1Petru
ISAHLUKO1
1UPetru,umphostolikaJesuKristu,kuboabezizwe abahlakazekeleePontu,naseGalathiya,naseKaphadosiya, nase-Asiya,naseBithiniya, 2abakhethiweyongokokwazingaphambili kukaNkulunkuluuBabangokungcweliswakukaMoya, ekulaleleninasekufafazwenikwegazilikaJesuKristu: Makwandiswekiniumusanokuthula.
3MakabongweuNkulunkulunoYiseweNkosiyethuuJesu Kristu,obuyewasizalakabushangokwesihawusakhe esikhuluukubasibenethembaeliphilayongokuvuka kukaJesuKristukwabafileyo
4elifenielingenakonakalanelingangcolilenelingabuniyo eligcinelweninaezulwini.
5elilondolozwengamandlakaNkulunkulungokholokube yinsindisoelungiselweukwambulwangesikhathi sokugcina.
6enithokozangakhokakhulu,nakubamanje,uma kudingekile,nidabukilengenxayezilingoeziningimanje; 7ukuzeukuvivinywakokhololwenu,okuligugukakhulu kunegolideelibhubhayo,nakubalivivinywangomlilo, kufunyanwekubeyindumisonodumonenkazimulo ekubonakalenikukaJesuKristu; 8eningambonanganiyamthanda;enikholwakuye,nakuba ningambonimanje,nithokozangentokozo engakhulumekiyonegcweleinkazimulo; 9namukelaisiphethosokukholwakwenu,ukusindiswa kwemiphefumuloyenu
10abaprofethiabayifunisisa,bayihlolisisangensindiso, abaprofethangomusaowawuzakuzakini; 11behlolisisaukuthiyisiphi,lobaesinjaniisikhathiuMoya kaKristuowayekubo,efakazangaphambilingenhlupheko zikaKristulenkazimuloeyayizakulandela 12okwambulelwakuboukuthibabengazikhonzibona, kodwabakhonzathinangalezozintoesezishunyayelwakini ngabanishumayezaivangelingoMoyaoNgcweleothunywe ezulwini;okuyizintoizingilosiezifisaukuzibona 13Ngakho-kebophaniizinkalozengqondoyenu,nizithibe, nithembelekuzekubesekupheleniumusaozolethwakini ekwambulwenikukaJesuKristu; 14njengabantwanaabalalelayo,lingabukinjengezinkanuko zakuqalaekungazinikwenu;
15Kodwanjengalokhuonibizileengcwele,naniyibani ngcwelekukhokonkeukuziphatha;
16Ngobakulotshiweukuthi:Yibaningcwele;ngobamina ngingcwele.
17FuthiumanibizauBabaowahlulelawonkeumuntu ngokomsebenziwomuntuengakhethibuso,sebenzisani isikhathisokuhlalakwenulaphangokwesaba;
18Njengobanaziukuthianihlengwangangezinto ezinokonakala,isilivanegolide,enkambweniyenueyize enayamukeliswaoyihlo;
19kodwangegazilikaKristueliligugu,njengelewundlu elingelasicilengelasici
20owamiselwangaphambilingaphambikokusekelwa kwezwe,kodwawabonakaliswakinikulezizikhathi zokugcina;
21enikholwangayekuNkulunkuluowamvusakwabafileyo, wamnikainkazimulo;ukuzeukhololwenunethembalibe kuNkulunkulu.
22Njengobasenihlambululeimiphefumuloyenu ngokulalelaiqinisongoMoyakuzekubesothandweni olungazenzisilwabazalwane,qinisekaniukuthinithandane ngenhliziyoehlanzekileyo;
23nizelwengokusha,kungengambewuephelayo,kodwa ngengenakonakala,ngezwilikaNkulunkulueliphilayo nelimiphakade
24Ngobayonkeinyamainjengotshani,futhiyonke inkazimuloyomuntuinjengembaliyotshani.Utshani buyabuna,nembaliyaboiyavuthuluka;
25KodwailizwileNkosilimikuzekubeninininiLeli yizwielashunyayelwakiningevangeli.
