Timphilo letintjintjile
1Njengobe naKhristu wahlupheka emtimbeni ngenca yenu, nani hlomani ngalowo mcondvo, ngobe umuntfu lowake wahlupheka emtimbeni usuke asacedzile ngesono. 2Ngako ngesikhatsi nisesemhlabeni, ningabe nisaphila ngetinkhanuko talelive, kodvwa ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu. 3Ngobe lesikhatsi lesendlulile besenele kutsi nente lokutsandvwa ngemahedeni ngekuphila ngemanyala, nangetinkhanuko, nangekudzakwa, nangekumita, nangemsindvo, nangekukhonta tithico lokungakavumeleki. 4Ayamangala kutsi anisahambisani ngani nawo kulomsindvo wekutiphatsa kabi, ayanetfuka. 5Kepha ayawutiphendvulela kulowo losalungele kwehlulela labaphilako nalabafile. 6Nguloko lokwabangela kutsi liVangeli lishunyayelwe ngisho nakulabafile, khona batekwehlulelwa njengabo bonkhe bantfu bemhlaba, kuze baphile kuNkulunkulu ngaMoya.
Baphatsi labalungile betipho taNkulunkulu
7Siphetfo sato tonkhe tintfo sesisondzele. Ngako-ke tibambeni, nititsibe khona nitekwati kukhuleka. 8Ngetulu kwako konkhe hlalani nitsandzana, ngobe lutsandvo lusibekela tono letinyenti. 9Nibongenisana kahle emakhaya, ningemani. 10Lowo nalowo lowemukele sipho semusa, akasisebentise ekukhonteni labanye njengenceku lenhle yemusa lomnyenti waNkulunkulu. 11Nangabe umuntfu akhuluma, akakhulume ngekwemavi aNkulunkulu; nangabe umuntfu akhonta, akakhonte ngemandla lawanikwa nguNkulunkulu, kuze kutsi kuko konkhe kudvunyiswe Nkulunkulu ngaJesu Khristu, lekukuye bukhosi nemandla phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
Kuhlupheka kwemKhristu
12Batsandzekako, ningamangaliswa ngulokuvivinywa lokubuhlungu kakhulu lokunikhantingako, kube shangatsi nehlelwa yintfo lengakavami. 13Kodvwa tfokotani, ngobe ninesabelo etinhluphekweni taKhristu, kuze kutsi nitfokote kakhulu nakwembulwa bukhosi bakhe. 14Nibusisiwe nanetfukwa ngenca yelibito laKhristu, ngobe loko kukhombisa kutsi Moya webukhosi, lowaNkulunkulu, unifukamele. 15Kodvwa akubete kini lohlupheka ngobe angumbulali, nome lisela, nome lowenta lokubi, nome lotigaca etindzabeni talabanye bantfu. 16Kepha nakukhona lohlupheka ngobe angumKhristu, abobate emahloni, kodvwa akadvumise Nkulunkulu ngenca yalelo bito.
17Ngobe sesifikile sikhatsi sekwehlulela kutsi kucale kubendlu yaNkulunkulu; kepha nakucala kitsi, pho, siyawuba njani siphetfo salabo labangalaleli liVangeli laNkulunkulu? 18UmBhalo utsi:
“Nangabe kulukhuni kutsi
kusindziswe lolungile,
kuyawuba njani-ke
kulongamesabi Nkulunkulu nalosoni?”
19Ngako-ke labo labahlupheka ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu abachubeke bente lokuhle, babeke imiphefumulo yabo kuMdali lowetsembekile.
