Ekajuda 1:15-25 Ibhayibhile (XHO96)

15. Iza kugweba isingele phantsi bonke abantu abangamkhathalelanga uThixo. Aba bantu iza kubagweba ngenxa yezinto ezimanyumnyezi abazenzileyo; ngokunjalo nangenxa yezenyeliso abazithethileyo bengcikiva uThixo.”

16. Aba bantu into abayaziyo kukukhalaza besola. Barhorhozela emva kweminqweno yabo egwenxa. Ngamabhongo abo baqhayisa baqhathe abantu, khon' ukuze babaxhaphaze.

17. Kodwa ke, zihlobo zam, akulahlwa mbeleko ngakufelwa! Ngoko ke wakhumbuleni amazwi enawaxelelwa ngabathunywa beNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu.

18. Kaloku babetshilo ukuthi: “Ngemihla yokugqibela kuya kuvela abantu abalunyelisayo unqulo, bekhukuliswa yiminqweno yabo egwenxa.”

19. Aba bantu badala iyantlukwano. Kaloku bona balawulwa yiminqweno yemvelo; abanalo ifuthe likaMoya.

20. Ngoko ke nina, zihlobo zam, zingisani nizakhe elukholweni lwenu olunyulu. Thandazani niqhutywa nguMoya oyiNgcwele.

21. Uthando lukaThixo maluhlale lunifumbathile ngoku nilinde iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. Kaloku yena unenceba, uya kunipha ubomi obungapheliyo.

22. Velanani nabo abathandabuzayo;

23. abanye nibarhiwule ngathi nibakhupha emlilweni, nibasindise. Kwabanye inceba yenu yixubeni noloyiko. Kaloku kufuneka nithiye kwanempahla le yomntu odyojwe kukungcola kwesimo sakhe esonakeleyo.

24. Ke kaloku, kulowo unako ukunigcina ningawi, aze animise ebuqaqawulini bakhe ningenabala, nichulumacha,

25. ewe, kuThixo okukuphela kwakhe, uMsindisi wethu ngaye uYesu Krestu iNkosi yethu, makubekho isidima nobungangamsha, amandla namagunya, kusukela ephakadeni, nanamhlanje, nanini-nanini na! *Amen!

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