Hlonipha Usapho Olukungqongileyo
Ibandla malithathwe njengentsapho kaBawo wethu, amadoda amadala njengooyise, abafazi abaselula njengoodade. Emva koko imithetho esebenzayo: ngawaphi abahlolokazi abaxhaswa libandla nabafanele ukwenda kwakhona, imbeko nokhuselo lwabadala, ukukhalinyelwa ekuhleni kwesono esiqhubekayo, newayini yesisu sikaTimoti.
5 1Musa ukumkhalimela kabukhali indoda endala, kodwa thetha naye njengoyihlo, namadodana aselula njengabazalwana, 2abafazi abadala njengoonina, nabafazi abaselula njengoodade wenu, ngabo bonke ubunyulu.
3Hlonipha abahlolokazi abangabahlolokazi ngokwenene. 4Kodwa ukuba umhlolokazi unabantwana okanye abazukulwana, mabaqale bafunde ukuzinikela kubendlu yabo, bebuyisela kubazali babo—kuba oku kuyamkholisa uBawo wethu. 5Umhlolokazi wokwenene, oshiywe yedwa, uthembele kuBawo wethu, ezingisa ubusuku nemini ngezibongozo nangemithandazo. 6Kodwa umhlolokazi ophilela ukuzonwabisa ufile selokwanje esaphila. 7Yiwisa nale miyalelo, ukuze bangabi nokusoleka. 8Ukuba ukho ongabondliyo abakowabo—ngokukodwa abendlu yakhe—ulukhanyele ukholo, umbi ngaphezu kongakholwayo.
9Bhalisa umhlolokazi kuphela ukuba uneminyaka engamashumi amathandathu ubuncinane, eyayithembekile endodeni enye, 10engqinelwa ngemisebenzi elungileyo: ukuba wabakhulisa abantwana, wamkela abasemzini, wazihlamba iinyawo zabangcwele, wabanceda ababandezelekileyo, waza walandela wonke umsebenzi olungileyo.
11Kodwa yala ukubhalisa abahlolokazi abaselula; kuba xa iinkanuko zabo zibatsala kuKrestu, bafuna ukwenda, 12ngaloo ndlela bazisa umgwebo phezu kwabo ngenxa yokuba belibekele bucala idinga labo lokuqala. a a v12 “Idinga labo lokuqala” libhekisela kwisibophelelo abasenzayo sokukhonza uKrestu nebandla, ngexesha babhaliswa kuluhlu lwabahlolokazi. 13Bafunde kwakhona ukuba ngamavila, bejikeleza indlu nendlu—bengengomavila odwa, kodwa beziintlebi nabagxuphulezi, bethetha into abangafanele ukuthetha. 14Ngoko ke ndithanda ukuba abahlolokazi abaselula bende, bazale abantwana, baphathe amakhaya, bangamniki ithuba utshaba lokuba anyelise. 15Kuba abanye sele bejikile, balandela uSathana. 16Ukuba ikho ibhinqa elikholwayo elinabahlolokazi kwizalamane zalo, malibaxhase, lingalithwalisi umthwalo ibandla, ukuze libe nako ukubaxhasa abahlolokazi bokwenene.
17Amadoda amakhulu aphatha kakuhle afanelwe yimbeko ephindwe kabini, ngokukodwa lawo akhuthele ekushumayeleni nasekufundiseni. 18Kuba isibhalo sithi: “Uze ungayibophi umlomo inkomo ibhula,” sithi kananjalo: “Umsebenzi ufanelwe ngumvuzo wakhe.”
19Musa ukwamkela isimangalo esichasene nendoda enkulu, ngaphandle kobungqina bamangqina amabini nokuba mathathu. 20Ke abo baphikela ukwenza isono, ubakhalimele phambi kwabo bonke, ukuze nabanye boyike.
21Ndiyakuyalela ngokuzekileyo phambi koBawo wethu, noKrestu Yesu, nezithunywa zezulu ezinyuliweyo: uzigcine ezi ziyalelo ungakhethi cala, ungenzi nto ngomkhethe. 22Musa ukubeka izandla phezu komntu ngobungxamo, ungabi nasabelo ezonweni zabanye—zigcine unyulu.
23Musa ukusela amanzi odwa ngokuqhubekayo—thabatha iwayini encinane ngenxa yesisu sakho nokugula kwakho rhoqo.
24Izono zabanye abantu zisobala, zihamba phambili ziye emgwebeni; ezabanye izono zilandela emva. 25Kwangokunjalo, imisebenzi elungileyo isobala, naleyo ingenjalo ayinakufihlakala.
