1 KwabaseKhorinte 2

2 ¹Mhla ngifika kini, bazalwane, angizange ngimemezele ubufakazi bukaBaba wethu ngamazwi acwebezelayo noma ngokuhlakanipha. ²Ngokuba nganquma ukungazi lutho phakathi kwenu ngaphandle kukaJesu Khristu, yena obethelwe esiphambanweni. ³Ngafika kini nginobuthakathaka, nginokwesaba, nginokuthuthumela okukhulu. ⁴Izwi lami nokushumayela kwami kwakungencikile emazwini akholisayo okuhlakanipha, kodwa ebufakazini bukaMoya oNgcwele nasemandleni, ⁵ukuze ukholo lwenu lungami ekuhlakanipheni kwabantu kodwa emandleni kaBaba wethu.

⁶Sikhuluma ukuhlakanipha phakathi kwabavuthiwe—kungekhona ukuhlakanipha kwaleli zwe, noma kwababusi baleli zwe, abaphelayo. ⁷Cha, sikhuluma ukuhlakanipha kukaBaba wethu, imfihlakalo efihliweyo uBaba wethu ayimisa ngaphambi kokuba isikhathi siqale, kube inkazimulo yethu. ⁸Akekho kubabusi baleli zwe owayekwazi; ukuba babekwazi, babengeke bayibethele iNkosi yenkazimulo. ⁹Njengoba kulotshiwe: “Lokho iso elingakaze likubone, nendlebe engakaze ikuzwe, nenhliziyo yomuntu engakaze ikucabange—lezi zinto uBaba wethu uzilungisele labo abamthandayo.”

¹⁰Kodwa uBaba wethu wazambula kithi ngoMoya; ngokuba uMoya uhlola zonke izinto, ngisho nokujula kukaBaba wethu. ¹¹Ngubani owazi imicabango yomuntu ngaphandle komoya wakhe ongaphakathi kuye? Ngokunjalo, akekho owazi imicabango kaBaba wethu ngaphandle koMoya kaBaba wethu. ¹²Asamukelanga umoya wezwe, kodwa uMoya ovela kuBaba wethu, ukuze sazi lokho uBaba wethu asiphe kona ngesihle. ¹³Sikhuluma lokhu, kungekhona ngamazwi afundiswa ukuhlakanipha kwabantu kodwa afundiswa uMoya, sichaza amaqiniso angokomoya kubantu abangokomoya. ¹⁴Umuntu ongenaye uMoya akakwamukeli lokho okuvela kuMoya kaBaba wethu; kuwubuwula kuye, futhi akakwazi ukukuqonda, ngokuba kudinga ukuqonda okungokomoya. ¹⁵Umuntu ongokomoya uyazahlulela zonke izinto, kodwa yena akahlulelwa muntu. ¹⁶Ngokuba “ngubani owake wazi ingqondo kaBaba wethu, ukuze amfundise?” Kodwa thina sinengqondo kaKhristu.