KuThithusi 3:1-15
3 Qhubeka ubakhumbuza ukuthi bazehlise futhi balalele ohulumende leziphathamandla,+ bahlale bekulungele ukwenza yonke imisebenzi emihle,
2 bangakhulumi kubi ngaloba ngubani, bangathandi izingxabano kodwa babe ngabazwisisayo+ njalo babe mnene kubo bonke abantu ngazo zonke izikhathi.+
3 Phela lathi sasingelangqondo, singalaleli, sidukisiwe futhi siyizigqili zenjabulo lezezifiso ezitshiyeneyo. Sasiqhubeka sisenza okubi, silomona, sisenyanyeka njalo sizondana.
4 Kodwa umusa woMsindisi wethu uNkulunkulu+ kanye lendlela athanda ngayo abantu kwathi kubonakaliswa
5 (ngenxa yesihawu sakhe+ hatshi ngenxa yemisebenzi elungileyo esasiyenzile),+ wasisindisa ngokusigezisa okwasenza sathola ukuphila+ langokusenza sibe batsha esebenzisa umoya ongcwele.+
6 Umoya lo wawuthululela kithi ngobunengi bawo esebenzisa uJesu Khristu uMsindisi wethu,+
7 ukwenzela ukuthi nxa sekuthiwe silungile ngenxa yomusa wakhe omkhulu,+ sibe zindlalifa+ ngokuvumelana lethemba lokuphila okungapheliyo.+
8 Amazwi la aqotho futhi ngifuna uhlale ukugcizelela konke lokhu ukuze asebekholwa kuNkulunkulu baqhubeke becabangisisa ngokwenza imisebenzi emihle zikhathi zonke. Izinto lezi zinhle njalo ziyabanceda abantu.
9 Kodwa wena ungazingeni izimpikiswano ezingelangqondo, lezindaba zosendo, lezingxabano kanye lokulwela uMthetho ngoba akuncedi futhi kuyize.+
10 Zehlukaniseni+ lalowo obangela ukwehlukana ebandleni+ nxa selike lamxwayisa okokuqala, laphinda futhi okwesibili,+
11 lisazi ukuthi lowomuntu usephambukile endleleni lokuthi uyona njalo usezigwebile.
12 Nxa ngingathuma u-Athema loThikhikhu+ kuwe, yenza konke okusemandleni akho ukuthi uze kimi eNikhopholi ngoba sengikhethe ukuhlala khona ngesikhathi sebusika.
13 Ube leqiniso lokuthi uyamsiza uZena oyisazi soMthetho kanye lo-Apholo ukuze bangasweli lutho nxa sebehamba.+
14 Kodwa fundisa labantu bakithi ukuthi bahlale besenza imisebenzi emihle ukuze bancedise nxa kungaba lokufuneka masinyane,+ ukwenzela ukuthi bathele izithelo.+
15 Bonke engilabo lapha bayakubingelela. Bingelela abakholwayo abasithandayo.
Umusa omkhulu kawube lani lonke.
