Eyoku-1kaPetros
ISAHLUKO1
1UPetros,umpostilekaYesuKristu,ndibhalelaabasemzini abathesaaePonto,eGalati,eKapadokiya,eAsiya, naseBhithiniya, abanyuliweyongokokwazikwenxaengaphambili kukaThixouYise,ebungcweleniboMoya,kuse ekululameleninasekufefwenikwegazilikaYesuKristu:uthi, Makwandiswekuniubabalonoxolo.
3MakabongweuThixo,uYiseweNkosiyethuuYesu Kristu,othengokobuninzibencebayakhe,wasizala ngokutsha,ukubasibenethembaeliphilileyongokuvuka kukaYesuKristukwabafileyo;
4ilifaelingenakonakala,elingenakudyobheka, elingenakubuna,eligcinelweninaemazulwini;
5ninabathengamandlakaThixongokholobagcinelwa usindisoolulungiselweukutyhilwangexeshalokugqibela 6Enigcobangalo,nokubanithenababuhlunguumzuzwana ngoku,ukubanimelwekuko,phakathikwezilingo ngezilingo;
7ukuzeukucikidekakokhololwenukufunyanwekunqabile kakhulu,ngaphezukwegolideleitshabalalayo,noko icikidwangomlilo;kusekuyoindumisonembekonozuko ekutyhilekenikukaYesuKristu.
8Eningambonanganje,niyamthanda;enithikenikholwa kuye,nokongokuningamboniyo,nigcobengovuyo olungathethekiyo,oluzukisiweyo;
9nisamkelaisiphelosokhololwenu,usindisoke lwemiphefumloyenu
10Usindisoolobaluphengululayoabaprofetiababeprofeta ngaloubabalooluzakunifikela; 11bephengululaukubawayesalathaxeshalinina,linjani na,uMoyakaKristu,awayezingqinelakubongenxa engaphambiliiintlunguezamiselwauKristu,nozukooluya kuzilandela.
12Batyhilelwaukubaezondabakwakungekukokubo, bazilungiselathina;ezozintozinqwenelwazizithunywa zezuluukuqondelakuzo
13Ngoko,bhinqaniizinqezengqondoyenu, ninobungcathu,niluthembengokugqibeleleyoubabalo oluziswakuniekutyhilekenikukaYesuKristu; 14ngokwabantwanabolulamo,ningazimimeli ngokweenkanukozangaphambiliekungazinikwenu; 15nithike,ngokokwalowoungcwelewanibizayo,nibe ngcwelenaningokwenukuyoyonkeihambo
16Ngenxaenokubakubhaliwekwathiwa,Yibaningcwele; ngokubandingcwelemna.
17Ke,ukubanimbizengoBawo,lowougwebayo ngokokwenzakomntuwonke,engakhethibuso,lihlaleni ixeshalokuphambukelakwenuaphaninoloyiko.
18nisazinjeukubaanihlawulelwanganikhululwengazinto zinakonakala,oozisiliverenoozigolide,kuyoihamboyenu engento,enayinikelwayongooyihlo;
19NgegazielinqabileyolikaKristu,njengelemvana engenasiphako,engenasiphako;
20owathiokunenewanyulwangenxaengaphambili, lingekasekwaihlabathi,wabonakalaliswakuniekupheleni kwalamaxesha;
21enithingayenakholwakuyeuThixo,owamvusayo kwabafileyo,wamnikauzuko;ukuzeukhololwakho nethembalakholibekuThixo.
22Niyenzenyulunjeimiphefumloyenungokuyilulamela inyanisongoMoya,kuseekuthandeniabazalwana okungenaluhanahaniso, thandanani ke ngokwasentliziyweniehlambulukileyo; 23nizelwengokutsha,kungengokwasembewini enokonakala,kungokwasembewiniengenakonakala, ngelizwilikaThixoeliphilileyo,elihleliyongonaphakade 24KubaYonkeinyamainjengengca,Nabobonke ubuqaqawulibomntubunjengentyantyamboyengca.Ingca iyoma,ivuthulukenentyantyamboyayo; 25KelonailizwileNkosilihlelingonaphakadeElokeleli lizwilashunyayelwayokuningeendabaezilungileyo.
