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.