1 KaPhethro 3

3 ¹Ngokunjalo, bafazi, zithobeni emadodeni enu, ukuze kuthi noma abanye bengalaleli izwi, bazuzwe ngaphandle kwezwi ngokuziphatha kwabafazi babo, ²bebona ukuziphatha kwenu okuhlanzekileyo nokunenhlonipho. ³Ubuhle benu mabungabi ngobangaphandle—ukweluka izinwele, imihlobiso yegolide, izingubo ezinhle. ⁴Kodwa mabube ngumuntu ofihliweyo wenhliziyo, ubuhle obungafiyo bomoya omnene nothuleyo, oligugu phambi kukaBaba wethu. ⁵Ngokuba kwakunjalo ukuzihlobisa kwabesifazane abangcwele basendulo ababethemba kuBaba wethu, bezithoba emadodeni abo, ⁶njengoba uSara alalela u-Abhrahama, embiza ngokuthi nkosi. Senibe ngabantwana bakhe uma nenza okuhle, ningesabi lutho olwesabekayo.

⁷Nani madoda, ngokunjalo, hlalani nabafazi benu ngokuqonda, nibahloniphe njengesitsha esibuthakathaka futhi njengezindlalifa kanye nani zomusa wokuphila, ukuze imikhuleko yenu ingavinjelwa.

Umndeni Obusisayo

⁸Ekugcineni, nina nonke, yibani nangqondonye, nozwelo, nithandane njengomndeni, nibe nenhliziyo enobubele, nithobeke. ⁹Ningaphindiseli okubi ngokubi noma ihlazo ngehlazo, kodwa esikhundleni salokho busisani—nabizelwa lokhu, ukuze nidle ifa lesibusiso. ¹⁰Ngokuba, “Ofisa ukuthanda ukuphila nokubona izinsuku ezinhle, makaluvimbe ulimi lwakhe ebubini nezindebe zakhe ekukhulumeni inkohliso. ¹¹Makafulathele okubi enze okuhle; makafune ukuthula, akuphishekele. ¹²Ngokuba amehlo eNkosi yethu aphezu kwabalungileyo, nezindlebe zayo zivulekele umkhuleko wabo, kodwa ubuso beNkosi yethu bumelene nalabo abenza okubi.”

¹³Manje ngubani ongaze anilimaze uma nikhuthalele ukwenza okuhle?

¹⁴Kodwa uma nihlupheka ngenxa yokulunga, nibusisiwe. Ningesabi ukwesaba kwabo, ningethuki. ¹⁵Ngcwelisani uKhristu njengeNkosi ezinhliziyweni zenu. Hlalani nilungele ukuphendula noma ngubani onibuza isizathu sethemba lenu, kodwa ngobumnene nangenhlonipho. ¹⁶Gcinani unembeza omuhle, ukuze kuthi lapho nihlebwa, labo abathuka ukuziphatha kwenu okuhle kuKhristu bajabhiswe. ¹⁷Kungcono ukuhlupheka ngenxa yokwenza okuhle, uma kuyintando kaBaba wethu, kunokuhlupheka ngenxa yokwenza okubi. ¹⁸Ngokuba noKhristu wahlupheka kanye ngenxa yezono, olungileyo ngenxa yabangalungileyo, ukuze asilethe kuBaba wethu—wabulawa enyameni, waphiliswa emoyeni, ^a a v18 UKhristu wahlupheka hhayi ukuze asishiye kude kodwa ukuze asilethe sonke ekhaya kuBaba wethu — yilapho ivangeli eliqonde khona. ¹⁹okungawo waya futhi washumayela kuyo imimoya esentolongweni, ^b b v19 Ukuthi 'imimoya esentolongweni' iyini kuyaphikiswana; cishe iyizidalwa ezingokomoya ezawayo zasesikhathini sikaNowa. ²⁰eyayingalalelanga endulo, lapho uBaba wethu ayelinde ngesineke ezinsukwini zikaNowa ngesikhathi umkhumbi wakhiwa, okwathi kuwo abambalwa—abantu abayisishiyagalombili—basindiswa emanzini. ²¹Lobhapathizo olufanayo manje luyanisindisa nani—hhayi ukususa ukungcola komzimba, kodwa ukunxusa kuBaba wethu unembeza omuhle—ngokuvuka kukaJesu Khristu, ²²ongene ezulwini futhi osesandleni sokunene sikaBaba wethu, izingelosi, namagunya, namandla kuthotshelwe kuye.