ISAHLUKO2
1Ngakholahlaniububibonke,nayoyonkeinkohliso, nokuzenzisa,nomhawu,nakhokonkeukuhleba;
2Njengezinganeezisandakuzalwalangazelelaniubisi lwezwiolungenakonakala,ukuzenikhulengalo; 3umakunjaloseninambithileukuthiiNkosiinomusa.
4okuzakuyekungathietshenieliphilayo,elaliwa ngempelangabantu,kodwaelikhethiweyonguNkulunkulu, eliyigugu;
5Naninjengamatsheaphilayonakhiwenibeyindlu yomoya,ubupristiobungcwele,ukuzeninikele imihlatsheloyomoyaeyamukelekayokuNkulunkulu ngoJesuKristu
6Ngakho-kekukhonaembhalweniukuthi:“Bheka, ngibekaeSiyoniitshelegumbielikhethiweyo,eliyigugu; 7Ngakhokinienikholwayouligugu,kepha kwabangakholwayoitsheabalinqabayoabakhiyilolaba yinhlokoyegumbi;
8netshelokukhubekisa,nedwalalokuwisa, kwabakhubekayongezwingokungalilaleli,okumiselwe lokhofuthi.
9Kephaninaniluhlangaolukhethiweyo,ubupristi obobukhosi,isizweesingcwele,abantubakhe;ukuze nishumayeleubukhosibalowoowanibizaniphume ebumnyameni,ningeneekukhanyenikwakhe okumangalisayo;
10enanikadeningesisoisizwe,kephamanjeningabantu bakaNkulunkulu,enaningahawukelwanga,kephamanje nihawukelwe
11Bathandekayo,ngiyanincenganjengabafokazi nezihambiukubanidedeezinkanukwenizenyamaezilwa nomphefumulo;
12nibenenkamboenhlephakathikwabezizwe,ukuzekuthi laphobenihlebangathiningabenzibokubi,bakhazimulise uNkulunkulungosukulokuhanjelwangemisebenziyenu emihleabayoyibona.
13ZithobenikuzozonkeizimisozabantungenxayeNkosi: kungakhathalisekiukuthikusenkosini,njengophakeme; 14nomakubabusinjengabathunywenguyeukuzebajezise abenzibokubi,batuseabenzaokuhle
15NgokubainjalointandokaNkulunkulu,ukuthi ngokwenzaokuhlenithuliseukungazikwabantu abayiziwula;
16njengabakhululekileyo,njalolingasebenzisiinkululeko yenunjengesigubuzelosobubi,kodwanjengezinceku zikaNkulunkulu
17HloniphaniabantubonkeThandaniubuzalwane MesabeniuNkulunkulu.Hloniphainkosi. 18Zinceku,thobelaniamakhosienungokwesabakonke; kungeyisikhokwabalungileyolabamnenekuphela,kodwa lakwabangathembekanga.
19Ngobalokhukuyabongeka,ubaumuntungenxa kanembezakuNkulunkuluethwalausizi,ehlupheka ngokungafanele.
20Ngokubakuludumoluni,umanibekezelanishaywa ngenxayokona?kephaumanenzakahlenihlupheka ngenxayalokho,nikubekezelela,lokhokuyabongeka kuNkulunkulu
21Ngokubanabizelwakhonalokho,ngokubauKristu wahluphekangenxayethu,esishiyelaisibonelosokuba nilandeleizinyathelozakhe; 22ongenzangaisono,akufunyanwanganankohliso emlonyeniwakhe; 23owathiethukwa,akaphindangaathuke;laphoehlupheka, akasongelanga;kodwawayezinikelekuyeowahlulela ngokulunga
24yenaowathwalaizonozethuemzimbeniwakheemthini, ukuzekuthisesifileezonweni,siphileekulungeni;
25Ngokubananinjengezimvuezidukayo;kodwamanje selibuyelekuMalusinoMbonisiwemiphefumuloyenu
ISAHLUKO3
1Ngokunjalo,bafazi,thobelaniamadodaenu;ukuzekuthi, umabekhonaabangalilaleliizwi,bazuzwengaphandle kwezwingenkamboyabafazi;
2bebonainkamboyenuemhlophekanyelokwesaba.
