Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
1:1 UPawulos, owabizwayo ukuba abe ngumpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo,
noSosithene umzalwana wethu.
1:2 ubhalela ibandla likaThixo eliseKorinte, abangcwalisiweyo
kuKristu Yesu, abangcwele ababiziweyo, nabanako konke ukubizwa ezindaweni zonke
egameni likaYesu Kristu iNkosi yethu, eyabo neyethu;
1:3 Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu
UYESU khristu.
1:4 Ndihlala ndibulela kuye uThixo wam ngani, ngenxa yobabalo lukaThixo olukhoyo
eninikwe ngoYesu Kristu;
1:5 kuba natyetyiswa kuye ngezinto zonke, ngokuthetha konke, nangento yonke
ulwazi;
1:6 njengokuba ubungqina bukaKristu baqiniswayo kuni;
1:7 ngokokude ningasileli nakwesinye isipho enisibabalweyo; silindele ukufika kweNkosi yethu
UYESU khristu:
1:8 oya kuniqinisa kude kuse ekupheleni, ukuze ningabi nakusoleka kuwo
imini yeNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
1:9 Uthembekile uThixo, enabizelwa nguye ebudlelaneni boNyana wakhe
uYesu Kristu iNkosi yethu.
1:10 Ke kaloku, ndiyaniyala, bazalwana, ngalo igama leNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, ukuba
nithethe nto-nye nonke, nokuba kungabikho zahlukahlukano kuni;
ke nibe ngabalungisiweyo, nigqibelele ngqiqweni-nye, nasicamangweni sinye
isigwebo esifanayo.
1:11 Kuba ndazisiwe ngani, bazalwana bam, ngabo bakhoyo
kwakuloKlowe, ukuba kukho iimpikiswano phakathi kwenu.
1:12 Ukutsho ke ndithi kuthiwa, ulowo kuni uthi, Mna ndingokaPawulos; kwaye mna ye
uApolo; omnye ke athi, Mna ndingokaKefas; mna ke ndingokaKristu.
1:13 Ngaba uKristu wahlulelene? Kwabethelelwa uPawulos yini na emnqamlezweni ngenxa yenu? okanye nabhaptizelwa kulo
igama likaPawulos?
1:14 Ndiyabulela kuThixo, ukuba ndingabhaptizanga namnye kuni, ingenguKrispo noGayo;
1:15 ukuze kungabikho othi, ndabhaptizela egameni lam.
1:16 Ndabhaptiza ke nendlu kaStefana; ngaphandle kwabo, andazi
nokuba ndabhaptiza wumbi.
1:17 Kuba uKristu akandithumanga kubhaptiza; wandithuma ukushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo, kungabi ngakanye
ubulumko bamazwi, ukuze umnqamlezo kaKristu ungalanjathiswa.
1:18 Kuba ilizwi lomnqamlezo libubudenge okunene kwabatshabalalayo; kodwa
kuthi thina basindiswayo, lingamandla kaThixo.
1:19 Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ndiya kubutshabalalisa ubulumko bezilumko, ndizise
Ingqondo yezilumko ingabi nto yanto.
1:20 Siphi na ke isilumko? uphi na umbhali? uphi umbangi wale nto
ihlabathi? UThixo akabenzanga baba bubudenge na ubulumko beli hlabathi?
1:21 Ekubeni ke kuthe, ebulumkweni bukaThixo, ihlabathi alamazi uThixo ngobulumko balo
Yamkholisa uThixo, ngobudenge bokuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo, ukusindisa abakholwayo.
1:22 Kuba amaYuda efuna umqondiso, namaGrike efuna ubulumko;
1:23 Ke thina sivakalisa uKristu, ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni;
ubudenge bamaGrike;
1:24 ke kwabo babiziweyo, amaYuda kwanamaGrike, sivakalisa uKristu ongamandla
kaThixo, nobulumko bukaThixo.
1:25 Ngokuba into kaThixo ebubudenge inobulumko kunabantu; kunye nobuthathaka be
UThixo unamandla kunabantu.
1:26 Kuba luboneni ubizo lwenu, bazalwana, ukuba azizininzi izilumko emva kwawo
Abayinyama, ababaninzi abanamandla, abamaninzi amanene;
1:27 Kodwa uThixo usuke wanyula izinto ezibubudenge zehlabathi, ukuze azidanise;
lumkile; kwaye uThixo unyule nezinto ezingenamandla zehlabathi, ukuze azidanise
izinto ezinamandla;
1:28 nezinto zehlabathi eziphantsi, nezidelekileyo, anazo uThixo
abanyuliweyo, ewe, nezinto ezingekhoyo, ukuba batshitshise izinto ezo
zezi:
1:29 ukuze kungaqhayisi namnye umntu emehlweni akhe.
1:30 Ke nina nikuKristu Yesu, owenziweyo kuthi ubulumko obuvela kuThixo;
nobulungisa, nobungcwalisa, nentlawulelo;
1:31 ukuze, njengoko kubhaliweyo, Oqhayisayo aqhayise ngako
Nkosi.