1Peter (1/5) → |
1. | UPetro, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu, kwabemzini abakhethiweyo bokuhlakazeka kwePontusi, iGalathiya, iKaphadosiya, iAsiya, leBithiniya, |
2. | njengokolwazi ngaphambili lukaNkulunkulu uBaba, ekungcwelisweni koMoya, ekulaleleni lekufafazweni kwegazi likaJesu Kristu: Umusa lokuthula kungathi kungandiswa kini. |
3. | Ubusisiwe uNkulunkulu, ngitsho uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, owasizala kutsha ngesihawu sakhe esikhulu ethembeni eliphilileyo ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu kwabafileyo, |
4. | elifeni elingaboliyo lelingangcolanga lelingabuniyo, elilondolozelwe lona emazulwini, |
5. | lina elilondolozwe ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngokholo kusindiso olulungiselwe ukwembulwa esikhathini sokucina. |
6. | Elithokoza kuso, okwesikhatshana khathesi, uba kudingeka, lihlupheka ezilingweni eziyizinhlobonhlobo, |
7. | ukuze ubuqotho bokholo lwenu, oluligugu kakhulu okwedlula igolide elibhubhayo, selihlolwe ngomlilo, buficwe endumisweni lenhlonitshweni ledumeni, ekwembulweni kukaJesu Kristu; |
8. | elingambonanga limthanda, elithi khathesi linga m boni kodwa likholwe kuye, liyathokoza ngentokozo engakhulumekiyo ledumisekayo, |
9. | lizuze isiphetho sokholo lwenu, usindiso lwemiphefumulo yenu. |
10. | Ngalolusindiso abaprofethi babuzisisa njalo bahlolisisa, abaprofetha ngomusa oza kini; |
11. | babuza ukuthi yisiphi loba sinjani isikhathi uMoya kaKristu owayekibo osikhombayo, efakaza ngaphambili ngenhlupheko eziqondene loKristu, langobukhosi emva kwalezo; |
12. | okwembulwa kubo ukuthi kungeyisikho kibo, kodwa kithi babesebenza lezizinto, eselizitshunyayezwa yilabo abalitshumayeza ivangeli ngoMoya oNgcwele othunywe evela ezulwini, izinto ingilosi ezilangatha ukuzihlola. |
13. | Ngakho libopha inkalo zengqondo yenu, liqonde, lithembe ngokupheleleyo emuseni olethwe kini ekwembulweni kukaJesu Kristu; |
14. | njengabantwana abalalelayo, lingazibumbi ngokwesimo sezinkanuko ezazikhona mandulo kokungazi kwenu, |
15. | kodwa njengoba owalibizayo engcwele, lani banini ngcwele kukho konke ukuziphatha; |
16. | ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Banini ngcwele, ngoba mina ngingcwele. |
17. | Njalo uba libiza lithi Baba owahlulela ngulowo lalowo ngokomsebenzi wakhe engabandlululi, chithani isikhathi sokuba yizihambi kwenu ekwesabeni; |
18. | lisazi ukuthi kalihlengwanga ngezinto ezingabhubha, isiliva kumbe igolide, ekuhambeni kwenu okuyize e la kwemukela kubobaba, |
19. | kodwa ngegazi likaKristu eliligugu kungathi ngelewundlu elingelasici lelingelabala. |
20. | Isibili owamiswa ngaphambili phambi kwesisekelo somhlaba, kodwa wabonakaliswa esikhathini sokucina ngenxa yenu, |
21. | elikholwa ngaye kuNkulunkulu, owamvusa kwabafileyo, wasemnika ubukhosi, ukuze ukholo lethemba lenu kube kuNkulunkulu. |
22. | Selihlanze imiphefumulo yenu ekulaleleni kweqiniso ngoMoya ethandweni lwabazalwane ngokungazenzisi, thandanani ngokutshiseka okuvela enhliziyweni emhlophe; |
23. | selizelwe ngokutsha okungeyisikho okuvela enhlanyelweni engabola, kodwa engaboliyo, ngelizwi likaNkulunkulu eliphilayo lelimiyo ephakadeni. |
24. | Ngoba yonke inyama injengotshani, labo bonke ubukhosi bomuntu bunjengeluba lotshani. Utshani buyabuna, leluba labo liwohloke; |
25. | kodwa ilizwi leNkosi limi kuze kube sephakadeni. Laleli yilizwi elatshunyayelwa kini ngevangeli. |
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