KwabaseRoma 13

13 ¹Wonke umuntu makazithobe kuziphathimandla ezibusayo, ngokuba alikho igunya elikhona ngaphandle kwelivela kuBaba wethu, nalawo akhona abekwe lapho nguBaba wethu. ²Ngakho-ke lowo omelana negunya umelana nalokho uBaba wethu akumisile, futhi abamelana nalo baletha ukwahlulelwa phezu kwabo. ³Ababusi abasona isisongo ezenzweni ezinhle, kodwa kwezimbi kuphela. Ufuna ukungalesabi igunya na? Yenza okuhle, uyakuthola ukwamukeleka kwalo. ⁴Uyinceku kaBaba wethu, ukuze kube kuhle kuwe. Kodwa uma wenza okubi, yesaba—akayiphatheli ize inkemba. Uyinceku kaBaba wethu, umphindiseli oletha ulaka phezu komenzi wokubi. ⁵Ngakho-ke nimelwe ukuzithoba, kungabi ngenxa yokubalekela isijeziso kuphela kodwa nangenxa yonembeza. ⁶Yingakho futhi nikhokha intela, ngokuba iziphathimandla ziyizikhonzi zikaBaba wethu, ezizinikele kule nto kanye. ⁷Khokhelani bonke abantu lokho enikukweletayo: intela kofanelwe yintela, imithelo kofanelwe yimithelo, inhlonipho kofanelwe yinhlonipho, udumo kofanelwe udumo.

Uthando Lugcwalisa Umthetho

⁸Ningabi nasikweletu kumuntu, ngaphandle kokuthandana, ngokuba othanda omunye ugcwalisa umthetho.

⁹Ngokuba imiyalo—“Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungahaheli”—nawo wonke eminye imiyalo, ifingqelwe ezwini linye: “Thanda umakhelwane wakho njengoba uzithanda wena.”

¹⁰Uthando alwenzi okubi kumakhelwane; ngakho-ke uthando luwukugcwaliseka komthetho.

¹¹Yenzani lokhu, nazi isikhathi: isikhathi sesifikile sokuba niphaphame ebuthongweni—insindiso isondele manje kunangesikhathi saqala ukukholwa. ¹²Ubusuku sebuphetha, imini isondele. Ngakho asilahle imisebenzi yobumnyama sembathe izikhali zokukhanya. ¹³Asihambe ngokuhlonipheka, njengasemini: kungabi ngokuminza nangokudakwa, kungabi ngesono sobufebe nangamanyala, kungabi ngokuxabana nangomhawu. ¹⁴Kunalokho, zembatheni iNkosi uJesu Khristu; ningenzi icebo lokwanelisa izinkanuko zemvelo yesono.