Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
6:1 Ukuba ubani kuni unokumangalelana nomnye, unobuganga, athi maye kummangalela;
abalungisiyo na phambi kwabangcwele?
6:2 Anazi na, ukuba abangcwele aba baya kuligweba ihlabathi? nokuba ihlabathi
Niya kugwetywa nini na, anikufanele na ukuwathetha awona mancinanana amatyala?
6:3 Anazi na, ukuba siya kugweba izithunywa zezulu? zingakanani izinto ezo
Ngaba obu bomi?
6:4 Xa sukuba ke ngoko nisiya ematyaleni ngezinto zobu bomi, zimiseni phambi kwabo
gweba lowo ungento yanto ebandleni.
6:5 Ndithetha ukuba nidane; Akukho silumko na phakathi kwenu?
Akukho namnye unako ukugweba phakathi kwabazalwana bakhe?
6:6 Kodwa ke umzalwana umangalela umzalwana, naphambi kwabangakholwayo.
6:7 Ngoku ke nithi, ngenxa yokuba niya ematyaleni, nisuke nenene into engento phakathi kwenu
omnye nomnye. Yini na ukuba ningathi kanye nimeneze? yini na ukuba ningenzi kanye
niyeke ukuqhathwa?
6:8 Nisuka nina none abanye, nilumkise, nako oko nibe nikwenza kubazalwana.
6:9 Anazi na, ukuba abangemalungisa abayi kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo?
Musani ukulahlekiswa: abenza umbulo, nabakhonzi bezithixo, nabakrexezi, nabakrexezi
bazenza abafazi, okanye bazixhaphaze ngoluntu,
6:10 namasela, namabawa, namanxila, nabatshabhisi, namanxila, nabatshabhisi, nabatshabhisayo.
abaphangi baya kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo.
6:11 Naye ninjalo ke inxenye yenu; kuloko nahlanjwayo, nangcwaliswa, kuloko nangcwaliswayo
nigwetyelwe egameni leNkosi uYesu, nangoMoya wethu
uThixo.
6:12 Zonke izinto zivumelekile kum, noko azindilungele zonke
izinto zivumelekile kum, noko asindim oya kubekwa phantsi kwagunya lelakhe
nayiphi na.
6:13 izidlo zezesisu, nesisu sesezidlo; kodwa uThixo uya kubhangisa kokubini
yona kunye nabo. Ke wona umzimba asingowombulo, ngoweNkosi; kwaye
iNkosi yeyomzimba.
6:14 UThixo ke wayivusayo iNkosi, uya kusivusa nathi ngokwakhe
amandla awakhe.
6:15 Anazi na ukuba imizimba yenu ngamalungu kaKristu? ndiyenzile ke
niwathabathe amalungu kaKristu, niwenze amalungu ehenyukazi? uThixo
yalela.
6:16 Yintoni? Anazi na, ukuba onamathele kulo ihenyukazi, umzimba mnye nalo? ngenxa
Ababini, utsho, baya kuba nyama-nye.
6:17 Ke onamathele eNkosini, umoya mnye nayo.
6:18 Sabani uhenyuzo; Zonke izono athe umntu wazenza, zingaphandle komzimba; kodwa yena
owenza umbulo wona owakhe umzimba.
6:19 Yintoni? Anazi na, ukuba umzimba wenu uyitempile yoMoya oyiNgcwele?
Kukho kuni, eninako nivela kuThixo, nokuba aningabenu?
6:20 Kuba nathengwa ngexabiso. Mzukiseni ke uThixo ngomzimba wenu nangomoya wenu
ngomoya wenu, okaThixo.