UKrestu umzekelo wokungazikholisi
1Thina ke sinokholo olomeleleyo simelwe kukuthwalisana ubunzima nabo balukholo lubuthathaka. Masingazikholisi thina ziqu, 2koko masithi sonke ngabanye sikholise abamelwane bethu ezintweni ezilungileyo ezinokulukhulisa ukholo lwabo. 3Kaloku naye uKrestu akazikholisanga, njengoko nazo *iziBhalo zitshoyo ukuthi: “Izingcikivo zabakungcikivayo zathwalwa ndim.” 4Kaloku zonke izinto eziseziBhalweni zabhalelwa ukusifundisa, khon' ukuze sihlale sihleli sinethemba ngonyamezelo nenkuthazo esizifumana kuzo iziBhalo. 5Wanga ke uThixo, osinika unyamezelo nenkuthazo, anganenza nibe moya mnye ngokwentando kaKrestu Yesu, 6ukuze nithi, ngamxhelo mnye, nimdumise ngazwi-nye uThixo, uYise weNkosi uYesu Krestu.
7Yamkelanani ke, njengokuba naye uKrestu wasamkelayo, ukuze adunyiswe uThixo. 8Ke kaloku ndithi, uKrestu waba ngumkhonzi wamaJuda, ukubonisa ukuba uThixo unyanisekile, uyazizalisekisa izithembiso awazenzayo *kumanyange. 9Ngokunjalo uKrestu wayenza le nto ukuze neentlanga zimdumise uThixo ngenxa yenceba yakhe, njengoko *iziBhalo zitshoyo ukuthi:
“Ngenxa yoko ndiya kukudumisa phakathi kweentlanga,
ndiliculele indumiso igama lakho.”
10Kananjalo zithi:
“Yibani nemihlali ndawonye nabantu bakhe, nina zintlanga.”
11Kananjalo:
“Yidumiseni iNkosi, nonke nina zintlanga;
yibongeni, nonke nina zizwe.”
12Kananjalo noIsaya uthi:
“Liya kubakho iHlumelo likaJese.
Uya kuvela oya kulawula iintlanga.
Ziya kuthembela kuye izizwe.”
13Wanga ke uThixo, umthombo wethemba, angáthi ngokukholwa kwenu anivuyise kakhulu, aniphe uxolo, ukuze ithemba lenu liye lisanda ngokwanda ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele.
Umsebenzi kaPawulos
14Mawethu, ndiqinisekile ukuba ningabantu abalungileyo, abanolwazi olunzulu, abanako nokucebisana. 15Kodwa ke, mawethu, kwezinye iindawo ndinibhalele ndithetha ngokuphandle, ndinikhumbuza kwakhona ngeendawo ezithile. Ndithethe ngokuphandle ngenxa yobabalo uThixo awandibabala ngalo, 16ubabalo ke lokuba ngumkhonzi kaKrestu Yesu olungiselela iintlanga. Ngokushumayela iindaba ezimnandi zikaThixo ndisebenza okombingeleli, ukuze iintlanga zibe nokuba lidini elamkelekileyo kuThixo, lingcwaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele. 17Ekubeni ndimkhonza ngolu hlobo uThixo, ndimanywe noKrestu Yesu, ndifanele ukuba neqhayiya. 18Ke mna andinabuganga bakuthetha nto ngazinto angazisebenzanga ngam uKrestu. UKrestu wasebenza ngam ukuze iintlanga zimlulamele, esebenza ngamazwi am nangezenzo zam, 19esebenza ngamandla emiqondiso nemimangaliso, nangamandla oMoya. Ndithe ke ndaqala eJerusalem, ndajikeleza ndaya kutsho nakwelaseIliriko, ndizivakalisa kuyo yonke indawo iindaba ezimnandi zikaKrestu. 20Ndihlala ndizimisele ukushumayela iindaba ezimnandi apho kungekaviwa nto khona ngoKrestu, ukuze ndingakhi phezu kwesiseko somnye, 21kodwa kube njengoko *iziBhalo zitshoyo ukuthi:
“Abo bangaxelelwanga nto ngaye, baya kubona;
nabo bengevanga nto, baya kuqonda.”
22Ngenxa yoko bendisoloko ndixakekile, andabi nako ukunihambela. 23Ngoku ke, ekubeni ndingasenandawo emandiyihambele kule mimandla, nasekubeni ndineminyaka emininzi ndilangazelela ukunihambela, 24ndothi ke xa ndihambela eSpeyini, ndinityelele nani, kuba ndinethemba lokunibona xa ndigqitha apho. Emva kokuba ke sendikhe ndaba lundwendwe phakathi kwenu okwexeshana, ndinethemba lokuba nondixhasa ukuya eSpeyini.
25Kodwa okwangoku ndisaya eJerusalem, ukuya kulungiselela abantu bakaThixo. 26Kaloku kwakholeka kwabaseMakedoni nabaseAkaya ukuba babancede abantu bakaThixo baseJerusalem abasweleyo. 27Benjenjalo kuba babemelwe kakade kukwenjenjalo. Kaloku ekubeni amakholwa angamaJuda ethe anikela ngezinto ezizezoMoya kwiintlanga, kufanelekile ukuba namakholwa aziintlanga anikele kumaJuda ngezinto zokuxhasa ubomi. 28Ndakuba ke ndiwugqibile lo msebenzi, ndiyinikele kuwo loo mali, ndothi xa ndiya eSpeyini, ndinityelele. 29Xa ndinityelelayo ke, ndiqinisekile ukuba ndoniphathela zonke iintsikelelo asisikelela ngazo uKrestu.
30Ke kaloku, mawethu, ndiyanibongoza ngenxa yeNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu nangenxa yokusithanda kwakhe uMoya, ukuba nindithandazele kuThixo, njengokuba nam ndizithandazela. 31Ndithandazela ukuba ndihlangulwe kwabangamphulaphuliyo uThixo abakwelakwaJuda. Ndithandazela nokuba kwamkeleke ukubalungiselela kwam abantu bakaThixo abaseJerusalem, 32khon' ukuze ndinihambele ngovuyo ngemvume kaThixo, sichwayitisane. 33Ke kaloku uThixo, imbangi yoxolo, makabe nani nonke. *Amen.
