Shumayela iLizwi

Umyalelo wokugqibela kaPawulos, owenziwa phambi koBawo wethu: shumayela ilizwi ngexesha elililo nelingelilo, kuba abantu baya kuzifumbela abafundisi ababaxelela abakufunayo. Uyasazi isiphelo sakhe — uthululwa, ugqatso lugqitywe — aze abalule abo bamshiyayo, abo basalayo, nabo bema naye.

Isahluko 4.

Ndikuwisela umthetho ngokuqinisekileyo phambi koBawo wethu nakuKrestu uYesu, oya kugweba abaphilileyo nabafileyo, ngokubonakala kwakhe nangobukumkani bakhe: Shumayela ilizwi; uhlale ukulungele kungakhathaliseki nokuba lixesha elililo nokuba asililo; lungisa, ukhalimele, umomeleze, ngomonde opheleleyo nangokufundisa. Kuba liya kufika ixesha abangayi kukunyamezela ngalo ukufundisa okuphilileyo, basuke bazifumbele abafundisi abavumelana neminqweno yabo, ngokuba iindlebe zabo zirhawuzela, baze bajike iindlebe zabo enyanisweni, baze baphambukele kwiintsomi. Ke wena: hlala uphaphile ezintweni zonke, unyamezele ubunzima, wenze umsebenzi womvangeli, uzalisekise inkonzo yakho. Kuba mna sendithululwa njengedini lokusela; ixesha lam lokumka selifikile. ^a Ndikulwile ukulwa okulungileyo, ndilugqibile ugqatso, ndilugcinile ukholo. Ngoku ndilindelwe sisithsaba sobulungisa, eya kundinika sona ngaloo mini iNkosi, umgwebi olilungisa—kungendim ndedwa kodwa nakubo bonke abakuthandileyo ukubonakala kwakhe.

Izinto zokugqibela zikaPawulos

Zama ngamandla ukuba uze kum kamsinya. UDemas walithanda eli hlabathi langoku, wandishiya, waya eTesalonika. UKreskeni waya eGalati, uTito waya eDalmati. NguLuka yedwa onam. Mthabathe uMarko uze naye—kuba uluncedo kum ekukhonzeni. UTikhiko ndimthumele eEfese. Wakuza, uze nengubo endiyishiye kuKarpo eTrowas, nemisongo, ngokukodwa imiqulu yezikhumba. UAleksandire umkhandi wobhedu wandenzela ububi obukhulu; iNkosi iya kumbuyekeza ngokwezenzo zakhe. Nawe ziqaphele kuye, kuba waluchasa kakhulu udaba lwethu.

Akubangakho namnye owema nam ekuzikhuseleni kwam kokuqala—bonke bandishiya. Ngamana oko kungababalelwa. Kodwa iNkosi yema nam yandomeleza, ukuze udaba luvakaliswe ngokupheleleyo ngam, zize zonke iintlanga zilive. Ndahlangulwa emlonyeni wengonyama. INkosi iya kundihlangula kuzo zonke izenzo ezigwenxa, indise ndinoxolo ebukumkanini bayo basemazulwini. Makabe uzuko kuyo kuse kuwo amaphakade. Amen.

Imibuliso yokugqibela

Bulisa uPriska noAkwila, nabendlu kaOnesiforo. UErasto wasala eKorinte, uTrofimo ndamshiya eMileto, egula. Zama ngamandla ukuza bungekafiki ubusika. UEbhulo, uPudente, uLino, uKlawudiya, nabazalwana bonke, bayakubulisa.

INkosi mayibe nomoya wakho. Ubabalo malube nani nonke.