1 Mine, Pawula matfupha, ngiyanincenga ngebumnene nangebubele baKhristu. Nginguye yena loPawula lenimtsatsa ngekutsi uyatikhobosa nasemkhatsini wenu, kodvwa abe nesibindzi kini nangekho embikwenu.
2 Nginincenga kutsi nase ngifikile lapho kungadzingeki ngibadvumele ngesibindzi lengicondze kusisebentisa kulabanye labatsi tsine sichutjwa live.
3Ngobe nome siphila eveni, kodvwa asilwi ngetikhali telive.
4 Tikhali lesilwa ngato akusito telive, kodvwa tikhali taNkulunkulu letinemandla ekubhidlita tinqaba, ticitse tinkhulumo letingenamsebenti.
5Tibhidlita konkhe lokuphakamele kuvimbela kwati Nkulunkulu. Titfumba yonkhe imicabango, tiyente itfobele kulalela Khristu.
6 Nangabe senitimisele kulalela ngalokuphelele, sikulungele kujezisa konkhe kungalaleli.
7 Tsatsani lamaciniso njengobe anjalo. Kukhona yini lokholwa kutsi yena waKhristu? Kuhle loko, kodvwa akase acabange naku: Natsi futsi sibaKhristu njengaye.
8 Mhlawumbe ngitigabatisa kakhulu ngalamandla neligunya lami lenganikwa lona nguNkulunkulu, kutsi nginakhe nginganibulali. Kodvwa ngite emahloni ngaloko.
9Ningacabangi kutsi ngicondze kunetfusa nje ngaletincwadzi.
10Labanye batsi: “Tincwadzi takhe tinemandla nesisindvo, kodvwa bukhona bakhe abunasitfunti, nenkhulumo yakhe imalula.”
11 Lowo locabanga loko kufanele ati kutsi loko lesikukhulume encwadzini singekho, siyawukwenta nase sifikile lapho kini.
12 Asisho kutsi ngaloko sicondze kutilinganisa nalabo labatincomako, singeke sikwente loko. Kodvwa nabaticatsanisa bona bodvwa, batilinganise bona bodvwa, batilima.
13 Kodvwa singeke sitigabatise kwendlula, noko sitawugcina emaphetselweni lesinikwe wona nguNkulunkulu cobo lwakhe. Lawo maphetselo anifaka ngekhatsi nine baseKhorinte.
14Ngitsi lesefika kini kucala neliVangeli laKhristu; ngako-ke nasitigabatisa ngani, sisengekhatsi kwemaphetselo etfu.
15 Asitigabatisi ngephandle kwemaphetselo ngalokwentiwe ngulabanye, kodvwa siyetsemba kutsi nisakhula ekukholweni, nemsebenti wetfu utakwandza emkhatsini wenu,
16 kuze sitewushumayela liVangeli nasemaveni langesheya kwenu, ngaphandle kwekutigabatisa ngemsebenti lese wentiwe ngulomunye umuntfu.
17 UmBhalo utsi: “Lowo lofuna kutibonga, akatibonge ngeNkhosi.”
18 Ngobe lowemukelela eNkhosini, akusiye lotincomako, kodvwa ngulowo lonconywa yiNkhosi.
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