92 – Imo yethu entsha

₁Ngoko ke uThixo ngenceba yakhe usinike ubizo lokumsebenzela; yiyo loo nto ke singethi mandla. ₂Ngapha koko sisuka siyilahle imikhwa elihlazo, sibutyeshele ubuqhetseba, nelizwi likaThixo singaligqwethi. Koko sisuka siziyaleze ngokuthetha inyaniso, singafihlisi, kumntu wonke onesazela. Senjenjalo ke phambi koThixo. ₃Kaloku ukuba iindaba ezimnandi esizishumayelayo azicacanga, koba azicacanga kuphela kwabo baya kwantshabalalo. ₄Bona àbakholwa kaloku, kuba ingqiqo yabo yenziwe mfiliba sisigqubuthelo abasifakwe ngulo uzenza uthixo weli phakade. Silisithile kaloku esi sigqubuthelo ilitha lokukhanya kweendaba ezimnandi ezivakalisa isidima sikaKrestu, ongumceph' ucandiwe noThixo. ₅Kakade asishumayeli thina ziqu; sishumayela ukuba uKrestu yiNkosi; thina ke sizizicaka zenu ngenxa yakhe. ₆UThixo owathi: “Makuvele ukukhanya ebumnyameni,” usekwanguye okhanyisela iingqondo zethu, etyhila ukwaziwa kobume bakhe obubonakala kuKrestu siqu.

₇Kambe ke obu butyebi sibuphethe ngezitya zodongwe, ukuze kucace ukuba amandla ancamisayo ngakaThixo, akangowethu. ₈Ke, sithi sisezimbandezelweni zingasixini noko; sithingaze maxa wambi, kodwa singancami; ₉singqingwe ziintshaba, kodwa asize singabi namhlobo; sintlithwa kanobom, singafi noko. ₁₀Lonke ixesha sisoloko sithwele ukufa kukaYesu, ukuze ubomi bakhe bubonakale kuthi ziqu. ₁₁Ewe, ngalo lonke ixesha sisoloko sisesichengeni sokufa ngenxa kaYesu, khon' ukuze ukudla kwakhe ubomi kubonakale ngathi bantu bafayo. ₁₂Ngoko ke, kuthi kusebenza ukufa, kodwa kuni kusebenza ubomi.

₁₃*IziBhalo zithi: “Ndathetha kuba ndandithembele kuThixo.” Nathi ke kwangaloo ndlela, sithetha kuba sithembele kuThixo. ₁₄Kaloku siyazi ukuba uThixo owayivusayo iNkosi uYesu ekufeni, nathi uya kusivusa kunye noYesu, asise apho akhoyo, kunye nani. ₁₅Ewe, zilungiselelwe nina zonke ezi zinto, ukuze kuthi njengoko bebaninzi abenzelwa isisa, ngokunjalo nemibulelo ibe mininzi, kudunyiswa uThixo.

₁₆Kungenxa yale nto ke singethi mandla nje. Kaloku imo yethu entsha isuka ihlaziyeke ngokuhlaziyeka, nokuba imo yethu endala yona iya isonakala ngokonakala. ₁₇Ewe, ezi mbandezelo zexeshana, zincinane zinjalo, zisilungiselela iwonga laphakade, elingenakulinganiswa nazo. ₁₈Ngoko ke asilangazeleli zinto zibonwayo, silangazelela ezingabonwayo. Kaloku ezibonwayo izinto zezexeshana nje, kanti ezingabonakaliyo ziya kuhlala zihleli.

₁Siyazi kaloku ukuba xa ithe yachithwa le ndlu yalapha emhlabeni, sinesakhiwo asilungiselele sona uThixo, esisezulwini, esiya kuhlala sihleli. ₂Kule meko siyancwina, silangazelela ukungena kweso sakhiwo sethu sisezulwini. ₃Ukuba singene kuso ke, asinakuyidinga indawo yokuhlala. ₄Okwangoku sisekule ndlu yasemhlabeni siyancwina, siziva sicinezelekile. Asikuko ke nokuba asisayifuni le ndlu yethu yasemhlabeni, koko kukuba silangazelela ukungena kweso sakhiwo sethu sisezulwini, ukuze oko kufayo kuginywe bubomi. ₅NguThixo ngokwakhe osilungiselela le nguqulelo; nguye osinike uMoya oyiNgcwele osisiqinisekiso sazo zonke izinto asilungiselele zona.

₆Ngoko ke sihlala sinethemba. Kaloku siyazi ukuba xa sisekulo mzimba, sikude nelo khaya liseNkosini. ₇Kuba siphila ngokukholwa, kungekuko ngezinto esizibonayo. ₈Asithandabuzi, ngoko ke sinolangazelelo lokuwushiya lo mzimba, siye kuhlala neNkosi. ₉Ngaphezu kwezinto zonke ke ibhongo lethu kukuba sithi noba sikweli ikhaya, okanye sikwelo sililangazelelayo, sihlale samkelekile kuyo. ₁₀Kuba sonke kufuneka sivele phambi koKrestu, asivavanye. Umntu ngamnye uya kufumana loo nto imfaneleyo, nokuba yentle, nokuba yembi, ngokwendlela ebeziphethe ngayo kulo mzimba.

₁₁Ngenxa yokuba siyithobela iNkosi, sizama ukuzuza abantu. UThixo uyasiqonda ngokupheleleyo, ibe ke nani ndiyathemba ukuba nathi nisiqonda ngokupheleleyo. ₁₂Ngale ndlela ke asizami kuzithandekisa kuni, nto nje sinenzela indlela yokuba nikwazi ukuba neqhayiya ngathi, ukuze nikwazi ukubaphendula abo baqhayisa ngembonakalo endaweni yokuqhayisa ngesimilo. ₁₃Ukuba asibhadlanga, kungenxa kaThixo. Kanti ukuba sibhadlile, kungenxa yenu. ₁₄Kaloku uthando lukaKrestu lusongamele. Ngoko ke sigqiba kwelithi xa kwafa umntu omnye, efela abantu bonke, lonke uluntu lunenxaxheba koko kufa kwakhe. ₁₅Wafela abantu bonke, ukuze abo basaphilayo bangabi saziphilela, kodwa baphilele yena wafayo wavuka ngenxa yabo.

₁₆Ngoko ke asisagwebi mntu ngomgangatho wehlabathi. Noba singade sibe sakha samthatha ngolo hlobo uKrestu, asisayenzi loo nto ngoku. ₁₇Akuba umntu emanywe noKrestu uba yindalo entsha – isimo esidala yinto yezolo, sekuqaleke isimo esitsha. ₁₈Wonke lo msebenzi wenziwa nguThixo. Nguye othe ngoYesu Krestu wasixolelanisa naye ngokwakhe, wasinika umsebenzi wokuxolelanisa. ₁₉Kaloku ngoKrestu uThixo wayelixolelanisa naye ngokwakhe ihlabathi, engasababeki tyala abantu ngezono zabo, waza wasiphathisa umsebenzi woxolelaniso. ₂₀Ngoko ke sizizigidimi zikaKrestu ngokungathi uThixo unibongoza ngathi. Ngenxa kaKrestu siyanicenga, yibani noxolo noThixo! ₂₁Nangona wayengenasono uKrestu, kodwa ngenxa yethu, uThixo wamenza wanenxaxheba kwisono sethu, ukuze thina sithi ngokumanywa naye sibe nenxaxheba ebulungiseni bukaThixo.

₁Ngoko ke njengabo basebenzisana noThixo siyanibongoza ukuba ningathi kanti ubabalo lukaThixo nilwamkelele ilize. ₂Kaloku uthi uThixo: