2 KWEBEKORINTE 5
1Siyazi bona nakudilika idladla lephasinapha esihlala ngakilweli, sinesakhiwo esivela kuZimu, ikumba engakenziwa ngezandla, engeyanini nanini ezulwini. 2Nasingaphakathi kwedladleli siyabubula, silangazelela ukwembathiswa ubuhlalo bethu bezulwini 3ngombana nasembathisiweko, angeze safunyanwa sibulanzi. 4Nasisahlezi ngedladlenapha, siyabubula begodu siyadisibezeka ngombana asifisi ukwambulwa kodwana sifuna ukumbathiswa ngobuhlalo bethu bezulwini ukuze kuthi okubhubhako kuginywe kuphila. 5Yeke nguZimu owasidalela sona isizathwesi bewasipha noMoya njengesibambiso.
6Nje-ke sihlala sinesibindi ngaso soke isikhathi, nanyana sisazi bonyana nasisesekhaya ngemzimbeni lo, sikude neKosi 7ngombana sikhamba ngokukholwa, asikhambi ngokubona. 8Iye, sinesibindi begodu sinyula bona siwutjhiye umzimba lo, siyokuhlala neKosi. 9Nje-ke nanyana sisekhayapha namkha sele sikhambile, sikwenza kube mnqopho wethu ukuyithokozisa iKosi. 10Ngitjho ngombana soke sifanelwe kuvela phambi kwesihlalo sokugweba sakaKrestu ukuze ngiloyo naloyo amukeliswe umvuzo walokho akwenzileko nasesengemzimbenapha, kungaba ngokuhle namkha okumbi.
Ikonzo yokubuyisana
11Ngalokho-ke njengombana thina sikwazi bona kuyini ukwesaba iKosi, silinga ukuzuza nabanye, nokho thina siyazeka kuZimu. Ngiyathemba bona nakunembeza wenu siyazeka. 12Ngalokho asizidumisi kini, kodwana sininikela ithuba lokobana nizigqaje ngathi ukuze nikwazi ukuphendula labo abazigqaja ngokubonakala emehlweni ebangeni lokobana bazigqaje ngokusehliziyweni. 13Nangabe siqaleka sirhapha, akutshwenyi, sirhaphela uZimu. Nangabe asirhaphi, kungebanga lenu. 14Ithando lakaKrestu liyasiraga ngombana siyakholelwa bona munye owafela boke, nje-ke boke bafile. 15Wafela boke ukuze kuthi labo abaphilako bangasaziphileli bona, kodwana baphilele yena owabafelako bewavuswa.
16Ukusukela gadesi, yeke asisazukwazi umuntu ngokwenyama ngitjho nanyana sakhe sazi uKrestu ngokwenyama nje, nokho asisamazi njalo. 17Nje-ke umuntu nasele akuKrestu, sewunesibumbeko esitjha: koke okudala kudlulile, qala, koke sele kwenziwe kwaba kutjha. 18Koke lokhu kuvela kuZimu owasibuyisela kuye ngoKrestu bewasinikela ikonzo yokubuyisana, 19okutjho bona uZimu wabuyisela iphasi kuye ngoKrestu. Azange abale iimphambeko zalo, kodwana wasinikela umyalezo wokubuyisana.
20Nje-ke thina sibazenda bakaKrestu ngombana uZimu uzwakalisa isimemezelo sakhe ngathi. Yeke siyanincenga ebizweni lakaKrestu bona nibuyisane noZimu. 21Wamenza bona abe sisono ngebanga lethu loyo ongazange asazi isono ukuze kuthi kuye sibe ngabalungisisiweko bakaZimu.
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