2 Korinte 9:1 Ngokuba ngokuqondene nokukhonza abangcwele kuyinto engafanele kimi ukukubhalela: 9:2 Ngoba ngiyakwazi ukukhuthala kwengqondo yenu, engiziqhayisa ngakho ngani abaseMakedoniya, ukuthi i-Akhaya yayisilungisile sekudlule unyaka; nokushisekela kwenu kukhona wacasula abaningi kakhulu. 9:3 Nokho, ngibathumile abazalwane, funa ukuzincoma kwethu ngawe kube yize ngenxa yalokhu; ukuze, njengokutsho kwami, libe selilungile; 9:4 Hleze, uma abaseMakedoniya beza nami, futhi banithole ningakulungele, thina (ukuba singasho nina) kufanele sibe namahloni ngalokho kuqiniseka ukuziqhayisa. 9:5 Ngakho-ke ngacabanga ukuthi kudingekile ukuba ngikhuthaze abazalwane, ukuthi bangathanda hambani phambi kwenu, nilungise ngaphambili isipho senu ebeninakho qaphela ngaphambili, ukuthi okufanayo kungase kube ngomumo, njengendaba yenzuzo, futhi kungenjengokuhaha. 9:6 Kepha lokhu ngithi: Ohlwanyela ingcosana uyakuvuna ingcosana; futhi ohlwanyela kakhulu uyakuvuna kakhulu. 9:7 Yilowo nalowo makenze njengokunquma kwakhe enhliziyweni yakhe; hhayi ngokudabuka, noma ngokucindezelwa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyamthanda umuphi onamileyo. 9:8 Futhi uNkulunkulu unamandla okunipha umusa wonke uvame; ukuthi nina, njalo ninokwanela konke ezintweni zonke, nivame emisebenzini yonke emihle; 9:9 Njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: “Uhlakazile, wapha abampofu; ukulunga kwakhe kumi phakade. 9:10 Manje lowo okhonza imbewu umhlwanyeli kokubili isinkwa isinkwa senu ukudla, andise imbewu yakho, andise izithelo zakho ukulunga;) 9:11 ecetshiswe kukho konke kukho konke ukuphana, okubangela ngathi ukubonga kuNkulunkulu. 9:12 Ngoba ukuphathwa le nkonzo hhayi kuphela unikeza ukuswela abangcwele, kodwa futhi kuvame ngokubonga okuningi kuNkulunkulu; 9:13 Nakuba ngovivinyo lwale nkonzo bakhazimulisa uNkulunkulu ngenxa yenu nithobela ivangeli likaKristu nangenxa yokuphana kwenu ukwabela bona nakubo bonke abantu; 9:14 Futhi ngomthandazo wabo ngawe, okuyinto ukulangazelela kakhulu umusa kaNkulunkulu kini. 9:15 Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngesipho sakhe esingakhulumekiyo.