Yokuthoma YebeKorinte
1 UPowula owabizelwa bona abe mpostoli+ kaJesu Krestu ngentando kaZimu, noSosithenesi umfowethu, 2 ebandleni lakaZimu eliseKorinte,+ kini enicwengiswe ebunyeni noKrestu Jesu,+ nabizelwa bona nibe ngabacwengileko, kunye nabo boke abakizo zoke iindawo ababiza igama leKosethu uJesu Krestu,+ iKosabo neyethu:
3 Kwanga ningaba nomusa omkhulu nokuthula okuvela kuZimu uBabethu neKosini uJesu Krestu.
4 Ngihlala ngithokoza uZimami ngani, ngebanga lomusa omkhulu kaZimu aninikele wona kuKrestu Jesu 5 ngombana kikho koke eninakho ninjingile kuye, ngobukghoni obukhulu bokukhuluma nangelwazi elizeleko,+ 6 njengombana ubufakazi ngoKrestu+ benziwe baqina hlangana nani, 7 bona ningatlhayeli kinanyana ngisiphi isipho nakanye njengombana nilindele ngetjiseko ukwambulwa kweKosethu uJesu Krestu.+ 8 Godu uzonenza niqine bekube semaswapheleni bona ngelanga leKosethu uJesu Krestu,+ kungabi nomuntu onithwesa umlandu. 9 UZimu uthembekile,+ ngaye nabizelwa ebudlelwaneni* neNdodanakhe, uJesu Krestu iKosethu.
10 Nje-ke ngiyanikhuthaza bafowethu, ngegama leKosethu uJesu Krestu bona noke kufuze nikhulume ngokuvumelana, kungabi nokuhlukana phakathi kwenu+ kodwana ngokupheleleko nibe nobunye emkhumbulweni nendleleni efanako yokucabanga.+ 11 Ngombana abanye bendlu kaKlowe bangitjele ngani bafowethu, ukuthi kunokuphikisana phakathi kwenu. 12 Engikutjhoko ngilokhu, ukuthi ngamunye wenu uthi: “Mina ngingewakaPowula,” abanye bathi: “Mina ngingewaka-Apholo,”+ abanye bathi: “Mina ngingewakaKhefasi,”* abanye bathi: “Mina ngingewakaKrestu.” 13 Kghani uKrestu uhlukene phakathi? UPowula akhenge abulawelwe esigodweni ngebanga lenu, akusinjalo? Nabhajadiselwa egameni lakaPowula na? 14 Ngithokoza uZimu ngokuthi akhenge ngibhabhadise namunye wenu ngaphandle kwakaKrisposi+ noGayusi+ 15 bona kungabi nothi nabhajadiselwa egameni lami. 16 Iye, godu ngabhabhadisa bomndeni kaStefana.+ Malungana nabo boke abanye, angikhumbuli ngibabhabhadisa. 17 Ngombana uKrestu akhenge angithumele ukuthi ngibhabhadise kodwana wangithuma bona ngifakazele iindaba ezimnandi+ ingasi ngamezwi wokuhlakanipha, bona isigodo sokuhlunguphazwa* sakaKrestu singabi lilize.
18 Ngombana ukukhuluma ngesigodo sokuhlunguphazwa* kubudlhadlha kilabo abatjhabalalako+ kodwana kithi esisindiswako, kumamandla kaZimu.+ 19 Ngombana kutloliwe ukuthi: “Ngizokwenza ukuhlakanipha kwabahlakaniphileko kutjhabalale begodu ukukhalipha kweemfundiswa ngizokwala.”*+ 20 Uphi umuntu ohlakaniphileko? Uphi umtloli?* Uphi umphikisi wephaseli? UZimu akhenge enze ukuhlakanipha kwephasi kube budlhadlha na? 21 Ngombana, ekuhlakanipheni kwakaZimu, iphasi akhenge limazi uZimu+ ngokuhlakanipha kwalo,+ uZimu wathatjiswa budlhadlha+ balokho okutjhunyayelwako bona asindise abakholwako.
22 Ngombana amaJuda afuna iimbonakaliso+ begodu amaGirigi afuna ukuhlakanipha 23 kodwana sitjhumayela uKrestu owabulawelwa esigodweni, emaJudeni lokho kusikhubekiso kodwana eentjhabeni kubudlhadlha.+ 24 Nanyana kunjalo, kilabo ababiziweko, kokubili amaJuda namaGirigi, uKrestu umamandla kaZimu nokuhlakanipha kwakaZimu.+ 25 Ngombana izinto ezivela kuZimu abantu abazithatha njengezibudlhadlha zihlakaniphe ukudlula abantu begodu izinto ezivela kuZimu abantu abaziqala njengezibogabogako zinamandla ukudlula abantu.+
26 Ngombana niyakubona ukunibiza kwakhe, bafowethu, ukuthi abasibanengi abahlakaniphileko ngokombono wabantu,+ abasibanengi abanamandla, abasibanengi ababelethelwe ebukhosini*+ 27 kodwana uZimu ukhethe izinto ezibudlhadlha zephasi bona ahlazise abantu abahlakaniphileko begodu uZimu ukhethe izinto ezibogabogako zephasi bona ahlazise izinto ezinamandla;+ 28 uZimu ukhethe izinto ezingakaqakatheki zephasi nezinto eziqalelwa phasi, izinto ezingekho bona aqede izinto ezikhona,+ 29 bona kungabi namuntu ozikhakhazisako phambi kwakaZimu. 30 Kodwana kungebanga lakhe nisebunyeni noKrestu Jesu, kithi obe kuhlakanipha okuvela kuZimu, nokulunga,+ nokucwengeka,+ nokutjhatjhululwa ngesihlengo,+ 31 ukuze kube njengombana kutloliwe ukuthi: “Loyo ozikhakhazisako, akazikhakhazise ngoJehova.”+