Eyesibili KwabaseKhorinte 13:1-14
13 Sengisiza kini okwesithathu. “Yonke indaba kumele iqiniswe yibufakazi babantu* ababili kumbe abathathu.”+
2 Lanxa khathesi ngingekho kini, kufanana lokuthi ngilani okwesibili. Ngibaxwayisa kuseselesikhathi abake benza isono labanye bonke ukuthi nxa ngingaphinda ngifike khonangapho angisoze ngibayekele,
3 njengoba lidinga ubufakazi bokuthi uKhristu ukhuluma esebenzisa mina sibili. Yena kabuthakathaka phakathi kwenu kodwa ulamandla.
4 Lanxa wabulawa ngokubethelwa esigodweni ngenxa yokungabi lamandla, uyaphila ngenxa yamandla kaNkulunkulu.+ Lathi asilamandla njengoba nje laye wayengelamandla kodwa sizaphila laye+ ngenxa yamandla kaNkulunkulu akini.+
5 Qhubekani lizihlola ukuthi lisekukholweni yini, qhubekani lizihlolisisa ukuthi lingabantu abanjani.+ Kalinanzeleli yini ukuthi uJesu Khristu umanyene lani? Ngaphandle nxa kuyikuthi kalemukelwa.
6 Ngithemba lizananzelela ukuthi thina siyemukelwa.
7 Khathesi sithandaza kuNkulunkulu sicela ukuthi lingenzi lutho olubi kodwa lokho asikwenzeli ukuthi kukhanye angathi siyemukelwa. Sikwenzela ukuthi lenze okuhle lanxa kungakhanya angathi thina kasemukelwa.
8 Asingeke senze lutho oluphikisana leqiniso kodwa senza okuvumelana leqiniso kuphela.
9 Sihlala sithokoza kakhulu nxa sibuthakathaka kodwa lina lilamandla njalo esikuthandazelayo yikuthi lilungisiswe.
10 Yikho ngibhala izinto lezi ngingekho kini, ngisenzela ukuthi nxa sengifikile ngingabi lesihluku sengisebenzisa amandla engawaphiwa yiNkosi+ ukuze ngilakhe, ngingalidilizi.
11 Okokucina bafowethu qhubekani lithokoza, litshintsha lapho okumele litshintshe khona, liduduzwa,+ livumelana emicabangweni yenu+ njalo lihlalisane ngokuthula.+ Lingenza njalo uNkulunkulu wothando lokuthula+ uzakuba lani.
12 Bingelelanani ngokuqabuzana okungcwele.
13 Bonke abangcwele bayalibingelela.
14 Umusa omkhulu weNkosi uJesu Khristu lothando lukaNkulunkulu kanye lomoya ongcwele olincedayo akube lani lonke.
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ngumlomo wabofakazi.”
