Ukulotjhisa
1UPitrosi umpostoli kaJesu Krestu, kibo abakhethiweko, abaziinkhambi ephasinapha nabahlakazeke kilo loke lePontusi, leGalatiya, leKaphadosiya, le-Asiya neleBhithiniya; 2iye, abakhethwe ngokwazi ngaphambili kwakaZimu uBaba, ngokomsebenzi ocwengisako wakaMoya mayelana nokulalela uJesu Krestu kanye nokufafazwa ngeengazi zakhe:
Akwandiswe umusa nokuthula kini.
Ithemba eliphilako
3Akadunyiswe uZimu uYise weKosethu uJesu Krestu, owathi ngomusa wakhe omkhulu wasipha ukubelethwa kabutjha ethembeni eliphilako ngokuvuswa kwakaJesu Krestu kabafileko, 4kobana sibe nelifa elingabhubhiko, elingasilaphazekiko nelingapheliko enibulungelwe lona ezulwini; 5iye, nina enilondwa mamandla kaZimu ngokukholwa kube kusindiswa esele kulungele ukwembulwa ngesikhathi sokuphela. 6Kilokho niyathaba nanyana gadesi nimele nihlupheke isikhatjhana esincani kiyo yoke imihlobohlobo yeenlingo 7ukuze kuthi iqiniso lokukholwa kwenu okuligugu kunegolide elibhubhako, nakuzizinywa ngomlilo, kuveze idumo, iphazimulo nokuhlonitjhwa lokha uJesu nakembulwako. 8Niyamthanda nanyana ningakhange nimbone; niyakholwa kuye nanyana ningamboni njenganje begodu niyathokoza ngethabo elingekhe lahlathululwa nelibabazekako 9ngombana namukela umphumela wokukholwa kwenu, iye, ukusindiswa kwemiphefumulwenu.
10Mayelana nesindiso leyo, abaphorofidi abaphorofida ngomusa obewuzonehlela, bahlolisisa bebaphenyisisa ngayo, 11bafunisisa bona ngisiphi isikhathi nobujamo uMoya kaKrestu obegade akibo aphawula ngaso lokha nakafakaza ngaphambili ngokuhlupheka ebekubekelwe uKrestu nephazimulo ebeyizakulandela. 12Kwembulwa kibo bonyana bebangazilotjhi bona kodwana nina, lokha nebebakhuluma ngalokho nani esele nikuzwa ngalabo abatjhumayela iindaba ezimnandi ngoMoya oCwengileko ovela ezulwini. Iye, sengitjho nezinto iingilozi ebezifuna ukuzibona.
Yibani ngabacwengileko
13Ngalokho lungiselelani iingqondo zenu, nizithibe; nibeke loke ithemba lenu emseni kaKrestu enizakuphiwa wona lokha nakabonakaliswako. 14Njengabantwana abalalelako, ningaphendukeli eenkanukweni enanikizo phambilini ekungazini kwenu. 15Kunalokho, njengombana owanibizako acwengile, yibani ngabacwengileko kikho koke ukukhamba kwenu 16ngombana umtlolo ocwengileko uthi: “Yibani ngabacwengileko ngombana mina ngicwengile.”
17Nangabe nimbiza bona nguBaba, loyo ogweba boke abantu ukuya ngokwemisebenzi yabo ngaphandle kokubandlulula, khona-ke philani ngokwesaba esikhathini sokuba ziinkhonzi kwenu. 18Kufuze nazi bona ekukhambeni kwenu okulilize enakuzuza kiboyihlomkhulu, azange nahlengwa ngezinto ezibhubha njengesiliva negolide, 19kodwana ngeengazi eziligugu zakaKrestu, iye, njengezemvana enganamphambo namkha isibazi. 20Yena wajanyiswa ngaphambilini iphasi lingakasekelwa, kodwana wabonakaliswa eenkhathini zokuphela ngebanga lenu. 21Ngaye nakholwa kuZimu owamvusa kabafileko wamnikela iphazimulo ukuze ukukholwa nethemba lenu kudzimelele kuZimu.
22Nje-ke, njengombana senihlambulule imiphefumulwenu ngokuthobela iqiniso ukuze nibe nobudlelwano bethando lamambala kubazalwana benu, yeke thandanani omunye nomunye ngehliziyo epheleleko. 23Senibelethwe kabutjha, ingasi ngembewu ebhubhako kodwana ngengabhubhiko, iye, ngelizwi lakaZimu eliphila ngokungapheliko 24ngombana umtlolo uthi:
“Mbala, boke abantu bafana notjani,
nedumo labo loke lifana nelikhwa lommango:
Utjani buyatjhwaba nelikhwa libune,
25kodwana ilizwi lakaSomnini
lijame ngokungapheliko.”
Ilizwelo ziindaba ezimnandi ezatjhunyayelwa kini.
