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Umnikelo malungana namaKrestu weJerusalema
1Akutlhogeki bona ngingabe nginitlolele mayelana nomnikelo omalungana nabacwengileko 2ngombana ngiyakwazi ukutjhisekela kwenu engizikhakhazisa ngakho ngani ebantwini beMasedoniya ngisithi, i-Arhaya lazilungiselela kwanyakenye. Ngalokho ukutjhisekela kwenu kudlhudlhe abanengi. 3Nje-ke ngithumela abazalwana kini ukuze ukuzikhakhazisa kwethu ngani kungabonakali kulilize. Kufanele nilunge njengombana bengithe sele nazilungiselela kade. 4Nakungasinjalo nange kungenzeka bona amaMasedoniya akhambe nami, afunyane bona anikalungisi, sizakuhlatjwa ziinhloni besivaleke imilomo ngani emsebenzini lo. 5Kungakho ngibone kuqakathekile ukuncenga abazalwana kobana bakhambe ngaphambi kwenu, bayokuje balungiselela ngaphambili, isipho esikhulu enathembisa ngaso ukuze sihlale silungile njengesipho enisikhuphe ngokuthanda kwenu ingasi ngokugandelelwa.
6Khumbulani lokhu: “Loyo otjala ngokunconcosela, uzokuvuna okunconcoselweko, naloyo otjala okunengi uzakuvuna okunengi.” 7Ngiloyo naloyo akanikele njengokuzibekela kwakhe ehliziyweni yakhe, kungabi ngokutsitsila namkha ngokugandelelwa ngombana uZimu uyamthanda loyo onikela ngethabo. 8UZimu unamandla wokwenza bona woke umusa wande kini ukuze kikho koke ngeenkhathi zoke, nasele ninakho koke enikudingako, nande ngayo yoke imisebenzi emihle 9njengombana kutloliwe kwathiwa:
“Wahlakaza ngokunabileko,
wabela abachakileko.
Ukulunga kwakhe kujame isiphelani.”
10Loyo opha umtjali imbewu kanye nesikwa njengokudla, uzonibonelela abe andise nesilulu sembewenu, akhulise isivuno sokulunga kwenu. 11Nizakwenziwa abanjingileko ngazo zoke iindlela ukuze niphane ngeenkhathi zoke bese kuthi ngathi, ukuphana kwenu kube kuthokoza uZimu. 12Umsebenzi eniwenzako lo, awuphakeli iindingo zabantu bakaZimu nje kwaphela, kodwana uphuphuma iindlela ezinengi ezahlukeneko zokuletha ukuthokoza kuZimu. 13Ngebanga lomsebenzi enizibonakalise ngawo lo, abantu bazakudumisa uZimu ngokuzithoba okukhambisana nokutjhumayela kwenu ivangeli lakaKrestu kanye nomusa wenu omkhulu ekwabelaneni nabo kanye nabantu boke. 14Nabanithandazelako, iinhliziyo zabo zizakunamathela kini ngebanga lomusa omkhulu uZimu aniphe wona. 15Akathokozwe uZimu ngesipho sakhe esingahlathululekiko!
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