Eyesibili KwabaseKhorinte
6 Njengoba sisebenza loNkulunkulu,+ siyalikhuthaza ukuthi lingathi selamukele umusa wakhe omkhulu beselilahlekelwa yinhloso yawo.+ 2 Yena uthi: “Ngesikhathi sokwamukelwa ngakuzwa, ngakunceda ngelanga lensindiso.”+ Zwanini! Khathesi yiso kanye isikhathi sokwamukelwa! Leli yilo ilanga lensindiso!
3 Kasenzi izinto ezingakhuba abanye ukuze inkonzo yethu ingasolwa.+ 4 Sitshengisa ngezindlela zonke ukuthi siyizikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu:+ Saqinisela ezilingweni ezinengi, lekuhluphekeni, lezikhathini zokuswela lasebunzimeni.+ 5 Satshaywa, safakwa emajele,+ savukelwa ngabantu futhi sasebenza nzima. Sasingalali ebusuku njalo kwezinye izikhathi sasiswela ukudla.+ 6 Simsulwa, silolwazi, siyabekezela,+ silomusa,+ silomoya ongcwele futhi silothando lweqiniso.+ 7 Sikhuluma iqiniso, sithembele emandleni kaNkulunkulu,+ sithwala izikhali zokulunga+ esandleni sokudla* lakwesenxele.* 8 Silenkazimulo lehlazo, siyachothozwa njalo siyanconywa. Bathi singamaqili kodwa thina sikhuluma iqiniso, 9 bathi kasaziwa kodwa siyaziwa, bathi siyafa* kodwa nanko siyaphila!+ Bathi siyajeziswa* kodwa kasibulawa,+ 10 bathi sisosizini kodwa sihlala sithokoza, bathi siyadubeka kodwa sinothisa abanengi, bathi asilalutho kodwa silezinto zonke.+
11 Sivule imilomo yethu ukuze sikhulume lani* bantu beKhorinte njalo inhliziyo zethu sizivule ngokupheleleyo. 12 Silipha lonke uthando lwethu, asincitshani.+ Kodwa lina alisithandi kangako, liyancitshana lothando lwenu. 13 Ngikhuluma lani angathi lingabantwabami ngisithi yenzani njengathi, lizivule ngokupheleleyo inhliziyo zenu.+
14 Lingabotshelwa ejogweni linye* labangakholwayo.+ Kulobudlelwano bani phakathi kokulunga lobubi?+ Kulokuhambelana bani phakathi kokukhanya lobumnyama?+ 15 Kanti kulokuvumelana bani phakathi kukaKhristu loBheliyali?*+ Kulokuhambelana bani* phakathi komuntu okholwayo lomuntu ongakholwayo?+ 16 Kulokuvumelana bani phakathi kwethempeli likaNkulunkulu lezithombe?+ Phela thina silithempeli likaNkulunkulu ophilayo,+ njengoba nje uNkulunkulu wathi: “Ngizahlala phakathi kwabo+ ngihambe phakathi kwabo futhi ngizakuba nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona babe ngabantu bami.”+ 17 “‘Yikho phumani kubo, lehlukane labo,’ kutsho uJehova,* ‘njalo lingathinti into engcolileyo’”;+ “‘mina ngizalamukela.’”+ 18 “‘Ngizakuba nguyihlo+ lina libe ngamadodana lamadodakazi ami,’+ kutsho uJehova* uSomandla.”