2 KwabaseKhorinte 8

8 ¹Sifuna ukuba nazi, bazalwane, ngomusa kaBaba wethu owanikezwa emabandleni aseMakedoniya. ²Lapho bevivinywa ngosizi olukhulu, injabulo yabo echichimayo nobumpofu babo obujulile kwachichima kwaba ukuphana okucebile. ³Ngokuba ngiyafakaza: banikela ngokulingene amandla abo, baze badlula nangaphezulu, bezithandela ngokugcwele. ⁴Besincenga ngokuphuthumayo ukuba babe nenxaxheba emseni nasekuhlanganyeleni ukukhonza abangcwele. ⁵Akubanga njengoba besilindele—baqala ngokuzinikela eNkosini, base bezinikela nakithi, ngentando kaBaba wethu. ⁶Ngakho samncenga uThithu ukuba aqede nalo msebenzi womusa phakathi kwenu, njengoba ayeseqalile. ⁷Kodwa njengoba nivelele kukho konke—ekukholweni, ekukhulumeni, ekwazini, ekukhuthaleni konke, nasethandweni esinalo ngani—bonani ukuthi nivelele nakulo msebenzi womusa wokuphana. ⁸Lokhu akuwona umyalo—ngivivinya ubuqiniso bothando lwenu ngokukhuthala kwabanye. ⁹Niyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu: nakuba ayecebile, waba mpofu ngenxa yenu, ukuze ngobumpofu bakhe nina nicebe. ¹⁰Isahlulelo sami kulokhu: kuyanisiza, nina enaqala ngonyaka odlule kungekhona nje ukwenza lokhu kodwa nokukufisa. ¹¹Manje qedani nokukwenza, ukuze intshiseko yokukufisa ivumelane nokukuqeda ngalokho eninakho. ¹²Uma intshiseko ikhona, kuyamukeleka ngokwalokho umuntu anakho, kungabi ngokwalokho angenakho. ¹³Angisho ukuthi abanye bakhululwe kanti nina nisindwe, kodwa ukuze kube khona ukulingana. ¹⁴Okwamanje insalela yenu kufanele isize isidingo sabo, ukuze insalela yabo isize isidingo senu, kube khona ukulingana. ¹⁵Njengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Owabutha okuningi akazange abe nokweqileyo; owabutha okuncane akaswelanga lutho.”

UThithu Uthunywa Ngokukhathalela Okukhulu

¹⁶Makabongwe uBaba wethu, owafaka enhliziyweni kaThithu ukukhathalela okukhuthele okufana nalokho enginakho ngani. ¹⁷Ngokuba akavumanga nje isicelo sethu, kodwa—yena uqobo ekhuthele kakhulu—uza kini ngokuzikhethela kwakhe. ¹⁸Sithumela kanye naye umzalwane odunyiswa ngamabandla onke ngomsebenzi wakhe evangelini. ¹⁹Hhayi lokho kuphela—amabandla amkhethile nokuba ahambe nathi kulesi sipho somusa esisenzayo, kube udumo lweNkosi uqobo nentshiseko yethu. ²⁰Silungisa lokhu ukuze kungabikho osola thina mayelana nalesi sipho esikhulu esisiphethe, ²¹ngokuba sinakekela lokho okuhloniphekileyo kungekhona phambi kweNkosi kuphela kodwa naphambi kwabantu. ²²Sithumela kanye nabo umzalwane wethu, esimvivinye kaningi futhi samfumana ekhuthele ezintweni eziningi, manje osekhuthele nakakhulu, ngenxa yethemba lakhe elikhulu kini. ²³Mayelana noThithu: ungumhlanganyeli wami, nozakwethu emsebenzini ngenxa yenu. Mayelana nabazalwane bethu: bayizithunywa zamabandla, udumo lukaKhristu. ²⁴Ngakho batsheleni, phambi kwamabandla, ubufakazi bothando lwenu nalokho esiqhayisa ngakho ngani.