Imihla Enzima Nokunqula Okungenanto
Imihla yokugqibela iya kuzala ngabantu abazithandayo, abathanda imali neziyolo, kodwa begcine imbonakalo yangaphandle yokuzinikela. Ukhuselo lukaTimoti alukho ebutsheni koko kusekuqhubekeni: hlala kuko owakufundayo, nakwizibhalo eziphefumlelwe nguBawo wethu, ezimxhobisa ngokupheleleyo.
3 1Kodwa yazi oku: ngemihla yokugqibela kuya kufika amaxesha obunzima. 2Kuba abantu baya kuba ngabazithandayo, abathandi bemali, abaqhayisi, abanekratshi, abanyelisi, abangabevayo abazali, abanganombulelo, abangcolileyo. 3Abangenabubele, abangaxoleliyo, abahlebi, abangenakuzeyisa, abangqwabalala, abathiyileyo okulungileyo, 4abangcatshi, abagasileyo, abakhukhumali likratshi, bethanda iziyolo kunokuthanda uBawo wethu. 5Bagcine imbonakalo yokuzinikela kuThixo, kodwa bewakhanyele amandla ayo; zahlukane nabo. 6Kuba phakathi kwabo kukho abo bazinyobela emakhayeni, bathimbe abafazi ababuthathaka, abasindwa zizono, beqhutywa ziinkanuko ezahlukeneyo. 7Besoloko befunda, kodwa bengenakuze bafike ekwazini inyaniso. 8Njengoko uYanes noYambres bamchasa uMoses, ngokunjalo nabo bayichasa inyaniso—ingqondo yabo yonakele, bengamkeleki elukholweni. a a v8 UYanes noYambres ngamagama esithethe amaYuda awanika iingcali zemilingo zaseYiputa ezazichasa uMoses (jonga iEksodus 7–8). 9Kodwa abayi kuhamba bafike kude, kuba ubudenge babo buya kubonakala kubo bonke, njengoko kwenzeka kula madoda mabini.
Qhubeka kwiLizwi likaBawo
10Ke wena uyilandele imfundiso yam, nokuziphatha kwam, nenjongo yam, nokholo, nomonde, nothando, nonyamezelo, 11neentshutshiso zam, neembandezelo—e-Antiyokwe, e-Ikoniyo, eListra; hayi iintshutshiso endazinyamezelayo! Kanti iNkosi yandihlangula kuzo zonke. 12Enyanisweni, bonke abanqwenela ukuphila ubomi bokuhlonela uThixo bekuKrestu uYesu baya kutshutshiswa, 13ngexa abantu abangendawo nabakhohlisi beya kuqhubeka besiya kokubi ngakumbi, belukuhla belukuhlwa. 14Kodwa wena, hlala koko wakufundayo wakholiseka ngako, usazi ukuba wakufunda kubani, 15nokuba kwasebuntwaneni uzazile izibhalo ezingcwele, ezinako ukukwenza ube sisilumko kusindiso ngokholo olukuKrestu uYesu. 16Sonke isibhalo siphefumlelwe nguBawo wethu, siluncedo ekufundiseni, ekohlwayeni okuphosakeleyo, ekulungiseni, nasekuqeqesheleni ubomi obulungileyo, b b v16 Isibhalo singumphefumlo kaBawo wethu ngokwakhe—asingummiselo kathixo osekude, koko lilizwi eliphilileyo likaBawo othetha nabantwana bakhe. 17ukuze umntu kaBawo wethu abe ngopheleleyo, exhotyiselwe wonke umsebenzi olungileyo.
