Sihlomele intando kaBaba wethu
Abangane bakudala bayacasuka lapho niyeka ukuhlanganyela nabo, futhi uPetru uthi lindelani lokho. Utshela abafundi ukuba babe nengqondo ehluzekile, bamukele izihambi ngaphandle kokukhononda, futhi basebenzise noma isiphi isipho abanaso. Izilingo ezivutha njengomlilo azisiyo into engajwayelekile — isahlulelo siqala endlini kaBaba wethu uqobo.
4 1Ngakho-ke, njengoba uKhristu wahlupheka enyameni, nani zihlomiseni ngomqondo ofanayo: lowo ohlupheka enyameni usuqedelene nesono. 2Ngakho ningabe nisachitha isikhathi senu esisele enyameni ngezinkanuko zabantu, kodwa ngokwentando kaBaba wethu. 3Senichithe isikhathi esanele nenza lokho abakufisayo labo abangamazi uBaba: ukuzitika ngamanyala, izinkanuko, ukudakwa, amadili axokozelayo, ukuminza kotshwala, nokukhonza izithombe okungemthetho. 4Bayamangala ngokuthi ningasagijimi kanye nabo kuso leso sikhukhula sokuphila okungalawuleki, ngakho bayanithuka ngenxa yalokho. 5Kodwa bayakulandisa kulowo osekulungele ukwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo. 6Yingakho ivangeli lashunyayelwa ngisho nakwabasebefile: bahlulelwe enyameni njengabo bonke abantu, kodwa baphile emoyeni njengoba enza uBaba wethu.
7Ukuphela kwazo zonke izinto sekusondele. Ngakho-ke yibani nengqondo ecacile nokuzithiba ukuze nikwazi ukuthandaza. 8Ngaphezu kwakho konke, qhubekani nithandane ngokujulileyo, ngokuba uthando lumboza izono eziningi. 9Yamukelanani njengezihambi ngaphandle kokukhononda. 10Yilowo nalowo kini, makasebenzise isiphiwo asamukele ukukhonza abanye, njengabaphathi abahle bomusa kaBaba wethu onezinhlobonhlobo. 11Lowo okhulumayo makakhulume njengokhuluma amazwi kaBaba wethu uqobo. Lowo okhonzayo makakhonze ngamandla uBaba wethu awaphayo, ukuze kukho konke adunyiswe ngoJesu Khristu. Inkazimulo namandla kungokwakhe kuze kube phakade naphakade. Ameni.
Ukuhlupheka egameni likaBaba wethu
12Bangane abathandekayo, ningamangali ngokulingwa kwenu okunjengomlilo okunivivinyayo, kungathi kwenzeka kini into eyinqaba. 13Kunalokho, thokozani njengoba nihlanganyela ekuhluphekeni kukaKhristu, ukuze nithokoze ngenjabulo nalapho inkazimulo yakhe iyobonakaliswa. 14Uma nithukwa ngenxa yegama likaKhristu, nibusisiwe, ngokuba uMoya wenkazimulo nokaBaba wethu uhlezi phezu kwenu. 15Makungabi khona kini ohlupheka njengombulali, isela, isigebengu, noma ogxambukela ezindabeni zabanye. 16Kodwa uma uhlupheka njengomKhristu, ungabi namahloni, kodwa dumisa uBaba wethu ngokuba uphethe lelo gama. 17Ngokuba sekuyisikhathi sokuba ukwahlulela kuqale ngendlu kaBaba wethu; uma kuqala ngathi, kuyokwenzekani kulabo abangalaleli izindaba ezinhle zikaBaba wethu? 18Futhi, “Uma olungileyo esindiswa kalukhuni, kuyoba njani ngongamesabi uNkulunkulu nesoni?” 19Ngakho-ke, labo abahlupheka ngokwentando kaBaba wethu, mabanikele imiphefumulo yabo kuMdali wabo othembekileyo, benza okuhle.
