EkaJakobe 1

1 ¹UJakobe, inceku kaBaba wethu neyeNkosi uJesu Khristu, eya ezizweni eziyishumi nambili ezihlakazeke emazweni: ngiyanibingelela. ^a a v1 Izizwe eziyishumi nambili zisho amakholwa angamaJuda ahlakazeke emiphakathini emhlabeni wonke wabangewona amaJuda.

²Kubhekeni njengentokozo ecwebileyo, bazalwane bami, nxa nihlangabezana nezilingo zezinhlobo eziningi, ³ngokuba niyazi ukuthi ukuvivinywa kokholo lwenu kuveza ukubekezela. ⁴Ukubekezela makuqede umsebenzi wakho, ukuze nibe ngabakhulileyo nabapheleleyo, ningasweli lutho.

⁵Uma kukhona kini oswele ukuhlakanipha, makacele kuBaba wethu, onika bonke ngesihle engasoli, futhi uyakukuphiwa. ⁶Makacele ngokholo, engangabazi, ngokuba ongabazayo unjengegagasi lolwandle, eliqhutshwa liphephethwa ngumoya. ⁷Lowo muntu makangalindeli ukuthi uyakwamukela utho kuBaba wethu. ⁸Umuntu onjalo unengqondo embaxambili, engaqinisekile ezindleleni zakhe zonke.

⁹Umzalwane ophansi ngesimo makaziqhayise ngesikhundla sakhe esiphakeme, ¹⁰kepha ocebileyo makaziqhayise ngokuphansi kwakhe, ngokuba uyakudlula njengembali yasendle. ¹¹Ilanga liyaphuma ngokushisa okuhangulayo, libunise utshani. Imbali yalo iyawa; ubuhle balo buyanyamalala. Kanjalo ocebileyo uyabuna phakathi kwemisebenzi yakhe.

¹²Ubusisiwe lowo obekezelela isilingo, ngokuba nxa esevivinyiwe uyakwamukela umqhele wokuphila uBaba wethu awuthembisa abamthandayo.

¹³Nxa elingwa, makungabi khona othi: “UBaba wethu uyangilinga.” Ububi abunakumlinga uBaba wethu, naye akalingi muntu. ^b b v13 UJakobe uvikela isimilo sikaBaba wethu ekuqanjelweni amanga amadala njengensimu — ukuthi unguye umlingi. UBaba wethu upha zonke izipho ezinhle; akalokothi abekele abantwana bakhe ugibe. ¹⁴Kepha yilowo nalowo uyalingwa, ehudulwa ehungwa yisifiso sakhe esibi. ¹⁵Besekuthi isifiso sesikhulelwe sizale isono; isono, sesikhulile ngokupheleleyo, sizale ukufa. ¹⁶Ningakhohliswa, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. ¹⁷Zonke izipho ezinhle neziphelele zivela phezulu, zehla zivela kuBaba wezinkanyiso, ongaguquki, ongenaso isithunzi esiguqukayo. ^c c v17 UJakobe unika uBaba wethu isiqu sakhe esiyingqayizivele — uBaba wezinkanyiso, umthombo wazo zonke izipho ezinhle, ongaguquki njengelanga nezinkanyezi azenzayo. ¹⁸Ngentando yakhe wasizala ngezwi leqiniso, ukuze sibe uhlobo oluthile lolibo lwendalo yakhe. ^d d v18 Firstfruits were the first and finest portion of the harvest offered to God; here believers are the first and best of all he created.

Lizwe, Bese Uliphila

¹⁹Yazini lokhu, bazalwane bami abathandekayo: wonke umuntu makasheshe ukuzwa, ephuze ukukhuluma, ephuze ukuthukuthela, ²⁰ngokuba ukuthukuthela komuntu akukuvezi ukulunga kukaBaba wethu. ²¹Ngakho lahlani konke ukungcola kokuziphatha nenala yobubi; ngokuthobeka yamukelani izwi elitshaliwe kini, elinamandla okusindisa imiphefumulo yenu.

²²Ningabi ngabezwa izwi kuphela, nizikhohlise. Kwenzeni lokho elikushoyo. ²³Umuntu owezwa izwi kodwa angalenzi unjengomuntu obuka ubuso bakhe bemvelo esibukweni, ²⁴ngemva kokuzibuka, ahambe, abesekhohlwa masinyane ukuthi unjani. ²⁵Kepha lowo olunguzela emthethweni opheleleyo wenkululeko, aqhubeke kuwo — engeyena umuzwi okhohlwayo kodwa engumenzi owenzayo — uyakubusiswa ekwenzeni kwakhe.

²⁶Uma umuntu ezibona enenkolo kodwa angalubambi ulimi lwakhe, uyayikhohlisa inhliziyo yakhe — inkolo yakhe iyize. ²⁷Inkolo ehlanzekileyo engenasici phambi kukaBaba wethu yile: ukunakekela izintandane nabafelokazi osizini lwabo, nokuzigcina ungangcoliswa yizwe.