Ukuthandazela Bonke Abantu
UPawulos ucela kuqala ukuba kwenziwe imithandazo ngenxa yabantu bonke, kuquka nookumkani, kuba uBawo wethu ufuna ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe, nomlamleli mnye, uKrestu uYesu, owazinikela ngenxa yabo bonke. Emva koko amadoda mawathandaze engenamsindo, abafazi banxibe ngokufanelekileyo, bafunde bethe cwaka, bangafundisi.
2 1Okokuqala ke, ndicela ukuba kwenziwe izikhungo, nemithandazo, nezikhungelo, nokubulela, ngenxa yabantu bonke, 2ngenxa yookumkani nabo bonke abanegunya, ukuze siphile ubomi obunoxolo nobuzolileyo, sinezohlwayo ngokupheleleyo nesidima. 3Oku kulungile, kuyakholeka kuBawo wethu, uMsindisi wethu, 4othanda ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe, beze ekuyazini inyaniso. 5Kuba mnye uBawo, mnye nomlamleli phakathi koBawo nabantu, umntu uKrestu uYesu, 6owazinikela abe yintlawulo ngenxa yabo bonke—bungqina obanikwa ngexesha elifanelekileyo. 7Ngenxa yoku ndamiselwa ukuba ndibe ngumshumayeli nompostile—ndithetha inyaniso, andixoki—umfundisi weentlanga ngokholo nangenyaniso. 8Ndithanda ukuba amadoda kuzo zonke iindawo athandaze, ephakamisa izandla ezingcwele, engenamsindo nangxabano.
9Ngokunjalo, abafazi mabanxibe ngokufanelekileyo, ngentloni nangokuzeyisa, bangabi nenwele ezisontiweyo, negolide, neeperile, nezambatho ezinqabileyo, 10koko babe nemisebenzi emihle, njengoko kubafanele abafazi abavuma ukuhlonela uBawo wethu. 11Umfazi makafunde ethe cwaka, ethobeke ngokupheleleyo. 12Andimvumeli umfazi ukuba afundise okanye abe negunya phezu kwendoda; makathi tu kunoko. 13Kuba uAdam wabunjwa kuqala, kwaza kwalandela uEva. 14Kananjalo uAdam akalukuhlwanga, kodwa umfazi walukuhlwa, waza wangumoni. 15Kodwa wosindiswa ngokuzala abantwana, ukuba bathe bahlala elukholweni, naseluthandweni, nasebungcweleni, ngokuzeyisa. a a v15 Isimelabizo sitshintsha kwelithi 'yena' siye kwelithi 'bona'—njengoko kunjalo nakweyoqobo—mhlawumbi sibhekisa kubafazi ngokubanzi abazingisayo kwezi zithethe.
