Ixabiso Lokwenyaniso Elifunyanwa kuKrestu
UPawulos udwelisa iimbasa zakhe, isizwe sakhe, uqeqesho lwakhe nembali engenasiphako phantsi komthetho, aze ayibize yonke loo ngxelo njengenkunkuma xa ithelekiswa nokumazi uKrestu nobulungisa obuvela kuBawo wethu. Ulumkile ukuthi akakafiki esiphelweni: elibala okungasemva, uqhubela phambili. Ubummi bakhe bukwenye indawo.
3 1Okokugqibela, bazalwana, vuyani eNkosini. Ukunibhalela ezi zinto kwakhona akundihluphi, yaye kuyanikhusela.
2Lumkelani izinja, lumkelani abasebenzi abangendawo, lumkelani abo basika inyama. a a v2 UPawulos ubagculela abo bagxininisa kulwaluko ngokubabiza ngokuthi ‘ukusikwa’ — ukutshintsha ngabom igama lolwaluko. 3Thina silulwaluko—sinqula ngoMoya kaBawo wethu, siqhayisa ngoYesu Krestu, singathembeli nto enyameni, 4nangona nam ndandinokuba nenkoloseko enyameni. Ukuba ukho omnye ocinga ukuba unesizathu senkoloseko enyameni, mna ndinazo nangakumbi: 5Ndaluswa ngosuku lwesibhozo; ndingumSirayeli ngokuzalwa, ndivela esizweni sakwaBhenjamin; ndingumHebhere wamaHebhere; ndingumFarisi phantsi komthetho. 6Ngekhwele, nditshutshisa ibandla; ngobulungisa phantsi komthetho, ndingogqibeleleyo.
7Kodwa nantoni na eyayiyinzuzo kum, ngoku ndiyibala njengelahleko ngenxa kaKrestu. 8Ewe, ndibala izinto zonke njengelahleko ngenxa yexabiso elingenakulinganiswa lokumazi uKrestu uYesu iNkosi yam. Ngenxa yakhe ndilahlekelwe zizinto zonke, ndaza ndazibala njengenkunkuma, ukuze ndizuze uKrestu, 9ndaza ndafunyanwa kuye, ndingenobulungisa bam obuphuma emthethweni, kodwa obo buphuma ngokholo kuKrestu—ubulungisa obuvela kuBawo wethu obusekwe elukholweni, 10ukuze ndimazi, namandla okuvuka kwakhe, ndabelane ngeentlungu zakhe, ndifane naye ekufeni, 11ukuba ngandlela ithile ndingafinyelela eluvukweni lwabafileyo.
12Kungekuko ukuba sendikuzuzile, nokuba sendigqibelele, kodwa ndiyaqhubeka ukuze ndibambe oko uKrestu uYesu andibambele kona. 13Bazalwana, andizibali njengosele ekubambile. Kodwa into enye: ndilibala okungasemva, ndizolulela koko kungaphambili, 14ndileqa ndisinge kusukelo, ndifuna umvuzo wobizo lukaBawo wethu olubheka ezulwini ngoKrestu uYesu. 15Masithi ke sonke esikhulileyo sicinge ngolu hlobo; ukuba nithe nacinga ngokwahlukileyo kwenye into, uBawo wethu uya kunityhilela nako oko. 16Kodwa masibambelele koko sesikufikelele.
17Bazalwana, yibani ngabaxelisi bam kunye, nize nikhangele abo baphila ngokomfuziselo eninawo kuthi. 18Abaninzi baphila beziintshaba zomnqamlezo kaKrestu—ndinixelele le nto kufuthi, ngoku ke nditsho ndinezinyembezi. 19Isiphelo sabo kukutshabalala, uthixo wabo sisisu sabo, uzuko lwabo lihlazo labo, ingqondo yabo inyamekele izinto zasemhlabeni. 20Kodwa ubumi bethu busezulwini; apho silindele khona ngolangazelelo uMsindisi, iNkosi uYesu Krestu, 21oya kuwuguqula umzimba wethu othobekileyo ukuze ufane nomzimba wakhe ozukileyo, ngamandla amthobela zonke izinto.
