Eyoku-1 kaPetros
1:1 UPetros, umpostile kaYesu Kristu, ubhalela abasemzini abathe saa
iPonto, iGalati, iKapadokiya, iAsiya, neBhithiniya;
1:2 abanyuliweyo ngokokwazi kwenxa engaphambili kukaThixo uYise, ngako
ubungcwalisa boMoya, kuse ekululameleni nasekufefweni kwegazi
kaYesu Kristu: uthi, Makwandiswe kuni ubabalo, noxolo.
1:3 Makabongwe uThixo, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, othe ngoko bona
ngenxa yobuninzi benceba yakhe, uye wasizala ngokutsha, ukuba sibe nethemba eliphilileyo ngaye
ukuvuka kukaYesu Kristu kwabafileyo,
1:4 ilifa elingenakonakala, elingenakudyobheka, elingenakubuna
kude, kubekelwe nina emazulwini;
1:5 nina bathe ngamandla kaThixo ngokholo bagcinelwa usindiso olulungiselweyo
kutyhilwa ngexesha lokugqibela.
1:6 Enigcoba ngalo, nakuba nithe ngoku okomzuzwana, ukuba nimelwe kuko
ebunzimeni ngokusebenzisa izilingo ezininzi.
1:7 ukuze ukucikideka kokholo lwenu kunqabile kakhulu, ngaphezu kwegolide embiweyo
itshabalala, nokuba licikidwe ngomlilo, liya kufunyanwa libe yindumiso nendumiso
imbeko nozuko ekutyhilekeni kukaYesu Kristu.
1:8 enithe nambona nje, niyamthanda; enithi ke ningamboni kuye ngoku
nikholwa, nigcobe ngovuyo olungathethekiyo, oluzukisiweyo;
1:9 nisamkela isiphelo sokholo lwenu, usindiso ke lwemiphefumlo yenu.
1:10 Usindiso ababeluphengulula abaprofeti, babeluphengulula ngenyameko.
owaprofetayo ngobabalo oluya kunifikela;
1:11 bephengulula ukuba wayenjani na, lalinjani na ixesha uMoya kaKristu, awayekulo
bona babexela ngenxa engaphambili iintlungu zikaKristu;
nozuko oluya kulandela.
1:12 ekuthe ke kwatyhilwa kubo, ukuba kungekhona kubo, kodwa thina
enizilungisele nje izinto enizixelelwayo ngoku ngabo
sanishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, owathunywa evela kuye
izulu; ezo zinto zinqwenelwa zizithunywa zezulu ukuqondela kuzo.
1:13 Ngoko, bhinqani izinqe zengqondo yenu, yibani nobungcathu, nithembe okokugqibela
kuba ubabalo oluziswa kuni ekutyhilekeni kukaYesu
uKristu;
1:14 ngokwabantwana abalulamileyo, musani ukuminzi okwabokuqala;
iinkanuko ngokungazi kwenu;
1:15 nithi ke, ngokokwalowo ungcwele wanibizayo, nibe ngcwele nani ngokwenu
incoko
1:16 Ngenxa enokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Yibani ngcwele; ngokuba ndingcwele mna.
1:17 Ukuba nibiza uBawo, lowo ugwebayo engakhethi buso
Ngokomsebenzi womntu wonke, hambani ngexesha lokuphambukela kwenu apha
uloyiko:
1:18 nisazi nje ukuba anihlawulelwanga nikhululwe ngazinto zinakonakala;
njengesilivere negolide, kwihambo yenu engento eyamkelekileyo ngokwesithethe
kooyihlo;
1:19 Kodwa ngegazi elinqabileyo likaKristu, njengelemvana engenasiphako nasiphako
ngaphandle kwebala:
1:20 Lowo okunene wamiselwa ngenxa engaphambili, kwangaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi, kodwa wayekho
zibonakalise ngala maxesha okugqibela kuwe,
1:21 enithi ngaye nikholwe kuye uThixo, owamvusayo kwabafileyo, wanika
uzuko lwakhe; ukuze ukholo lwakho nethemba lakho libe kuThixo.
1:22 niyenze nyulu nje imiphefumlo yenu ngokuyilulamela inyaniso
UMoya ekuthandeni abazalwana okungenaluhanahaniso, thandanani
Ngentliziyo ehlambulukileyo, ngenzondelelo.
1:23 nizelwe ngokutsha, kungengokwasembewini enokonakala, kungokwasembewini engenakonakala.
Ilizwi likaThixo eliphilileyo, elimiyo ngonaphakade.
1:24 Kuba Yonke inyama injengengca, Nabo bonke ubuqaqawuli bomntu bunjengentyantyambo yentyatyambo
ingca. Ingca iyoma, ivuthuluke nentyantyambo yayo;
1:25 Ke lona ilizwi leNkosi lihleli ngonaphakade. Lilo eli ilizwi eli
zishunyayelwa iindaba ezilungileyo kuni.