Incwadi Yesibili Eya KwebeKorinte
8 Nje-ke bafowethu, sifuna nazi ngomusa omkhulu kaZimu owenzelwe amabandla weMasedoniya.+ 2 Ngesikhathi sokulingwa okukhulu ngaphasi komtlhago, ithabo labo elikhulu nokungabi nalitho kwabo okukhulu kwenza bona baphe khulu. 3 Ngombana benza ngokusemandlenabo,+ kuhlekuhle ngiyafakaza ukuthi bekungaphezu kwamandlabo,+ 4 kukulapho bona ngokwabo ngokuzisukela kibo basolo basirabhela ukuthi babe nelungelo lokupha ngomusa bona bahlanganyele emsebenzini wokusiza abacwengileko.+ 5 Benze okungaphezu kwalokho ebesikulindele kibo ngombana kokuthoma bazinikela eKosini nakithi ngokuvumelana nentando kaZimu. 6 Ngalokho sakhuthaza uTitosi+ ukuthi njengombana athoma umsebenzi lo hlangana nani, kufuze aqedelele ukubuthelela isipho senu somusa. 7 Nanyana kunjalo njengombana ninothile ngakho koke, ngokukholwa, ngelizwi, ngelwazi, nangakho koke ukuthembeka nethandweni lethu ngani, kwanga ninganotha nekupheni komusokhu.+
8 Angitjho lokhu bona nginibekele umthetho kodwana bona nginenze nazi ngokuthembeka kwabanye begodu ngilinge nokuthembeka kwethando lenu. 9 Ngombana niyawazi umusa omkhulu weKosethu uJesu Krestu, ukuthi nanyana bekanothile watlhaga ngebanga lenu+ bona ninothe ngokutlhaga kwakhe.
10 Kilokhu ngibeka lami lobubodlhana:+ Lokhu kuzuzisa nina njengombana sekudlule umnyaka ningakathomi isenzwesi kwaphela kodwana natjengisa nesifiso sokusenza. 11 Nje-ke, qedelelani nalokho enikuthomileko, ukuthi ukulungela kwenu ukunikela kuqedelelwe ngokuya ngokwalokho eninakho. 12 Ngombana nangabe ukulungela kukhona qangi, kwamukeleka ngokukhethekileko ngokwalokho umuntu anakho,+ ingasi ngokwalokho umuntu anganakho. 13 Ngombana angifuni ukukwenza kube bulula kwabanye kodwana kube budisi kini 14 kodwana ngokulinganisa, inala yenu yanje iqede ukutlhoga kwabo, bona nenala yabo iqede ukutlhoga kwenu bona nibe nokulinganako. 15 Kutloliwe ukuthi: “Umuntu obe nokunengi azange abe nokunengi ngokudluleleko, nomuntu obe nokuncani azange abe nokuncani ngokudluleleko.”+
16 Nje-ke sithokoza uZimu ngokuthi uTitosi unendaba nani njengathi+ 17 ngombana usabelile esikhuthazweni kodwana njengombana akhuthele, uzozizela kini. 18 Kodwana sithumela kunye naye umfowethu loyo idumo lakhe ngokuphathelene neendaba ezimnandi elirhatjhekele kiwo woke amabandla. 19 Ingasi lokho kwaphela kodwana wakhethwa mabandla ukuthi abe mkhambisanethu njengombana sidlulisela isipho somusesi bona kuphazinyuliswe iKosi begodu kube bufakazi bokuzimisela kwethu ukusiza. 20 Ngalokho sigegeda bona kungabi nomuntu ozosibona iphoso malungana nomnikelo wesihle esiwukhambisako lo.+ 21 Ngombana ‘sitlhogomela yoke into ngokuthembeka, ingasi phambi kwakaJehova* kwaphela kodwana naphambi kwabantu.’+
22 Ngaphezu kwalokho, sithumela kunye nabo umfowethu esimhlole kanengi samfumana akhuthele ezintweni ezinengi kodwana nje sekakhuthele ukudlula phambilini ngebanga lokunithemba kwakhe okukhulu. 23 Nangabe kunombuzo malungana noTitosi, mkhambisanami* nesisebenzi engikunye naso bona kuzuze nina; namkha nangabe kunemibuzo ngabafowethu, babapostoli bamabandla nephazimulo kaKrestu. 24 Nje-ke tjengisani ubufakazi bokuthi niyabathanda,+ nitjengise namabandla ukuthi kubayini besizikhakhazisa ngani.