Yamukelani Obuthakathaka Ekukholweni
Elinye ikholwa lidla konke, elinye lidla imifino kuphela, futhi ngamunye ubukela phansi omunye buthule. UPawulu uyenqaba ukunquma ukuthi kudliwani. Ngamunye uphendula kumphathi wakhe, futhi uBaba wethu ubamukele bobabili, ngakho isono sangempela ukubeka isikhubekiso lapho umzalwane ehamba khona.
14 1Mamukeleni-ke lowo obuthakathaka ekukholweni, kodwa kungabi ukuze niphikisane ngemibono yakhe. 2Omunye unokholo lokudla konke, kanti lowo obuthakathaka udla imifino kuphela. 3Odlayo makangamdeleli ongadli, nongadli makangamahluleli odlayo, ngokuba uBaba wethu usemamukele. 4Ungubani wena ukuba wahlulele inceku yomunye? Uma ema noma ewa, kuphathelene nenkosi yakhe; uzakuma, ngokuba iNkosi inamandla okummisa.
5Omunye uthi usuku luthile lungcono kolunye; omunye uthi zonke izinsuku ziyafana. Yilowo nalowo makaqiniseke ngokugcwele engqondweni yakhe. 6Ogcina usuku ulugcinela iNkosi. Odlayo udlela iNkosi, ngokuba ubonga uBaba wethu; ozilayo uzilela iNkosi, abuye abonge uBaba wethu. 7Ngokuba kakho kithi ophilela yena siqu, futhi kakho kithi ofela yena siqu. 8Uma siphila, siphilela iNkosi; uma sifa, sifela iNkosi. Ngakho noma siphila noma sifa, singabeNkosi. 9Ngenxa yalokhu uKhristu wafa waphinde waphila, ukuze abe yiNkosi yabafileyo nabaphilayo.
10Kodwa wena—umahlulelelani umfowenu? Noma wena—umdelelelani umfowenu? Ngokuba sonke siyakuma phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaBaba wethu.
11Ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Njengoba ngiphila, kusho uBaba wethu, onke amadolo ayakuguqa kimi, nazo zonke izilimi ziyakuvuma kimi.”
12Ngakho-ke, yilowo nalowo kithi uyakulandisa ngaye siqu kuBaba wethu.
13Ngakho asingabe sisahlulelana. Kunalokho yenzani isinqumo sokuthi ningabeki isikhubekiso noma ugibe phambi komfowenu. 14Ngiyazi, ngiqinisekile eNkosini uJesu, ukuthi akukho lutho olungcolileyo ngokwalo; kodwa kulowo ocabanga ukuthi lungcolile, lungcolile kuye. 15Uma umfowenu edabuka ngenxa yokudla, awusahambi othandweni. Ungambhubhisi ngokudla kwakho lowo uKhristu amfelayo. 16Ngakho ningavumeli ukuba lokho enikubheka kukuhle kukhulunywe ngakho njengokubi. 17Ngokuba umbuso kaBaba wethu awusikho ukudla nokuphuza, kodwa uyikulunga nokuthula nenjabulo kuMoya oNgcwele. a a v17 UPawulu uyawuchaza kabusha umbuso: awusiyo incwadi yemithetho yokudla nokuphuza, kodwa uyisimo sokulunga, ukuthula okujulile, nenjabulo eveziwe nguMoya wakhe. 18Ngokuba okhonza uKhristu ngale ndlela uyamthokozisa uBaba wethu futhi wamukelekile ebantwini. 19Ngakho-ke, masiphishekele konke okuletha ukuthula nokwakhana. 20Ungawubhidlizi umsebenzi kaBaba wethu ngenxa yokudla. Zonke izinto zihlanzekile, kodwa kukubi ukudla okwenza umuntu akhubeke. 21Kuhle ukungadli inyama, ukungaphuzi iwayini, noma ukuyeka noma yini eyenza umfowenu akhubeke.
22Ukholo onalo lugcine kuwe siqu phambi kukaBaba wethu. Ubusisiwe lowo ongazahluleli ngalokho akwamukelayo. 23Kodwa lowo ongabazayo ulahliwe uma edla, ngokuba akwenzi ngokholo; futhi konke okungaveli ekukholweni kuyisono.