ISAHLUKO2
1Kungokondithi,nibulahlenibonkeububi,nalolonke ulunya,nokuhanahanisa,nomona,nazozonkeizinyeliso; 2Njengeentsanaezisandul’ukuzalwa,langazelelaniubisi olungenakonakalalwelizwi,ukuzenikhulengalo 3ukubaokunenenikuvile,ukubaiNkosiinobubele.
4Lowoesizakuyenjengelityeeliphilileyo,elicelwe okunenengabantu,kodwalinyuliwenguThixo,linqabileyo; 5nanike,njengamatyeaphilileyo,yakhekaninibeyindlu eyiyeyomoya,isibingeleliesingcwelesokunyusa imibingeleloeyiyeyomoya,eyamkelekileyokuyeuThixo ngoYesuKristu
6Kungokoikhoyonokubakhoesibhalweniindawoethi, Yabona,ndibekaeZiyonilityelembombo,elinyuliweyo, elinqabileyo;Lowoukholwayokuyeakayikukhaadaniswe.
7Kuningokobakholwayo,liyimbeko;kekwabangevayo, ilityeabalicekisayoabakhi,Lelonalabayintloko yembombo;
8Ilityekelokuwisa,iliwakelokukhubekisa,kwabo bakhubekayo,bengalivailizwi;
9Keninanisisizukulwanaesinyuliweyo,isibingeleli esibukumkani,uhlangaolungcwele,abantuabayinqobo; ukuzenivakaliseisidimasalowowanibizayoukuba niphumeebumnyameni,ningeneekukhanyenikwakhe okungummangaliso;
10enanifudulaningebantu,kengokuningabantu bakaThixo;enaningenzelwanganceba,kengokunenzelwe inceba
11Zintanda,ndiyanivuselelanjengabaphambukeli nabasemzini,ukubanikhumkeezinkanukweni ezizezenyama,zonaziwuphumeleumkhosiumphefumlo
12Ihamboyenumayibentlephakathikweentlanga;ukuze kulontobathethaokubingani,ngathiningabenzibokubi, bathingokubonaimisebenziyenuemihle,bamzukise uThixongomhlawokuvelelwa
13Wuthobeleningokowonkeummisoongowomntu, ngenxayayoiNkosi;nokubangukumkani, njengowongamileyo;
14nokubangabalawuli,njengabathunyiweyonguye,ukuze baphindezeleokunenekubenzibokubi,badumiseabenzi bokulungileyo
15KubaukuthandakukaThixokukubanibethe,ngokwenza okulungileyo,nibetheithicwakaintswela-kwaziyabantu abaziintsweli-kuqonda;
Eyoku-1kaPetros
16nithiningabakhululekileyonje,ningabingabayenza inkululekoibesisigqubuthelosobubi;nibengabakhonzi bakaThixo
17Bekanibonkeabantu.Thandaniabazalwana.Yoyika uThixo.Bekaukumkani.
18Ninabakhonzi,bathobelenininakokonkeukoyika abanikho;ingabikwabalungileyonabathantamisayobodwa, ibekwanabagwenxa.
19Kubaokukuyabuleleka,ukubaumntuuthwalaiintsizi, ngenxayokumaziuThixo,eveubunzimaesoniwa
20Kubakuyakubaludumolunina,ukubaninyamezele nakuntlithwanisona?Keukubanithi,nisenzaokulungileyo, niveubunzima,nizeninyamezele,okokuyathandeka kuThixo
21Kubanabizelwaoko;ngokubanoKristuwevaubunzima ngenxayethu,esishiyanomzekelo,ukuzesilandele emkhondweniwakhe; 22ongenzangasono,ekungafunyanwangankohliso emlonyeniwakhe;
23owathi,etshabhiswa,akaphindiatshabhise;Utheke esivaubunzima,akasongela;keubeyekelekulowo ugwebayongobulungisa;
24lowowazithwalaizonozethungomzimbawakhe emthini,ukuzesithi,sifilengakwizono,siphilele ebulungiseni;
25Kubabeninjengezimvuzilahleka;kodwangoku nibuyelekuyeuMalusinoMveleliwemiphefumloyenu
ISAHLUKO3
1Ngokunjalo,ninabafazi,wathobeleniawenuamadoda; ukuzekuthi,nokubakukhokuwoangalivayoilizwi,athi ngehamboyabafazi,lingekhoilizwi,azuzeke; 2beyibonaihamboyenuenyulu,enoloyiko.
