Imfihlakalo Enikwe uPawulos
UPawulos ucacisa isizathu sokuba asentolongweni: waphathiswa imfihlakalo kaBawo wethu, yokuba iintlanga ziziindlalifa kunye, kungekhona iindwendwe. Uzibiza ngokuba ngoyena mncinane kubo bonke abangcwele. Aze ayeke ukuphikisa, aguqe phambi kukaBawo, ethandazela amandla okubamba uthando olungaphaya kokwazi.
3 1Ngenxa yoku mna, Pawulos, obanjelwe uKrestu Yesu ngenxa yenu nina zintlanga, a a v1 Isivakalisi sikaPawulos siyaphela apha, siza kuphinda siphunyezwe ngelithi: “Ngenxa yoku” kwindinyana yeshumi elinesine. 2ndithemba ukuba sele nivile ngolawulo lobabalo lukaBawo wethu, endalunikwayo ngenxa yenu, 3indlela endayaziswa ngayo imfihlakalo ngesityhilelo, njengoko sele ndibhalile ngokufutshane ngaphezulu. 4Xa nikulesayo oku, niyakwazi ukuqonda ingqiqo yam kule mfihlakalo kaKrestu, 5engazanga yaziswe kubantu kwizizukulwana ezadlulayo, kodwa ngoku ityhilwe nguMoya kubapostile nabaprofeti bakhe abangcwele, 6ukuba iintlanga ziziindlalifa kunye, zingamalungu omzimba mnye, zidlelana kunye kwidinga, ngoKrestu Yesu, ngevangeli. 7Mna ndaba ngumkhonzi wale vangeli ngesipho sobabalo lukaBawo wethu, endasinikwayo ngamandla akhe asebenzayo. 8Nangona ndingoyena mncinane kubo bonke abangcwele, ndanikwa oku kubabalwa: ukushumayela ubutyebi bukaKrestu obungenamda ezintlangeni, 9nokubonisa bonke abantu icebo lemfihlakalo, elalifihlakele kumaphakade kuBawo wethu owadala zonke izinto, 10ukuze ngebandla, ubulumko obunamacala amaninzi bukaBawo wethu bwaziswe ngoku kubaphathi nakumagunya asemazulwini. 11Oku kwaye kungokwecebo elingunaphakade awaliphumezayo ngoKrestu Yesu iNkosi yethu, 12esithi ngaye sibe nenkalipho nokungena ngentembelo ngokholo kuye. 13Ngoko ndiyanicela: musani ukuphelelwa lithemba yimbandezelo yam endiyivayo ngenxa yenu—luzuko lwenu olo.
UPawulos Uthandazela Inzaliseko kaBawo
14Ngenxa yoku ndiguqa ngamadolo phambi koBawo, 15ekusuka kuye zonke iintsapho ezisemazulwini nasemhlabeni zithabathe igama lazo, b b v15 Zonke iintsapho ezisemazulwini nasemhlabeni zithabatha igama lazo kuBawo wethu — nguye umthombo wobubawo bonke, kungekho sazisi sosapho sibakhoyo ngaphandle kwakhe. 16ukuze ngobutyebi bozuko lwakhe anomeleze ngamandla ngoMoya wakhe, ngaphakathi kakhulu kwenu, 17ukuze uKrestu ahlale ezintliziyweni zenu ngokholo, nani, nimiselwe nisekelwe eluthandweni, 18nibe namandla, kunye nabo bonke abangcwele bakaThixo, okubamba ububanzi nobude nokuphakama nobunzulu, 19nokwazi uthando lukaKrestu, olungaphaya kokwazi, ukuze nizaliseke yinzaliseko yonke kaBawo wethu.
20KuBawo wethu, onako ukwenza ngaphaya lee kokucela nokuthelekelela kwethu konke, ngamandla asebenzayo phakathi kwethu. 21Makabe luzuko kuye ebandleni nangoKrestu Yesu, kuzo zonke izizukulwana, ngonaphakade kanaphakade. Amen.
