Ubabalo Luyaphuphuma Ngokupha Ngesisa

Inkongozelo yoncedo eyaqalwa kunyaka ophelileyo isengekagqitywa. UPawulos akavumi ukuyimisela ngomthetho. Ukhombela amaMakedoni, amahlwempu aphantsi kwembandezelo, awathi anikela ngaphezu kwamandla awo ngobabalo lukaBawo wethu; ucela ukulingana phakathi kwamabandla kuphela, athume uTito kunye namangqina ukuze kungabikho mntu unokuyibuza imali.

Isahluko 8.

Sifuna ukuba nazi, bazalwana, ngobabalo lukaBawo wethu olwanikwayo emabandleni aseMakedoni. Bevavanywe yimbandezelo enkulu, uvuyo lwabo oluphuphumayo nobuhlwempu babo obunzulu baphuphuma baba sisisa esikhulu. Kuba ndiyangqina: baphana ngangoko babenako, nangaphezulu, ngokuzithandela ngokupheleleyo. Besibongoza ngamandla ngelungelo nangobudlelane bokubalungiselela abangcwele. Kwakungeyiyo into ebesiyilindele—baqala bazinikela eNkosini, bandula bazinikela nakuthi, ngokuthanda kukaBawo wethu. Ngako oko samkhuthaza uTito ukuba naye awugqibe lo msebenzi wobabalo phakathi kwenu, njengoko wayeseleqalile. Kodwa njengoko nigqwesa kuzo zonke izinto—ekukholweni, nasekuthetheni, nasekwazini, nakuyo yonke inkuthalo, nasethandweni esinalo ngani—yibonani ukuba nigqwese nakulo mnikelo wesisa. Lo asingomthetho—ndivavanya inyaniso yothando lwenu ngenkuthalo yabanye. Niyalwazi ubabalo lweNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu: nangona ebesisityebi, waba lihlwempu ngenxa yenu, ukuze ngobuhlwempu bakhe nibe zizityebi. Esi sesam isigwebo kule nto: kuyaninceda nina, enaqala kwanonyaka ophelileyo kungekuphela nje ukuyenza le nto, kodwa nokuyifuna. Ngoku wugqibeni nokuwenza, ukuze ukulangazelela ukuyifuna kulungelelane nokukugqiba ngoko ninako. Ukuba ukulangazelela kukho, kuyamkeleka ngangoko umntu anako, kungengako angenako. Anditsho ukuba abanye baphumle lo gama nina nixineke, kodwa ukuba kubekho ulungelelwano. Ngoku okugqithiseleyo kwenu makudibanise nemfuno yabo, ukuze okugqithiseleyo kwabo kudibanise nemfuno yenu, kubekho ukulingana. Njengoko kubhaliwe: “Lowo wabutha kakhulu akagqithisa; lowo wabutha kancinane, akasilela.”

UTito Uthunyelwa Ngenyameko Enkulu

Mabulelwe kuBawo wethu, owafaka entliziyweni kaTito le nyameko enye endinayo ngani. Akaphelelanga nje ekwamkeleni isibongozo sethu, kodwa—enenkuthalo engaphezulu yena—uza kuni ngokuzikhethela kwakhe. Sithumela kunye naye umzalwana odunyiswa ngamabandla onke ngomsebenzi wakhe wevangeli. Akuphelelanga apho—amabandla kwawammisela ukuba ahambe nathi kulo mnikelo wesisa esiwenzayo, kuzuko lweNkosi ngokwayo nokulangazelela kwethu. Sikulungisa oku ukuze kungabikho namnye osola kuthi ngenxa yalo mnikelo wesisa esiwuphetheyo, kuba sinqwenela oko kuhloniphekileyo kungekuphela nje phambi kweNkosi kodwa naphambi kwabantu. Sithumela kunye nabo umzalwana wethu, ovavanywe kaninzi waza wafunyanwa enenkuthalo kwizinto ezininzi, ongoku onenkuthalo engaphezulu nangakumbi, ngenxa yenkoloseko enkulu anayo ngani. Ngokusingisele kuTito: lihlakani lam, nomsebenzi oncedisana nam ngenxa yenu. Ngokusingisele kubazalwana bethu: bazizigidimi zamabandla, luzuko lukaKrestu. Ngako oko babonakaliseni, phambi kwamabandla, ubungqina bothando lwenu nokuqhayisa kwethu ngani.