Eyoku-1 kaPetros
2:1 Kungoko ke, nibubekile nxamnye bonke ububi, nalo lonke inkohliso, nohanahaniso, nokuhanahanisa
umona, nazo zonke izinyeliso;
2:2 Njengeentsana ezisandul’ ukuzalwa, langazelelani ubisi olungagungqiyo lwelizwi, ukuze nikhule
ngaloo ndlela:
2:3 ukuba okunene nikuvile, ukuba iNkosi inobubele.
2:4 ekufikeni kwakhe ngokungathi lilitye eliphilileyo, akwalilwa okunene ngabantu;
onyuliweyo nguThixo, onqabileyo,
2:5 nani, njengamatye aphilileyo, yakhekani nibe yindlu eyiyeyomoya, eyingcwele
ububingeleli bokunyusa imibingelelo eyiyeyomoya, eyamkeleka kakuhle kuye uThixo ngoYesu
UKrestu.
2:6 Kungoko ikhoyo nokubakho esibhalweni indawo ethi, Yabona, ndilele eZiyon
ilitye lembombo, elinyuliweyo, elinqabileyo;
ungabi nazintloni.
2:7 Kuni ngoko bakholwayo, uxabisekile;
Abangevayo, ilitye abalicekisayo abakhi, lelona lenziwa
intloko yekona,
2:8 Ilitye lesikhubekiso, iliwa lesikhubekiso, kwabo banjalo
baya kukhubeka, bengaliva ilizwi;
onyuliweyo.
2:9 Ke nina nisisizukulwana esinyuliweyo, isibingeleli esibukumkani, uhlanga olungcwele, a
abantu abaqhelekileyo; ukuze nivakalise isidima salowo unako
wanibiza ukuba niphume ebumnyameni, ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okungummangaliso;
2:10 enanifudula ningebantu, ke ngoku ningabantu bakaThixo;
enaningenzelwanga nceba, ke ngoku nenzelwe inceba.
2:11 Zintanda, ndiyanivuselela njengabaphambukeli nabasemzini, ukuba nikhumke.
iinkanuko zenyama, zona ziwuphumele umkhosi umphefumlo;
2:12 Ihambo yenu mayibe ntle phakathi kweentlanga;
bathetha okubi ngani, ngathi ningabenzi bokubi, bathi ngemisebenzi yenu emihle abaya kuthi ngayo
iyabona, izukisa uThixo ngomhla wokuvelelwa.
2:13 Wuthobeleni ngoko wonke ummiso ongowomntu, ngenxa yayo iNkosi;
makube kukumkani, njengowongamileyo;
2:14 nokuba ngabalawuli, njengabo bathunywe nguye ukuba abe nogwebo;
kubenzi bobubi, ibe luzuko lwabenzi bokulungileyo.
2:15 Kuba kukuthanda kukaThixo, ukuba nithi, ngokwenza okulungileyo, nithi cwaka
ukungazi kwabantu abaziziyatha.
2:16 nithi ningabakhululekileyo nje, ningabi ngabayenza inkululeko ibe sisigqubuthelo sobubi;
abakhonzi bakaThixo.
2:17 Bekani bonke abantu. Thandani abazalwana. Yoyika uThixo. Beka ukumkani.
2:18 Nina bakhonzi, bathobeleni ninako konke ukoyika abanikho; hayi kwabalungileyo kuphela
kwaye uthantamisa, kodwa kwanabo bagwenxa.
2:19 Kuba oku kuyabuleleka, ukuba umntu unyamezela, ngenxa yokumazi uThixo
intlungu, ukubandezeleka ngokungafanelekanga.
2:20 Kuba kuya kuba ludumo luni na, ukuba nithe nantlithwa nisona?
yithathe ngomonde? kodwa ukuba nithi nenze okulungileyo, nive ubunzima, niyakwamkela
Ngomonde ke oko kwamkelekile kuThixo.
2:21 Kuba nabizelwa oko; ngokuba noKristu weva ubunzima ngenxa yethu;
esishiya nomzekelo, ukuze nilandele emkhondweni wakhe.
2:22 ongenzanga sono, ekungafunyanwanga nkohliso emlonyeni wakhe;
2:23 owathi, etshabhiswa, akaphindi atshabhise; wathi esiva ubunzima, yena
akazange asongele; ke ubeyekele kulowo ugwebayo ngobulungisa;
2:24 lowo wazithwala izono zethu ngomzimba wakhe emthini, ukuze thina sibe
nifile nje kwizono, niphilela ubulungisa;
baphiliswa.
2:25 Kuba beninjengezimvu zilahlekile; kodwa ngoku babuyele kuni
Malusi noMphathi wemiphefumlo yenu.