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8 Bazalwane, sifuna nati ngemusa lomkhulu Nkulunkulu lawentele emabandla aseMasedoniya.+ 2 Ngesikhatsi bahlupheka ngenca yekuvivinywa lokukhulu, bapha labanye ngenjabulo lenkhulu ngisho nobe bebeswele kakhulu. Loku kwakhombisa kutsi banesandla lesivulekile.* 3 Ngobe banikela ngako konkhe lebebangakhona kunikela ngako,+ ecinisweni bekungetulu kwaloko lebebanako,+ futsi mine ngingakufakazela loko. 4 Bebachubeka basincengisisa kuze batfole litfuba lekupha baphindze bahlanganyele nasemsebentini wekusita labangcwele.+ 5 Akuzange kube njengobe besilindzele, kodvwa ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu, bacale batinikela eNkhosini base batinikela nakitsi. 6 Ngako sakhutsata Thithusi+ kutsi njengobe bekawucalile lomsebenti emkhatsini wenu, kufanele aphindze awucedzele. 7 Nine nenta kahle kuto tonkhe tintfo. Kukholwa kwenu kucinile, ninelikhono lekukhuluma, ninelwati lolunyenti, niyatimisela kuko konkhe lenikwentako, futsi nibatsandza mbamba labanye njengobe natsi sinitsandza. Shengatsi ningachubeka nephana.+
8 Loku lengikushoko akusiwo umyalo, kodvwa ngifuna nati ngekutimisela kwalabanye, futsi ngifuna kuhlola kutsi lutsandvo lwenu lungilo sibili yini. 9 Ngobe niyawati umusa lomkhulu weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, kutsi nanobe bekanjingile waba nguloweswele ngenca yenu,+ kuze nitonjinga ngekweswela kwakhe.
10 Asenginivetele umbono wami+ ngalendzaba: Loku kutawusita nine ngobe emnyakeni lowengcile nacala kwenta lomsebenti futsi anigcinanga lapho, kodvwa naveta nesifiso senu sekuwenta. 11 Ngako cedzani loko lesenikucalile. Nanenta njalo nitawupha ngaloko leninako, futsi loko kutawuhambisana nesifiso senu. 12 Kupha ngalokusuka enhlitiyweni kuyamjabulisa Nkulunkulu, ngobe ufuna umuntfu aphe ngaloko lanako,+ hhayi ngaloko lete kona. 13 Angifuni kwenta kutsi kube melula kulabanye kepha kube matima kini; 14 kodvwa injongo kutsi kube nekulingana, kuze inala leninayo nyalo ihlangabetane netidzingo tabo, nenala yabo ihlangabetane netidzingo tenu, khona kutowuba nekulingana. 15 Kunjengobe nje kubhaliwe kwatsiwa: “Umuntfu lobekanalokunyenti akazange abe nalokunyenti kakhulu, nemuntfu lobekanalokuncane akazange abe nalokuncane kakhulu.”+
16 Ngako siyambonga Nkulunkulu ngekwenta kutsi Thithusi+ anikhatsalele njengatsi, 17 ngobe usilalele lesikhutsato, futsi njengobe alangatelela kakhulu kwenta loko lesimcele kona, uta kini ngekutitsandzela. 18 Simtfumela kutsi ete kini akanye nemzalwane lodvunyiswa kuwo onkhe emabandla ngenca yekushumayela tindzaba letimnandzi. 19 Akusiko loko kuphela, kodvwa wabekwa ngemabandla kutsi ahambe natsi nasihambisa lesipho kuze kutokhatinyuliswa iNkhosi, futsi kufakazelwe nekutsi sitimisele kusita. 20 Ngako asifuni kutsi kube khona umuntfu lositfola sinelicala ngalomnikelo lesiwuhambisako+ nalowentiwe ngemusa. 21 Ngobe ‘sinakekela tonkhe tintfo ngekwetsembeka, hhayi embikwaJehova* kuphela, kodvwa nasembikwebantfu.’+
22 Ngetulu kwaloko, sibatfumela kutsi bete kini bakanye nemzalwane wetfu lesesimbonile kutsi utimisele etintfweni letinyenti, kodvwa nyalo sewutimisele mbamba ngenca yelitsemba lelikhulu lanalo kini. 23 Kepha nangabe ninembuto ngaThithusi, usisebenti lengibambisene* naso nalengikanye naso kuze kusitakale nine; futsi nangabe ninemibuto ngalabazalwane betfu, babaphostoli bemabandla futsi bakhatimulisa Khristu. 24 Ngako bakhombiseni lutsandvo lwenu,+ nente emabandla abone sizatfu lesasenta satigabatisa ngani.