Siphiliswe NgeNceba kaBawo
UPawulos ubalula ngokuphandle oko wawukade ukuko umfundi — ufile, ulandela isihlwele namagunya angasemva kwaso — aze aziphazamise ngelithi: “kodwa uBawo wethu”. Usindiso sisipho ukuze kungabikho uqhayisayo, loo nceba inye idiliza udonga phakathi komYuda neentlanga.
2 1Naye nina nanifile ngezikreqo nezono zenu, 2enanihamba kuzo ngaphambili, nilandela iindlela zeli hlabathi, nilandela umphathi onegunya phezu komoya, loo moya osebenzayo ngoku kwabangevayo. 3Phakathi kwabo nathi sonke sasikade sihamba ezinkanukweni zenyama yethu, sisenza oko kukhanukwa yinyama nayingqondo, saye ngemvelo singabantwana bengqumbo, njengabanye bonke. 4Kodwa uBawo wethu, esisityebi ngenceba, ngenxa yothando olukhulu asithande ngalo, 5nangona sasifile ezonweni zethu, wasiphilisa kunye noKrestu—nisindiswe ngobabalo, 6wasivusa kunye naye, wasihlalisa kunye naye emazulwini ngoKrestu Yesu, 7ukuze kumaxesha azayo abonakalalise ubutyebi obuphuphumayo bobabalo lwakhe, ngobubele kuthi ngoKrestu Yesu. 8Kuba nisindiswe ngobabalo ngokholo—kungengakwenza kwenu; kusisipho sikaBawo wethu. 9Kungaveli emisebenzini, ukuze kungabikho bani uqhayisayo. 10Thina singumsebenzi wezandla zakhe, sadalwa ngoKrestu Yesu ukuze senze imisebenzi elungileyo, awayilungisa ngaphambili uBawo wethu ukuba sihambe kuyo.
Basondezwe NgeGazi likaKrestu
11Ngoko ke khumbulani ukuba nina zintlanga ngokwenyama, enanikade nibizwa ngokuthi “abangalukanga” ngabo babizwa ngokuthi “abalukileyo,” oko kukwaluka okwenziwa enyameni ngesandla. 12Khumbulani ukuba ngelo xesha naningenaKrestu, nikhutshelwe ngaphandle ebantwini bakwaSirayeli, ningabasemzini kwiminqophiso yedinga, ningenathemba, ningenaBawo wethu ehlabathini. 13Kodwa ngoku ngoKrestu Yesu, nina enanikade nikude senisondele ngegazi likaKrestu. 14Kuba yena ngokwakhe uluxolo lwethu, lowo wawenza mnye omabini, wawudiliza enyameni yakhe udonga olwahlulayo lobutshaba, a a v14 Itempile yaseYerusalem yayinothango lwamatye olwalumisela ukuba nawuphi na owezizwe owugqithayo wayejongene nokufa—oko uPawulos akubiza ngokuthi ‘udonga olwahlulayo lobutshaba.’ 15ewutshabalalisa enyameni yakhe umthetho wemimiselo namasiko, ukuze adale omabini kuye abe luluntu olunye olutsha, esenza uxolo, 16aze awabuyisele omabini kuBawo wethu emzimbeni mnye ngomnqamlezo, ebubulala ngaloo nto ubutshaba. 17Weza, washumayela uxolo kuni enanikude, noxolo kwabo babekufuphi. 18Kuba ngaye sobabini sinokufikelela kuBawo wethu ngoMoya mnye. b b v18 Apha uBathathu Emnye bonke bavula indlela egodukayo: kungoNyana, ngaMoya mnye, sifika kuBawo wethu. Injongo yevangeli ayilizulu lodwa, koko nguBawo wethu ngokwakhe.
19Ngoko ngoku aniseyibo abasemzini nabaphambukeli, kodwa ningabemi kunye nabangcwele, nabendlu kaBawo wethu. 20Nakhelwe phezu kwesiseko sabapostile nabaprofeti, kanye uKrestu Yesu ngokwakhe elilitye lembombo, 21ekuye isakhiwo sonke, sihlanganisiwe ndawonye, sikhula side sibe yitempile engcwele kwiNkosi, 22nani kuye nakhelwe ndawonye nibe likhaya likaBawo wethu ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.
