Yokuthoma YebeKorinte 4:1-21
4 Umuntu kufuze asiqale njengeensebenzi ezingaphasi kwakaKrestu nabaphathi befihlo ecwengileko+ kaZimu.
2 Ngokuphathelene nalokhu, abaphathi kulindeleke ukuthi bafunyanwe bathembekile.
3 Nje-ke kimi kuyinto engakaqakatheki kangako ukuthi ngihlolwe ngini namkha yikhotho yabantu. Kuhlekuhle, ngitjho kwamina angizihloli.
4 Ngombana akukho okumbi engizazela khona. Kodwana lokho akutjho bona ngilungile, ongihlolako nguJehova.+
5 Yeke, ningahluleli+ litho kungakabi sikhathi, iKosi beyifike. Izokukhupha izinto ezifihlakeleko zobumnyama izibeke ekukhanyeni, yembule neenhloso zeenhliziyo, bese umuntu ngamunye afumane idumo lakhe kuZimu.+
6 Nje-ke bafowethu, izintwezi ngizisebenzise kimi naku-Apholo+ bona kuzuze nina, ukuze ngathi nifunde umthetho othi: “Ningadluleli ngale kwezinto ezitloliweko,” bona ningazozikhakhazisa,+ ninyula omunye esikhundleni somunye.
7 Ngombana khuyini ekwenza uhluke komunye? Kwamambala, khuyini onayo ongakhenge uyiphiwe?+ Nje-ke, nangabe wayiphiwa, kubayini uzikhakhazisa ngasuthi azange uyiphiwe?
8 Kghani senanelisekile? Seninjingile? Senithomile ukubusa njengamakhosi+ ngaphandle kwethu? Ngifisa kwamambala ukuthi ngathana besenithomile ukubusa njengamakhosi, khona nathi sizokubusa nani njengamakhosi.+
9 Ngombana kimi kubonakala ngasuthi uZimu ubeke thina bapostoli emaswapheleni wombukiso njengabantu abagwetjelwe ukufa+ ngombana ephasini, eengilozini nebantwini sesibe mbukiso+ wemdlalweni watjhatjhalazi.
10 Siziindlhadlha+ ngebanga lakaKrestu kodwana nina nihlakaniphile kuKrestu, siyabogaboga kodwana nina niqinile, niyahlonitjhwa kodwana thina siyadelelwa.
11 Bekube li-ireli sisolo silambile,+ somile,+ sihlubule, sibetjhwa,+ singanakhaya
12 begodu sisebenza budisi ngezandla zethu.+ Nasithukwako siyabusisa,+ nasihlunguphazwako sikghodlhelela ngesineke,+
13 nasirhwayelwako siphendula ngommoya ophasi,*+ sesibe njengeenzibi zephasi, ifucufucu yazo zoke izinto, bekube nje.
14 Angitloli izintwezi bona nginiphathise iinhloni kodwana bona nginikhuthaze njengabantwabami engibathandako.
15 Ngombana ngitjho nanyana ningaba nabatlhogomeli* abazii-10 000 kuKrestu, ngokuqinisekileko aninabo abobaba abanengi, ngombana kuKrestu Jesu ngibe ngubabenu ngeendaba ezimnandi.+
16 Nje-ke ngiyanikhuthaza, yibani balingisi bami.+
17 Kungakho ngithumela uThimothi kini ngombana mntwanami engimthandako nothembekileko eKosini. Uzonikhumbuza iindlela zami ezimalungana noKrestu Jesu+ njengombana ngifundisa kiyo yoke indawo kwelinye nelinye ibandla.
18 Abanye bayazikhakhazisa ingasuthi angisezi kini.
19 Kodwana nangabe uJehova* uyathanda, ngizokuza kini kungasikade begodu angizukuzitshwenya ngokwazi ikulumo yalabo abazikhakhazisako kodwana ngizokwazi amandlabo.
20 Ngombana umBuso kaZimu awusiyindaba yekulumo kodwana yamandla.
21 Ngikuphi enikunyulako? Kghani nifuna ngize kini ngeswazi+ namkha ngethando nommoya ophasi?
