Ukomelezwa Lubabalo ukuze Unyamezele

UPawulos uxelela uTimoti ukuba omeleze lubabalo, aze adlulisele imfundiso kubantu abathembekileyo abanokufundisa nabanye. Indoda yomkhosi, imbaleki, umlimi — umzekelo ngamnye umalunga nokunyamezela ubunzima. Iingxabano ngamazwi azincedi nto; lungisa ngobulali, kuba uBawo wethu angabaphosela inguquko.

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Ngoko ke, mntwana wam, yomelezwe lubabalo olukuKrestu uYesu. Nezinto owazivayo kum phambi kwamangqina amaninzi, uziphathise abantu abathembekileyo abanako ukufundisa nabanye. Thabatha isabelo sakho sobunzima njengandoda yomkhosi elungileyo kaKrestu uYesu. Akukho ndoda yomkhosi isemsebenzini ibandakanyeka kwizinto zobomi bemihla ngemihla; ifuna ukukholisa lowo uyingenise emkhosini. Kanjalo imbaleki ayithweswa isithsaba, ingathanga ikhuphisane ngokwemithetho. Umlimi osebenza nzima umelwe ukuba ngowokuqala ukwamkela isabelo sesivuno. Cinga ngoko ndikuthethayo, kuba iNkosi iya kukunika ingqondo ezintweni zonke.

Khumbula uYesu Krestu, ovukileyo kwabafileyo, oyinzala kaDavide, njengoko kuthiwa kwivangeli yam, endibandezeleka ngenxa yayo, ndibotshwe ngamakhamandela njengesaphuli-mthetho. Kodwa ilizwi likaBawo wethu alibotshwanga! Ngoko ndinyamezela zonke izinto ngenxa yabanyuliweyo, ukuze nabo bazuze usindiso olukuKrestu uYesu, kunye nobuqaqawuli obungunaphakade. Lithembekile eli lizwi: Ukuba sifile naye, siya kuphila kwakhona naye; ukuba siyanyamezela, siya kulawula kwakhona naye; ukuba siyamkhanyela, naye uya kusikhanyela; ukuba asithembekanga, yena uhlala ethembekile, kuba akanakuzikhanyela.

Umsebenzi Owamkelekileyo kuBawo

Bakhumbuze ezi zinto, ubaqononondise phambi koBawo wethu ukuba bangaxambulisani ngamazwi—oko akuncedi nto, konakalisa abo baphulaphulayo.

Zama ngamandla akho onke ukuzibonakalisa kuBawo wethu ube ngowamkelekileyo, umsebenzi ongenazintloni, oliphatha ngokufaneleyo ilizwi lenyaniso. Kodwa uphephe intetho elambathayo nengahloneli uThixo; iya ikhokelela abantu ngakumbi ekungendaweni, nentetho yabo iya kwanda njengesilonda esibolayo. Phakathi kwabo nguHimeneyo noFileto, abaphambukileyo enyanisweni, besithi uvuko selwenzekile kakade, bebhukuqa ukholo lwabantu abathile. Noko ke isiseko esiqinileyo sikaBawo wethu simi siqinile, sinetywina elinombhalo othi: “Uyabazi abo bangabakhe,” nothi: “Bonke ababiza igama lakhe mabamke ekungendaweni.”

Endlwini enkulu kukho izitya, kungezizo ezegolide nesilivere kuphela, kodwa kukho nezomthi nezomdongwe—ezinye zezembeko, ezinye zezokucukucezwa. Ngoko ukuba umntu uyazihlambulula kwezi zinto, uya kuba sisitya sembeko: esingcwele, esiluncedo eNkosini, esikulungele wonke umsebenzi olungileyo.

Baleka iinkanuko zobutsha; uphuthume ubulungisa, ukholo, uthando, noxolo kunye nabo babiza iNkosi ngentliziyo ehlambulukileyo. Ungabi nanto yokwenza nokuphikisana okobudenge nokungenangqondo; uyazi ukuba kuzala iingxabano. Umkhonzi weNkosi makangabi ngoxambulisanayo, kodwa makabe nobubele kubo bonke, enako ukufundisa, enomonde xa ephathwa kakubi. Elungisa ngobubele abo bamchasayo. Mhlawumbi uBawo wethu uya kubanika inguquko ukuze bayazi inyaniso, baze baphaphame, basabe emgibeni kaMtyholi, apho abathimba khona ukuze benze intando yakhe.