3Ukuhombakwenumakungabikokwangaphandle, kokulukwakweenwele,nokunxitywakwegolide, nokwambathwakweengubo; 4makubekokomntuofihlakeleyowentliziyo,ovethe ukungonakali,umoyaonobulali,ozolileyo,oxabisolikhulu emehlwenikaThixo.
5Kubababesenjenjaloukuhombaabafaziabangcwele, ababekholosengoThixo,bewathobeleawaboamadoda; 6njengokubauSarawamlulamelayouAbraham,embiza ngokuthiyinkosi;enizintombizenuenisukubanisenza okulungileyo,ningoyikinakuqhiphukaumbilini
7Ngokunjalo,ninamadoda,hlalaninabongokokwazi, nimbekaumfazi,njengesonasityasiethe-ethe, njengeendlalifakunyenanizobabalolobomi;ukuze imithandazoyenuingathinteleki
8Elokugqiba,cinganinto-nyenonke,velanani,thandanani njengabazalwana,yibaninemfesanekakhulu,yibani nembeko; 9ningabuyekeziububingobubi,nokutshabhisa ngokutshabhisa;nisazinjeukubanabizelwaoko,ukuze niyidleilifaintsikelelo
10KubaLowoungaangathandaubomi,Ayiboneimihla elungileyo,Makalupheziseulwimilwakheebubini, Nomlomowakheungathethinkohliso;
11Makaphambukeebubini,enzeokulungileyo;makafune uxolo,aluphuthume.
12NgokubaamehloeNkosiaphezukwamalungisa, neendlebezayozisingiseleesikhungwenisawo;
13Kananjalongubaninayenaowonona,ukubanithenaba ngabalandelibokulungileyo?
14Nokubanithenevaubunzimangenxayobulungisa, ninoyolo;
15INkosikeiNkosiyingcwaliseniezintliziywenizenu, nihlalenikulungeleukuziphendulelakumntuwonke obuzayokuniilizwi,ngaloithembaelingaphakathikwenu, ninobulalinoloyiko;
16ninesazelaesilungileyo;ukuzekuloontobanithethela kakubi,ngathiningabenzibokubi,badaneabobayigxekayo ihamboyenuelungileyokuKristu
17UkubakekukuthandakukaThixoukubaniveubunzima, okonakunilungeleyokukubuvanisenzaokulungileyo, kunokubuvanisenzaokubi
18KubanoKristuwabuvakwakanyeubunzimangenxa yezono,ilungisalisivaubunzimangenxa yabangemalungisa,ukuzeasisondezekuyeuThixo, ebuleweesenyameni,kodwaedlisweubomiekuwoumoya 19awathikanjalowahamba,washumayelakoomoya abasentolongweni;
20ababengeva,xenikweniukuzekakadeumsindo kukaThixokwakulindilengemihlakaNowa,xeshikweni kwakhiwaumkhombe,ekwathingawobambalwa, imiphefumloesibhozo,yasindiswaemanzini
21Lomfanekisokelusisindisayokwanobhaptizo, kungekukoukulahlaukungcolakwenyama;
22osekunenekukaThixo,eyeemazulwini;kuthotyelwe phantsikwakheizithunywazezulu,noomagunya,namandla.
ISAHLUKO4
EkubeningokouKristueveubunzimangenxayethu esenyameni,xhobaninanikwaloongcingane;ngokuba lowouveubunzimaesenyameni,ukhunyulweekoneni; 2ukuzeixeshaeliseleyoenyameniningabisaliphilela ezinkanukwenizabantu,niliphileleekuthandenikukaThixo 3Kubalaneleixeshaeligqithileyo,lokubasisebenze ukuthandakweentlanga,esahambanjeeburheletyweni, ezinkanukweni,ekutshisweniyiwayini,ezindywaleni, ezindywaleni,nasekukhonzeniizithixo,okungekhona esikweni; 4abathenqa,ukubaanibalekinabokuloomyezo wobuhenyu,benyelisa; 5abayakuphendulakulowoulungeleukugweba abaphilileyonabafileyo
6Kubangenxayokuzashunyayelwaiindabaezilungileyo nakwabafileyo,ukuzebagwetywengokwabantu besenyameni,kodwabadleubomingokukaThixo,bekuwo umoya
7KekalokuukuphelakweentozonkekusondeleYibani nobungcathu,niphaphameleukuthandaza
8Ngaphezukweentozonkeke,yibaninothandano olunyamekileyo,ngokubauthandoluyakugubungela inkithayezono
9Qhubekaninibukanangaphandlekokukrokra
10njengokubaelowowasamkelayoisiphiwoeso, njengokubawasamkelayoisiphiwoeso,lungiselelanani ngaso,njengamagosaamahleobabalolukaThixo 11Ukubaumntuuyathetha,makathethengokwezihlabo zikaThixo;ukubaumntuuyalungiselela,makalungiselele ngokwasekomeleleniakuphiwanguThixo,ukuzeezintweni zonkeazukisweuThixongoYesuKristu,elulolwakhe
uzukonamandla,kuseemaphakadeniasemaphakadeni Amen.
