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2 Nje-ke ngemva kweminyaka eli-14 ngakhuphukela eJerusalema godu nginoBharinabhasi+ noTitosi.+ 2 Ngakhuphuka ngebanga lesambulo, ngakhuluma kibo iindaba ezimnandi engizitjhumayelako hlangana neentjhaba. Lokhu bekwenzelwa ngemsitheleni kodwana ngakwenza phambi kwamadoda ahlonitjhwa khulu, ukuqinisekisa bona umsebenzi ebengiwenza namkha engiwenzileko ungabi lilize. 3 Nanyana kunjalo, ngitjho noTitosi+ obekanami, akhange akatelelwe bona asoke+ nanyana bekamGirigi. 4 Kodwana indaba leyo yavela ngebanga labafowethu bamala abangeniswa ngesidu,+ abangena ngokukhukhutha bona bazokuhlola itjhaphuluko+ esinayo ebunyeni noKrestu Jesu bona basigqilaze ngokupheleleko;+ 5 akhange sibathobele+ nakancani bona iqiniso leendaba ezimnandi liragele phambili likini.
6 Kodwana malungana nalabo ebebabonakala ngasuthi baqakathekile,+ ukuthi bebayini akwenzi mehluko kimi ngombana uZimu akayi ngokuqaleka komuntu kwangaphandle, abantu abahlonitjhwa khulwabo abakadluliseli litho elitjha kimi. 7 Kunalokho, nababona ukuthi ngiphathiswe iindaba ezimnandi zalabo abangakasoki+ njengombana uPitrosi bekaphathiswe zalabo abasokileko 8 ngombana loyo onikele uPitrosi amandla wobupostoli kilabo abasokileko unikele nami amandla ebantwini beentjhaba+ 9 begodu nabalemuka ukuthi nginikelwe umusa omkhulu,+ uJakopo,+ uKhefasi* noJwanisi, ebebabonakala baziinsika, basibamba isandla sinoBharinabhasi+ njengetshwayo lokuvumelana bona siye eentjhabeni kodwana bona baye ebantwini abasokileko. 10 Basibawa kwaphela bona sikhumbule abatlhagako begodu ngilokho nami engalwela ukukwenza.+
11 Nanyana kunjalo, uKhefasi*+ nakeza e-Anthiyokiya,+ ngaphikisana naye ubuso nobuso ngombana bekusemtarini ukuthi utjhaphile. 12 Ngaphambi kobana kufike abantu abathileko abavela kuJakopo,+ bekajayele ukudla nabantu beentjhaba+ kodwana kuthe nabafikako, walisa ukwenza lokhu, wazihlukanisa, asaba labo besigaba esisokileko.+ 13 Woke amanye amaJuda nawo ahlanganyela naye ekuzenzisenokhu kangangobana noBharinabhasi wadoselwa bona ahlanganyele nabo ekuzenziseni kwabo. 14 Kodwana nangilemuka ukuthi bebangakhambi ngokuvumelana neqiniso leendaba ezimnandi,+ phambi kwabo boke, ngathi kuKhefasi:* “Nangabe wena nanyana umJuda nje, uphila njengabantu beentjhaba begodu ungaphili njengamaJuda, kubayini ukatelela abantu beentjhaba bona baphile ngokuvumelana nesiko lamaJuda?”+
15 Thina esimaJuda ngokubelethwa, esingasizizoni ezivela eentjhabeni, 16 siyalemuka ukuthi umuntu kuthiwa ulungile, ingasi ngemisebenzi yomthetho kodwana ngokukholwa+ kuJesu Krestu+ kwaphela. Nje-ke sibeke ukukholwa kwethu kuKrestu Jesu bona kuthiwe silungile ngokukholwa kuKrestu, ingasi ngemisebenzi yomthetho ngombana akakho okuzokuthiwa ulungile ngemisebenzi yomthetho.+ 17 Nje-ke nangabe sifunyenwe sizizoni kukulapho sifuna kuthiwe silungile ngoKrestu, alo-ke uKrestu usisebenzi sesono na? Awa akusinjalo! 18 Nangabe izinto engazigirizako ngiyazakha godu, ngitjengisa ukuthi ngisiseqamthetho. 19 Ngombana ngomthetho ngafa ngokuphathelene nomthetho+ bona ngiphile ngakuZimu. 20 Ngibethelwe esigodweni kunye noKrestu.+ Akusesengimi ophilako+ kodwana nguKrestu ophila ebunyeni nami. Eqinisweni, ukuphila engikuphilako nje enyameni, ngikuphila ngokukholelwa eNdodaneni kaZimu,+ eyangithanda, yazinikela ngebanga lami.+ 21 Angiwali umusa omkhulu kaZimu+ ngombana nangabe ukulunga kufumaneka ngomthetho, eqinisweni-ke uKrestu wafela ilize.+