3Ukuhlobakwenumakungabingokokwangaphandle, okokwalukaizinwele,nokokufakaigolide,noma okokugqokaizingubo;
4Kodwamakubengumuntuosithekileyowenhliziyo, imvunuloengonakaliyoyomoyaomnenenonokuthula, enenanielikhuluemehlwenikaNkulunkulu.
5Ngokubaendulobazihlobisaabesifazaneabangcwele abamethembayouNkulunkulu,bethobelaamadodaabo; 6njengalokhouSarawamlalelau-Abrahamaembiza ngokuthiinkosi;
7Kanjalo,madoda,hlalaninabongokokwazi,nibanike udumonjengesitshaesibuthakathakakakhudlwana, nanjengezindlalifakanyenanizomusawokuphila;ukuze imikhulekoyenuithiye
8Elokugcina,yibaninhliziyonyenonke,nihawukelane, nithandanenjengabazalwane,nihawukele,nibenomusa; 9ningaphindiseliokubingokubi,nokuthukangokuthuka, kodwangokuphambenenibusise;naziukuthinabizelwa lokho,ukuzenidleifalesibusiso
10Ngokubaothandaukuphila,nokubonaizinsukuezinhle, makabambeulimilwakhekokubi,nezindebezakhe zingakhulumiinkohliso;
11Makagwemeokubi,enzeokuhle;makafuneukuthula, akulandele
12NgokubaamehloeNkosiaphezukwabalungileyo, nezindlebezayozisemikhulekweniyabo,kephaubuso beNkosibumelenenabenzaokubi
13Ngubanionganilimaza,umanilingisaokuhlena?
14Kephaumanihluphekangenxayokulunga,nibusisiwe;
15KodwangcwelisaniiNkosiuNkulunkuluezinhliziyweni zenu,futhinihlalenikulungeleukuphendulawonkeumuntu
onibuzaisizathusethembaelikiningobumnene nangokwesaba.
16nibenonembezaomuhle;ukuzekuthilaphobenihleba ngokungathiningabenzibokubi,bajabhelaboabaqamba amangaukuziphathakwenuokuhlekuKristu.
17Ngobakungconoukuhluphekangokwenzaokuhle,nxa kuyintandokaNkulunkulu,kulokuthilenzeokubi
18NgokubanoKristuwahluphekakwabakanyengenxa yezono,olungileyongenxayabangalungile,ukuzeasiyise kuNkulunkulu,ebulawaenyameni,kodwaephiliswa ngoMoya;
19Ngalokhowahambawashumayelaimimoya esetilongweni;
20Eyayingalalelingesinyeisikhathi,laphoukubekezela kukaNkulunkulukulindileezinsukwinizikaNowa, kusakhiwaumkhumbi,okwasindiswangawoabambalwa, okungukuthi,imiphefumuloeyisishiyagalombili
21Umfanekisoonjengawoumbhapathizoosusisindisa ngawomanje(hhayiukususainsilayenyama,kodwa impendulokanembezaomuhlekuNkulunkulu,)ngokuvuka kukaJesuKristu;
22Owenyukelaezulwini,futhiongakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu;izingelosi,namandla,namandla, kuthotshiswephansikwakhe
ISAHLUKO4
1NgakhonjengalokhuuKristuwahluphekangenxayethu enyameni,hlomaninanikanjaloumqondoofanayo; 2ukuzeisikhathiesiseleyoenyameniangabeesaphila ezinkanukwenizabantu,kodwangentandokaNkulunkulu.
3Ngobaisikhathiesidluleyosaseneleukwenzaintando yabezizwe,laphosasihambaemanyaleni,ezinkanukweni, ekunatheni,ekudakeni,ekunatheni,nasekukhonzeni izithombeokuyichilo;
4abamangalangakhoukuthianigijiminaboenkambweni efanayoyokungathembeki,bekhulumakabingani;
5abayakulandisakuyeolungeleukwahlulelaabaphilayo nabafileyo
6Ngobangenxayalokhuivangelilatshunyayelwa lakwabafileyo,ukuzebahlulelwengokwabantuenyameni, kodwabaphilengokukaNkulunkuluemoyeni
7Kodwaukuphelakwezintozonkesekusondele;
8Phezukwakhokonkeyibaninothandooluvuthayo phakathikwenu,ngokubauthandolusibekelainqwaba yezono.
