2 KWEBEKORINTE 10
UPowula uvikela isikhundla sakhe
1Mina Powula ngenyama, ngiyanincenga ngobumnene nangokuthobeka kwakaKrestu, iye, mina engizithobako lokha nangiphambi kwenu, kodwana nginesibindi lokha nangingekho kini! 2Ngithi kini nangilapho, akungatlhogeki bona bengikhombise isibindi hlengiphikisana nalabo abadlumbana bona senza izinto ngokwenyama. 3Ngambala siphila njengabantu, kodwana asilwi ipi ngokwenyama. 4Thina iinkhali zepi yethu akusizo zenyama, kodwana zinamandla kaZimu kobana zitjhabalalise iinsekelo. Sitjhabalalisa ukuphikisana 5kanye nazo zoke iinqabo ezizikhukhumezako ezijanyiswa kobana zijamelane nelwazi lakaZimu begodu yoke imikhumbulo siyithumbela ekuthobeleni uKrestu. 6Silungele ukuhlunguphaza koke ukungalaleli lokha ukulalela kwenu nasele kuphelelisiwe.
7Qalani lokho okuphambi kwenu. Nakube niyazithemba bona ningebakaKrestu, zikhumbuzeni bona, njengombana ningebakaKrestu, nathi singibo. 8Nje-ke ngitjho nanyana ngizikhakhakhakhazisa khudlwana ngegunya lethu iKosi esiphe lona kobana sinakhe singanigirizi, angeze ngaba neenhloni ngalokho. 9Angifuni ukubonakala inga ngilinga ukunithusela ngeencwadi zamezi 10ngombana kuthiwa: “Nakuziincwadi zakhe zona, zinesisindo begodu zitjhubile, kodwana yena siqu sakhe akanasithunzi, nekulumakhe ayazisi.” 11Abanjalo abalemuke bonyana lokho esikutjho ngencwadi nasingekho kibo, sizakutjho nalokha nasinabo.
12Asizifanisi namkha sizilinganise nabanye balabo abazibukako. Kodwana nabazilinganisako bebazifanise omunye nomunye, ababonisi ukuhlakanipha. 13Kodwana thina asizuzikhukhumeza ukudlula isilinganiso kodwana sizakuba ngaphakathi kwesilinganiso uZimu asibekele sona, besifikelele ngitjho nakini. 14Asikadluleleli ekuzigqajeni kwethu njengombana bekuzokuba njalo nakube besingakafiki kini ngombana thina singabokuthoma abafika kini ngevangeli lakaKrestu. 15Nje-ke asizikhakhazisi ngokudluleleko ngemisebenzi yabanye. Kodwana ithemba lethu kukobana ukukholwa kwenu nakulokhu kwanda, nomkhakha wokusebenza kwethu phakathi kwenu nawo uzakwandiswa khulu; 16iye, ukuze sikwazi ukutjhumayela ivangeli nemazweni angaphetjheya kwenu, ngaphandle kokuzikhakhazisa ngomsebenzi osele wenziwe endaweni yomunye umuntu.
17Umtlolo uthi:
“Loyo ozikhakhazisako,
akazikhakhazise kuSomnini”
18ngombana abathokozwako akusingilabo abazibukako kodwana kuthokozwa ababukwa yiKosi.
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