Eyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte
13:1 Oku kokwesithathu ndisiza kuni. Emlonyeni wababini okanye abathathu
Onke amazwi aya kumiselwa amangqina.
13:2 Sendinixelele ngenxa engaphambili, ndixela ngenxa engaphambili, njengoko ndandikho, ndingowesibini
ixesha; ndikuba ndingekho ngoku, ndibabhalela abo bona kade;
kwabanye ke ndithi, ukuba ndithe ndafika, andisayi kubaconga;
13:3 ekubeni nifuna isiqinisekiso sokuba uKristu uthetha kum, engenguye kuni
ubuthathaka, kodwa unamandla kuni.
13:4 Kuba, nakuba wabethelelwayo emnqamlezweni ngokwasekusweleni amandla, udla ubomi ngokwasemandleni
kaThixo. Kuba nathi siswele amandla kuye, noko siya kudla ubomi naye ngaye
amandla kaThixo ngakuwe.
13:5 Zivavanyeni ukuba niselukholweni kusini na; zibonakaliseni ngokwenu.
Anazi na ngokwenu ukuba uYesu Kristu ungaphakathi kwenu, ingenguni
babe ngabangenakukwazi?
13:6 Ndiyathemba ke ukuba niyakwazi, ukuba asingabo abo bangenakucikideka thina.
13:7 Ndiyathandaza ke kuThixo, ukuba ningenzi nanye into embi; ingekuko ukuba sibonakale
nicikidekile ke, ukuze nenze oko kulungileyo, nakuba singathi thina
abangavumelekanga.
13:8 Kuba asinakwenza nto ngokuchasa inyaniso; sinokwenzela inyaniso.
13:9 Kuba siyavuya, xa sukuba singenamandla thina, nibe nina ninamandla;
nqwenela, kwanemfezeko yakho.
13:10 Ngenxa yoko ndibhala ezi zinto ndingekho, ukuze ndingabikho
sebenzisani kabukhali ngokwegunya, endalinikwa yiNkosi
ulwakheko, lungabi yintshabalaliso.
13:11 Elokugqiba, bazalwana, ndithi, salani kakuhle. Yibani ngabagqibeleleyo, thuthuzelekani, yibani ngabanye
ingqondo, hlalani ngoxolo; waye uThixo wothando noxolo uya kuba nani.
13:12 Bulisanani ngolwango olungcwele.
13:13 Bayanibulisa bonke abangcwele.
13:14 Ubabalo lweNkosi uYesu Kristu, nothando lukaThixo, nobabalo lukaThixo
ubudlelane boMoya oyiNgcwele, mabube nani nonke. Amen.