2 Korinte
8:1 Ngaphezu kwalokho, bazalwane, sinazisa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu ophiwe phezu kwenu
amasonto aseMakedoniya;
8:2 ukuthi ekulingweni okukhulu kokuhlupheka ukuchichima kokujabula kwabo kanye
ubumpofu babo obujulile bavame engcebweni yokuphana kwabo.
8:3 Ngoba ngamandla abo, Ngiyafakaza, yebo, futhi ngaphezu kwamandla abo
ngokuzithandela ngokwabo;
8:4 Besithandazela ngokuncenga okukhulu ukuba samukele isipho, sisamukele
phezu kwethu ukuhlanganyela kokusebenzela abangcwele.
8:5 Futhi lokhu bakwenza, hhayi njengoba sasithemba, kodwa bazinikela kuqala ngokwabo siqu
iNkosi, nakithi ngentando kaNkulunkulu.
8:6 Kangangoba sacela uThithu, ukuthi, njengoba nje eseqalile, kanjalo enze kanjalo
ngiphelelise kini umusa ofanayo futhi.
8:7 Ngakho, njengoba nivame kukho konke, ekukholweni, futhi izwi, futhi
ukwazi, lenkuthalo yonke, langothando lwenu kithi, libone ukuthi
nivame nakulo umusa.
8:8 Angikhulumi ngomyalo, kodwa ngenxa yentshiseko
abanye, futhi ngibonise ubuqotho bothando lwenu.
8:9 Ngoba niyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ukuthi, nakuba wayekhona
ecebile, nokho waba mpofu ngenxa yenu, ukuze nina ngobumpofu bakhe
angase acebe.
8:10 Futhi kulokhu nginikeza iseluleko sami: ngoba lokhu kuwusizo kini, eninakho
waqala ngaphambili, hhayi ukwenza kuphela, kodwa futhi ukuba phambili ngonyaka odlule.
8:11 Manje qedani ukwenza kwakho; ukuthi njengoba kwakukhona ukulungela
nithanda, ukuze kube khona ukusebenza ngalokho eninakho.
8:12 Ngokuba uma kukhona kuqala ingqondo evumayo, kwamukelwe njengalokho a
umuntu anakho, hhayi ngokwalokho angenakho.
8:13 Ngokuba angisho ukuthi abanye abantu bakhululeke, futhi nisindwe.
8:14 Kodwa ngokulingana, ukuze manje ngalesi sikhathi inala yenu ingase ibe supply
ekusweleni kwabo, ukuze nenala yabo igcwalise ukuswela kwenu;
ukuze kube khona ukulingana;
8:15 njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Owayebuthe okuningi akabanga nakusala; futhi yena
eyayibuthe okuyingcosana ayiswelanga.
8:16 Kodwa makabongwe uNkulunkulu, owafaka inkuthalo efanayo enhliziyweni yakhe
uThithu ngawe.
8:17 Ngoba ngempela wasamukela isiyalo; kodwa ngokuba phambili kakhulu, kweyakhe
weza kini ngokuthanda kwakhe.
8:18 Futhi sithumele kanye naye umzalwane, ogama udumo ivangeli
kuwo wonke amabandla;
8:19 Futhi hhayi ukuthi kuphela, kodwa ngubani futhi wakhethwa emabandleni ukuhamba
kanye nathi ngalomusa owenziwe yithi kube inkazimulo yeNkosi
yiNkosi eyodwa, lesimemezelo sokuvuma kwenu.
8:20 sigwema lokhu, ukuze kungabikho muntu okufanele asisole kule nala okukhona
ephethwe yithi:
8:21 Ukunikeza izinto eziqotho, hhayi kuphela emehlweni eNkosi, kodwa futhi
emehlweni abantu.
8:22 Futhi siye wathumela kanye nabo umzalwane wethu, esiye wafakaza kaningi
ukhuthele ezintweni ezinengi, kodwa khathesi ukhuthele kakhulu phezu kwezinkulu
ithemba enginalo ngani.
8:23 Noma ubani obuza kuThithu, yena ungumhlanganyeli nomsizi kanye nami
mayelana nani; noma kubuzwa abazalwane bethu, bayizithunywa
lamabandla, lenkazimulo kaKristu.
8:24 Ngakho bonisani kubo, naphambi kwamabandla, ubufakazi benu
uthando, nokuzibonga kwethu ngani.