Usapho Olubunjwe Yimfundiso Ephilileyo
UTito uxelelwa oko amele akuthethe kwiqela ngalinye—amadoda amakhulu, abafazi abakhulu abaqeqesha abaselula, amadoda aselula, namakhoboka—ukuze imfundiso ingatshatyiswa. Ubabalo lukaBawo wethu lubonakele, lufundisa abantu ukuba baphile ngobulungisa ngoku, belindele ukubonakala kukaKrestu.
2 1Ke wena, thetha oko kuyifaneleyo imfundiso ephilileyo. 2Amadoda amakhulu mawazinzile engqondweni, abe nesidima, azeyise, aphile elukholweni, nasethandweni, nasekunyamezeleni. 3Abafazi abakhulu ngokunjalo: mababe nehambo ehloniphekileyo, bangabi ngabahlebi, bangabi ngamakhoboka ewayini eninzi, kodwa babe ngabafundisi boko kulungileyo, 4ukuze baqeqeshe abafazi abatsha ukuba bathande amadoda abo, bathande nabantwana babo, 5bezeyisa, behlambulukile, besebenza emakhaya, belungile, bezithoba kumadoda abo, ukuze ilizwi likaBawo wethu lingatshatyiswa.
6Ngokunjalo khuthaza amadoda aselula ukuba azeyise. 7Ezintweni zonke yiba ngumzekelo wemisebenzi elungileyo, ngokugqibelela nangesidima ekufundiseni kwakho, 8amazwi aphilileyo angenakugxekwa, ukuze lowo uchasayo adane, engenanto imbi anokuyithetha ngathi.
9Amakhoboka mawazithobe kwiinkosi zawo ezintweni zonke, eziyolisa, engaphikisi, a a v9 Le miyalelo yayibhekiswa kubantu ababengamakhoboka ngaphakathi kolwakhiwo lwentlalo lwamaRoma lwenkulungwane yokuqala. 10engebi, kodwa ebonakalisa ukuthembeka okupheleleyo nokulungileyo, ukuze bahombise, ezintweni zonke, imfundiso kaBawo wethu, uMsindisi wethu.
11Kuba ubabalo lukaBawo wethu lubonakele, luzisa usindiso kubantu bonke, 12lusifundisa ukuba sikulahle ukungendawo neenkanuko zehlabathi, siphile ubomi bokuzeyisa, nobulungisa, nokuhlonela uThixo kweli xesha langoku, 13silindele ithemba elisikelelweyo nokubonakala okuzukileyo kukaThixo wethu omkhulu noMsindisi, uYesu Krestu, b b v13 Apha uYesu ngokwakhe ubizwa ngokuthi “uThixo wethu omkhulu noMsindisi” — enye yeengxelo ezicacileyo zeTestamente eNtsha zokuba uNyana unguThixo ngokupheleleyo. 14owazinikela ngenxa yethu ukuze asikhulule kuko konke ukuchasa umthetho, azihlambululele abantu ababakhe, abakhuthele emisebenzini elungileyo.
15Zixele ezi zinto; khuthaza, ukhalimele ngalo lonke igunya. Makungabikho namnye okudelayo.