Eyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte
8:1 Ke kaloku, bazalwana, siyanazisa ubabalo lukaThixo oluhlakaziweyo phakathi kwenu
amabandla aseMakedoni;
8:2 okokuba ekucikidweni kwawo okukhulu yimbandezelo, kuthe ukuphuphuma kovuyo lwawo, novuyo lwawo
ubuhlwempu bawo obendeleyo baphuphumela ekutyebiseni ukunyanisa kwawo.
8:3 Kuba ndingqina ngokwamandla abo, ewe, babengaphezu kwamandla abo
ngokuzithandela ngokwabo;
8:4 besikhunga kakhulu, besikhunga, ukuba siwuthabathe;
phezu kwethu ubudlelane bokulungiselela abangcwele.
8:5 Aba ke benza oku, kungekhona njengoko sathembayo, basuka bazinikela ngokwabo
iNkosi, nakuthi ngokuthanda kukaThixo.
8:6 ngokokude simcele uTito, ukuba athi, njengokuba ebeqalile, enjenjalo ngokunjalo
ndilufezekise kuni kwaelona lubabalo.
8:7 Ke, kwanjengokuba niphuphuma iinto zonke, ukholo, nokuthetha, nokuthetha
ukwazi, nokunyameka konke, nokusithanda kwenu, nibone
maniphuphume nakulo olu lubabalo.
8:8 Andithethi ngakwammiselo; ndithetha ngokunyameka;
abanye, nokuze nilucikide ukunyaniseka kothando lwenu.
8:9 Kuba niyalwazi ubabalo lweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, okokuba yathi, ibinjalo
Waba lihlwempu ngenxa yenu, ukuze nina ngobuhlwempu bakhe;
unokuba sisityebi.
8:10 Ngale ndawo ke ndinipha okwam ukubona;
iqale ngaphambili, hayi ukwenza kuphela, kodwa nokuba phambili kunyaka ophelileyo.
8:11 Kungokunje yenzeni; ukuba njengoko bekukho ukulungela
thandani, kwanjalo ukuba kubekho ukwenzeka ngaphaya koko ninako.
8:12 Kuba intumekelelo, ukuba selikho, yamkeleka kakuhle ngokoko
umntu anako, kungekhona ngokoko angenako.
8:13 Kuba andithi mabaphumle abanye abantu, nibandezeleke nina;
8:14 ukuze kubekho ukulingana ngexesha lakalokunje, ukuphuphuma kwenu makufikelele esiphelweni;
ekusweleni kwabo, ukuze nokuphuphuma kwabo kukwanelisa ukuswela kwenu;
ukuze kubekho ukulingana;
8:15 njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Lowo wabutha kakhulu akabanga nakusalelayo; kwaye yena
obuthe kancinane akaswelanga.
8:16 Makubulelwe ke kuThixo, ongenise kwaoko kuninyamekela entliziyweni yakhe
UTito ngenxa yenu.
8:17 Ngokuba wasamkela okunene isiyalo; kodwa ukuba phambili ngakumbi, kweyakhe
uye kuni ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo.
8:18 Sathuma ke kunye naye umzalwana odume ngokuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo
kuwo onke amabandla;
8:19 Kwaye kungekuphela nje oko, kodwa lowo naye wanyulwa ngamabandla ukuba ahambe
Ngathi ngolu lubabalo silulungiselelweyo sithi, ukuze kuzukiswe uYehova
kwayiNkosi enye, nokuvakalisa ulungelelwano lwenu.
8:20 silumkele oku, ukuze kungabikho bani usigxekayo kule ntabalala ikhoyo
ilawulwa sithi:
8:21 sinyamekela izinto ezilungileyo, kungekuphela nje emehlweni eNkosi;
emehlweni abantu.
8:22 Kwaye sithume kunye nabo umzalwana wethu, esimcikide futhi
Ukhuthele kwizinto ezininzi, kodwa ngoku ukhuthele ngakumbi
Inkoloseko yam endinayo ngani.
8:23 Nokuba kuthethwa ntoni ngoTito, yazini ukuba ulidlelane nam, nomsebenzisi wam;
nokuba kubuzwa ngani abazalwana bethu, bangabathunywa
bamabandla, nozuko lukaKristu.
8:24 Babonakalaliseni ngoko kubo, naphambi kwamabandla
uthando, nokuzingca kwethu ngani.