1 KaPhethro 1:1-12

UPhethro, umphostoli kaJesu Khristu, kwabakhethiweyo abayizihambi, abahlakazekele ePhontu, eGalathiya, eKhaphadosiya, e-Asiya naseBhithiniya, abakhethiweyo, ngokwazi phambilini kukaNkulunkulu uYise, ngokungcwelisa kukaMoya ukuze balalele futhi bafafazwe ngegazi likaJesu Khristu. Sengathi umusa nokuthula kungandiswa kini. Makabongwe uNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, owasizala kabusha ngokwesihawu sakhe esikhulu, ukuba sibe nethemba eliphilileyo ngokuvuka kukaJesu Khristu kwabafileyo, sibe nefa elingapheliyo, elingenasisihla, elingabuniyo, enililondolozelwe ezulwini. Nina nilondolozwa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa, kube yinsindiso eyakwambulwa ngesikhathi sokugcina; enithokoza kakhulu ngalokho, nakuba manje nidatshukiswa yizilingo ezinhlobonhlobo, ukuze ubuqotho bokukholwa kwenu, okuyigugu kunegolide elibhubhayo noma livivinywa ngomlilo, kufunyanwe kube ngukubongwa, udumo, nokutuseka mhla kwembulwa uJesu Khristu, enimthanda ningambonanga, kuthi nakuba ningamboni manje, kodwa nikholwa nguye, nithokoza ngentokozo engenakuchazwa ngamazwi netusekayo, namukela umphumela wokukholwa kwenu oyinsindiso yemiphefumulo. Mayelana nensindiso, abaphrofethi bafunisisa becwaningisisa ngomusa okwaphrofethwa ngawo ebenizakwenzelwa wona. Baphenyisisa ukuthi yisiphi, futhi sinjani leso sikhathi esakhonjwa nguMoya kaKhristu owayekubo, efakaza ngaphambilini ngezinhlupheko zikaKhristu nangenkazimulo eyayizakulandela kamuva. Bambulelwa ukuthi lokho ababekwenza babengazenzeli nje bona, kodwa kwakuqondene nani, njengokuba bakhuluma ngalezo zinto, nani esenizizwa ngabashumayela ivangeli kini ngoMoya oNgcwele othunywe evela ezulwini, lezo zinto izingelosi ezilangazelela ukuzibona.