12Zintanda,musaniukuwuthelanqaumlilookhoyo phakathikwenu;
13Yithini,njengokoningamadlelanengeentlungu zikaKristu,nivuye;ukuze,nasekutyhilekenikobuqaqawuli bakhe,nivuyenigcoba
14UkubaniyangcikivwangenxayegamalikaKristu, ninoyolo;kubauMoyawozukonokaThixouphumlephezu kwenu;ngokukokwabouyanyeliswa,kodwa ngokukokwenuuyazukiswa
15Makungabikhokebanikuniuvaubunzima ngokombulali,nangokwesela,nangokomenziwobubi, nangokovelelaizintoezimbi;
16UkubakeubaniuvaubunzimangokubaengumKristu, makangadani;makamzukisekeuThixongenxayoko.
17Ngokubalifikileilixalokubaugweboluqalengendlu kaThixo;ukubakeluqalengathi,kobayintoninaukuphela kwabobangazilulameliyoiindabaezilungileyozikaThixo?
18Keukubailungisalisindiswangenkankulu,wobonakala phinaumntuongahloneliThixonomoni?
19Ngokokeabobabuvayoubunzimangokokuthanda kukaThixo,mabayiyalezekuyeimiphefumloyabo, enguMdaliothembekileyoekwenzeniokulungileyo
ISAHLUKO5
1Ndiyawavuselelaamadodaamakhuluaphakathikwenu, mnandikwayindodaenkulu,nengqinaleentlungu zikaKristu,nesabeloebuqaqawuliniobuyakutyhileka;
2WaluseniumhlambikaThixoophakathikwenu, niwuvelela,kungengakunyanzelwa,makube ngokokuzithandela;kungengenxayenzuzoembi,makube ngokwentumekelelo;
3kungabinjengabazigagamelayoizahlulozawo,yibani yimizekelokumhlambi
Nothi,akubonakalauMalusioyintloko,nisifumane isithsabasalouzukoesingabuniyo
5Ngokunjalo,ninabatsha,wathobeleniamadoda amakhulu.Yambathaniukuthobekakwentliziyononke; kubauThixouyabachasaabanekratshi,abababale abazithobileyo
6Zithobeningokophantsikwesandlaesinamandla sikaThixo,ukuzeaniphakamisengexeshaelililo; 7liphosenikuyelonkeixhalalenu;ngokubaunikhathalele
8Yibaninobungcathu,phaphani;ngokubaummangaleli wenu,uMtyholi,uhambanjengengonyamaegqumayo, efunaubaniangamginyayo;
9mchasenilowo,nizimasekileelukholweni,nisaziukuba kwaezontlunguziyenzekakuboabazalwanabenu abasehlabathini
10KekalokuuThixowalolonkeubabalo,owasibizelayo eluzukwenilwakheolungunaphakade,sikuKristuYesu, wangaangathi,nakubaniveubunzimaumzuzwana, anilungisenigqibelele,anizimase,anomeleze,anisekele
11Kuyemakubekhouzukonamandla,kuseemaphakadeni asemaphakadeni.Amen.
12NgoSilvano,umzalwanaothembekileyo,njengoko ndicingangako,ndibhalekuningokufutshane,ndivuselela, ndingqinaukubaolulubabalooluyinenelukaThixo,nimiyo kulo
13LiyanibulisaibandlaeliseBhabheli,elinyuliweyokunye nani;ngokunjalonoMarcusunyanawam.
14BulisananingolwangolothandoUxolomalubenani nonkeenikuKristuYesu.Amen.