Yokuthoma KaPitrosi
1 UPitrosi, umpostoli+ kaJesu Krestu, ezakhamuzini zesikhatjhana ezirhatjhekele ePontusi, eGalatiya, eKaphadosiya,+ e-Asiya neBhithiniya, kilabo abakhethwe 2 ngokwazi kwakaZimu uBaba kusesengaphambili+ nangokucwengiswa ngommoya+ ngomnqopho wokulalela nokufafazwa ngeengazi zakaJesu Krestu:+
Kwanga umusa omkhulu nokuthula kungandiswa kini.
3 Akadunyiswe uZimu onguBaba weKosethu uJesu Krestu ngombana ngesirhawu sakhe esikhulu usinikele ukubelethwa kabutjha+ ethembeni eliphilako+ ngokuvuswa kwakaJesu Krestu kwabafileko,+ 4 elifeni elingonakaliko, elihlwengileko nelingatjhwabiko.+ Libekelwe nina ezulwini,+ 5 nina enivikelwa ngamandla kaZimu ngokukholwa ngebanga lesindiso elungele ukwambulwa esikhathini sokuphela. 6 Ngebanga lalokhu nithaba khulu, nanyana nje kutlhogeka nibe lisizi kwesikhatjhana ngeenlingo ezihlukahlukeneko+ 7 bona ukukholwa kwenu okulingiweko,+ kwezinga elikhulu kunegolide elitjhabalalako naphezu kobana lilingwe* ngomlilo, kunenze nidunyiswe, niphazinyuliswe begodu nihlonitjhwe ekwambulweni kwakaJesu Krestu.+ 8 Nanyana ningakhenge nimbone, niyamthanda. Nanyana ningamboni nje, niyakholwa kuye begodu nithaba khulu ngethabo elingahlathululekiko neliphazimulako 9 njengombana namukela umphumela wokukholwa kwenu, okukusindiswa kwenu.+
10 Malungana nesindiso le, abaphorofidi abaphorofida ngomusa omkhulu olungiselelwe nina baphenyisisa ngekuthalo begodu bahlolisisa ngokuzimisela.+ 11 Baragela phambili baphenyisisa ukuthi ummoya ongaphakathi kwabo uthi kuzokwenzekani begodu ngasiphi isikhathi malungana noKrestu+ njengombana unikela ubufakazi kusesengaphambili ngokutlhaga kwakaKrestu+ nephazimulo azoyifumana ngemva kwalokho. 12 Bembulelwa ukuthi abazisebenzeli bona kodwana basebenzela nina, malungana nalokho esele nitjelwe khona ngilabo abamemezela iindaba ezimnandi kini ngommoya ocwengileko owathunyelwa uvela ezulwini.+ Iingilozi zifisa khulu ukuzwisisa izintwezi.
13 Qiniselani iingqondo zenu umsebenzi,+ niqaquluke ngokupheleleko,+ bekani ithemba lenu emuseni omkhulu ozokulethwa kini ekwambulweni kwakaJesu Krestu. 14 Njengabantwana abalalelako, lisani ukubunjwa ziinkanuko ebeninazo ngesikhathi ninganalwazi 15 kodwana njengoCwengileko owanibizako, cwengekani kikho koke ukuziphatha kwenu+ 16 kutloliwe kwathiwa: “Kufuze nicwengeke ngombana nami ngicwengile.”+
17 Nangabe nibiza uBaba owahlulela ngokungakhethi+ ngokuya ngokomsebenzi womunye nomunye, ziphatheni ngokusaba+ phakathi nesikhathi sokuba kwenu zizakhamuzi zesikhatjhana. 18 Ngombana niyazi ukuthi endlelenenu yokuphila elilize enayifumana kibokhokho benu,* akhenge nitjhatjhululwe* ngezinto ezonakalako njengesiliva namkha igolide.+ 19 Kodwana bekungeengazi eziligugu,+ njengezemvana enganabala nemsulwa,+ ekungezakaKrestu.+ 20 Kuliqiniso, waziwa kusesengaphambili lingakathomi iphasi+ kodwana wabonakaliswa ekupheleni kweenkhathi ngebanga lenu.+ 21 Ngaye niyakholwa kuZimu,+ owamvusa kwabafileko+ begodu wamnikela iphazimulo,+ ukuze ukukholwa nethemba lenu kube kuZimu.
22 Njengombana senizicwengisile ngokulalela kwenu iqiniso nafumana ithando elinganabuzenzisi+ ngomunye nomunye, thandanani khulu ngokusuka ehliziyweni.+ 23 Ngombana ninikelwe ukubelethwa kabutjha,+ ingasi ngembewu eyonakalako kodwana ngembewu engonakaliko,+ ngelizwi lakaZimu ophilako nohlala ngokungapheliko.+ 24 Ngombana “boke abantu banjengotjani nephazimulo yabo yoke injengethuthumbo lesimini. Utjani buyatjhwaba nethuthumbo liyathintitheka 25 kodwana ilizwi lakaJehova* lihlala ngokungapheliko.”+ ‘Ilizweli’ liziindaba ezimnandi ezamenyezelwa kini.+