Umuntu Opha Ngenjabulo
UPawulu usevele eziqhenyile kwabaseMakedoniya ukuthi i-Akhaya ilungile, ngakho uthumela amadoda ngaphambili. Ufuna isipho sinikelwe ngokuzithandela, singakhishwa ngokucindezelwa, ngokuba uBaba wethu uyamthanda umuphi ojabulayo, nangokuba imali iba ukubonga phakathi kwabantu abaseKorinte abangasoze babahlangana nabo.
9 1Ngokuphathelene nokusiza abantu beNkosi, angidingi ukunibhalela, 2ngokuba ngiyakwazi ukushiseka kwenu, futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngani kubantu baseMakedoniya, ngithi iAkhaya isilungele kusukela nyakenye, nentshiseko yenu ivuselele iningi labo. 3Ngakho ngithumela abazalwane, ukuze ukuziqhenya kwethu ngani kungabi yize kule ndaba—ukuze nibe nilungele, njengoba ngasho. 4Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma abaseMakedoniya befika nami bese benifica ningalungele, thina—singasasho nina—singahlazeka ngenxa yalokho kuzethemba. 5Ngakho ngabona kufanele ukuba ngincenge abazalwane ukuba bahambe baningene phambili, balungiselele kusengaphambili isipho esikhulu enasithembisa, ukuze silunge njengesipho esiphuma ngokuzithandela, hhayi njengokuthile okuphiwa ngokukhononda.
6Khumbulani lokhu: lowo ohlwanyela kancane uyakuvuna kancane futhi, nalowo ohlwanyela ngokuphana uyakuvuna ngokuchichima futhi. 7Yilowo nalowo makaphe njengoba enqumile enhliziyweni yakhe, hhayi ngokudabuka noma ngokuphoqwa, ngokuba uBaba wethu uyamthanda opha ngenjabulo. 8UBaba wethu anganichichimisela wonke umusa, ukuze nithi ninako konke eniyakudinga kukho konke ngasosonke isikhathi, nichichime kuwo wonke umsebenzi omuhle. 9Njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Usabalalisile iminikelo yakhe kubampofu; ukulunga kwakhe kumi kuze kube phakade.”
10Yena onikela imbewu kohlwanyelayo nesinkwa sokudla uyakuninika imbewu ayandise, akhulise nesivuno sokulunga kwenu. 11Niyakucebiswa kukho konke, ukuze nibe nokuphana ngazo zonke izindlela, okuveza ukubonga kuBaba wethu ngathi. 12Ngokuba lo msebenzi wokukhonza eniwenzayo awugcwalisi nje kuphela izidingo zabantu beNkosi, kodwa uchichima ngezenzo eziningi zokubonga kuBaba wethu. 13Bezibonakalisiwe ngalo msebenzi wenu, abanye bayakudumisa uBaba wethu ngenxa yokuthobeka kwenu ekuvumeni ivangeli likaKhristu, nangenxa yokuphana kwenu kubo nakubo bonke abanye. 14Emikhulekweni yabo ngani, bayakunilangazelela, ngenxa yomusa odlulele uBaba wethu aniphe wona. 15Makabongwe uBaba wethu ngenxa yesipho sakhe esingenakuchazwa!
