu, ngolangazelelo olukhulu. Sasifuna ukuza kuni—mna, Pawulos, kaninzi—kodwa uSathana wasithintela. Kaloku yintoni ithemba lethu, novuyo lwethu, nesithsaba sethu sokuqhayisa phambi kweNkosi yethu uYesu ekuzeni kwayo? Akuninina? Ewe, nina niluzuko lwethu novuyo lwethu.