2 kubaseKorinthe 9
Lusito lwemaKhristu
1Mayelana nekunikelela bazalwane, asikho sidzingo sekutsi nginibhalele. 2Ngiyati kutsi nitimisele kangakanani kusita. Ngiko loko lengiyaye ngitigcabhe ngako kubaseMasedoniya, ngibatjela kutsi base-Akhaya bese bavele bakulungele kunikela khona nyakenye. Inshisekelo yenu ibavusele umdlandla labanyenti. 3Kodvwa labazalwane ngibatfumelele kutsi kube bufakazi kutsi konkhe loko lesakusho sitigcabha ngani kulendzaba kuliciniso. Ngifuna nihlale nilungele; 4ngobe phela nangingafika nemaMasedoniya sikhandze ningakalungeli, tsine nani siyawuba nemahloni, ngobe besinetsembe kakhulu. 5Ngiko nje ngibone kufanele kutsi ngicele labazalwane bahambe embili bete lapho kini, batewulungisa lesipho lenisetsembisile, kuze kutsi sihlale sesilungile, hhayi ngekuphocelelwa, kodvwa ngesihle.
6Khumbulani naku: Lowo lohlanyela kancane, uyawuvuna kancane; lowo lohlanyela kakhulu, uyawuvuna kakhulu. 7Lowo nalowo akatincumele yena enhlitiyweni yakhe kutsi utawunikela kangakanani, bese unikela ngekukhululeka, hhayi ngekusola nangekucindzetelwa. Nkulunkulu utsandza umuntfu lonikela ngenhlitiyo lemhlophe. 8Nkulunkulu unawo emandla ekuninika konkhe lenikudzingako, nangetulu kwako, kuze kutsi ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi nibe nako kube kunyenti, nitekwati kusita emisebentini yonkhe lemihle. 9NemBhalo utsi:
“Wenetisa ngekukhululeka,
aphe labaphuyile;
kulunga kwakhe kungeke kuphele
phakadze naphakadze.”
10Lowo lonika inhlanyelo kumhlanyeli ephane ngesinkhwa sekudliwa, uyawuninika inhlanyelo aphindze ayente imile ikhule, asandzise nesivuno sekunikela kwenu ngekwephana. 11Uyawunipha konkhe lokuhle, kuze nikwati kwephana ngato tonkhe tindlela; loko kuyakwenta labanye babonge Nkulunkulu ngetipho tenu labatitfole ngatsi. 12Ngobe lenkonzo lesiyentako ayisiti labangcwele kuphela, kodvwa iphuphuma ngekutsi labanyenti babonge Nkulunkulu. 13Bantfu bayawudvumisa Nkulunkulu ngalenkonzo yenu lefakazela kulalela kwenu liVangeli laKhristu, lelisivumo senu. Lokusitana kufakazela kwephana kwenu ngekubanikelela bona kanye nabo bonkhe labanye. 14Bayawubona bukhulu bemusa waNkulunkulu kini, bese bafisa kakhulu kuhlanganyela nani emthandazweni. 15Akabongwe Nkulunkulu ngesipho sakhe lesingachazeki.
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