Ningahlulelani
14 Obuthakathaka ekukholweni mamukeleni, kodwa kungabi ngokuxabana ngemibono. 2 Umuntu oyedwa ukholwa ukuthi angakwenza udle noma yini, kuyilapho umuntu obuthakathakaudla imifino kuphela.3 Kangamyekeli lowouyadlaoxwayayo makangahluleliodlayo,ngoba uNkulunkulu umamukele. 4 Ungubani wena ukuba wahlulele inceku yomunye na? Kuphambi kwenkosi yakhe[a] ukuthi umile noma uyawa. Futhi uyophakanyiswa, ngoba iNkosi inamandla okummisa.
5Omunye uthi olunye usuku lungcono kunolunye, kanti omunye wazisa zonke izinsuku ziyefana. Yilowo nalowo makaqiniseke ngokugcwele engqondweni yakhe. 6 Lowo ogcina usuku ulugcina ngenhlonipho yeNkosi.Odlayo, udla udumo lweNkosi,ngoba ubonga uNkulunkulu, kuthi lowo ongadliyo udla eNkosini, njalo ubonga uNkulunkulu. 7 Fnoma akakho phakathi kwethu oziphilela yena, futhi akakho phakathi kwethu ozifela yena. 8 Ngoba uma siphila, siphilela iNkosi, futhi uma sifa, sifela iNkosi. Ngakho-ke, noma siphila, noma sifa, singabeNkosi. 9 Ngoba ngenxa yalokho uKristu wafa wabuye waphila, ukuze abe yiNkosi yabafileyo neyabaphilayo.
10 Kungani umahlulela umfowenu? Kumbe wena, udelelani umfowenu? Ngokuba sonke siyakuma phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaNkulunkulu; 11 ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi:
“Kuphila kwami,” usho uJehova, “amadolo onke ayakuguqa phambi kwami;
futhi zonke izilimi ziyovuma[b] kuNkulunkulu.”
12 Ngakho-ke yilowo nalowo kithi uyakuziphendulela kuNkulunkulu.
Ungabangeli Omunye Ukukhubeka
13 Ngakho kasingabe sisahlulelana, kodwa kunalokho sinqume ukuthi singabeki isikhubekiso kumbe isithiyo endleleni yomzalwane. 14 Ngiyazi futhi ngiyaqiniseka eNkosini uJesu ukuthi akukho lutho olungcolile ngokwalo, kodwa kumuntu ocabanga ukuthi lungcolile lungcolile. 15 Ngoba uma umfowenu edabukiswa ngokudlayo, awusahambi othandweni. Ngokudlayo ningambhubhisi lowo uKristu amfelayo. 16 Ngakho-ke lokho enikubheka njengokuhle makungahlanjalazwa. 17 Ngoba umbuso kaNkulunkulu kawusikho ukudla lokunatha kodwa ukulunga lokuthula lentokozo kuMoya oNgcwele. 18 Loba ngubani okhonza uKristu ngokunjalo uyamukeleka kuNkulunkulu njalo ukholekile ebantwini. 19 Ngakho-ke masiphishekele lokho okwenza kube nokuthula nokwakhana.
20 Ungawuchithi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokudla. Konke kuhlanzekile impela, kepha akulungile ukuba umuntu akhubekise ngokudlayo. 21 Kuhle ukungadli inyama noma ukungaphuzi iwayini noma ukwenza noma yini ekhubekisa umfowenu.c] 22 Ukukholwa onakho kugcine phakathi kwakho noNkulunkulu. Ubusisiwe lowo ongenasizatho sokuzahlulela ngalokho akwamukelayo. 23 Kodwa loba ngubani othandabuzayo ulahliwe, nxa esidla, ngoba ukudla akuveli ekholweni. Ngoba konke okungaphumi ekukholweni kuyisono.d]