2Corinthians (9/13)  

1. Ngoba mayelana lokuncedisa okungokwabangcwele kakusweleki kimi ukulibhalela;
2. ngoba ngiyazi ukukhuthala kwenu, engizincoma ngakho ngani kwabeMakedoniya, ukuthi iAkaya yayisizilungisele kusukela nyakenye; lokutshiseka okuvela kini kubavusile abanengi.
3. Kodwa ngithume abazalwane, ukuze ukuzincoma kwethu ngani kungenziwa ize maqondana lalokhu; ukuze, njengokutsho kwami, libe lilungile;
4. hlezi mhlawumbe, nxa abeMakedoniya befika lami balifica lingalungiselanga, siyangeke thina (ukuze singathi, lina) ngalesisibindi sokuzincoma.
5. Ngakho ngibona kufanele ukuthi ngikhuthaze abazalwane, ukuze baqale ukuza kini, njalo balungisele ngaphambili ukupha kwenu ngesihle okwakhulunywa ngakho mandulo, ukuthi lesi silungile, ngokunjalo njengesibusiso futhi kungenjengokuncitshana.
6. Lalokhu ukuthi, ohlanyela ingcosana, uzavuna ingcosana laye; lohlanyela ngokunengi, uzavuna ngokunengi laye.
7. Ngulowo lalowo njengalokhu azikhethela khona enhliziyweni; kungabi ngokokudonda kumbe ngokokubanjwa ngamandla; ngoba uNkulunkulu uyamthanda onikelayo ngentokozo.
8. Njalo uNkulunkulu ulamandla okulengezelela wonke umusa, ukuze, lilokwenela konke ezintweni zonke ngesikhathi sonke, lengezwe emisebenzini yonke emihle;
9. njengokulotshiweyo kokuthi: Uchithachithile, wanika abayanga; ukulunga kwakhe kuhlala kuze kube phakade.
10. Njalo yena onika inhlanyelo kumhlanyeli, lesinkwa sokudla, kwangathi anganika angakhulisa inhlanyelo yenu, andise izithelo zokulunga kwenu;
11. linothiswa ezintweni zonke kukho konke ukuphana, okusebenza ngathi ukubongwa kuNkulunkulu;
12. ngoba umsebenzi walinkonzo kawugcwalisi kuphela inswelo zabangcwele, kodwa futhi wengeza ngokubongwa okunengi kuNkulunkulu;
13. ngobufakazi balinkonzo badumisa uNkulunkulu ngokulalela kovumo lwenu ivangeli likaKristu, langokupha kwenu okukhulu kubo, lakubo bonke;
14. langomkhuleko wabo ngani, belilangatha ngomusa kaNkulunkulu ongelakulinganiswa phezu kwenu.
15. Njalo kabongwe uNkulunkulu ngenxa yesipho sakhe esingakhulumekiyo.

  2Corinthians (9/13)