Umphi Ovuyayo

UPawulos sele eqhayisile kwaMakedoni ukuba iAkaya ilungele, ngoko uthuma amadoda ahambe phambili. Ufuna isipho sinikwe ngokuzithandela, singaze sixhwilwe ngonyanzelo, kuba uBawo wethu uyamthanda umphi ovuyayo, nakuba imali iba ngumbulelo phakathi kwabantu abangasoze badibane namaKorinte.

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Ngokubhekisele ekukhonzeni abantu beNkosi, andikho sidingo sokuba ndinibhalele, kuba ndiyayazi inkuthalo yenu, ndaye ndiqhayisa ngani kumaMakedoni, ndisithi iAkaya ibilungele ukususela kunyaka ophelileyo, nekhwele lenu liwaxhokonxile uninzi lwabo. Ngoko ke ndithuma abazalwana, ukuze ukuqhayisa kwethu ngani kungabi lilize kule ndawo—ukuze nibe nilungile, njengoko nditshilo. Hleze, ukuba amaMakedoni athe eza nam, anifumane ningalungelanga, thina—singasaphathi nina—singadana ngale nkoloseko. Ngoko ke ndikubone kuyimfuneko ukubongoza abazalwana ukuba bahambe phambili baye kuni, balungiselele ngaphambili esi sipho sesisa enanisithembisile, ukuze sibe silungile njengesipho sentumekelelo, singabi yinto enikwe ngokungathandiyo.

Khumbulani oku: lowo uhlwayela ngobuncinci uya kuvuna ngobuncinci, nalowo uhlwayela ngobuninzi uya kuvuna ngobuninzi. Elowo makanikele njengoko agqibileyo entliziyweni yakhe, kungabi ngokukrokra nokuba ngokunyanzelwa, kuba uBawo wethu uyamthanda umphi ovuyayo. UBawo wethu unako ukuluphuphumisa kuni lonke ubabalo, ukuze nithi ngamaxesha onke ninako konke enikusweleyo ezintweni zonke, niphuphume kuwo wonke umsebenzi olungileyo. Njengoko kubhaliwe, kwathiwa: “Uzisasazile izipho zakhe kumahlwempu; ubulungisa bakhe buhlala ngonaphakade.”

Lowo unika imbewu kumhlwayeli nesonka sokudla, uya kuninika aze andise imbewu yenu, andise nesivuno sobulungisa benu. Niya kutyetyiswa ezintweni zonke, ukuze nibe nesisa ngeendlela zonke, esivelisa umbulelo kuBawo wethu ngathi. Kuba le nkonzo niyenzayo ayipheleli nje ekufezeni iintswelo zabantu beNkosi, kodwa iyaphuphuma ngemibulelo emininzi kuBawo wethu. Ngobungqina bale nkonzo, abanye baya kumdumisa uBawo wethu ngokuzithoba kwenu ekuvumeni iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKrestu, nangesisa senu sokwabelana nabo nabanye bonke. Emithandazweni yabo ngani, baya kunilangazelela, ngenxa yobabalo olugqithileyo uBawo wethu aninike lona. Makabulelwe uBawo wethu ngenxa yesipho sakhe esingathethekiyo!