Amalungelo neemfanelo zomthunywa
1Andibi kanene ndikhululekile? Ndiba niyaqonda ukuba ndithunyiwe, *ndingumthunywa. Andibi kanene ndambona uYesu iNkosi yethu? Andibi kanene nina nisisiqhamo somsebenzi endiwenzela iNkosi? 2Ndiqinisekile nokuba abanye bathi andingomthunywa, ndinguye kuni. Kaloku ukumanyana kwenu neNkosi ngumqondiso wokuba ndithunywe yiyo.
3Ke ukuziphendulela kwabo bandigxekayo ndenjenje: 4Ngaba andinalo mna ilungelo lokuba nditye ndisele? 5Ngaba andinalo mna ilungelo njengabanye abathunywa, abantakwabeNkosi, noPetros, lokuba ndibe nenkosikazi engumKrestu, ndijikeleze nayo? 6Okanye makube kuphela ndim noBharnabha ekufuneka sitye ukubila kwethu? 7Lakha lakho phi ijoni elizihlawulela ngokwalo iindleko zalo emkhosini? Mlimi wuphi olima ajike angasityi isivuno? Nguwuphi umalusi ongazityiyo izapholo?
8Ngaba ilungelo lam lokuba ngumthunywa lixhomekeke kule mizekeliso iqhelekileyo kuphela, okanye ngaba *nomthetho kaMosis uthetha kwaloo nto nawo? 9Ewe, kaloku umthetho uthi: “Musa ukuyifaka isicheme inkabi ibhula.” Ke ngaba ziinkabi zeenkomo zodwa na ezi axela zona uThixo? 10Ngaba asiqukwa na nathi? Ngokuphandle âbhalelwa thina la mazwi. Kaloku umlimi ulima ngethemba, nalowo ubhulayo ubhula ngethemba lokuba nesabelo. 11Sahlwayela imbewu kaMoya phakathi kwenu. Nimangaliswa yintoni ke sakulindela inkxaso kuni? 12Ukuba abanye banelungelo lokulindela iziqhamo ezinjalo kuni, alingaphezulu na ke elethu ilungelo? Ke thina asenzanga nto ngeli lungelo. Koko sisuke sanyamezela nayiphi na imeko endaweni yokuba sibe yimiqobo ethintela ukuhanjiswa kweendaba ezimnandi ezingoKrestu. 13Anazi na ukuba abo basebenza *endlwini kaThixo baphila kwayiyo, baze abo benza amadini eqongeni lamadini bafumane isabelo kuloo madini? 14Ngokunjalo ke iNkosi iyalele ukuba abo bashumayela iindaba ezimnandi zikaThixo baphile zizo.
15Kodwa ke mna andikawabangi la malungelo, futhi ke nokubhala oku andizami kubanga wona. Hayi, ndixolele ukufa endaweni yokwenjenjalo! Akukho namnye uza kulijika ilungelo lam lokuqhayisa, alenze amazwi alambathayo. 16Nokuba ndiyashumayela, andinalungelo lakuqhayisa ngaloo nto. Kaloku ndithunywe ukushumayela. Ngoko ke kungayinto embi gqitha xa ndingazishumayeli iindaba ezimnandi. 17Ukuba bendisebenza ndingathunywanga, bendingade ndilindele umvuzo. Kodwa ke ngoku ndisebenza kuba ndinyanzelekile. Ngoko ke ndifezekisa into elindelekileyo ukuba ndiyenze. 18Uyintoni ke umvuzo wam? Lilungelo lokuba ndizishumayele iindaba ezimnandi ndingahlawulisi, ndingawabangi amalungelo am ngokushumayela iindaba ezimnandi.
19Ndikhululekile; kodwa naxa kunjalo ndizenza isicaka sabantu bonke, ukuze ndizuze babe baninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka. 20Xa ndisebenza namaJuda, ndiziphatha njengawo, ukuze ndiwazuze. Nangona mna ngokwam ndingekho phantsi komthetho kaMosis, ndiziphatha ngathi ndiphantsi kwawo xa ndisebenza nâbo baphantsi kwawo, ukuze ndibazuze. 21Kwangaloo ndlela, xa ndiphakathi kweentlanga ezingekho phantsi komthetho kaMosis, ndiziphatha njengazo. Le nto ke ayithethi kuthi andiwuthobeli umthetho kaThixo, kuba eneneni ndiphantsi komthetho kaKrestu. 22Xa ndiphakathi kwabantu abasephantsi kwesithethe ndiba njengabo, ukuze ndibazuze. Ngoko ke ndiba zizinto zonke kubantu bonke, ukuze ndiyisindise inxalenye yabo xa kunokwenzeka.
23Le nto xa iyonke ndiyenza ngenxa yeendaba ezimnandi, khon' ukuze ndibe nenxaxheba kwiintsikelelo ezifumaneka ngenxa yazo. 24Nani niyazi ukuba kukhuphiswano lweembaleki baba baninzi abazigqatsayo, kodwa mnye kuphela kubo ozuza imbasa. Nani ke balekelani ukuze nifumane imbasa. 25Nabani na ozigqatsayo kukhuphiswano uba phantsi kwengqeqesho engqongqo. Le nto uyayinyamezela khon' ukuze afumane isithsaba esibunayo. Kodwa thina siyenza siza kuzuza isithsaba esingagugiyo. 26Yiloo nto endenza ndithi ngqo, ndisukele ukuya kufika entanjeni. Ikwayiloo nto endenza ndifane nembethi-manqindi engachithi xesha ngokubetha umoya. 27Ndiwuphatha gadalala umzimba wam, ndiwuqhelisa, ukuze uhlale ulawuleka; hleze ndithi ndakuba ndibashumayezile abanye, mna ngokwam ndingamkeleki.
