Incwadi Ebhalwe Ngeenyembezi
Umntu othile apho wayemonile uPawulos, waza isininzi samohlwaya. UPawulos uthi oko kwanele ngoku: mxoleleni, phambi kokuba agutyungelwe lusizi. Uchaza incwadi eyabhalwa ngeenyembezi notyelelo awaluyekayo, kungekho namnye kuko ububanda kodwa luthando olungafuniyo ukubenzakalisa kwakhona.
2 1Ngoko ke ndagqiba kwelokuba ndingabuyi ndize kunivelela ngobuhlungu kwakhona. 2Kuba ukuba ndinenze buhlungu nina, ngubani na oseleyo ongandichwayitisayo ngaphandle kwalowo ndimenze buhlungu? 3Ndanibhalela oku ukuze xa ndifikayo abo bafanele bandivuyise bangandenzi buhlungu, ndinethemba kuni nonke lokuba uvuyo lwam luvuyo lwenu nonke. 4Ndanibhalela ndisembandezelweni enkulu nasekudandathekeni kwentliziyo, ndineenyembezi ezininzi, kungekhona ukunenza buhlungu, koko ukuba ndinibonise uthando oluphuphumayo endinalo ngani.
5Kodwa ukuba ukho obangele intlungu, akandenzanga buhlungu mna kangaka, koko ngokuyinxenye unenze buhlungu nina nonke—andithandi ukuba lukhuni kakhulu kuye.
Mxoleleni Nimbuyise
6Kulowo unjalo, silingene esi sohlwayo asenzelwe sisininzi. 7Ngoko ke ngoku, endaweni yoko, nimelwe kukumxolela nimthuthuzele, hleze agutyungelwe lusizi olugqithiseleyo. 8Ngoko ke ndiyanibongoza ukuba niluqinise kwakhona uthando lwenu kuye. 9Yiyo le nto kananjalo ndabhalayo: ukuze ndinilinge ndazi ukuba niyathobela na kuzo zonke izinto. 10Lowo nimxolelayo, ndimxolela nam. Oko ndikuxoleleyo—ukuba kukho nto—ndakuxolela ngenxa yenu phambi koKrestu, 11ukuze singaqhatheki nguSathana—kuba asingabangazaziyo amacebo akhe.
12Ndathi ndakufika eTrowas ndiza kushumayela ivangeli kaKrestu, ndavulelwa ucango eNkosini, 13kodwa umoya wam awuzange uphumle, kuba andifumananga umzalwana wam uTito khona. Ngoko ndavalelisa, ndaya kwelaseMakedoni.
14Kodwa makabulelwe uBawo wethu, osoloko esikhokela eloyisweni ngoKrestu, nothi ngathi awusasaze kuzo zonke iindawo ivumba lokumazi. a a v14 Umngcelele woloyiso wawungumngcelele wamaRoma wokubhiyozela uloyiso, apho injengele eyoyisileyo yayikhokela abathinjwa bayo isitshisa isiqhumiso esinevumba elimnandi endleleni—uPawulos ufanekisela uBawo wethu ekhokela abantu bakhe eloyisweni lukaKrestu. 15Kuba singivumba likaKrestu kuBawo wethu phakathi kwabo basindiswayo nabo batshabalalayo, 16kwabanye, livumba elisuka ekufeni lisiya ekufeni; kwabanye, livumba elisuka ebomini lisiya ebomini. Kananjalo ngubani na olingene oku? 17Kuba asinjengabaninzi, abathengisa ngelizwi likaBawo wethu, koko sithetha ngokunyaniseka, njengabavela kuye, emehlweni akhe, singoKrestu.
