Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo umyeni njengomholi
1 kwabaseKorinte 11 : 3
3 Kepha ngithanda ukuba nazi ukuthi inhloko yawo wonke amadoda nguKristu; nenhloko yowesifazane yindoda; lenhloko kaKristu nguNkulunkulu.
1 kaPetru 3 : 1 – 22
1 Ngokunjalo, bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu; ukuze kuthi, uma bekhona abangalilaleli izwi, bazuzwe ngaphandle kwezwi ngenkambo yabafazi;
2 bebona inkambo yenu emhlophe kanye nokwesaba.
3 Ukuhloba kwenu makungabi ngokokwangaphandle, okokwaluka izinwele, nokokufaka igolide, noma okokwembatha izingubo;
4 Kodwa makube ngumuntu osithekileyo wenhliziyo, ekuhlobeni okungaboliyo, okungomoya omnene onokuthula, okuyigugu phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
5 Ngokuba endulo bazihlobisa nabesifazane abangcwele abamethembayo uNkulunkulu, bethobela amadoda abo;
6 njengoba nje uSara wamlalela uAbrahama embiza ngokuthi nkosi;
7 Kanjalo nani madoda, hlalani nabo ngokokwazi, nibanike udumo njengesitsha esibuthakathaka kakhudlwana, nanjengezindlalifa kanye nani zomusa wokuphila; ukuze imikhuleko yenu ithiye.
8 Elokugcina manibe nomqondo munye nonke, nihawukelane, nithandane njengabazalwane, nihawukele, nibe nomusa;
9 ningaphindiseli okubi ngokubi, nokuthuka ngokuthuka, kodwa ngokuphambene nibusise; nazi ukuthi nabizelwa lokho, ukuze nidle ifa lesibusiso.
10 Ngokuba lowo othanda ukuphila, nokubona izinsuku ezinhle, makabambe ulimi lwakhe kokubi, nezindebe zakhe zingakhulumi inkohliso;
11 Makagweme okubi, enze okuhle; makafune ukuthula, akulandele.
12 Ngokuba amehlo eNkosi aphezu kwabalungileyo, nezindlebe zayo zisemikhulekweni yabo; kepha ubuso beNkosi bumelene nabenza okubi.
13 Ngubani onganilimaza, uma nilingisa okuhle na?
14 Kepha uma nihlupheka ngenxa yokulunga, nibusisiwe;
15 Kodwa ngcwelisani iNkosi uNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu, njalo lilungele ukuphendula wonke umuntu olibuza ngesizatho sethemba elikini, ngobumnene langokwesaba;
16 Lilonembeza omuhle; ukuze kuthi lapho benihleba ngokungathi ningabenzi bokubi, bajabhe labo abaqamba amanga ukuziphatha kwenu okuhle kuKristu.
17 Ngokuba kungcono ukuhlupheka ngokwenza okuhle, uma kuyintando kaNkulunkulu, kunokuhlupheka nenza okubi.
18 Ngokuba noKristu wahlupheka kwaba kanye ngenxa yezono, olungileyo ngenxa yabangalungile, ukuze asiyise kuNkulunkulu, ebulawa enyameni, kodwa ephiliswa ngoMoya;
19 Ngakho wahamba washumayela imimoya esetilongweni;
20 Eyayingalaleli ngesinye isikhathi, lapho ukubekezela kukaNkulunkulu kulindile ezinsukwini zikaNowa, kusakhiwa umkhumbi, okwasindiswa ngawo abayingcosana, okungukuthi, imiphefumulo eyisishiyagalombili.
21 Umfanekiso onjengawo umbhapathizo osusisindisa ngawo manje, kungesikho ukususa insila yenyama, kodwa impendulo kanembeza omuhle kuNkulunkulu, ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu;
22 Owenyukela ezulwini, ongakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu; izingelosi, namandla, namandla, kuthotshiswe phansi kwakhe.
Kwabase-Efesu 5 : 1 – 33
1 Ngakho yibani ngabalingisa uNkulunkulu njengabantwana abathandekayo;
2 nihambe othandweni, njengalokho noKristu wasithanda, wazinikela ngenxa yethu, abe ngumnikelo nomhlatshelo kuNkulunkulu, abe yiphunga elimnandi.
