1Cor 10 | NdeIBE | STEP | Ngoba, bazalwane, kangifuni ukuthi lingalazi iqiniso lokuthi okhokho babengaphansi kweyezi kanye lokuthi bonke badabula phakathi kolwandle.

1 Corinthians 10

Izixwayiso Ezivela Kumlando Ka-Israyeli

1 Ngoba, bazalwane, kangifuni ukuthi lingalazi iqiniso lokuthi okhokho babengaphansi kweyezi kanye lokuthi bonke badabula phakathi kolwandle.

2 Bonke babhaphathizelwa kuMosi eyezini kanye lasolwandle. 3 Bonke badla kudla kunye komoya 4 banatha okunathwayo kunye komoya, ngoba banatha edwaleni lomoya elalihamba labo, njalo lelodwala lalinguKhristu.

5 Kodwa uNkulunkulu kathokozanga ngenengi labo, ngakho imizimba yabo yahlakazwa enkangala.

6 Lezizinto zenzakala njengezibonelo, ukuba zisinqabele ekubekeni izinhliziyo zethu ezintweni ezimbi njengalokhu bona abakwenzayo.

7 Lingakhonzi izithombe, njengokwenziwa ngabanye babo; njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Abantu bahlala phansi ukuba badle banathe besebesukuma ukuba bagide okokuxhwala.”

8 Akumelanga senze ukuxhwala kobufebe njengokwenziwa ngabanye babo – njalo ngosuku olulodwa kwafa ababo abayizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lantathu.

9 Akumelanga silinge iNkosi njengokwenziwa ngabanye babo – babulawa zinyoka.

10 Lingakhononi, njengokwenziwa ngabanye babo – babulawa yingilosi ebhubhisayo.

11 Izinto lezi zenzakala kubo njengezibonelo njalo zalotshwa njengezixwayiso kithi, osekufike kubo ukugcwaliseka kwezikhathi.

12 Ngakho uma licabanga ukuthi limi liqinile, qaphelani ukuba lingawi. 13 Akulazilingo ezilehleleyo ngaphandle kokwejwayelekileyo ebantwini. Njalo uNkulunkulu uthembekile; akayikuvumela ukuba lilingwe ngokwedlula lokho elingakumela. Kodwa lapho lilingwa, uzalinika indlela yokuphunyuka ukuze limelane lakho.

Amadili Ezithombe Lesidlo SeNkosi

14 Ngakho-ke, bangane bami, balekelani ukukhonza izithombe.

15 Ngikhuluma labantu abalengqondo; zenzeleni esenu isinqumo ngalokho engikutshoyo. 16 Konje inkomitsho yokubonga esiyibongelayo kayisikuhlanganyela egazini likaKhristu na? Lesinkwa esisihlephunayo kasisikuhlanganyela emzimbeni kaKhristu na?

17 Njengoba kulesinkwa sinye, thina abanengi, singumzimba munye, ngoba sonke sihlanganyela lesosinkwa sinye.

18 Khumbulani abantu bako-Israyeli: Kakusikho yini ukuthi labo abadla imihlatshelo balokuhlanganyela e-alithareni na? 19 Pho ngitsho ukuthi umhlatshelo onikelwe esithombeni uyilutho, loba ukuthi isithombe siyilutho na? 20 Hatshi, kodwa imihlatshelo yabangakholwayo inikelwa kumadimoni, hatshi kuNkulunkulu, njalo kangifuni ukuba libe ngabahlanganyela lamadimoni. 21 Kalingeke linathe inkomitsho yeNkosi lenkomitsho yamadimoni njalo, alingeke libe lokuhlanganyela etafuleni leNkosi lasetafuleni lamadimoni. 22 Sizama ukuvusa umona weNkosi na? Kambe silamandla kulayo na?

Ukukhululeka Kokholwayo

23 “Izinto zonke ziyavunyelwa” – kodwa akusizinto zonke ezilosizo. “Izinto zonke ziyavunyelwa” – kodwa akusizinto zonke ezakhayo.

24 Akulamuntu omele azidingele okuhle, kodwa okuhle kwabanye.

25 Dlanini konke okuthengiswa lapha okuthengiswa khona inyama kungekho kubuza imibuzo yesazela, 26 ngoba, “Umhlaba ngoweNkosi, lakho konke okukuwo.”

27 Uma omunye wabangakholwayo elibizela ukudla njalo lifuna ukuhamba, dlanini loba kuyini okubekwe phambi kwenu kungekho kubuza imibuzo yesazela. 28 Kodwa uma omunye esithi kini, “Lokhu kunikelwe njengomhlatshelo,” lapho-ke lingakudli, ngenxa yomuntu lowo olitshelileyo langenxa yesazela –

29 ngitsho isazela salowomuntu, hatshi esenu. Ngoba kungani ukukhululeka kwami kumele kwahlulelwe ngesazela somunye na?

30 Uma ngihlanganyela ekudleni ngokubonga, kungani ngisolwa ngolutho engilubongela iNkosi na?

31 Ngakho langabe liyadla kumbe liyanatha, loba kuyikuphi elikwenzayo, kwenzeleni udumo lukaNkulunkulu.

32 Lingakhubekisi muntu, loba kungamaJuda, amaGiriki loba ibandla likaNkulunkulu –

33 lalapho ngizama ukuthokozisa abantu bonke ngezindlela zonke. Ngoba kangidingi okuhle kwami kodwa okuhle kwabanengi, ukuze basindiswe.