9Niphathanengokungenisaizihambingaphandle kokukhononda.
10Njengalokhowonkeisiphoasamukeleyo,khonzanani ngasonjengabaphathiabalungileyobomusaomkhulu kaNkulunkulu
11Umaumuntuekhuluma,makakhulume njengokwamazwikaNkulunkulu;umaumuntuekhonza, makakhonzengokwamandlaawanikwauNkulunkulu, ukuzeuNkulunkuluakhazinyulisweezintwenizonke ngoJesuKristu,makubekuyeinkazimulonamandlakuze kubephakadenaphakade.Amen.
12Bathandekayo,ningamangalingokulingwaokuvuthayo okunivivinyayongokungathinehlelweyisimangaliso;
13Kodwathokozani,njengobalingabahlanganyeli bezinhluphekozikaKristu;ukuzekuthi,lapho
sekwambulwainkazimuloyakhe,nijabulefuthingentokozo enkulu.
14UmanihlanjalazwangenxayegamalikaKristu, nibusisiwe;ngokubauMoyawenkazimulo nokaNkulunkuluuhleziphezukwenu;
15Kodwamakungabikhokiniohluphekangokuba engumbulali,nomaeyisela,nomaengumenziwokubi, nomaengugaxekileezindabenizabanye;
16NokhoumaumuntuehluphekangokubaengumKristu, makangabinamahloni;kodwamakadumiseuNkulunkulu ngakho
17Ngokubasesifikileisikhathisokubaukwahlulelakuqale endlinikaNkulunkulu;
18Umaolungileyoesindiswakalukhuni,umuntu ongamesabiuNkulunkulunesoniuyakuvelaphina?
19Ngakho-keabahluphekayongokwentando kaNkulunkulumababekekuyeimiphefumuloyabo ekwenzeniokuhlenjengakuMdaliothembekileyo
ISAHLUKO5
1Amalungaaphakathikwenungiyawakhuthaza,mina engimdala,nofakaziwezinhluphekozikaKristu, nomhlanganyelienkazimulweniezakwambulwa; 2YalusaniumhlambikaNkulunkuluophakathikwenu, niwubheke,kungabingokucindezelwa,kodwa ngokuzithandela;kungabingenzuzoeyichilo,kodwa ngenhliziyoevumayo;
3kungabinjengabazenzaamakhosiphezukwefa likaNkulunkulu,kodwanibeyiziboneloemhlambini
4Kuzakuthi-kenxauMalusiomkhuluebonakala, lizakwemukelaumqhelewenkazimuloongabuniyo 5Ngokunjalo,ninabasha,thobelaniamadodaamadala Yebo,nonkethobelaniomunyekomunye,nembathe ukuthobeka,ngokubauNkulunkuluumelananabazidlayo, kephaabathobekileyoubaphaumusa
6NgakhozithobeningaphansikwesandlasikaNkulunkulu esilamandla,ukuzeaniphakamisengesikhathiesifaneleyo; 7niphonseizinkathazozenuzonkephezukwakhe;ngoba uyalikhathalela.
8Zithibeni,niqaphe;ngokubaisithasenuuSathane, njengengonyamaebhongayo,siyahambasifuna engamshwabadela; 9melananinayeniqinileekukholweni,naziukuthizona lezizinhluphekozehlelaabazalwanebenuabasezweni 10KephauNkulunkuluwomusawonkeowanibizela enkazimulweniyakheyaphakadengoKristuJesu,emva kokuhluphekaisikhashana,yenauyakunenzaniphelele, aniqinise,aniqinise,anisekele
11Makubekuyeinkazimulonamandlakuzekubephakade naphakadeAmen
12NgoSilvanu,umzalwaneothembekileyo,njengokuba ngicabanga,nginilobelekafushane,nginiyala,ngifakaza ukuthilongumusaoqinisileyokaNkulunkulu; 13LiyakhonzakiniibandlaeliseBabilonielikhethiweyo kanyenani;kanjalonoMarcusindodanayami 14Bingelelananingokwangakothando.Ukuthulamakube kininonkeenikuKristuJesuAmen