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4 Nje-ke, mina sibotjhwa eKosini, ngiyanirabhela bona nikhambe ngokufanele ukubizwa enabizelwa khona, 2 ngakho koke ukuthobeka nommoya ophasi, ngesineke, nibekezelelana ngethando, 3 nenze koke okusemandlenenu bona nilonde ubunye bommoya nesibopho esibumbanisako sokuthula. 4 Kunomzimba munye, nommoya munye, njengombana nabizelwa ethembeni linye lokubizwa kwenu; 5 kuneKosi yinye, ukukholwa kunye, ibhabhadiso linye; 6 kunoZimu munye onguYise wabo boke, ophezu kwabo boke, osebenza ngabo boke begodu okibo boke.
7 Nje-ke ngamunye wethu wanikelwa umusa omkhulu ngokwendlela uKrestu alinganise ngayo isipho sesihle. 8 Ngombana umtlolo uthi: “Nakakhuphukela phezulu wathatha iinthunjwa; waphana ngezipho ezibabantu.” 9 Nje-ke amezwi athi ‘wakhuphuka,’ atjho ukuthini? Atjho nokobana wehlela eendaweni eziphasi, okutjho ukuthi, ephasini. 10 Yena loyo owehlako nguye owakhuphukela ngaphezu kwawo woke amazulu, bona enze zoke izinto zizaliseke.
11 Waphana ngabanye bona babe bapostoli, abanye babe baphorofidi, abanye babe bavangeli,* abanye babe belusi nabafundisi, 12 ngehloso yokulungisa* abacwengileko, bona benze umsebenzi wobunceku, bakhe umzimba kaKrestu, 13 bekube kulapho soke sifikelela ubunye bokukholwa nobelwazi elinembileko leNdodana kaZimu, ekubeni babantu abakhule ngokupheleleko,* sikhulele ekuvuthweni njengoKrestu. 14 Yeke singasaba bantwana, abaphetjhulwa magagasi begodu baphoselwa le nale nginanyana ngimuphi ummoya wefundiso yobuqili babantu, ngamaqhingabo wokukhohlisa. 15 Kodwana ngokukhuluma iqiniso, asikhuleni ngethando kizo zoke izinto kiloyo oyihloko, uKrestu. 16 Ngaye umzimba woke uhlanganiswa ndawonye ngokuvumelana bewenziwe usebenzisane ngokuthi elinye nelinye ilunga linikele lokho okutlhogekako. Ilunga ngalinye nalisebenza kuhle, lokho kuba nomthelela ekukhuleni komzimba njengombana wona ngokwawo uzakha ethandweni.
17 Yeke ngilokhu engikutjhoko nengifakaza ngakho eKosini, ukuthi ningasakhamba njengombana iintjhaba zikhamba, ekubeni lilize kweengqondo zazo. 18 Zisebumnyameni ngokwengqondo begodu zihlukaniswe nokuphila okuvela kuZimu, ngebanga lokungafuni ukwazi uZimu, nangebanga lobukhuni beenhliziyo zazo. 19 Njengombana bangasanawo namancani amazizo wokuziphatha okuhle, bazinikela ekwenzeni amanyala bangabi neenhloni* bona benze yoke imihlobo yokusilaphala ngokuba marhamaru.
20 Kodwana azange nifunde bona uKrestu unjalo, 21 nangabe kwamambala namuzwa begodu nafundiswa ngaye, njengombana iqiniso likuJesu. 22 Nafundiswa bona nihlubule ubuntu obudala obuvumelana nendlela ebeniziphatha ngayo esikhathini esidlulileko begodu obonakaliswako ngokuvumelana neenkanuko zabo ezikhohlisako. 23 Nokuthi kufuze niragele phambili nenziwe batjha emandleni alawula imikhumbulwenu,* 24 begodu kufuze nimbathe ubuntu obutjha obadalwa ngokuvumelana nentando kaZimu ngokulunga kwamambala nokuthembeka.
25 Nje-ke, njengombana senihlubule ukukhohlisa, ngamunye wenu akakhulume iqiniso nomakhelwanakhe, ngombana nimalunga womunye nomunye. 26 Thukuthelani, kodwana ningoni; ilanga lingatjhingi nisathukuthele; 27 ningamnikeli uDeveli ithuba.* 28 Owebako akalise ukweba; kunalokho, akasebenze budisi, enze umsebenzi omuhle ngezandla zakhe, ukuze abe nokuthileko angakuhlanganyela nomuntu odududu. 29 Kungaphumi ilizwi elibolileko emlonyenenu, kodwana akuphume okuhle kwaphela ngomnqopho wokwakha kuye ngetlhogeko, bona nidlulisele okuzuzisako kwabezwako. 30 Godu, ningawenzi ube lisizi ummoya ocwengileko kaZimu, ngawo enitshwayelwe ilanga lokutjhatjhululwa ngesihlengo.
31 Hlubulani yoke imihlobo yehloyo elimazako, itukuthelo, ilaka, ukuphudlhelana, ikulumo elimazako, nayo yoke into elimazako. 32 Kodwana yibani nomusa komunye nomunye, nirhawukelane ngesisa, nilibalelane ngokutjhaphulukileko njengombana noZimu anilibalele ngokutjhaphulukileko ngoKrestu.