6 Ngineqiniso bona loyo owathoma umsebenzi omuhle phakathi kwenu, uzawuraga abe awuqedelele bekube lilanga lakaKrestu Jesu.
Somnini uyangenyela. Ukwethembeka kwakho, Somnini, kujame isiphelani. Yeke ungalahli umsebenzi wezandla zakho.
UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Umsebenzi kaZimu kukobana nikholwe kiloyo amthumileko.”
Kwathi bona bezwe lokho, balisa ukusola, badumisa uZimu basithi: “Yeke uZimu selabaphile abatjhili ithuba lokutjhugulukela ekuphileni!”
Omunye wabagade balalele bekungumma obizwa bona nguLidiya, amthengisi wezambatho ezibubende edorobheni leThiyathira. Gade alotjha uZimu; nje uZimu wavula ihliziywakhe bona ilalelisise lokho uPowula akutjhoko.
IKosi izoniqinisa bekube sekupheleni ukuze ningabi nomlandu ngelanga leKosi yethu uJesu Krestu.
Njengombana benginesiqiniseko ngalokhu, bengifuna ukuza kini qangi ukuze nikwazi ukuba nomusa obuyelelweko.
Yeke ngatlola njengombana ngenzile ukuze kuthi nasele ngifikile, ngingazwiswa ubuhlungu ngilabo ebekumele ngathana bayangithokozisa ngombana nginethemba ngani noke kobana ukuthaba kwami kuzakuba kuthaba kwenu noke.
Ngithabile ngombana nginethemba elipheleleko ngani.
Nakungasinjalo nange kungenzeka bona amaMasedoniya akhambe nami, afunyane bona anikalungisi, sizakuhlatjwa ziinhloni besivaleke imilomo ngani emsebenzini lo.
Nginethemba eKosini bona anizukuba nomkhumbulo owahlukileko. Loyo onihlangahlanganisako, uzakuthwala isibetho nanyana kungaba ngubani.
ukulungiselela abacwengileko imisebenzi yokulotjha ukuze kwakheke umzimba kaKrestu,
ukuze nikwazi ukuhlolisisa okulungileko, nibe msulwa beningasoleki bekube lilanga lakaKrestu.
Yena uniphe ithuba ingasi lokulotjha uKrestu kwaphela kodwana nelokuhlupheka ngebanga lakhe,
Ngalokho-ke bathandekako, njengombana beniseze ningilalela njalo, ingasi kwaphela nangikhona, kodwana khulukhulu nangingekho, yenzani isindiswenu ibe yipumelelo ngokwesaba nangokuthuthumela
ngombana nguZimu osebenza ngaphakathi kwenu, owenza bona nikghone begodu nisebenze ngokwentando yakhe.
Kungebanga lokukakarela kwenu elizwini lokuphila ukobana ngizikhakhazise ngelanga lakaKrestu ngokuthi ukugijima namkha ukujuluka kwami azange kube lilize.
Njengombana nabulungwa naye ngombhabhadiso, khona-ke navuswa kanye naye ngokukholwa emandleni kaZimu, owamvusa ekufeni.
Sikhumbula njalo phambi koZimethu nonguBaba, umsebenzenu weenthelo zokukholwa, ukutjhabatjheka kwenu okuvezwa lithando kanye nokubekezela kwenu ngebanga lethemba eninalo eKosinethu uJesu Krestu.
Nje-ke sihlala sinithandazela, sisolo sikhombela bona uZimethu anenze nibe ngabafanele ibizo lakhe, begodu azalise ngamandlakhe koke ukutjhisekela kanye nomsebenzi wokukholwa kwenu
Nje-ke sinethemba eKosini ngani, kobana izinto esanifundisa zona niyazenza begodu nizokuragela phambili ngokuzenza.
Nginethemba ngokulalela kwakho, ngikutlolela lokhu ngisazi bona uzakwenza ngokungaphezu kwalokho engikubawako.
Nje-ke ningaphelelwa lithemba lenu, linomvuzo omkhulu.
siqale kuJesu umthomisi nomphelelisi wokukholwa kwethu, okwathi esikhundleni setokozo ebe ibekwe phambi kwakhe, wanyamezelela isiphambano angakhathaleli ukurhubutjhwa; uhlezi ngesidleni sesihlalo sobukhosi sakaZimu.
Kodwana ngemva kokuhlupheka kwesikhatjhana, uZimu womusa woke owanibizela ephazimulweni engapheliko kuKrestu, yena ngokwakhe uzanivuselela, anisekele, aniqinise abe anakhe.
Kodwana ilanga lakaSomnini lizakufika njengesela, nje-ke amazulu azakudlula ngokukhulu ukuhlokoma, koke kuzakupheliswa ngomlilo, iphasi nemisebenzi ekilo kuzakutjhiswa.