2 Corinthians 8

Ngeminikelo yokusiza amaKristu angabayanga

1Sesilazisa a, bazalwane, umusa b kaNkulunkulu ophiwe emabandleni eMakedoniya c; 2ukuthi ekulingweni okukhulu kwenhlupho d, ukwengezelelwa e kwentokozo yabo lobuyanga babo obujulileyo f bengezelela enothweni yokuphana
 ukuphana: Gr.  inkululeko.
kwabo.
3Ngoba babekhululekile njengokwamandla abo h , i, ngiyafakaza, langaphezu kwamandla abo, 4ngesicelo esikhulu basincenga, ukuthi semukele isipho j, lokuhlanganyela koncedo olungolwabangcwele k; 5njalo kakubanga njengoba sathemba, kodwa bazinikela kuqala eNkosini, lakithi ngentando kaNkulunkulu l. 6Kwaze kwathi sakhuthaza m uTitosi n ukuthi, njengalokhu wayeseqalile o phambili, ngokunjalo awuqede futhi kini lumusa
 umsebenzi womusa: kumbe,  isipho.
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7Kodwa njengalokhu lisengezelela q kukho konke, ekholweni, lelizwini r, lelwazini s, lekukhuthaleni konke t, lethandweni lwenu kithi u, ukuze lakulumusa lengezelele v. 8Kangikhulumi njengokulawula w, kodwa ngokutshiseka x kwabanye, njalo ngihlola ubuqotho y bothando lwenu z. 9Ngoba liyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ukuthi lanxa wayenothile aa, waba ngumyanga ngenxa yenu ab , ac, ukuze ngobuyanga bakhe lina linothe ad. 10Lakulokhu ngipha umbono ae; ngoba lokhu kuluncedo af kini, abaqala phambili ag nyakenye ah, kungeyisikwenza kuphela, kodwa lokufisa; 11kodwa khathesi-ke qedani futhi ukwenza, ukuze, njengalokhu kukhona ukukhuthalela ai ukufisa, ngokunjalo kukhona lokuqedisa ngalokho aj elilakho ak. 12Ngoba uba kukhona al ukufisa am, umuntu uyemukeleka an ngalokho alakho, kungeyisikho ngalokho angelakho. 13Ngoba kungeyisikuthi abanye babe lenkululeko, lina-ke libe lohlupho; kodwa ngokulingana, okwalesisikhathi isengezo senu sibe ngesenswelo yabo, 14ukuze kuthi lesengezo sabo ao sibe ngesenswelo yenu ap, ukuze kube khona ukulingana aq, 15njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Owabutha ar okunengi, kabanga lokusalayo; lowabutha okuncinyane kasilelanga.

16Kodwa kabongwe uNkulunkulu ofaka as inkuthalo at efananayo ngani enhliziyweni kaTitosi, 17ukuthi isibili wemukela isikhuthazo au, kodwa etshiseka kakhulu av, wasuka waya kini ngesifiso sakhe aw. 18Njalo sithuma kanye laye umzalwane ax, odumo lwakhe evangelini ludabule emabandleni wonke ay; 19kungeyisilokhu kuphela, kodwa ukhethiwe az futhi ngamabandla ukuthi asiphelekezele ba lalo umusa
 umusa: kumbe,  isipho.
owasetshenzwa bc yithi kube ludumo bd lwale iNkosi, lekubonakalisweni kokukhuthala kwenu be;
20sivikela lokhu bf, hlezi umuntu asisole kulesisengezo esisetshenzwe yithi bg; 21sinakekela okuhle bh kungekho phambi kweNkosi kuphela kodwa laphambi kwabantu. 22Sasesithuma kanye labo umzalwane wethu, esimfice ezintweni ezinengi kanengi ekhuthele bi, kodwa khathesi ukhuthele kakhulukazi bj ngenxa yokulithemba okukhulu bk. 23Kumbe ngoTitosi, ungumhlanganyeli bl lesisebenzi bm kanye lami kini; loba abazalwane bethu bn, bayizithunywa bo zamabandla, bayinkazimulo kaKristu. 24Ngakho bonakalisani kubo ubufakazi bothando lwenu labokuzincomela kwethu lina, laphambi kwamabandla bp , bq , br.

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