Imfihlakalo Eyaphathiswa uPawulu
UPawulu uchaza ukuthi kungani esejele: waphathiswa imfihlakalo kaBaba wethu, yokuthi abezizwe bayizindlalifa kanye nabo, hhayi izivakashi. Uzibiza ngomncinyane kubo bonke abangcwele. Bese eyeka ukuphikisana, aguqe phambi kukaBaba, athandazele amandla okuqonda uthando oludlula ukwazi.
3 1Ngenxa yalokhu mina Pawulu, isiboshwa sikaKhristu uJesu ngenxa yenu nina beZizwe, a a v1 Umusho kaPawulu unqamuka lapha, bese uqhubeka futhi ngelithi “Ngenxa yalokhu” evesini le-14. 2njengoba nje senizwile ngobuphathi bomusa kaBaba wethu, engawuphiwa ngenxa yenu, 3ukuthi imfihlakalo yaziswa kimi ngokwambulelwa, njengoba ngibhale kafushane ngenhla. 4Lapho nifunda lokhu, niyakwazi ukubona ukuqonda kwami ngemfihlakalo kaKhristu, 5eyayingaziwa ngabantu ezizukulwaneni ezedlule, kodwa manje esiyambulwe nguMoya kubaphostoli bakhe abangcwele nakubaprofethi, 6ukuthi abeZizwe bayizindlalifa kanyekanye, bangamalungu omzimba munye, futhi bangabahlanganyeli esithembisweni, kuKhristu uJesu, ngevangeli. 7Ngaba yinceku yaleli vangeli ngesipho somusa kaBaba wethu, enganikwa wona ngamandla akhe asebenzayo. 8Nakuba ngimncane kunabo bonke abangcwele, lo musa nganikwa wona: ukushumayela ingcebo kaKhristu engenamkhawulo kubeZizwe, 9nokubonisa wonke umuntu uhlelo lwemfihlakalo, olwalufihliwe kusukela ezikhathini zonke kuBaba wethu owadala zonke izinto, 10ukuze ngebandla, ukuhlakanipha okunezinhlangothi eziningi kukaBaba wethu kwaziswe manje kubabusi nakuziphathimandla emazulwini. 11Lokhu kwakungokwenjongo yaphakade ayifeza kuKhristu uJesu iNkosi yethu, 12esikuye sinesibindi nokungena ngethemba ngokholo lwethu kuye. 13Ngakho ngiyanicela: ningadangali ngenxa yezinhlupheko zami engizibhekene nazo ngenxa yenu—ziyinkazimulo yenu.
UPawulu Ukhulekela Ukugcwala kukaBaba
14Ngenxa yalokhu ngiguqa ngamadolo phambi kukaBaba, 15okuthi kuye wonke umndeni osezulwini nasemhlabeni uthole igama lawo, b b v15 Wonke umndeni osezulwini nasemhlabeni uthola igama lawo kuBaba wethu — unguye umthombo wabo bonke ubuyise, futhi abukho ubunikazi bomndeni obukhona ngaphandle kwakhe. 16ukuthi ngokwengcebo yenkazimulo yakhe aniqinise ngamandla ngoMoya wakhe, ekujuleni kwenu, 17ukuze uKhristu ahlale ezinhliziyweni zenu ngokholo, nani, nigxile futhi nisekelwe othandweni, 18nibe namandla, kanye nabo bonke abangcwele bakaNkulunkulu, okuqonda ububanzi nobude nokuphakama nokujula, 19nokulwazi uthando lukaKhristu, oludlula ulwazi, ukuze nigcwaliswe ngakho konke ukugcwala kukaBaba wethu.
20KuBaba wethu, onamandla okwenza okudlula kakhulu konke esikucelayo noma esikucabangayo, ngamandla asebenza phakathi kwethu. 21Makube kuye inkazimulo ebandleni nakuKhristu uJesu, kuzo zonke izizukulwane, kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen.
