27 Nkulunkulu watsandza kutsi kwateke kubo kutsi iyini ingcebo nebukhosi balemfihlakalo kubetive. Lemfihlakalo inguKhristu kini, lolitsemba lebukhosi.
Wabaphendvula watsi: “Nine ninikiwe lwati lwetimfihlakalo tembuso welizulu, kodvwa bona abakanikwa.
Kute loyawutsi: ‘Ase nibuke nankhu!’ nome: ‘Nankhuya!’ Ngobe umbuso waNkulunkulu ukini.”
yena unguMoya weliciniso, live lelingeke limemukele, ngobe lingamboni futsi lingamati. Kodvwa nine niyamati, ngobe uhlala nani, futsi uyawuhlala kini.
Ngalelo langa nine niyakwati kutsi ngikuBabe nekutsi nine nikimi, njengobe nami ngikini.
Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Umuntfu nakangitsandza, uyawugcina emavi ami. Babe uyawumtsandza. Tsine-ke naBabe siyawuta kuye, sihlale naye.
Ngibatisile libito lakho, futsi ngisetawuchubeka ngente njalo, kuze kutsi lutsandvo longitsandze ngalo lube khona nakubo, nami ngibe kubo.”
“Lodla inyama yami, anatse ingati yami, unekuphila; uhlala kimi, nami ngihlala kuye.
Maye, kujula kwemcebo, nekwenhlakanipho, nekwelwati lwaNkulunkulu! Ngubani nje longaphenya kwehlulela kwakhe ahlolisise imfihlakalo yetindlela takhe?
Kumbe uyayedzelela yini ingcebo yemusa wakhe, nekubeketela kwakhe, nekumela bulukhuni kwakhe? Awati yini kutsi umusa waNkulunkulu nguwo lokuholela ekuphendvukeni?
Ngaye loJesu Khristu sinekungena ngekukholwa kulomusa lesesime kuwo; siyabonga sijabulela litsemba lebukhosi baNkulunkulu lobutawuba betfu.
Kodvwa nangabe Khristu akini, nome umtimba wenu ufa ngenca yesono, noko Moya uninika kuphila, ngobe senentiwe nemukeleka kuNkulunkulu kutsi nilungile.
Loko wakwentela kutsi kwatiwe ingcebo yenkhatimulo yakhe etitjeni temusa wakhe labesavele atilungiselele inkhatimulo yakhe.
Anati yini kutsi nine nilithempeli laNkulunkulu nekutsi Moya waNkulunkulu uhlala ekhatsi kini?
Kodvwa akabongwe Nkulunkulu losihola njalo eludvwendvweni lwekuncoba ngaKhristu. Nkulunkulu usebentisa tsine kutsi etindzaweni tonkhe avakalise liphunga lelimnandzi lekumati Khristu.
Ngobe lolusizi lwetfu luncane futsi lwesikhashana, lusilungiselela inkhatimulo lengenawulinganiswa, yaphakadze.
Ngobe yena lowo Nkulunkulu lowatsi: “Akuvele kukhanya ebumnyameni,” nguye futsi lokhanyise etinhlitiyweni tetfu, kuze sikwati kubona inkhatimulo yaNkulunkulu ebusweni baKhristu.
Nhlanganyelo yini lesemkhatsini welithempeli laNkulunkulu netithico? Ngobe tsine silithempeli laNkulunkulu lophilako; njengobe Nkulunkulu watsi: “Ngiyawuhlala kubo, ngihambe emkhatsini wabo; ngiyawuba nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona bayawuba sive sami.”
ngako-ke mine angisaphili, kodvwa nguKhristu lophila kimi. Nalemphilo lengiyiphilako kulomtimba, ngiyiphila ngekukholwa yiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu leyangitsandza yatinikela yona matfupha esikhundleni sami.
Bantfwabami, nginemhelo ngani, kuyawudzimate kwakheke Khristu kini.
Ngengati yaJesu sinekuhlengwa nekutsetselelwa kwetono, ngekwengcebo yemusa,
Nani futsi nakhiwa kulo, kuze nibe yindlu yekuhlala Nkulunkulu ngaMoya.
Nkulunkulu wami utawuhlangabetana nako konkhe kweswela kwenu, kuye ngemcebo webukhosi bakhe lobukuKhristu Jesu.
Sibonga litsemba lenibekelwe lona ekhaya ezulwini, leneva ngalo kucala ngesikhatsi kushunyayelwa kini livi leliciniso, liVangeli.
Kuye kutfukuswe emagugu onkhe ekuhlakanipha newekwati.
Kulabanjalo kute umehluko emkhatsini wemGriki nemJuda, walosokile nalongakasoki, wetive nemSikithi, sigcili nalokhululekile, kodvwa Khristu ungiko konkhe, futsi ukubo bonkhe.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekutfunywa nguNkulunkulu, uMsindzisi wetfu, naKhristu Jesu lolitsemba letfu.
Ngulelo litsemba letfu lemiphefumulo yetfu. Linjengesisimiso semkhumbi, lisiphephelo lesicinile, lingenisana ngekhatsi kwesihenco, endzaweni lengcwelengcwele,
Bantfwabami, nine nibaNkulunkulu, senibehlulile baphrofethi bemanga, ngobe lowo lokini mkhulu kunalowo losemhlabeni.
Lalela la, ngime emnyango ngiyanconcotsa; nangabe umuntfu eva livi lami, avule umnyango, mine ngiyawungena kuye, ngidle naye, naye adle nami.