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4 Nje-ke, mina sibotjhwa+ eKosini, ngiyanirabhela bona nikhambe ngokufanele+ ukubizwa enabizelwa khona, 2 ngakho koke ukuthobeka+ nommoya ophasi, ngesineke,+ nibekezelelana ngethando,+ 3 nenze koke okusemandlenenu bona nihlale ebunyeni bommoya nesibopho esibumbanisako sokuthula.+ 4 Kunomzimba munye+ nommoya munye,+ njengombana nabizelwa ethembeni linye+ lokubizwa kwenu; 5 kuneKosi yinye,+ ukukholwa kunye, ibhabhadiso linye; 6 kunoZimu munye onguYise wabo boke, ophezu kwabo boke, osebenza ngabo boke begodu okibo boke.
7 Nje-ke ngamunye wethu wanikelwa umusa omkhulu ngokwendlela uKrestu alinganise ngayo isipho sesihle.+ 8 Ngombana umtlolo uthi: “Nakakhuphukela phezulu wathatha iinthunjwa; waphana ngezipho ezibabantu.”+ 9 Nje-ke amezwi athi ‘wakhuphuka,’ atjho ukuthini? Atjho nokobana wehlela eendaweni eziphasi, okutjho ukuthi, ephasini. 10 Yena loyo owehlako nguye owakhuphukela+ ngaphezu kwalo loke izulu,+ bona enze zoke izinto zizaliseke.
11 Waphana ngabanye bona babe bapostoli,+ abanye babe baphorofidi,+ abanye babe bavangeli,*+ abanye babe belusi nabafundisi,+ 12 ngehloso yokulungisa* abacwengileko bona benze umsebenzi wokuba yinceku, bakhe umzimba kaKrestu,+ 13 bekube kulapho soke sifikelela ubunye bokukholwa nobelwazi elinembileko leNdodana kaZimu, ekubeni babantu abakhule ngokupheleleko,*+ sikhulele ekuvuthweni njengoKrestu. 14 Yeke singasaba bantwana, abaphetjhulwa magagasi begodu baphoselwa le nale nginanyana ngimuphi ummoya wefundiso+ yobuqili babantu, ngamaqhingabo wokukhohlisa. 15 Kodwana ngokukhuluma iqiniso, asikhuleni ngethando kizo zoke izinto kiloyo oyihloko, uKrestu.+ 16 Ngaye umzimba woke+ uhlanganiswa ndawonye ngokuvumelana bewenziwe usebenzisane ngokuthi elinye nelinye ilunga linikele lokho okutlhogekako. Ilunga ngalinye nalisebenza kuhle, lokho kuba nomthelela ekukhuleni komzimba njengombana wona ngokwawo uzakha ethandweni.+
17 Yeke ngilokhu engikutjhoko nengifakaza ngakho eKosini ukuthi ningasakhamba njengombana iintjhaba zikhamba,+ ngokucabanga kwazo okungasizi ngalitho.+ 18 Zisebumnyameni ngokwengqondo begodu zihlukaniswe nokuphila okuvela kuZimu ngebanga lokungafuni ukwazi uZimu nangebanga lokuqina kweenhliziyo zazo. 19 Njengombana bangasanawo namancani amazizo wokuziphatha okuhle, bazinikela ekwenzeni amanyala bangabi neenhloni*+ bona benze yoke imihlobo yokusilaphala ngokuba marhamaru.
20 Kodwana azange nifunde bona uKrestu unjalo, 21 nangabe kwamambala namuzwa begodu nafundiswa ngaye njengombana iqiniso likuJesu. 22 Nafundiswa bona nihlubule ubuntu obudala+ obuvumelana nendlela ebeniziphatha ngayo esikhathini esidlulileko begodu obonakaliswako ngokuvumelana neenkanuko zabo ezikhohlisako.+ 23 Nokuthi kufuze niragele phambili nenziwe batjha emandleni alawula imikhumbulwenu*+ 24 begodu kufuze nimbathe ubuntu obutjha+ obadalwa ngokuvumelana nentando kaZimu ngokulunga kwamambala nokuthembeka.
25 Nje-ke njengombana senihlubule ukukhohlisa, ngamunye wenu akakhulume iqiniso nomakhelwanakhe+ ngombana nimalunga womunye nomunye.+ 26 Silingekani kodwana ningoni;+ ilanga lingatjhingi nisasilingekile;+ 27 ningamnikeli uDeveli ithuba.*+ 28 Owebako akalise ukweba; kunalokho, akasebenze budisi, enze umsebenzi omuhle ngezandla zakhe+ bona abe nokuthileko angakuhlanganyela nomuntu odududu.+ 29 Kungaphumi ilizwi elibolileko emlonyenenu+ kodwana akuphume okuhle kwaphela ngomnqopho wokwakha kuye ngetlhogeko bona nidlulisele okuzuzisako kwabezwako.+ 30 Godu ningawenzi ube lisizi ummoya ocwengileko kaZimu,+ ngawo enitshwayelwe+ ilanga lokutjhatjhululwa ngesihlengo.+
31 Hlubulani yoke imihlobo yehloyo elimazako,+ ukusilingeka, ilaka, ukuphudlhelana, ikulumo elimazako,+ nayo yoke into elimazako.+ 32 Kodwana yibani nomusa komunye nomunye, nirhawukelane ngesisa,+ nilibalelane ngokutjhaphulukileko njengombana noZimu anilibalele ngokutjhaphulukileko ngoKrestu.+