Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
10:1 Ke andithandi ukuba ningazi, bazalwana, ukuba kwenzeka njani na ukuba ningazi
Oobawo babephantsi kwalo ilifu, baluwela ulwandle bonke;
10:2 Babhaptizelwa bonke kuye uMoses efini elo naselwandle;
10:3 Badla bonke oko kudla kunye kukokomoya;
10:4 basela bonke olo luselo lunye lulolomoya;
Iliwa lomoya elibe libalandela, iliwa elo ke lalinguye uKristu.
10:5 Ke noko uThixo akakholiswanga ngabaninzi kubo; ngokuba babhukuqwa
entlango.
10:6 Ezo zinto ke zabe ziyimizekelo kuthi, ukuze singabi ngabakhanuki
emva kwezinto ezimbi, njengoko bakhanukayo bona nabo.
10:7 Kanjalo musani ukuba ngababusi bezithixo, njengenxenye yabo; njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, NguYe
bahlala phantsi abantu, badla, basela, bavuka, badlala.
10:8 Masingahenyuzi, njengokuba inxenye yabo yenzayo, yaza yawa
ngamini-nye amawaka angamashumi amabini anamathathu.
10:9 Kanjalo masingamhendi uKristu, njengokuba inxenye yabo yahendayo, yaza yamlinga
kutshatyalaliswa iinyoka.
10:10 Kanjalo musani ukukrokra, njengokuba inxenye yabo yakrokrayo, yaza yatshabalala
umtshabalalisi.
10:11 Zonke ke ezo zinto, zabahlelayo bona, beziyimifuziselo;
zibhalelwe ukululeka thina aba bafikelweyo ziziphelo zawo amaphakade.
10:12 Ngoko ke lowo uba umi, makalumke angawi.
10:13 Anibanjwanga silingo singesesabantu, ingenguwo uThixo
Uthembekile, ongayi kuvumela ukuba nilingwe ngaphezu kwenu
kwazi; owothi, kunye nesihendo eso, avelise ithuba lokuphuma kuso
unokukwazi ukuyinyamezela.
10:14 Kungoko ndithi, zintanda zam, kubalekeni ukubusa izithixo.
10:15 Ndithetha njengakwizilumko; kugwebeni endikuthethayo.
10:16 Indebe yentsikelelo le siyisikelelayo, asibubudlelane begazi;
kaKristu? Isonka esi sisiqhekezayo, asikuko ubudlelane bomzimba;
kaKristu?
10:17 Kuba thina, sibaninzi nje, sisonka sinye, simzimba mnye, kuba sonke singamadlelane
kweso sonka sinye.
10:18 Khangelani amaSirayeli ngokwenyama; asingabo abo badla umbingelelo
babelana ngesibingelelo na?
10:19 Ndithini na ke ngoko? ukuba isithixo siyinto na, nokuba lidini elinyukayo
Ukubingelela kwizithixo kuyinto na?
10:20 Ndithi, Amadini eziwenzayo iintlanga, ziwabingelela
kwiidemon, kungekuThixo; andithandi ke ukuba nibe nako
ubudlelane needemon.
10:21 Aninako ukusela indebe yeNkosi, nendebe yeedemon; aninako
abanesabelo etafileni yeNkosi, nasesithebeni seedemon.
10:22 Siyayikhweletisa na iNkosi? Ngaba sinamandla kunaye?
10:23 Zonke izinto zivumelekile kum, noko azindilungele zonke
izinto zivumelekile kum, noko azakhi zonke.
10:24 Makungabikho namnye ufuna okukokwakhe ukulungelwa;
10:25 Yonke into ethengelwa endaweni yokuthenga inyama, yidleni, ningaphicothi nto;
ngenxa yesazela:
10:26 Ngokuba lelikaYehova ihlabathi, nenzaliseko yalo.
10:27 Ukuba ke ubani wakubo abangakholwayo uthe wanimemela, nizohlwaye;
Thogo; konke okubekwa phambi kwenu yidleni, ningaphicothi nto
ngenxa yesazela.
10:28 Kodwa ukuba ubani uthe kuni, Le nto ilidini elenziwa kwizithixo,
musani ukudla, ngenxa ke yalowo ukubonisileyo, nangenxa yesazela;
umhlaba lo ngoweNkosi, nenzaliseko yawo;
10:29 Ndithi, isazela ke, singesiso esakho wena; sisesomnye lowo.
inkululeko igwetyelwa isazela somnye umntu?
10:30 Kuba ukuba mna ndidlelana ngobabalo, yini na ukuba ndinyeliswe ngenxa yoko?
endiyibulelayo?
10:31 Ke ngoko nokuba niyadla, nokuba niyasela, nokuba nenza yiphi na into, yenzani izinto zonke kuni
uzuko lukaThixo.
10:32 Musani ukubakhubekisani, nokuba kumaYuda, nakumaGrike, nakuni;
ibandla likaThixo:
10:33 njengokuba nam ndikholisa bonke ezintweni zonke, ndingafuni okwam ukulungelwa, ndifuna
ingenelo yabaninzi, ukuze basindiswe.