Ubunye bomzimba kaKrestu
1Yeke, mina sibotjhwa ngebanga leKosi ngiyanincenga bonyana niphile ipilo efanelana nokubizwa kwenu, 2ngokobana nizithobe ngokupheleleko, nibe mnene, ninyamezele benibekezelelane ngethando. 3Yenzani ngakho koke okusemandlenenu ukulonda ubunye bakaMoya ngesibopho sokuthula. 4Munye umzimba noMoya munye; njengombana nanibizwako nabizelwa ethembeni linye, 5eKosini yinye, ekukholweni kunye nembhajadisweni munye, 6kuZimu munye nonguYise wabo boke, ongaphezu kwakho koke begodu ngakho koke nakikho koke.
7Kodwana soke siphiwe umusa ukuya ngokwesilinganiso sesipho sakaKrestu. 8Yeke kungakho kuthiwa:
“Lokha nenyukela ekuphakameni,
wathumba abathunjiweko,
wabela abantu izipho.”
9Alo-ke ukuthi: “Wenyuka” kutjho ukuthini ngaphandle kokobana wakhe wehlela phasi eengcenyeni eziphasi zephasi na? 10Loyo owehlako, nguye kanye owenyukela ngaphezu kwawo woke amazulu ukuze azalise iphasi loke. 11Nguye owabela abanye bona babe bapostoli, abanye babe baphorofidi, abanye babe bavangeli, abanye babe belusi kanye nabafundisi, 12ukulungiselela abacwengileko imisebenzi yokulotjha ukuze kwakheke umzimba kaKrestu, 13kufikela lapha soke siba munye khona ekukholweni nelwazini leNdodana kaZimu. Iye sikhule besifikelele ekuzuzeni isilinganiso soke sokuphelela kwakaKrestu. 14Nje-ke asisesebantwana abawunawunwa mamaza, baphetjhulelwe le na le ngiyo yoke imimoya kanye nabantu abanobuqili ngamaqhingabo wekohliso. 15Esikhundleni salokho, asikhulumeni iqiniso ngethando, ngakho koke sikhulele kiloyo oyihloko okunguKrestu 16nokuhlangana kuye umzimba woke, ubumbane ndawonye ngamalungu woke onikelwa wona lokha isitho ngasinye nasisebenza ngendlela efaneleko, kwakheke umzimba, udzimelele ethandweni.
Ipilo etja kuKrestu
17Yeke nginitjela lokhu begodu ngifakaza eKosini bonyana ningasaphili njengabatjhili emikhumbulwenabo elilize lakolize. 18Imikhumbulwabo isebumnyameni, bahlukaniswe nendlela yokuphila evela kuZimu ngokungayeleli kwabo ngebanga lobukhuni beenhliziyo zabo. 19Nasele bangasenanhloni, bazineka emanyaleni ukuze benze koke ukusilaphala, baragela phambili ngokukhanuka okungaphezu kwalokho.
20Kodwana nina azange nifunde uKrestu ngendlela enjalo, 21ngombana sele nezwa ngaye benafundiswa ngaye ngokweqiniso elikuJesu. 22Nafundiswa mayelana neendlela zenu zokuphila zaphambilini, kobana nilise imikhuba yenu yaphambilini eyonakaliswe ziinkanuko zayo zekohliso; 23kobana nenziwe butjha emikhubeni yemikhumbulwenu, 24nembathe ubuntu obutjha obubunjwe bafuza uZimu, ekulungeni kweqiniso nangokucwengeka.
25Yeke lisani amanga, ngiloyo naloyo akhulume iqiniso nomakhelwanakhe ngombana soke simalungu womzimba munye. 26Thukuthelani, kodwana ningoni. Akungatjhingi ilanga nisathukuthele, 27ningamnikeli ithuba uSathana. 28Owebako akalise ukweba, kodwana akasebenze, enze okuhle ngezandla zakhe ukuze akwazi ukuba nelitho azalabela abaswelako. 29Ningavumi bona ngemilonyeni yenu kuphume iinkulumo ezimbi ezilihlazo, kodwana nikhulume lokho okulisizo ekwakheni abanye ngokweendingo zabo ukuze kusizakale labo abalaleleko. 30Ningamdabukisi uMoya oCwengileko kaZimu enabekwa ngaye itshwayo mayelana nelanga lokuhlengwa. 31Akuphele koke: ubumunyu, itukuthelo, ilaka, ukubangelana itjhada, ukukhulumana kumbi, kanye nabo boke ubumbi. 32Yibani mnene, nirhawukelane, nilibalelane njengombana noZimu anilibalela ngoKrestu.
