Isibingelelo
1UPawula, inceku kaNkulunkulu nomphostoli kaJesu Khristu, ngenxa yokokukholwa kwabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, nangokulazi iqiniso eliholela ekumesabeni uNkulunkulu, 2nasethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uNkulunkulu ongawaqambi amanga akwethembisa zingakabi bikho izikhathi zaphakade, 3okuthe ngesikhathi esifaneleyo walibonakalisa izwi lakhe entshumayelweni engayiphathiswa ngokomyalo kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu. 4KuThithu, umntanami, ngokweqiniso ekukholweni esikuhlanganyele sonke: makube kuwe umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba nakuKhristu uJesu uMsindisi wethu.
Umsebenzi KaThithu EKhrethe
5Ngakushiya eKhrethe ngenhloso yokuba uqondise obekusasele, futhi njengalokhu ngakuyala, uqoke amalunga kuyo yonke imizi, 6uma kungumuntu ongasolekiyo, indoda emfazi munye, enabantwana abakholwayo, abangasoleki ngokungabi nasimilo nangokungalaleli. 7Ngokuba kubalulekile ukuba umphathi abe ngongasolekiyo njengomphathimuzi kaNkulunkulu, angabi ngoziqhenyayo, oshesha ukuthukuthela, oyinkolotshe, oyisidlova, ohahela inzuzo embi. 8Kepha makabe ngophanayo kuzo izihambi, othanda okuhle, onengqondo, oqotho, ongcwele, ozithibayo, 9obambelele ezwini elithembekileyo ngokwemfundiso, okwaziyo ukugqugquzela abanye ngemfundiso elungileyo nokudalula abaphikisana nayo. 10Ngokuba baningi abamelene neqiniso, abakhuluma okuyize, nabakhohlisayo, ikakhulu abokusoka, 11okufanele bavalwe umlomo bathuliswe, abadunga wonke umndeni, befundisa okungafanele ngenxa yenzuzo embi. 12Omunye wabo, umphrofethi wakubo, wathi:
“AbaseKhrethe bangabaqambimanga njalo,
izilwane ezimbi, neziminzi ezivilaphayo.”
13Lobo bufakazi buqinisile. Ngalokho-ke bakhuzisise, ukuze baphile ekukholweni, 14benganaki izinganekwane zabaJuda nemiyalo yabantu abafulathela iqiniso. 15Kwabahlanzekileyo konke kuhlanzekile, kepha kwabangcolileyo nabangakholwayo akukho lutho oluhlanzekileyo, kodwa kungcole ingqondo nonembeza wabo. 16Bavuma ukuthi bayamazi uNkulunkulu, kepha bayamphika ngemisebenzi yabo, bangabenyanyekayo, abangalaleli, abangalungele lutho oluhle abangalwenza.
