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5:1 Yimani ngoko enkululekweni, athe uKristu wasikhululela kuyo;
nize ningabuyi nibanjwe yidyokhwe yobukhoboka.
5:2 Niyabona, mna, Pawulos, ndithi kuni, ukuba nithe naluka, uKristu woba
anincedi lutho.
5:3 Ndiphinda ndingqina ke kumntu wonke owalukileyo, ukuba yena ulibango
onetyala lokuwenza wonke umthetho.
5:4 Unitshitshisile ke uKristu, ukuba nigwetyelwe kuni
ngomthetho; niwile elubabalweni.
5:5 Kuba thina ngoMoya silinde ithemba lobulungisa ngokwaselukholweni;
5:6 Kuba kwabakuKristu Yesu, akunamandla anto ukwaluka;
ukungaluki; lukholo ke olusebenza ngothando.
5:7 Nibaleke kakuhle; ngubani na osuke wanithintela ukuba ningayithambeli inyaniso?
5:8 Olo loyiseko lwenu aluphumi konibizayo.
5:9 Igwele elincinane liyayibilisa intlama iphela.
5:10 Mna ndikholosekile malunga nani eNkosini, ukuba aniyi kuba ngabakho
onikhathazayo uya kuluthwala ugwebo;
nokuba ingubani na.
5:11 Mna ke, bazalwana, ukuba ndingaba ndisavakalisa ulwaluko, ndisabulalekelani na?
intshutshiso? Isono somnqamlezo sithe sayekwa.
5:12 Akwaba bebesikwa abo banibandezelayo;
5:13 Kuba nina nabizelwa enkululekweni, bazalwana; kuphela musa ukusebenzisa inkululeko
nibe lithuba enyameni; kodwa nikhonzane ngothando.
5:14 Kuba wonke umthetho uzaliswe ngazwi linye, ngeli leli; Uze uthande
ummelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda ngako.
5:15 Ukuba ke niyagrenyana, nidlane, lumkani ukuba ningagqitywa
omnye komnye.
5:16 Ke ndithi, Hambani ngokoMoya, naningasayi kuthi ke niyizalise inkanuko
inyama.
5:17 Kuba inyama ikhanuka ngokuchasene noMoya, uMoya ke ukhanuka ngokuchasene noMoya
yinyama; ezo zinto ke ziphambene, enye kwenye, ukuze ningabi nako ukwenza
izinto ozifunayo.
5:18 Ukuba ke nikhokelwa nguMoya, anikho phantsi komthetho.
5:19 Iyabonakala ke yona imisebenzi yenyama, eyile; Ukrexezo,
uhenyuzo, ukungcola, uburheletyo;
5:20 Unqulo-zithixo, ubugqwirha, intiyo, amayelenqe, ingqumbo, iinkani, iingxabano;
imvukelo, uqhekeko,
5:21 oomona, ookubulala, ookunxila, iziyolo, nezinto ezinjalo;
Ndinixelele ngenxa engaphambili, njengoko besendinixelele kade, ukuba abaya kuza
ukwenza izinto ezinjalo abayi kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo.
5:22 Ke sona esoMoya isiqhamo luthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo,
ububele, ububele, ukholo,
5:23 akukho mthetho uchasene nezinto ezinjalo.
5:24 Ke kaloku abo ke bakaKristu, inyama bayibethelele emnqamlezweni, kunye neminqweno
neenkanuko.
5:25 Ukuba sidla ubomi ngokoMoya, masihambe nokuhamba kwangokoMoya.
5:26 Masingafuni uzuko olulambathayo, sicaphukisana, simonelana
enye.