Eyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte
1:1 UPawulos, umpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, noTimoti wethu
mzalwana, ubhalela ibandla likaThixo eliseKorinte, ndawonye nabo bonke abangcwele
abakulo lonke elaseAkaya.
1:2 uthi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu
UKrestu.
1:3 Makabongwe uThixo, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu
iinceba, noThixo wentuthuzelo yonke;
1:4 osithuthuzelayo kuyo yonke imbandezelo yethu, ukuze sibe nako ukuthuthuzeleka
abo bakwimbandezelo nayiphi na, ngenxa yentuthuzelo esikuyo thina ngokwethu
uthuthuzelwe nguThixo.
1:5 Ngokuba, njengokuba iintlungu zikaKristu ziphuphumela kuthi, ngokunjalo ithi nentuthuzelo yethu iphuphume
iphuphuma ngoKristu.
1:6 Nokuba siyabandezelwa, oko kungenxa yentuthuzelo yenu nosindiso lwenu;
olusebenzayo ke ngokunyamezela kwaezo mbandezelo, zisithi nathi
nokuba siyathuthuzeleka, kungenxa yenu, kungenxa yenu
usindiso.
1:7 Kanjalo ithemba lethu ngani liqinisekile, sisazi ukuba njengokuba ningamadlelane nathi
ekubandezelweni kwenu, niya kuba njalo nani ngokwentuthuzelo.
1:8 Kuba asithandi, bazalwana, ukuba ningayazi imbandezelo yethu eyafikayo
kuthi thina kwelaseAsiya, sabandezelwa ngokuncamisileyo, ngaphezu kwamandla;
ngokokude sibuncame nobomi.
1:9 Ke kaloku besinesigwebo sokufa kuthi, ukuze singakholosi
sithi ngokwethu, sikuye uThixo ovusa abafileyo;
1:10 owasihlangulayo ekufeni okungaka, osihlangulayo ngaye
sithembe ukuba usaya kusihlangula;
1:11 nani nani nincedisana nani ngokusikhungela, ngenxa yesipho sesisa
phezu kwethu ngeendlela zabantu abaninzi umbulelo unokunikwa ngabaninzi kuthi
egameni.
1:12 Kuba uqhayiya lwethu lulo olu, ubungqina besazela sethu, esisingqinelayo ukuba sikunye
Ukunyaniseka nokunyaniseka kobuthixo, kungekhona ngobulumko benyama, kodwa ngobulumko
ubabalo lukaThixo, sibe neencoko zethu ehlabathini, nangaphezulu
kakhulu kuwe.
1:13 Kuba asinibhaleli zimbi izinto, ikwazezo nizilesayo, noko nizilesayo
vuma; kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba niya kuvuma kude kube sekupheleni.
1:14 njengokuba nasaziyo kakuhle ngokuyinxenye, ukuba siliqhayiya lenu;
njengokuba nani ningabethu ngemini yeNkosi uYesu.
1:15 Ndinaloo nkoloseko ke, ndanqwenela ukunga ndingeza kuni kade, ukuze nina
inokuba nenzuzo yesibini;
1:16 ndize ndicande kuni ukuya kwelaseMakedoni, ndibuye, ndivela kwelaseMakedoni
kuni, ndiphelekelelwe nini ukuya kwelakwaYuda.
1:17 Xa ngoko ndandifuna oko, ndandifeketha na kanti? okanye izinto
endizicebayo, ndiziceba ngokwenyama, ukuba ndibe khona nam
kufanele ukuba nguewe, kwaye hayi hayi?
1:18 Ethembekile nje ke uThixo, ilizwi lethu kuni alibanga nguewe nohayi.
1:19 Kuba uNyana kaThixo, uYesu Kristu, owavakaliswayo phakathi kwenu sithi,
ngam noSilvano noTimoti ababanga nguewe nohayi; kuye kwakuye
ewe.
1:20 Kuba onke amadinga kaThixo akuye, uewe ukuye, noAmen ukuye
uzuko lukaThixo ngathi.
1:21 Osiqiniselayo ke ndawonye nani kuKristu, osithambisayo ke, unguye
uThixo;
1:22 ositywine wasiqinisa, wasinika isinyaniso soMoya kuthi
iintliziyo.
1:23 Mna ke ndibiza uThixo, ukuba abe lingqina emphefumlweni wam, ukuba kungokunivela, ukuba ndizele nina
kungekabikho eKorinte.
1:24 Anditsho ngakulugagamela ukholo lwenu; nditsho ngokuba singabasebenza nani nina
uvuyo; kuba nimi ngokholo.