Ababonisi Endlwini kaBawo wethu
Yimo yobuntu, kungekhona ubuchule, eyenza umntu afanele ukukhokela. Umveleli umelwe kukuba ongenasici, ozolileyo, ongathandi mali, nokwazi ukulawula indlu yakhe; abashumayeli bacikidwa kuqala. UPawulos ubhala ukuze uTimoti azi ukuziphatha kwakhe endlwini kaBawo wethu, aze acaphula ingoma ngoKrestu.
3 1Nali ilizwi elithembekileyo: osukuba efuna ukuba ngumbonisi, ukunqwenela umsebenzi omhle. 2Ngoko umveleli umelwe kukuba ngogqibeleleyo: ethembekile kumfazi wakhe, enengqiqo, ezeyisa, ehleleke kakuhle, ebuphatha kakuhle ubundwendwe, enokufundisa. 3Ongaxheli, ongenabundlobongela kodwa ozolileyo, ongomngxibini, ongathandi mali. 4Umelwe kukuyilawula kakuhle indlu yakhe, egcine abantwana bakhe bethobekile ngazo zonke iindlela zembeko, 5kuba ukuba umntu akwazi ukuyilawula indlu yakhe, wolinakekela njani na ibandla likaBawo wethu? 6Umelwe kukuba angabi ngofike kutsha elukholweni, hleze akhukhumale, angene kuloo kugwetywa kungako umtyholi. 7Umelwe kukuba negama elihle nakwabangaphandle, ukuze angangeni kwisingcikivo nasemgibeni womtyholi.
8Nabashumayeli ngokunjalo mabahlonitshwe, bangabi ngabambaxa, bangabi ngabanxila kakhulu yiwayini, bangabi ngabakhanukela inzuzo elihlazo. 9Mababambelele kwimfihlakalo yokholo ngesazela esicocekileyo. 10Nabo ke mabacikidwe kuqala; baze bathi, ukuba babonakala bengabagqibeleleyo, bakhonze njengabashumayeli. 11Amankazana ngokunjalo mabahlonitshwe, bangabi ngabahlebi, kodwa babe nengqondo ecocekileyo, bathembeke ezintweni zonke. 12Umshumayeli umelwe kukuba ethembekile kumfazi wakhe, aze abalawule kakuhle abantwana bakhe nendlu yakhe. 13Abashumayeli abakhonza kakuhle bazenzela isikhundla esihle nenkoloseko enkulu eyokukholwa kuKrestu uYesu.
Imfihlakalo Esentliziyweni Yokholo lwethu
14Ndikubhalela ezi zalathiso, nangona ndithemba ukuza kuwe kungekudala. 15Kodwa ukuba ndithe ndalibaziseka, woba uyakwazi ukuba umntu umelwe ukuhamba njani na endlwini kaBawo wethu, ibandla likaBawo ophilileyo, intsika nesiseko senyaniso. 16Ngokungenakuphikiswa, inkulu imfihlakalo yokuzinikela kuThixo: wabonakala enyameni, wangqinelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wabonwa zizithunywa zezulu, wavakaliswa kweentlanga, wakholelwa ehlabathini liphela, wenyuselwa ebuqaqawulini. a a v16 Olu vumo lwamandulo luvuma ngoYesu—lowo weza enyameni, wavuka engqinelwe, waza wenyuselwa ebuqaqawulini; “yena” ubhekiselwe kuye kulo lonke.
