6 Nginelitsemba leliphelele kutsi lowo lowacala umsebenti lomuhle kini, uyakuwufeza kuze kube lilanga laKhristu Jesu.
Simakadze uyawusifeza kimi setsembiso sakhe; umusa waSimakadze ume kuze kube phakadze. Cedzela lomsebenti wakho lowawusungula, ungawukhohlwa umsebenti wetandla takho.
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Umsebenti waNkulunkulu kutsi nikholwe nguye lamtfumile.”
Batsi nabeva loko, babindza, base badvumisa Nkulunkulu batsi: “Nembala Nkulunkulu sewunike nebetive litfuba lekuphendvukela ekuphileni.”
Lomunye walabo lowasilalela nguLidiya, waseThiyathira, umtsengisi wetingubo letibukhwebeletane; abengumfati losikhonti saNkulunkulu. INkhosi yavula inhlitiyo yakhe kuze eve emukele loko lokwakukhulunywa nguPawula.
Yena uyawunicinisa nani, kudzimate kube ngusekupheleni, nitfolakale nite licala mzukwana welilanga leNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu.
Kucala ngangifisa kuta kini, kuze nitewutfola umusa ngalokuphindziwe.
Nguloko lokwabangela kutsi ngibhale njengaloku ngenta. Ngangentela kutsi nangifika ngingete ngaviswa buhlungu ngulabo lekufanele bangijabulise. Mine nginati kahle kamhlophe, kangangekutsi ngingasho ngitsi nangijabulile mine, nani nijabulile.
Ngiyajabula ngobe, kuko konkhe, sengingetsembela ngalokuphelele kini.
ngobe phela nangingafika nemaMasedoniya sikhandze ningakalungeli, tsine nani siyawuba nemahloni, ngobe besinetsembe kakhulu.
Ngisenelitsemba ngani eNkhosini kutsi ningeke niwutsatse lomunye umcondvo; kodvwa lowo lonihluphako uyakwetfwala sijeziso sakhe, nome ngangubani.
Loko wakwentela kutsi labangcwele bahlonyiselwe umsebenti wabo wekukhonta, kuze kwakheke umtimba waKhristu,
nize nikwati kwehlukanisa lokuncono, nibe msulwa nibete sici, kuze kube lilanga laKhristu.
Ngobe ngenca yaKhristu nine nabelwa ngemusa angisho kukholwa kuye kuphela, kepha nekuhlupheka ngenca yakhe.
Batsandzekako bami, benilalele ngetikhatsi tonkhe, kungasiko nangikhona kuphela, kodvwa kakhulu manje nangingekho. Ngako-ke, fezani kusindziswa kwenu ngekwesaba nangekutfutfumela,
ngobe nguNkulunkulu losebenta kini kutsandza nekwenta ngekwentsandvo yakhe lenhle.
nisabapha livi lekuphila. Nanenta njalo-ke, ngiyawuba nekutibonga ngelilanga laKhristu ngekutsi angigijimelanga lite nome-ke angisebentelanga lite.
Nembelwa kanye naye embhabhatisweni, lokungawo futsi navuswa kanye naye ngekukholwa ngemandla aNkulunkulu, lowamvusa ekufeni.
kuNkulunkulu wetfu, longuBabe, sikhumbula imisebenti yenu yekukholwa, nemisiphalato yelutsandvo, nekubambelela kwenu etsembeni leliseNkhosini yetfu Jesu Khristu.
Kunguko nje sinikhulekela onkhe emalanga, kuze kutsi Nkulunkulu wetfu anente nibe ngulabafanele lubito lwakhe, nekutsi aphelelise ngemandla akhe konkhe lokuhle lenifisa kukwenta, nemsebenti wekukholwa.
Sinesibindzi eNkhosini ngani ngekutsi tonkhe letintfo lesiniyala ngato niyatenta, futsi niyawuhlala nitenta.
Ngibhalele wena, ngobe ngiyetsemba kutsi utakwenta lengikucelako; ngiyati kutsi utakwenta nalokungetulu kwaloku lengikucelile.
Ngako-ke ningasilahli lesibindzi senu sekwetsemba Nkulunkulu, ngobe sinemvuzo lomkhulu.
emehlo etfu angesuki kuJesu longumsunguli nemphelelisi wekukholwa kwetfu. Ngenca yekujabula labekubekelwe Jesu wacinisela ngekwetfwala siphambano, wangete walinaka lihlazo laso; wahlala ngesekudla sesihlalo sebukhosi saNkulunkulu.
Emvakwekuhlupheka kwalesikhashana Nkulunkulu wemusa wonkhe, lowanibitela kutsi nihlanganyele naKhristu ebukhosini baphakadze, yena matfupha uyawuniphelelisa, anakhe anicinise, anitintise.
Kepha lilanga leNkhosi liyawufika njengelisela, mhlazana emazulu ayakwendlula ngekuhlokoma; tonkhe tisekelo temkhatsi tiyakusha tincibilike, umhlaba nemisebenti lekuwo kuyawusha.