Yokuthoma YebeKorinte
10 Nje-ke bafowethu, ngifuna nazi bona abokhokho bethu boke bebangaphasi kwelifu+ nokuthi boke badlula elwandle+ 2 begodu boke babhajadiselwa kuMosi ngelifu nangelwandle, 3 boke badla ukudla okufanako okuvela kuZimu+ 4 begodu boke basela isiselo esifanako esivela kuZimu+ ngombana bebajayele ukusela edwaleni elivela kuZimu ebelibalandela, idwalelo bekunguKrestu.+ 5 Nanyana kunjalo, uZimu akhenge athabe ngenengi labo, labulawa emmangweni.+
6 Izintwezi zibe sibonelo kithi bona singafisi ukwenza okumbi, njengalabo ebebafisa ukwenza izinto ezimbi.+ 7 Ningabi babantu abalotjha iinthombe njengombana abanye babo bebenza ngombana kutloliwe kwathiwa: “Abantu bahlala phasi, badla bebasele. Ngemva kwalokho basikima ukuze bazithabise.”+ 8 Singaziphathi kumbi ngokomseme* njengombana abanye babo benza njalo, kwafa abantu abazii-23 000 ngelanga linye.+ 9 Asingamlingi uJehova*+ njengombana abanye babo bamlinga, balunywa ziinyoka bafa.+ 10 Singabi babantu abanghonghoyilako njengombana abanye babo banghonghoyila,+ babulawa mtjhabalalisi.+ 11 Nje-ke izintwezi zenzeka kibo bona zibe ziimbonelo, zatlolwa ukuze zibe siyeleliso kithi+ abafikelwe kuphela kwephaseli.
12 Ocabanga ukuthi ujamile akatjheje bona angawi.+ 13 Asikho isilingo esinifikelako abanye abangakhange baqalane naso.+ UZimu uthembekile begodu angekhe avume bona nilingwe ngokungaphezu kwalokho eningakuthwala+ kodwana nakufika isilingweso, uzokwenza nendlela yokuphuma kiso ukuze nikghone ukusikghodlhelela.+
14 Yeke bathandekako bami, balekelani ukulotjha iinthombe.+ 15 Nibabantu abanelemuko nje-ke ziqunteleni nina bona engikutjhoko kuliqiniso namkha awa. 16 Nasisela ikapho yesibusiso esiyibusisako, asihlanganyeli eengazini zakaKrestu na?+ Lokha nasihlephula uburotho, asihlanganyeli emzimbeni kaKrestu na?+ 17 Kunoburotho bunye, thina simzimba munye+ nanyana sibanengi ngombana soke sihlephulelana uburotho bunye.
18 Qala u-Israyeli ongokwemvelo: Kghani labo abadla imihlatjelo abahlanganyeli e-aldareni na?+ 19 Alo, ngitjho ukuthini? Kghani okuhlatjelwe isithombe kulilitho, namkha isithombe sililitho? 20 Awa kodwana ngithi lokho iintjhaba ezikwenza umhlatjelo, zikuhlabela amadimoni ingasi uZimu;+ angifuni nibe bahlanganyeli namadimoni.+ 21 Angeze nasela ikapho kaJehova* nekapho yamadimoni, angeze nadla “etafuleni lakaJehova”+ netafuleni lamadimoni. 22 Namkha ‘senza uJehova* abe nomona’?+ Kghani sinamandla kunaye?
23 Zoke izinto zivumelekile* kodwana akusizo zoke ezizuzisako. Zoke izinto zivumelekile kodwana akusizo zoke ezakhako.+ 24 Umuntu ngamunye akangazifuneli okuzuzisa yena kodwana okuzuzisa omunye umuntu.+
25 Yidlani nanyana yini ethengiswa esilarheni, ningabuzi ngebanga lakanembezenu 26 ngombana “iphasi nakho koke okukilo+ ngekwakaJehova.”* 27 Nangabe umuntu ongakholwako uyakumema begodu uyafuna ukuya, yidla nanyana yini ebekwa phambi kwakho, ungabuzi ngebanga lakanembezakho. 28 Kodwana nangabe umuntu uthi kuwe, “Inyama le ihlatjelwe iinthombe,” ungayidli ngebanga laloyo okutjelileko nangebanga lakanembeza.+ 29 Angitjho unembezakho kodwana womunye umuntu. Kubayini itjhaphulukwami kufuze yahlulelwe ngonembeza+ womunye umuntu? 30 Nangabe ngiyathokoza nangidlako, kubayini kufuze ngisolwe ngebanga lalokho engithokoza ngakho?+
31 Nje-ke nanyana niyadla namkha niyasela namkha nenza nanyana yini okhunye, koke kwenzeleni iphazimulo kaZimu.+ 32 Tjhejani bona ningabi siqabo emaJudeni nemaGirigini nebandleni lakaZimu,+ 33 njengombana ngilinga ukuthabisa boke abantu kizo zoke izinto, angizifuneli okuzuzisa mina+ kodwana okuzuzisa abanengi bona basindiswe.+