Iivesi zeBhayibhile malunga necawa
- Ngoko ke masikhathalelane, sivuselelane uthando, ngokunjalo nokwenza imisebenzi emihle. Kananjalo masikuxabise ukudibana namanye amakholwa, siphefumlelane, singabi njengâbo bawutyeshelayo lo mkhwa. Ewe, masikhuthazane ngakumbi nangakumbi, kuba nani niyabona ukuba imini leyo iyasondela.
- Kaloku, kwanjengokuba sinamalungu amaninzi mzimbeni mnye, abe ke onke amalungu la engenamsebenzi mnye, ngokunjalo thina aba, sibaninzi nje, simzimba mnye ngokumanywa noKrestu. Sonke ke ngabanye singamalungu omnye elomnye.
- Kuba apho bathe bahlangana khona egameni lam ababini nokuba ngabathathu, nam ndikho phakathi kwabo.
- Thina singabancedisanayo emsebenzini kaThixo; intsimi kaThixo ke nini.
Ngenye indlela nisisakhiwo sikaThixo. - Imihla ngemihla babehlangana rhoqo endlwini kaThixo, babuye batye kunye emakhaya bechwayitile bebelezelana, bembonga uThixo, bamkelekile kubantu bonke. Mihla le uThixo wayelongeza inani labo ngabo basindiswayo.
- Anazi na ukuba nina niyindlu kaThixo? Anazi na ukuba uMoya kaThixo uhlala ngaphakathi kwenu?
- Nam ke, ndithi kuwe: UnguPetros, igama elithetha ulwalwa; ndiya kulakhela kolu lwalwa ke ibandla lam, kwaye namandla okufa akayi kuloyisa.
- Ngoko ke, nani zintlanga, anisengabo abasemzini neendwendwe. Niyimilowo nabantu bakaThixo; nilusapho lukaThixo. Nani ke nakhelwe phezu kwesiseko sabathunywa nabashumayeli, kodwa ke elona litye lesiseko nguYesu Krestu ngokwakhe.
- Uxolo eniluphiwa nguKrestu malube lulo olugweba iintliziyo zenu, kuba uThixo wanibizela kolu xolo ukuze nibe ngamalungu omzimba omnye. Phuphumani ke ngumbulelo.
- Maluhlale ngokupheleleyo ezintliziyweni zenu udaba lukaKrestu. Fundisanani, niyalane ngobulali. Culani iindumiso, nihlabele amaculo, nivuma iingoma zoMoya, nibulela uThixo ngentliziyo.
- Ukuba umntu uyayonakalisa indlu kaThixo, uThixo uya kumohlwaya, kuba indlu kaThixo ingcwele – nina ke niyiloo ndlu.
- UKrestu unjengomzimba, wona unamalungu amaninzi, kodwa ube wona umnye.
- Nina madoda, bathandeni abafazi benu, kanye ngale ndlela alithande ngayo uKrestu ibandla, waza wanikela ngobomi bakhe ngenxa yalo. Le nto uyenze ukuze libe libango lakhe ibandla. Ulicocile walihlamba ngamanzi ngamandla elizwi lakhe.
- Sonke isibhalo sinefuthe loMoya kaThixo. Siyanceda ekufundiseni inyaniso nokuchitha imposiso. Siyanceda ukulungisa isimilo, sinike ingqeqesho; ukuze lowo uzinikele kuThixo abe namandla okuwuphumeza nawuphi na umsebenzi omhle.
- Ngoku ke, kulowo unako ukwenza ngaphezu kokuba sicela nokuba siqiqa, ngamandla akhe asebenza ngaphakathi kuthi: Makubekho udumo kuThixo ebandleni, nakuKrestu Yesu, kuse kuzo zonke izizukulwana ngonaphakade kanaphakade. Amen.
- Ndaweni yaloo nto inyaniso masiyithethe siqhutywa luthando, khon' ukuze siye simfuza uYesu ngokupheleleyo. Kaloku nguye intloko.
- Ke kaloku ibandla kulo lonke elakwaJuda naseGalili naseSamariya lazola, kungekho ntshutshiso. Laba nenkqubela, lakhula nangamanani, limhlonela uThixo, likhuthazwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele.
- Ke kaloku, mawethu, ndiyaniyala: balumkeleni abaxabanisayo nabakhubekisayo, besenza okuchaseneyo nemfundiso enayifundiswayo nina. Zikhwebuleni kubo.
- Ngoko ke nina, zihlobo zam, zingisani nizakhe elukholweni lwenu olunyulu. Thandazani niqhutywa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Uthando lukaThixo maluhlale lunifumbathile ngoku nilinde iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. Kaloku yena unenceba, uya kunipha ubomi obungapheliyo.
- Xa umntu egula, makabize amadoda amakhulu ebandla; wona aya kumthandazela, amthambise ngeoyile egameni leNkosi. Lo mthandazo uphuma elukholweni uya kumnyanga umntu ogulayo, iNkosi imbuyisele empilweni, zithi nezono azenzileyo zixolelwe.
- Uthembekile uThixo, yena wanibizayo ukuba nibe nobudlelane noNyana wakhe uYesu Krestu iNkosi yethu.
- Babehlangana rhoqo, bedlelana ngokuphulaphula iimfundiso zabathunywa, nangokuqhekeza isonka, nangokuthandaza.
- Ngokunjalo nathi sonke, nokuba singamaJuda okanye amaGrike, nokuba singamakhoboka okanye singabakhululekileyo, sabhaptizelwa mzimbeni mnye, nguMoya omnye; futhi sasezwa kwaloo Moya mnye.
- Nina makhosikazi, bathobeleni ngokuzinikela abayeni benu, kanye ngale ndlela niyithobela ngayo iNkosi. Kaloku indoda iyintloko yomfazi, kanye njengokuba noKrestu eyintloko yebandla. Ke yena uKrestu ukwanguMhlanguli walo ibandla elingumzimba wakhe.
- Waza ke uPetros wagcinwa entolongweni apho, kodwa amaKrestu wona azingisa ukumthandazela kuThixo, lo gama avalelweyo.
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