Ukuhlola iMimoya
Hlolani imimoya; labo abavuma ukuthi uJesu weza enyameni bavela kuBaba wethu. Uthando luvela kuye ngoba uBaba wethu uluthando, kufakazelwa ngokuthuma iNdodana yakhe. Uthando olupheleleyo luxosha ukwesaba, futhi noma ubani ozonda umzalwane amboniyo angeke athi uyamthanda uBaba.
4 1Bathandwa, ningakholwa wonke umoya, kodwa hlolani imimoya ukuze nibone ukuthi ivela kuBaba wethu yini, ngokuba abaprofethi bamanga abaningi sebephumele ezweni. 2Ngalokhu niyawazi uMoya kaBaba wethu: wonke umoya ovuma ukuthi uJesu Khristu weza enyameni uvela kuBaba wethu, 3kanti wonke umoya ongamvumi uJesu awuveli kuBaba wethu. Lo ngumoya womphikukhristu, enezwa ukuthi uyeza, osuvele usezweni manje. 4Nina nivela kuBaba wethu, bantwanyana, futhi senibanqobile, ngokuba mkhulu lowo okini kunalowo osezweni. 5Bona bavela ezweni; ngakho-ke bakhuluma okwasezweni, nezwe liyabalalela. 6Thina sivela kuBaba wethu. Lowo omaziyo uyasizwa; lowo ongaveli kuye akasizwa. Ngalokhu siyawazi uMoya weqiniso nomoya wokuduka.
UBaba wethu uluthando
7Bathandwa, masithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuBaba wethu, futhi bonke abathandayo bazelwe nguye, bayamazi. 8Lowo ongathandi akamazi uBaba wethu, ngokuba uBaba wethu uluthando. a a v8 “UNkulunkulu uluthando” kuba “uBaba wethu uluthando” — uthando alusona isici asembethe kodwa luyibona ubunjalo bakhe njengoBaba. 9Ngalokhu lwabonakaliswa uthando lukaBaba wethu phakathi kwethu: uBaba wethu wathumela iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ezweni ukuze siphile ngayo. 10Yilolu uthando: akukhona ukuthi thina samthanda uBaba wethu, kodwa ukuthi yena wasithanda, wathumela iNdodana yakhe ukuba ibe ngumhlatshelo wokuhlawulela izono zethu. b b v10 Umhlatshelo wokuhlawulela uwumnikelo okhokha inani eligcwele lesono, ubuyisela ubudlelwano isono sethu esasibudilizile. 11Bathandwa, uma uBaba wethu wasithanda kangaka, nathi kufanele sithandane. 12Akekho owake wambona uBaba wethu; uma sithandana, uBaba wethu uhlala kithi, nothando lwakhe lupheleliswa kithi. 13Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi sihlala kuye, naye kithi: usinike uMoya wakhe. 14Thina sibonile, siyafakaza ukuthi uBaba wethu wathumela iNdodana ukuba ibe nguMsindisi wezwe. 15Lowo ovuma ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaBaba wethu, uBaba wethu uhlala kuye, naye uhlala kuBaba wethu. 16Thina siyalwazi futhi siyalukholwa uthando uBaba wethu analo kithi. UBaba wethu uluthando, futhi lowo ohlala othandweni uhlala kuye, naye uhlala kuye. 17Ngalokhu uthando lupheleliswa kithi, ukuze sibe nesibindi ngosuku lokwahlulelwa, ngokuba njengoba yena enjalo, nathi sinjalo kuleli zwe. 18Othandweni akukho ukwesaba; uthando olupheleleyo luyakukhipha ukwesaba, ngokuba ukwesaba kuhambisana nokujeziswa, futhi lowo owesabayo akapheleliswanga othandweni. 19Thina siyathanda ngokuba uBaba wethu wasithanda kuqala. 20Uma umuntu ethi: “Ngiyamthanda uBaba wethu,” kanti uyamzonda umfowabo, ungumqambimanga. Ngokuba lowo ongamthandi umfowabo ambonile ngeke akwazi ukumthanda uBaba wethu angambonanga. 21Futhi lo myalo sinawo ovela kuye: lowo othanda uBaba wethu kumele athande nomfowabo.
