Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
14:1 Phuthumani uthando olo, nibe kodwa nizizondelela izipho ezizezoMoya, ngokukodwa ke ukuze nibe nako
profeta.
14:2 Kuba lowo uthetha ngalulwimi lumbi akathethi bantwini, uthetha ngamntu
kuThixo, kuba akukho bani umqondayo; kanti ke emoyeni
uthetha iimfihlelo.
14:3 Ke yena oprofetayo uthetha ebantwini ulwakheko, nolwakheko
inkuthazo, kunye nentuthuzelo.
14:4 Lowo uthetha ngalulwimi lumbi uzakha yena; kodwa yena
uya kwakha ibandla.
14:5 Ndiyathanda ke ukuba nithethe ngalwimi zimbi nonke, noko ke ndithanda ngokukodwa ukuba niprofete.
Kuba lowo uprofetayo mkhulu kunalowo uthetha ngalwimi zimbi.
ngaphandle kokuba utolika, ukuze ibandla libe nokwakheka.
14:6 Kunjalonje ke, bazalwana, ukuba ndithe ndeza kuni ndithetha ngalwimi zimbi, ndingathini na?
kunceda wena, ukuba andithanga ndithethe kuwe nokuba ndisityhilelo, nokuba ndingasityhilela
kukwazi, siprofeta, sithetha ngemfundiso, kusini na?
14:7 Kwanezinto ezingenamphefumlo zivakalisa ilizwi, njengembande, nohadi, nokuba luluphi na
ziyahlula izandi; yothiwani na ukwaziwa into okuyiyo
kubethwa umbhobho okanye ngohadi?
14:8 Kuba kanjalo, xa ixilongo lithe lalila ngezwi elingaqondakaliyo, ngubani na owozilungiselela
idabi?
14:9 Ngokunjalo nani, ukuba anithanga nithethe ngalo ulwimi intetho eqondeka;
yothiwani na ukwaziwa into ethethiweyo? ngokuba niya kuthetha
emoyeni.
14:10 Nokuba zingaba sezingakanani na ukuba zininzi kwazo iintlobo zeentetho ehlabathini, akukho nalunye kuzo.
azinantsingiselo.
14:11 Ukuba ngoko andithanga ndiyazi intsingiselo yelizwi, ndoba kuye
othethayo woba ngumbharbhari, nothethayo woba ngumbharbhari
kum.
14:12 Ngokunjalo nani, ekubeni kaloku nizondelela izipho ezizezoMoya, funani ukuba nibe nazo.
inokugqwesa ekwakhiweni kwebandla.
14:13 Ngenxa yoko ndithi, othethayo ngalwimi zimbi, makathandazele ukuba abe nako
tolika.
14:14 Kuba xa ndithandaza ngalulwimi lumbi, umoya wam uyathandaza okunene wona, ke wona owam lo
ingqiqo ayinasiqhamo.
14:15 Kuthini na ke ngoko? Ndiya kuthandaza ngomoya, ndithandaze kunye noMoya
Ndiya kuvuma ngomoya, ndivume ngomoya, ndivume kunye
nokuqonda.
14:16 Okanye, ukuba uthe wasikelela ngomoya wodwa, wothini na lowo uthabathayo?
Igumbi longenakwazi yithi Amen ekubuleleni kwakho, njengoko yena ebona
Ngaba awuyiqondi into oyithethayo?
14:17 Kuba okunene wena uyatyapha ukubulela, kodwa onguwumbi akakheki.
14:18 Ndiyabulela kuThixo wam, kuba ndithetha ngalwimi zimbi ngaphezu kwenu nonke;
14:19 kodwa ke ebandleni ndithanda ukuthetha amazwi abe mahlanu ngayo ingqiqo yam.
ukuze ndibafundise nabanye ngelizwi lam, ngaphezu kweshumi lamawaka amazwi
ulwimi olungaziwayo.
14:20 Bazalwana, musani ukuba ngabantwana engqondweni;
ngabantwana, kodwa ngengqondo yibani ngamadoda.
14:21 Emthethweni kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uya kuba ngalwimi zimbi nangamlomo wumbi
Ndithetha kwaba bantu; noko kunjalo, abasayi kundiva;
utsho uYehova.
14:22 Ngoko ke iilwimi ezi zikho ukuba zibe ngumqondiso kwabo bakholwayo, kungekubo abakholwayo ke
ke bona ukuprofeta akunamsebenzi wabangakholwayo.
kodwa kungenxa yabakholwayo.
14:23 Ukuba ngoko lithe lahlangana ndawonye ibandla liphela, ndaweni-nye bonke
bathethe ngeelwimi, kwangena abo bangenamfundo, okanye
Abayi kuthi na, niphambene?
14:24 Ke ukuba bathi bonke baprofete, kuze ke kungena lowo ungakholwayo, nokuba mnye
ongenamfundo uphicothwa ngabo bonke, uphicothwa ngabo bonke;
14:25 zize ngokunjalo izinto ezifihlakeleyo zentliziyo yakhe zibonakalaliswe; kwaye ke ukuwa phantsi
uya kumnqula ebusweni bakhe uThixo, exela ukuba uThixo uphakathi kwenu
inyaniso.
14:26 Kuthini na ke ngoko, bazalwana? Xa sukuba nihlangene, uthi elowo abe nomzi
indumiso, inemfundiso, inentetho, inesityhilelo, inesityhilelo
ukutolikwa. Zonke izinto mazenzeke ukuze zakheke.
14:27 Ukuba umntu uthetha ngalulwimi lumbi, makuthethe babini, mhlawumbi bangagqithi
ngabathathu, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo; aze omnye atolike.
14:28 Ke xa kungekho mchazi-ntetho, makathi cwaka ebandleni; kwaye
makathethe kuye ngokwakhe nakuThixo.
14:29 Abaprofeti ke, makuthethe babini, mhlawumbi bathathu, abanye bacalule.
14:30 Ukuba ke kuthe watyhilelwa into omnye ehleli khona, makayibambe eyokuqala
uxolo lwakhe.
14:31 Kuba ninako ukuprofeta ngabanye nonke, ukuze bafunde bonke, baze bonke babekho
uthuthuzelekile.
14:32 Oomoya babaprofeti bayabathobela abaprofeti.
14:33 kuba uThixo akangowesiphithiphithi, ngowoxolo; njengokuba kunjalo kuwo onke amabandla
yabangcwele.
14:34 Abafazi benu mabathi tu emabandleni; kuba akuvumelekile
ukuba bathethe kubo; kodwa bayalelwa ukuba babe phantsi kwentobelo, njengokuba
ukwatsho nomthetho.
14:35 Ukuba ke banga bangaqonda into, mabayibuze ekhaya kwawabo amadoda;
kuba lihlazo kubafazi ukuthetha ebandleni.
14:36 Yintoni? Kanene ilizwi likaThixo laphuma livela kuni na? Ngaba lize kuni nedwa?
14:37 Ukuba umntu uba ungumprofeti, nokuba uba ungowoMoya, makenze oko
yazini ukuba izinto endinibhalela zona yimithetho
yeNkosi.
14:38 Ke ukuba umntu akazi, makangazi.
14:39 Ngoko ke, bazalwana, kuzondeleleni ukuprofeta, nize ningakwaleli ukuthetha nani.
iilwimi.
14:40 Zonke izinto mazenziwe ngokubekekileyo, nangolungelelwano.