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Singeniso nekubonga Nkulunkulu
1 Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, lowabitwa ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu kutsi abe ngumphostoli waKhristu Jesu, kanye nakuSostene, umzalwane.
2 Iya ebandleni laNkulunkulu leliseKhorinte, kubo labangcwelisiwe kuKhristu Jesu, babitelwa kuba ngulabangcwele kanye nabo bonkhe, etindzaweni tonkhe, labakhuleka egameni laJesu Khristu, loyiNkhosi yabo neyetfu.
3 Akube kini umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe wetfu, naseNkhosini yetfu Jesu Khristu.
4 Ngibonga Nkulunkulu wami ngato tonkhe tikhatsi. Ngimbonga ngani ngenca yemusa wakhe leniwuphiwe kuKhristu Jesu, 5 kutsi nicetjiswe ngetindlela tonkhe kuye, ekukhulumeni konkhe naselwatini lonkhe. 6Ngisho nebufakazi ngaJesu Khristu baciniswa kini, 7 khona ningetiwusilalelwa nangusinye sipho semusa ngesikhatsi nisemele kubonakaliswa kweNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu. 8 Yena uyawunicinisa nani, kudzimate kube ngusekupheleni, nitfolakale nite licala mzukwana welilanga leNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu. 9 Wetsembekile Nkulunkulu lowanibitela ebudlelwaneni neNdvodzana yakhe Khristu iNkhosi yetfu.
Kwehlukana lobekusebandleni laseKhorinte
10 Bazalwane bami labatsandzekako, ngiyanincenga ngelibito leNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu kutsi nivumelane ngantfo yinye nonkhe; kubete kwehlukana emkhatsini wenu, kodvwa nipheleliswe emcondvweni munye nasembonweni munye. 11Loku ngikusho ngobe sengivile ngani, bazalwane bami, ngitjelwe bendlu yakaKlowe, kutsi kukhona siphitsiphitsi sekwehlukana emkhatsini wenu. 12 Ngisho loku kwekutsi lomunye utsi: “Mine ngiwakaPawula,” lomunye atsi: “Mine ngiwaka-Apolosi,” nalomunye atsi: “Mine ngiwakaKhefase,” nalomunye atsi: “Mine ngiwakaKhristu.” 13Khristu wehlukene yini? NguPawula yini lowabetselwa ngenca yenu? Nabhajatiselwa egameni laPawula yini?
14 Noko ngibonga Nkulunkulu nje kutsi angizange sengibhabhatise muntfu emkhatsini wenu, ngaphandle kwaKhrispu naGayusi; 15ngako kute longatsi nabhajatiselwa egameni lami. 16 Labanye lengababhabhatisa bakaStefanasi. Ngaphandle kwalabo angisho kutsi ukhona lomunye lengambhabhatisa. 17 Ngobe mine Khristu akangitfumelanga kona kuyawubhabhatisa, kodvwa wangitfumela kutsi ngiyewushumayela liVangeli, hhayi ngekuhlakanipha kwemavi, funa sentiwe lite siphambano sakhe.
Kuhlakanipha kwaNkulunkulu nekwelive
18 Livi lesiphambano libulima kulababhubhako, kodvwa kitsi tsine lesisindziswako lingemandla aNkulunkulu. 19 Ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi:
“Ngiyawucitsa kuhlakanipha
kwalabahlakaniphile,
nekucondza kwetati
ngikwente kube lite.”
20 Siphi sihlakaniphi? Siphi sati semtsetfo? Uphi umphikisi walesikhatsi? Nkulunkulu akakwenti bulima yini kuhlakanipha kwalelive? 21 Ngobe phela ekuhlakanipheni kwaNkulunkulu live alizange limati Nkulunkulu ngekuhlakanipha kwalo. Kwaba kuhle kuye kusindzisa labakholwako ngenshumayelo lebulima. 22 Ngobe emaJuda afuna tibonakaliso, kantsi emaGriki wona afuna kuhlakanipha. 23 Kodvwa tsine sishumayela Khristu abetselwe esiphambanweni, losikhubekiso kumaJuda nebulima kubetive. 24 Kodvwa kulabo lababitiwe, kumaJuda nakumaGriki, sishumayela Khristu longemandla aNkulunkulu nekuhlakanipha kwaNkulunkulu. 25Ngobe bulima baNkulunkulu buhlakaniphile kunekuhlakanipha kwebantfu, nebutsakatsaka baNkulunkulu bunemandla kunemandla ebantfu.
26 Bazalwane bami, khumbulani kubitwa kwenu, kutsi ababanyenti labahlakaniphile ngekwasemhlabeni, ababanyenti nalabanemandla, ababanyenti nalabahloniphekile ngekutalwa kwabo. 27 Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wakhetsa lokubulima emhlabeni, kuze ajabhise labahlakaniphile, wakhetsa lokubutsakatsaka, kuze ajabhise lokunemandla. 28Nkulunkulu wakhetsa lokubukeleka phansi nalokwedzelelekile emhlabeni; wakhetsa netintfo letingekho, khona atewucitsa letikhona, 29 kuze kubete muntfu lotibongako embikwaNkulunkulu. 30 Yena ungumtfombo wemphilo yenu kuJesu Khristu, lamenta waba kuhlakanipha kwetfu, nekulunga, nekungcweliswa, kanye nekuhlengwa. 31 Ngako-ke: “Lotibongako, akatibonge ngeNkhosi,” njengobe kusho umBhalo.
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