UPawulos Uthethelela Igunya Analinikwe nguBawo Wethu
Abagxeki bakhe bathi iincwadi zakhe zinamandla, kodwa xa ekho buqu akanamkhitha, nokuthetha kwakhe akuyonto. UPawulos uphendula esithi izikhali zakhe aziizo ezoluntu, uyawala umdlalo wabachasi wokuzilinganisa ngokwabo, uhlala kuphela kummandla awumiselwe nguBawo wethu.
10 1Mna, Pawulos, ndiyanibongoza ngokuzithoba nangobulali bukaKrestu—mna ndithobekileyo xa ndisebusweni benu, kodwa ndinenkalipho kuni xa ndikude. 2Ndiyanibongoza ukuba, xa ndikho, ndingabi nokuyisebenzisa inkalipho—loo nkoloseko ndicinga ukuyisebenzisa ngokuchasene nabo bacinga ukuba sihamba ngokommiselo woluntu. 3Kuba nangona sihamba senyameni, asilwi mfazwe ngokommiselo woluntu. 4Kuba izikhali zethu zemfazwe aziizo ezoluntu, kodwa zinamandla ngoBawo wethu okudiliza iinqaba. 5Siyazidiliza iimpikiswano nayo yonke into ephakamileyo ephakanyiselwe ngokuchasene nokwazi uBawo wethu, sithimba yonke ingcinga ukuba ilulamele uKrestu. 6Yaye silungele ukuyohlwaya yonke intlondi, kwakuba kugqibelele ukululama kwenu.
7Nina nikhangela izinto ngembonakalo. Ukuba ubani uqinisekile ukuba ngokaKrestu, makabuye akuqwalasele oku: njengokuba yena engokaKrestu, nathi singabakhe kwangokunjalo. 8Kuba nokuba ndithe ndaqhayisa kakhulwana ngegunya asinike lona iNkosi—lokunakha, lingelokunidiliza—andiyi kudana. 9Andifuni ukubonakala ngathi ndizama ukunoyikisa ngeencwadi zam. 10Kuba bathi: “Iincwadi zakhe zinzima yaye zinamandla, kodwa xa esezimanini uyaswela amandla, nokuthetha kwakhe akuyonto.” 11Umntu onjalo makakuqonde oku: oko sikuthethayo ngencwadi xa singekho, siya kukwenza xa sikhoyo.
12Asinakulinga ukuzibalela okanye ukuzithelekisa nabo bazincomayo. Bezilinganisa ngokwabo, bezithelekisa nabo ngokwabo, abanangqondo. 13Kodwa thina asiyi kuqhayisa ngaphaya kwemida, sithethe kuphela ngokomlinganiso womda asabela wona uBawo wethu—umlinganiselo ofikelela kwanakuni. 14Asigqithisi, ngokungathi asizange sifike kuni, kuba sasingabokuqala ukufika kude kufuphi nani ngeendaba ezilungileyo zikaKrestu. 15Asiqhayisi ngaphaya komda ngemisebenzi yabanye, kodwa sinethemba lokuba, njengokuba ukholo lwenu lukhula, nommandla wethu phakathi kwenu uya kwanda kakhulu, 16ukuze sivakalise iindaba ezilungileyo kwimimandla engaphaya kwenu, singaqhayisi ngomsebenzi oselenziwe kummandla womnye umntu. 17Kodwa “lowo uqhayisayo, makaqhayise ngoBawo wethu.” a a v17 UPawulos ucaphula umprofeti uYeremiya, apho Lowo kuqhayiswa ngaye enguThixo womnqophiso ozibiza ngokuba nguBawo—ngoko ukuqhayisa okuyinene akuphumeli kuthi ngokwethu, kodwa kuye. 18Kuba asinguye ozincomayo owamkelekileyo, kodwa ngulowo uncomwa nguBawo wethu.
