KuTito, uMntwana Wam Wenyaniso
Imiyalelo kuTito ngokumisa amadoda amakhulu nokufundisa imfundiso ephilileyo esiqithini saseKrete.
1 1UPawulos, umkhonzi kaBawo wethu, umpostile kaYesu Krestu, ngenxa yokholo lwabanyuliweyo bakaBawo wethu nokwazi inyaniso okukhokelela ekuhlonipheni uThixo, 2ngethemba lobomi obungenasiphelo, awabuthembisa uBawo wethu ongenabuxoki phambi kokuqala kwamaphakade, 3waza ngexesha lakhe walityhila ilizwi lakhe ngomyalelo owawuthenjiswe kum ngomthetho kaBawo wethu, uMsindisi wethu. 4KuTito, umntwana wam wenyaniso ngokholo olufanayo: makube lubabalo noxolo oluvela kuBawo wethu nakuKrestu Yesu uMsindisi wethu.
Amadoda Amakhulu Abonakalisa Isimo sikaBawo
5Ndakushiya eKrete ngesi sizathu: ukugqibezela oko kwasala, umise amadoda amakhulu kuyo yonke imizi, njengoko ndakuyalelayo. 6Indoda enkulu imelwe kukuba ingabi nasiphako, ibe yindoda yomfazi omnye, inabantwana abathembekileyo abangamangalelwa ngobomi obutshijolo nokreqo. 7Kuba umveleli, njengegosa likaBawo wethu, umelwe kukuba angabi nasiphako—angabi nekratshi, angakhawulezi ukuvutha ngumsindo, angabi linxila, angabi nogonyamelo, anganabeli inzuzo embi, 8kodwa abe ngonobubele kwabasemzini, othanda okulungileyo, ozeyisayo, olungileyo, ongcwele, nozithintelayo. 9Umelwe kukubambelela ngokuqinileyo kuwo umyalelo othembekileyo njengoko wafundiswayo, ukuze akwazi ukukhuthaza ngemfundiso ephilileyo nokubohlwaya abo baphikisayo.
10Kuba baninzi abaneenkani, abathetha into engento balahlekise abanye—ngokukodwa iqela labolwaluko. a a v10 'Iqela labolwaluko' libhekisela kubafundisi abavela ebuyudeni, ababegxininisa ukuba amakholwa eentlanga kufuneka alukwe ukuze asindiswe ngokwenene. 11Kufuneka bathuliswe, kuba batshabalalisa izindlu ngezindlu, befundisa izinto ekungafanele bafundise, ngenxa yenzuzo yehlazo. 12Omnye wabaprofeti babo watsho oku: “AmaKrete ahlala engamaxoki, amarhamncwa amabi, abangxungxu abaziingxidi.” 13Obu bungqina buyinyaniso. Ngako oko bohlwaye kabukhali, ukuze baphile ngokholo, 14bangananzi iintsomi zamaYuda nemithetho yabantu abayicekisayo inyaniso. 15Zonke izinto zihlambulukile kwabahlambulukileyo; kodwa kwabonakalisiweyo nabangakholwayo, akukho nto ihlambulukileyo—ingqondo nesazela sabo zombini zingcolisiwe. 16Bathi bayamazi uBawo wethu, kodwa bamkhanyela ngezenzo zabo—bangamasikizi, abangevayo, abangafanelekileyo namnye umsebenzi olungileyo.