3 Kepha ubufebe, nakho konke ukungcola, noma isangabe, makungaphathwa nakanye phakathi kwenu, njengokuba kufanele abangcwele;
4 namanyala, nenkulumo yobuwula, nokuntela, okuyizinto ezingafanele, kepha kunalokho ukubonga.
5 Ngokuba niyakwazi lokhu, ukuthi akukho sifebe, noma ongcolileyo, noma onesangabe ongokhonza izithombe, onefa embusweni kaKristu noNkulunkulu.
6 Makungabikho onikhohlisayo ngamazwi ayize, ngokuba ngenxa yalezo zinto ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwehlela phezu kwabantwana bokungalaleli.
7 Ngakho-ke ningabi ngabahlanganyeli nabo.
8 Ngokuba nanikade nibubumnyama, kepha manje ningukukhanya eNkosini; hambani njengabantwana bokukhanya;
9 (Ngokuba isithelo sikaMoya sikubo bonke ubuhle nokulunga neqiniso;)
10 nihlola ukuthi kuyini okwamukelekayo eNkosini.
11 Futhi ningabi nenhlanganyelo nemisebenzi yobumnyama engatheli, kodwa kunalokho niyisole.
12 Ngoba izinto ezenziwa yibo ekusithekeni kulihlazo lokukhuluma.
13 Kodwa konke okusolwayo kubonakaliswa ngukukhanya, ngoba konke okubonakaliswayo kungukukhanya.
14 Ngakho uthi: Vuka wena oleleyo, uvuke kwabafileyo, uKristu uzakukukhanyisa.
15 Ngakho bhekisisani ukuthi nihamba kanjani, kungabi njengeziwula kodwa njengabahlakaniphileyo;
16 nithengisise isikhathi, ngokuba izinsuku zimbi.
17 Ngakho ningabi ngabangahlakaniphileyo, kodwa niqonde okuyintando yeNkosi.
18 Futhi ningadakwa yiwayini, lapho kukhona ukuganga; kodwa gcwaliswani ngoMoya;
19 nikhulumisana ngamahubo, nangezihlabelelo, nangamaculo okomoya, nihlabelele, nihubele eNkosini enhliziyweni yenu;
20 nimbonga njalo uNkulunkulu uBaba ngakho konke egameni leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu;
21 nizithoba omunye komunye ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu.
22 Bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu kungathi kukuyo iNkosi.
23 Ngokuba indoda iyinhloko yomfazi, njengokuba noKristu eyinhloko yebandla, yena engumsindisi womzimba.
24 Ngakho-ke njengokuba ibandla lithobela uKristu, kanjalo nabafazi mabathobele amadoda abo kukho konke.
25 Madoda, thandani omkenu, njengalokho noKristu walithanda ibandla, wazinikela ngenxa yalo;
26 ukuze alingcwelise, alihlambulule ngesigezo samanzi ngezwi;
27 ukuze azimise phambi kwakhe ibandla elinenkazimulo, elingenasisihla, noma umbimbi, nanto enjalo; kodwa ukuthi libe ngcwele njalo lingelasici.
28 Kanjalo amadoda afanele ukuthanda omkawo njengemizimba yawo. Othanda umkakhe uzithanda yena.
29 Ngokuba akakho owake wazonda eyakhe inyama; kodwa uyayondla futhi ayinakekele, njengoba nje neNkosi ibandla.
30 Ngokuba singamalungu omzimba wakhe, awenyama yakhe, singamathambo akhe.
31 Ngalokho indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, futhi labo ababili bayakuba nyamanye.
32 Le yimfihlakalo enkulu, kepha ngikhuluma ngoKristu nebandla.
33 Nokho-ke yilowo nalowo kini makathande umkakhe njengalokhu ezithanda yena; nomfazi makahloniphe indoda yakhe.
KwabaseKolose 3 : 18
18 Bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu, njengokufanele eNkosini.
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