Sehluko 3

1 Ngalesizatfu saloku, mine, Pawula, ngisiboshwa saKhristu Jesu ngenca yenu nine betive. 2 Ngiyacabanga senivile ngemsebenti Nkulunkulu langinike wona wekuletsa umusa Wakhe kini. 3 Ngibhala ngesambulo lenginiketwe sona. Lawa maciniso lafihlakele lengake ngabhala ngawo kafishane. 4 Nanifundza ngaloku, nitokhona kucondzisisa kubona kwami ngalamaciniso lafihlakele ngaKhristu. 5 Kuletinye titukulwane lamaciniso akazange atiswe kumadvodzana ebantfu. Kodvwa nyalo sembulwe ngaMoya kubaphostoli nebaphrofethi bakhe labehlukaniselwa lomsebenti. 6 Lamaciniso lafihlakele ngulokutsi betive batindlalifa, kanye nemalunga kanye natsi emtimba, kantsi futsi sebabahlanganyeli besitsembiso kuKhristu Jesu ngelivangeli. 7 Ngoba ngaba sisebenti salelivangeli ngesipho semusa waNkulunkulu lonikwe kimi ngekusebenta kwemandla Akhe. 8 Kimi-noma ngabe ngingulomncane kunabo bonkhe labangcwele baNkulunkulu-lomusa nganikwa, kushumayela kubetive umcebo waKhristu longaphenyisiseki, 9 khona ngitoletsa ekukhanyeni kuwo wonkhe muntfu licebo-lemfihlakalo leyafihlwa emaphakadzeni kuNkulunkulu, lowadala tonkhe tintfo. 10 Lelicebo latiswa ngemabandla khona babusi kanye nalabanemandla emazulwini batokwati ngekuhlakanipha lokukhulu kwaNkulunkulu. 11 Loku kwentiwe ngelicebo laphakadze lalifeza kuKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu. 12 Ngoba kuKhristu sinekuciniseka kanye nemvume lenesibindzi sekuta kuNkulunkulu ngenca yekukholwa kwetfu Kuye. 13 Ngako-ke ngicela ningasilahli sibindzi ngenca yekunihluphekela kwami, lokuludvumo lwenu. 14 Ngalesizatfu ngigoba emadvolo ami kuBabe, 15 leyetsiwa ngaye yonkhe imindeni ezulwini nasemhlabeni. 16 Ngiyathandaza kutsi anganinika, ngekwengcebo yeludvumo Lwakhe, kuciniseka ngemandla ngaMoya Wakhe, lokini. 17 Ngyiyathandaza kutsi Khristu angaphila etinhlitiyweni tenu ngekukholwa, kuze nisime, nisekeleke elutsandvweni Lwakhe 18 khona nitocondzisisa, kanye nabo bonkhe labangcwele baNkulunkulu, yini lokubanti, lokudze, lokuphakeme, lokushonako, 19 futsi nati lutsandvo lwaKhristu, lolwendlula lonkhe lwati, khona nitogcwaliswa kube kuphelela konkhe kwaNkulunkulu. 20 Kuye lonemandla ekwenta lokukhulu kakhulu kwalesikucelako noma lesikucabangako, ngemandla Akhe lasebenta kitsi, 21 akube kuye ludvumo emabandleni nakuKhristu Jesu etitukulwaneni tonkhe kuze kube phakadze naphakadze. Ameni.