Eyesibili KwabaseKhorinte 5:1-21
5 Siyakwazi ukuthi nxa itende leli eliyindlu yethu yasemhlabeni lingadilika,+ sizakuba lesakhiwo esivela kuNkulunkulu, esiyindlu engenziwanga ngezandla+ ezahlala kuze kube nini lanini ezulwini.
2 Endlini le siyabubula sibili, sifisa kakhulu ukungena endlini* yethu evela ezulwini,+
3 ukuze nxa sesingene kuyo singatholakali singelandawo yokuhlala.*
4 Thina esisetendeni leli siyabubula futhi sikhathazeke kakhulu ngoba asifuni ukutshiya indlu le esilayo lanxa sifuna ukungena kule* enye+ ukuze okufayo kuginywe yikuphila.+
5 UNkulunkulu owasinika umoya ukuthi ube yisibambiso* sokuzayo+ nguye osilungiselele lokho.+
6 Ngakho sihlala silesibindi njalo siyakwazi ukuthi nxa ikhaya lethu lisesengumzimba lo kasikho ndawonye leNkosi+
7 ngoba sihamba ngokholo hatshi ngokubona.
8 Kodwa silesibindi njalo sifisa ukuthi ikhaya lethu libe lapho iNkosi ekhona+ kulokuthi sibe semzimbeni lo.
9 Yikho kungelani lokuthi sihlala laye ekhaya loba asilaye, sifuna ukwamukeleka kuye
10 ngoba sonke kumele sime* phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaKhristu ukuze ngamunye aphiwe lokho okufanele izinto ayezenza esesemzimbeni lo, kungaba ngokuhle kumbe ngokubi.+
11 Yikho-ke njengoba sisazi ukuthi kutshoni ukwesaba iNkosi, siqhubeka sisenza ukuthi abantu basikholwe, kodwa thina uNkulunkulu usazi kuhle. Lanxa kunjalo, ngilethemba lokuthi lemizwangedwa yenu isazi kuhle.
12 Asifuni ukuphinda sizincome phambi kwenu kodwa silinika isizatho sokuthi lizigqaje ngathi ukuze lenelise ukuphendula labo abazigqaja ngesimo sangaphandle+ hatshi ngokusenhliziyweni.
13 Nxa kuyikuthi besiphambene,+ besisenzela uNkulunkulu kodwa nxa kuyikuthi ingqondo zethu zisebenza kuhle, senzela lina.
14 Uthando lukaKhristu luyasifuqa ngoba nanku esesiphethe ngakho: Umuntu oyedwa wafela bonke+ njengoba bonke basebefile.
15 Wafela abantu bonke ukuze abaphilayo bangasaziphileli bona+ kodwa baphilele lowo owabafelayo waphinda wavuswa.
16 Ngakho kusukela khathesi akulamuntu esimahlulela ngalokho esikubonayo kuphela.+ Kanti njalo nxa uKhristu sasimbona ngendlela le, khathesi asisamboni njalo.+
17 Yikho-ke loba ngubani omanyene loKhristu uyindalo entsha.+ Izinto ezindala sezadlula, sekulezinto ezintsha.
18 Kodwa izinto zonke zivela kuNkulunkulu owasibuyisela kuye ngoKhristu+ njalo wasinika inkonzo yokubuyisana,+
19 okutsho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wasebenzisa uKhristu ukuthi abuyisane lomhlaba,+ engasawubaleli amacala awo+ futhi wasiphathisa ilizwi lokubuyisana.+
20 Ngakho singabameli+ abasesikhundleni sikaKhristu+ njalo kungathi uNkulunkulu uyancenga esebenzisa thina. Njengoba sisesikhundleni sikaKhristu siyancenga sithi: “Buyisanani loNkulunkulu.”
21 Lowo owayengasazi isono+ wenziwa waba ngumhlatshelo wezono zethu* ukuze ngaye sibe ngabalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ukuzembesa ngendlu.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “sesizembese ngayo singatholakali sinqunu.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ukwembeswa yile.”
^ Kumbe, “yisiqinisekiso.”
^ Kumbe, “sivezwe.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “yisono.”
