KuThithu 3

3 ¹Bakhumbuze ukuthi bazithobe kubabusi nasemagunyeni, balalele, futhi balungele wonke umsebenzi omuhle, ²bangahlebi muntu, baxwaye ukuxabana, babe mnene, babonise ukucabangela okupheleleyo kubo bonke abantu. ³Nathi sake saba yiziwula, singalaleli, sikhohlisiwe, sigqilazwe yizinkanuko nezinjabulo ezahlukene, siphila ngenzondo nomona, sizondwa, sizondana. ⁴Kodwa lapho ubuhle nomusa onothando lukaBaba wethu, uMsindisi wethu, kwabonakala, ^a a v4 Lapha igama elithi “uMsindisi” libiza uBaba wethu uqobo lwakhe — umthombo wensindiso, osisindisa ngeNdodana yakhe nangoMoya wakhe (amavesi 5-6). ⁵wasisindisa—kungenxa yezenzo zokulunga esazenzayo, kodwa ngesihawu sakhe, ngokugezwa kokuzalwa kabusha nokuvuselelwa nguMoya oNgcwele, ⁶awuthulula phezu kwethu ngokuchichima ngoJesu Khristu uMsindisi wethu, ⁷ukuze, silungisisiwe ngomusa wakhe, sibe yizindlalifa ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade. ⁸Leli zwi lithembekile: ngifuna ukuba ugcizelele lezi zinto, ukuze labo abathemba uBaba wethu baqaphele ukuzinikela emisebenzini emihle. Lezi zinto zinhle futhi ziyasiza kubo bonke abantu.

⁹Kodwa xwaya izingxabano zobuwula, izindaba zozalo, ukuphikisana, nokuxabana ngomthetho, ngokuba kuyize futhi akunamsebenzi. ¹⁰Xwayisa umuntu obanga ukwahlukana kanye, bese okwesibili; emva kwalokho, ungabe usaba nabudlelwano naye, ¹¹wazi ukuthi umuntu onjalo uyisigwegwe futhi uyisoni; uzigwebile yena ngokwakhe.

Amazwi okugcina nokubingelela

¹²Lapho ngithuma u-Arthema noma uThikhiku kuwe, yenza konke okusemandleni akho ukuza kimi eNikhopholi, ngokuba nginqume ukuchitha ubusika lapho. ¹³Sheshisa ukudedela uZena ummeli no-Apholo bahambe; qaphela ukuba bangasweli lutho. ¹⁴Abantu bakithi mabafunde nabo ukuzinikela emisebenzini emihle, ukuze banelise izidingo eziphuthumayo, bangabi ngabangatheli izithelo.

¹⁵Bonke abanami bayakubingelela. Bingelela labo abasithandayo ekukholweni. Umusa mawube nani nonke.