Eyokuqala EkaPhetro 5:1-14
5 Ngiyabancenga-ke* abadala abaphakathi kwenu njengoba lami ngingumdala njengabo lofakazi wenhlupheko zikaKhristu futhi ngizahlanganyela enkazimulweni ezavezwa,+ ngithi kubo:
2 Yelusani umhlambi kaNkulunkulu+ eliwugcinisiweyo, libe ngababonisi bawo.* Lokho kwenzeni ngenhliziyo yonke phambi kukaNkulunkulu,+ hatshi ngokubanjwa ngamandla njalo lingakwenzeli ukuthola inzuzo yokungathembeki+ kodwa lizimisele.
3 Lingazenzi amakhosi phezu kwalabo abalilifa likaNkulunkulu+ kodwa libe yizibonelo emhlambini.+
4 Lapho umelusi omkhulu+ esebonakalisiwe, lizakwamukela umqhele wenkazimulo ongabuniyo.+
5 Lani majaha zehliseni emadodeni amadala.*+ Lanxa kunjalo, lonke gqokani ukuthobeka, lithobeke* komunye lomunye ngoba uNkulunkulu umelana labaziphakamisayo kodwa ulomusa omkhulu kwabathobekileyo.+
6 Ngakho zithobeni ngaphansi kwesandla sikaNkulunkulu esilamandla ukuze aliphakamise ngesikhathi esifaneleyo,+
7 liphosele kuye konke okulikhathazayo+ ngoba yena ulendaba lani.+
8 Zisebenziseni kuhle ingqondo zenu, liqaphele!+ Isitha senu uDeveli siyahambahamba njengesilwane esibhongayo esidinga esingamudla.+
9 Kodwa melanani laye+ liqinile ekukholweni, lisazi ukuthi inhlupho eliphakathi kwazo zehlela bonke abazalwane benu abasemhlabeni.+
10 Loba kunjalo, lizakuthi selihlupheke okwesikhatshana, uNkulunkulu ogcwele umusa omkhulu futhi owalibizela enkazimulweni yakhe engapheliyo+ limanyene loKhristu, yena ngokwakhe uzaqedisa ukuqeqetshwa kwenu. Uzaliqinisa+ alenze libe lamandla+ njalo alimise phezu kwesisekelo esiqinileyo.
11 Amandla kawabe ngawakhe kuze kube nini lanini. Ameni.
12 Ngilibhalele amazwi amalutshwana ngisebenzisa uSilivanu*+ umfowethu engimbona ethembekile, ukuze ngilikhuthaze njalo ngilinike ubufakazi obuliqiniso bokuthi lo yiwo sibili umusa omkhulu kaNkulunkulu. Manini kuwo liqine.
13 Uyalibingelela owesifazana oseBhabhiloni okhethiweyo njengani. Lendodana yami uMakho+ iyalibingelela.
14 Bingelelanani ngokuqabuzana kothando.
Ukuthula akube kini lonke elimanyene loKhristu.
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “Ngiyabeluleka-ke.”
^ Kumbe, “liwulinde ngonanzelelo.”
^ Kumbe, “lizehlise.”
^ Kumbe, “ebadaleni.”
^ Ubizwa langokuthi nguSila.
