Ukukhanya kukaBawo wethu Kukhanya ngaThi
Emangalelwa ngobuqhophololo neenjongo ezifihlakeleyo, uPawulos uphendula ngelithi uvakalisa inyaniso ekuhleni kuphela. Amandla ngokucacileyo asingawakhe: ecinezelwe, exakene, ebethwe phantsi, kodwa engabhubhiswa. Ubutyebi ezimpahleni zomdongwe, yaye ubuthathaka bale mpahla yiyo kanye injongo, ukuze ubuqaqawuli buhlale bube ngobukaBawo wethu.
4 1Ngoko ke, ekubeni sinolu lungiselelo ngenxa yenceba esenzelwe yona, asiphelelwa ngamandla. 2Endaweni yoko, sazilahla izinto ezifihlakeleyo nezilihlazo. Asenzi ngobuqhophololo, asiligqwethi ilizwi likaBawo wethu. Ngokuba sivakalisa inyaniso ekuhleni, sizincomela kwisazela somntu wonke phambi koBawo wethu. 3Nokuba ivangeli yethu igqunyiwe, igqunyelwe abo batshabalalayo. 4Kubo, uthixo weli xesha uzimfamekisile ingqondo yabangakholwayo, ukuze bangaboni ukukhanya kwevangeli—ubuqaqawuli bukaKrestu, ongumfanekiso kaBawo wethu. a a v4 Apha "uthixo weli xesha" lutshaba oluzimfamekisa abantu, hayi uBawo wethu—igama elingaqalekiyo liphawula umkhohlisi oba ukukhanya okumiselwe abantwana bakhe. 5Asizishumayeli thina, sishumayela uYesu Krestu njengeNkosi—singabakhonzi benu ngenxa kaYesu.
6Kuba uBawo wethu, owathi: “Makukhanye ukukhanya ebumnyameni,” ukhanyisele ezintliziyweni zethu, ukuze asinike ukukhanya—ukwazi ubuqaqawuli bukaBawo wethu ebusweni bukaYesu Krestu.
7Sinobu butyebi ezimpahleni zomdongwe, ukuze la mandla agqithiseleyo abe ngakaBawo wethu, angabi ngawethu. 8Sicinezelwe ngeenxa zonke, kodwa singatyunyuzwa; sixakene, kodwa singancami; 9sitshutshiswa, kodwa singashiywa; sibethwe phantsi, kodwa singabhubhiswa. 10Siyawuthwala amaxesha onke ukufa kukaYesu emzimbeni, ukuze nabo ubomi bukaYesu bubonakale emzimbeni wethu. 11Thina baphilileyo sinikelwa amaxesha onke ekufeni ngenxa kaYesu, ukuze nabo ubomi bukaYesu bubonakale enyameni yethu enokufa. 12Ngoko ke, ukufa kusebenza kuthi, kodwa ubomi kuni.
13Sinawo kwaloo moya mnye wokholo njengoko kubhaliwe: “Ndakholwa, ngoko ndathetha,” nathi siyakholwa, ngoko nathi siyathetha, 14sisazi ukuba lowo wamvusayo iNkosi uYesu uya kusivusa nathi kunye noYesu, asibeke, kunye nani, phambi kwakhe. 15Zonke ezi zinto zingenxa yenu, ukuze ubabalo, lusanda luya kwabaninzi, luphuphumise umbulelo ukuya kubuqaqawuli bukaBawo wethu.
16Ngoko asiphelelwa ngamandla. Nangona umntu wethu wangaphandle onakala, umntu wethu wangaphakathi uhlaziywa imihla ngemihla. 17Kuba oku kukhanya, intlungu yomzuzwana, isivelisela ubunzima bobuqaqawuli obungenasiphelo obungenakulinganiswa, 18ukuze singabheki ezintweni ezibonwayo, koko ezingabonwayo, kuba ezibonwayo zidlulayo, kodwa ezingabonwayo zingunaphakade.
