Bunye bemtimba waKhristu
1Ngako-ke mine siboshwa eNkhosini, ngiyanincenga kutsi nihambe ngalokufanele kubitwa lenabitwa ngako. 2Nikhombise lutsandvo lwenu ngekubeketelelana ngekutfobeka konkhe, nangebumnene, nangekucinisela. 3Nibokukhutsalela kugcina bunye baMoya ngesibopho sekuthula. 4Munye umtimba, munye naMoya, njengobe lilinye nelitsemba lenabitelwa kulo. 5Yinye iNkhosi, kunye kukholwa, munye umbhabhatiso; 6munye Nkulunkulu, longuBabe wetfu sonkhe, longetulu kwabo bonkhe, nalongekhatsi kwabo bonkhe, nakubo bonkhe.
7Kepha ngulowo nalowo emkhatsini wetfu uphiwe umusa ngekwesilinganiso sesipho saKhristu. 8Ngaloko kutsiwa:
“Watsi nakenyukela etulu,
watfumba titfunjwa letinyenti;
wapha bantfu tipho.”
9Pho, lokutsi: “Wenyuka”, kusho kutsini, nangabe akusho kona kutsi wake wehla, waya phansi ematfunjini emhlaba? 10Ngako-ke lowo lowehla, nguye futsi lowenyuka, waba ngetulu kwemazulu onkhe, kuze agcwalise konkhe. 11Nguye futsi lowapha labanye kutsi babe baphostoli, labanye babe baphrofethi, labanye babe bavangeli, labanye babe belusi, labanye babe bafundzisi. 12Loko wakwentela kutsi labangcwele bahlonyiselwe umsebenti wabo wekukhonta, kuze kwakheke umtimba waKhristu, 13size sifinyelele sonkhe ebunyeni bekukholwa, nasekuyatini iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, ebudvodzeni lobuphelele kuKhristu. 14Ngako-ke ngeke sisaba bantfwana, sigujuteliswe ngemagagasi, sipheshulwe ngimimoya yonkhe yetimfundziso tekukhohlisa kwebantfu labanebucili bekudukisa. 15Kodvwa asikhulume liciniso ngelutsandvo, kuze sikhule ngako konkhe kuye, longuyena ayinhloko, Khristu. 16Umtimba wonkhe uhlanganiswe ngaye, ubambene ngekwelekelelana kwemalunga onkhe awo, njengekusebenta lokulinganiselwe lelo nalelo lunga kukhuliswe umtimba, wakhelwe elutsandvweni.
Imphilo lensha kuKhristu
17Ngako-ke ngiyasho, ngifakaza eNkhosini ngitsi, ningabe nisahamba njengalabanye betive labanemicondvo lengacabangi. 18Bahlwelwe engcondvweni yabo, bakhashane nekuphila kwaNkulunkulu, ngobe abati lutfo, ngenca yebulukhuni benhlitiyo. 19Batsi kantsi babutfuntfu, batinikela emanyaleni, basebenta kungcola konkhe ngekuhungeka.
20Kepha nine anizange nimfundze Khristu kanjalo, 21nangabe-ke nimvile nafundziswa futsi kuye, njengobe liciniso likuJesu. 22Khumulani umuntfu lomdzala wesimilo sakucala, lose onakala ngetinkhanuko tenkhohliso, 23nentiwe nibe basha emoyeni nasengcondvweni yenu. 24Yembatsani umuntfu lomusha, lowadalwa wafuta Nkulunkulu ngekulunga nangebungcwele beliciniso.
25Ngako-ke lahlani emanga, akube ngulowo nalowo akhulume liciniso kumzalwane wakhe, ngobe sonkhe singemalunga lomunye kulomunye emtimbeni munye. 26Tfukutselani, kodvwa ningoni; lilanga lingashoni solomane nitfukutsele. 27Ningamniki Sathane litfuba. 28Lisela alingabe liseba, kepha kunaloko alikhutsale, lisebente lokuhle ngetandla talo, khona litewuba nako lelingahle likwabele labadzingako. 29Akungabe kusaphuma nalinye livi lelibolile emlonyeni wenu, kodvwa kube ngulelilungele kwakha njengalokuswelekile, kuze libavetele umusa labevako. 30Ningamdzabukisi Moya Longcwele waNkulunkulu lenabekwa luphawu ngaye kudzimate kube lilanga lekuhlengwa. 31Konkhe lokubabako, nelulaka, nekutfukutsela, nemsindvo, nekuhlambalata akususwe kini, kanye nako konkhe lokubi. 32Kodvwa phatsanani ngebumnene, nihawukelane, nitsetselelane, njengobe naNkulunkulu wanitsetselela ngaKhristu.
