Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
2:1 Mna ke, ndakuba ndizile kuni, bazalwana, andizanga ngabugcisa bakuthetha;
nokuba bubulumko, ndinibikela ubungqina bukaThixo.
2:2 Kuba ndagqiba kwelokuba ndingazi nto phakathi kwenu, ingenguye uYesu Kristu, naye
wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni.
2:3 Mna kuni ndafika ndaba ngothambileyo, onokoyika, onokugubha okukhulu.
2:4 Nokuthetha kwam, nokuvakalisa kwam uKristu kube kungengamazwi alalanisayo
bubulumko, kodwa bunokubonakaliswa koMoya nokwamandla;
2:5 ukuze ukholo lwenu lungabi sebulumkweni babantu, lube semandleni
kaThixo.
2:6 Ke sithetha ubulumko phakathi kwabagqibeleleyo, ingebubo ubulumko
nokuba ngoweli hlabathi, nokuba ngababaphathi beli phakade, ababhangayo;
2:7 Sithetha ke ubulumko bukaThixo obusemfihlekweni, obo ke bufihlakeleyo;
awathi uThixo ngenxa engaphambili, kwangaphambi kwawo amaphakade, wayimisela uzuko lwethu;
2:8 ekungabangakho namnye wabaphathi beli phakade ubaziyo;
ngebengayibethelelanga emnqamlezweni iNkosi yozuko.
2:9 kube njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ayibonwanga liso, nendlebe ayizivanga, ayizivanga;
zangena entliziyweni yomntu, ezo uThixo azilungisele zona
abo bamthandayo.
2:10 UThixo wazityhila kuthi ke ngoMoya wakhe;
uphengulula zonke izinto, neenzulu zikaThixo.
2:11 Kuba nguwuphi na kubantu ozaziyo izinto zomntu, ingenguwo umoya womntu
ukuye? Ngokunjalo nezinto zikaThixo akukho namnye uzaziyo, ingenguye uMoya
uThixo.
2:12 Ke thina asamkelanga moya wehlabathi;
uphuma kuThixo; ukuze sizazi izinto esazibabalwa ngesisa
uThixo.
2:13 esizithethayo nokuzithetha, kungengamazwi obulumko bamntu
efundisayo, kodwa efundiswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele; sithelekisa izinto zomoya
ngokomoya.
2:14 Owemvelo ke umntu akazamkeli izinto zoMoya kaThixo;
Zibubudenge kuye; kanjalo akanakuzazi, ngokuba zona
ziphicothwa ngokoMoya.
2:15 Ke ongowoMoya okunene uphicotha zonke izinto, kodwa yena ngokwakhe uphicothwa
hayi ndoda.
2:16 Kuba ngubani na oyaziyo ingqiqo yeNkosi, oya kuthi ayifundise? Kodwa
sinengqondo kaKristu.