UPawulu Uvikela Igunya Alinikwe nguBaba
Abamgxekayo bathi izincwadi zakhe zinamandla kodwa ubukhona bakhe abuhlabi mxhwele nokukhuluma kwakhe akusho lutho. UPawulu uphendula ngokuthi izikhali zakhe akuzona ezabantu, uyenqaba umdlalo wezimbangi wokuzilinganisa ngazo uqobo, futhi uhlala ngaphakathi kwendawo uBaba wethu amabela yona.
10 1Mina, Pawulu, ngiyanincenga ngobuthobeko nangobumnene bukaKhristu—mina engithobekile lapho ngibhekene nani ubuso nobuso, kodwa onesibindi kini lapho ngikude. 2Ngiyanicela ukuba lapho ngikhona ngingabi nesidingo sokuba nesibindi—ngalokho kuqiniseka engihlose ukukusebenzisa kulabo abacabanga ukuthi siphila ngokwezinga labantu. 3Ngokuba nakuba siphila enyameni, asilwi impi ngokwezinga labantu. 4Ngokuba izikhali zethu zempi akuzona ezabantu nje, kodwa zinamandla ngoBaba wethu okubhidliza izinqaba. 5Sidiliza izimpikiswano nayo yonke into yokuzidla ephakanyiswa imelane nolwazi lukaBaba wethu, sithumba yonke imicabango ukuze ilalele uKhristu. 6Futhi sesilungele ukujezisa sonke isenzo sokungalaleli, uma ukulalela kwenu sekuphelele.
7Nibheka izinto ngokubonakala kwazo. Uma umuntu eqiniseka ukuthi ungokaKhristu, makacabange futhi lokhu: njengoba yena engokaKhristu, kanjalo nathi singabakhe. 8Ngokuba noma ngingaziqhayisa kakhudlwana ngegunya iNkosi eyasinika lona—ukuze sininakhe, hhayi ukunidiliza—ngeke ngibe namahloni. 9Angifuni ukubonakala sengathi ngizama ukunethusa ngezincwadi zami. 10Ngokuba bathi: “Izincwadi zakhe zinesisindo futhi zinamandla, kodwa uma ekhona mathupha ubuthakathaka, nokukhuluma kwakhe akubalwa lutho.” 11Umuntu onjalo makaqaphele: lokho esikusho ngencwadi lapho singekho, sizokwenza lapho sikhona.
12Asilokothi sizibale noma siziqhathanise nabanye abazincomayo. Bezilinganisa ngokwabo, bezithelekisa nabo ngokwabo, abanakuqonda. 13Kodwa ngeke siziqhayise ngaphandle kwemikhawulo, kuphela ngaphakathi kwesilinganiso somkhakha uBaba wethu asabela wona—isilinganiso esifinyelela ngisho nakini. 14Asedluleli ngaphezu kwemikhawulo, kungathi asizange sifinyelele kini, ngokuba thina yithi esafika kuqala kini ngevangeli likaKhristu. 15Asiziqhayisi ngaphandle kwemikhawulo ngemisebenzi yabanye, kodwa sithemba ukuthi njengoba ukholo lwenu lukhula, umkhakha wethu phakathi kwenu uzokwanda kakhulu, 16ukuze sishumayele ivangeli ezifundeni ezingale kwenu, singaziqhayisi ngomsebenzi osuwenziwe esifundeni somunye umuntu. 17Kodwa “oziqhayisayo makaziqhayise ngoBaba wethu.” a a v17 UPawulu ucaphuna umprofethi uJeremiya, lapho oziqhayiswa ngaye enguNkulunkulu wesivumelwano ozibiza ngokuthi uBaba—ngakho ukuziqhayisa kweqiniso akukho kithina kodwa kuye. 18Ngokuba akusuye ozincomayo owamukelekayo, kodwa ngulowo uBaba wethu amncomayo.
