Imphilo kuMoya
1Sekute kulahlwa kulabo labakuKhristu Jesu. 2Ngobe umtsetfo waMoya wekuphila lokukuKhristu Jesu ungikhululile emtsetfweni wesono newekufa. 3Loko-ke lokwehlula umtsetfo ngenca yebutsakatsaka besimo semvelo yemuntfu, Nkulunkulu wakwenta: Ngenca yesono watfumela iNdvodzana yakhe, leyeta ngesimo semuntfu lesonakele, kwatsi ngayo wehlulela sono ebantfwini, 4kuze sente loko lokufunwa ngumtsetfo tsine lesingahambi ngekwenyama, kepha sihamba ngaMoya. 5Ngobe labahamba ngekwenyama banaka kwenyama, kodvwa labahamba ngaMoya banaka kwaMoya. 6Kunaka kwenyama kukufa, kodvwa kunaka kwaMoya kukuphila nekuthula. 7Ngako-ke labanaka kwenyama batitsa kuNkulunkulu, ngobe abawutfobeli umtsetfo waNkulunkulu; empeleni bate emandla ekuwutfobela. 8Labo labanaka kwenyama bangeke bamtfokotise Nkulunkulu.
9Kepha nine anibuswa yinyama, kodvwa nibuswa nguMoya, nangabe phela Moya waNkulunkulu ahlala kini. Umuntfu longenaye Moya waKhristu, akasiye waKhristu. 10Kodvwa nangabe Khristu akini, nome umtimba wenu ufa ngenca yesono, noko Moya uninika kuphila, ngobe senentiwe nemukeleka kuNkulunkulu kutsi nilungile. 11Kodvwa nangabe Moya waNkulunkulu lowavusa Jesu kulabafile, ahlala kini, lowo lowavusa Khristu Jesu kulabafile uyawuphindze aninike kuphila emitimbeni yenu lebhubhako niphile ngebukhona baMoya wakhe lohlala kini.
12Ngako-ke, bazalwane, asisekho sidzingo sekutsi siphile ngekwemvelo yenyama yetfu leyonakele. 13Ngobe naniphila ngekwenyama, nitawufa; kodvwa nangabe nibulala imisebenti yenyama ngaMoya, nitawuphila. 14Labo labaholwa nguMoya waNkulunkulu bangemadvodzana aNkulunkulu. 15 Ngobe anemukelanga umoya webugcili wekutsi nibuye nesabe, kodvwa nemukela Moya losenta emadvodzana, sikhulume ngaye kuNkulunkulu sitsi: “Babe! Babe wami!”
16NguMoya lucobo lofakazelana nemoya wetfu kutsi sibantfwana baNkulunkulu. 17Njengobe sibantfwana bakhe nje, sitindlalifa futsi: Sitindlalifa taNkulunkulu, yebo, sitindlalifa kanye naKhristu; nangabe phela sihlupheka kanye naye siyawukhatimuliswa kanye naye.
Inkhatimulo yebukhosi lesiyakuba nayo
18Ngiyakholwa kutsi lolusizi lwekuhlupheka lesikulo nyalo lungeke lulinganiswe nenkhatimulo yebukhosi leyakwembulwa kitsi. 19Indalo yonkhe ilindzele ngekulangatelela lokukhulu kutsi Nkulunkulu embule emadvodzana akhe. 20Ngobe indalo ibekwe esimeni sebute, hhayi ngekutsandza kwayo, kodvwa ngentsandvo yalowo lowayibeka etsembeni 21lekutsi nendalo ngalelinye lilanga iyawukhululwa kulobugcili bekubola, ibe nesabelo kulenkhululeko nebukhosi bebantfwana baNkulunkulu. 22Siyati kutsi kudzimate kube ngulesikhatsi indalo yonkhe iyabubula ngebuhlungu lobufana nemhelo. 23Kodvwa akusiyo indalo yodvwa; natsi futsi lesiphiwe Moya losibambiso siyabubula etinhlitiyweni tetfu silindzele ngekulangatelela lokukhulu kunikwa simo sebudvodzana, kube kukhululwa kwemitimba yetfu. 24Sisindziswe sisetsembeni; kodvwa nasikubona loko lesikwetsembako, akusesilo litsemba. Ngobe ngubani longahle etsembe intfo lasayibonile? 25Kodvwa nasetsemba loko lesingakuboni, sikulindzela ngekubeketela.
26Ngalokufanako Moya uyasisita ebutsakatsakeni betfu. Ngobe asati kutsi kufanele sithandaze kanjani; kodvwa Moya usincusela kuNkulunkulu ngekububula lokungeke kukhulumeke ngemavi. 27Kepha yena lophenya tinhlitiyo uyati kutsi uyini umcondvo waMoya; ngobe Moya uncusela labangcwele ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu.
28Siyati kutsi Nkulunkulu usebentisa konkhe kube lusito kulabo labamtsandzako, lababitwe ngekwenjongo yakhe. 29Ngobe labo labatinchanti Nkulunkulu wabakhetsanchanti kutsi babe nesimo seNdvodzana yakhe kuze yona itewuba litubulo kubazalwane labanyenti. 30Kodvwa labo labakhetsanchanti wababita wabenta bemukeleka kuye kutsi balungile, bona labo futsi wabanika bukhosi bakhe.
Kuncoba ngaKhristu Jesu
31Siyawutsini-ke ngaloku? Nangabe Nkulunkulu angakitsi ngubani longamelana natsi? 32Yena longazange ayigodle iNdvodzana yakhe, kodvwa wayinikela ngenca yetfu sonkhe, pho, akayusinika yini tonkhe tintfo mahhala kanye nayo? 33Ngubani loyakumangalela bantfu baNkulunkulu labakhetsiwe? Kute: Ngobe ukhona Nkulunkulu lowenta umuntfu emukeleke kuye kutsi ulungile. 34Pho, kukhona yini longahle abalahle ngelicala? Kute: Ngobe ukhona Khristu Jesu lowafa, kodvwa wavuswa waphila, sewungesekudla saNkulunkulu, nguye losincuselako. 35Pho, ngubani-ke longasehlukanisa nelutsandvo lwaKhristu: kuhlupheka nome bulukhuni, nome kutingelwa, nome yindlala, nome kuhlubula, nome yingoti, nome kufa? 36Kubhaliwe kutsi:
“Ngenca yakho sibasengotini yekufa lonkhe lilanga;
sitsatfwa njengetimvu tekuhlatjwa.”
37Kepha kuko konkhe loku siyancoba nekuncoba ngaye lowasitsandza. 38Ngobe ngineliciniso lekutsi nekufa, nekuphila, netingilosi, nebabusi, nalokukhona, nalokutako, nemandla, 39nalokuphakeme, nalokujulile, nome ngusiphi sidalwa, kungeke kube nemandla ekusehlukanisa nelutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu lolukuKhristu Jesu, iNkhosi yetfu.
