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1 aparañca vayaṁ karuṇābhājo bhūtvā yad etat paricārakapadam alabhāmahi nātra klāmyāmaḥ,
Ngakho-ke, lokhu silenkonzo le, njengoba senzelwa umusa, kasidinwa;
2 kintu trapāyuktāni pracchannakarmmāṇi vihāya kuṭilatācaraṇamakurvvanta īśvarīyavākyaṁ mithyāvākyairamiśrayantaḥ satyadharmmasya prakāśaneneśvarasya sākṣāt sarvvamānavānāṁ saṁvedagocare svān praśaṁsanīyān darśayāmaḥ|
kodwa sizilahlile izinto ezifihliweyo zehlazo, singahambi ebuqilini, singaphambanisi ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, kodwa ngokwenza obala iqiniso siyazibuka kuso sonke isazela sabantu phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
3 asmābhi rghoṣitaḥ susaṁvādo yadi pracchannaḥ; syāt tarhi ye vinaṁkṣyanti teṣāmeva dṛṣṭitaḥ sa pracchannaḥ;
Kodwa uba futhi ivangeli lethu lembesiwe, lembesiwe kulabo ababhubhayo;
4 yata īśvarasya pratimūrtti ryaḥ khrīṣṭastasya tejasaḥ susaṁvādasya prabhā yat tān na dīpayet tadartham iha lokasya devo'viśvāsināṁ jñānanayanam andhīkṛtavān etasyodāharaṇaṁ te bhavanti| (aiōn g165)
okubo unkulunkulu walelilizwe uphumputhekisile ingqondo zabangakholwayo, ukuze kungakhanyi kubo ukukhanya kwevangeli lenkazimulo kaKristu, ongumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu. (aiōn g165)
5 vayaṁ svān ghoṣayāma iti nahi kintu khrīṣṭaṁ yīśuṁ prabhumevāsmāṁśca yīśoḥ kṛte yuṣmākaṁ paricārakān ghoṣayāmaḥ|
Ngoba kasizitshumayeli, kodwa uKristu Jesu iNkosi; njalo thina sizinceku zenu ngenxa kaJesu.
6 ya īśvaro madhyetimiraṁ prabhāṁ dīpanāyādiśat sa yīśukhrīṣṭasyāsya īśvarīyatejaso jñānaprabhāyā udayārtham asmākam antaḥkaraṇeṣu dīpitavān|
Ngoba uNkulunkulu owathi ukukhanya kukhanya kuvela ebumnyameni, ukhanyisile ezinhliziyweni zethu, ukupha ukukhanya kolwazi lwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ebusweni bukaJesu Kristu.
7 aparaṁ tad dhanam asmābhi rmṛṇmayeṣu bhājaneṣu dhāryyate yataḥ sādbhutā śakti rnāsmākaṁ kintvīśvarasyaiveti jñātavyaṁ|
Kodwa silalo leligugu ezitsheni zebumba, ukuze ubuhlekazi bamandla bube ngobukaNkulunkulu, njalo bungaveli kithi;
8 vayaṁ pade pade pīḍyāmahe kintu nāvasīdāmaḥ, vayaṁ vyākulāḥ santo'pi nirupāyā na bhavāmaḥ;
siyaminyezelwa inhlangothi zonke, kodwa kasibandezeleki; siyadideka, kodwa kasilahli ithemba;
9 vayaṁ pradrāvyamānā api na klāmyāmaḥ, nipātitā api na vinaśyāmaḥ|
siyazingelwa, kodwa kasihlanyukwa; siwiselwa phansi, kodwa kasibhujiswa;
10 asmākaṁ śarīre khrīṣṭasya jīvanaṁ yat prakāśeta tadarthaṁ tasmin śarīre yīśo rmaraṇamapi dhārayāmaḥ|
sihamba sithwele njalonjalo ukufa kweNkosi uJesu emzimbeni, ukuze lempilo kaJesu ibonakaliswe emzimbeni wethu.
11 yīśo rjīvanaṁ yad asmākaṁ marttyadehe prakāśeta tadarthaṁ jīvanto vayaṁ yīśoḥ kṛte nityaṁ mṛtyau samarpyāmahe|
Ngoba thina esiphilayo sinikelwa njalonjalo ekufeni ngenxa kaJesu, ukuze lempilo kaJesu ibonakaliswe enyameni yethu efayo.
12 itthaṁ vayaṁ mṛtyākrāntā yūyañca jīvanākrāntāḥ|
Ngakho ukufa kusebenza kithi, kodwa impilo kini.
13 viśvāsakāraṇādeva samabhāṣi mayā vacaḥ| iti yathā śāstre likhitaṁ tathaivāsmābhirapi viśvāsajanakam ātmānaṁ prāpya viśvāsaḥ kriyate tasmācca vacāṁsi bhāṣyante|
Ngakho silalowomoya wokholo, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngakholwa, ngakho ngakhuluma; lathi siyakholwa, ngakho lathi siyakhuluma;
14 prabhu ryīśu ryenotthāpitaḥ sa yīśunāsmānapyutthāpayiṣyati yuṣmābhiḥ sārddhaṁ svasamīpa upasthāpayiṣyati ca, vayam etat jānīmaḥ|
sisazi ukuthi lowo owayivusayo iNkosi uJesu uzasivusa lathi ngoJesu, asiveze kanye lani.
15 ataeva yuṣmākaṁ hitāya sarvvameva bhavati tasmād bahūnāṁ pracurānugrahaprāpte rbahulokānāṁ dhanyavādeneśvarasya mahimā samyak prakāśiṣyate|
Ngoba zonke izinto zingenxa yenu, ukuze umusa ovamileyo, ngokubonga kwabanengi, wengezelelwe kube ludumo lukaNkulunkulu.
16 tato heto rvayaṁ na klāmyāmaḥ kintu bāhyapuruṣo yadyapi kṣīyate tathāpyāntarikaḥ puruṣo dine dine nūtanāyate|
Ngakho-ke kasidinwa, kodwa lanxa umuntu wethu wangaphandle ebhujiswa, kube kanti owangaphakathi wenziwa abe mutsha insuku ngensuku.
