Iindlalifa Zobabalo lukaBawo
Babekade beziziyatha, bengevi, bethiyana; into eyaguqukayo yinceba kaBawo wethu, ukuhlanjwa kokuzalwa ngokutsha, noMoya othululweyo, kungekhona ngenxa yezenzo zabo, ebenza baba ziindlalifa. Ngoko ke: imisebenzi elungileyo, kungabikho ngxabano ngomthetho, umntu odala ukwahlukana ayalwe kabini aze ashiywe.
3 1Bakhumbuze ukuba bazithobe kubalawuli nakwabo banegunya, baphulaphule, balungele wonke umsebenzi olungileyo, 2banganyelisi mntu, baphephe ukubambana, bathozame, bababonakalise ubulali obupheleleyo kubo bonke abantu. 3Nathi sasikade siziziyatha, singevi, silukuhliwe, singamakhoboka eenkanuko ngeenkanuko neziyolo, siphile ngolunya nangomona, sithiywa, sithiyana. 4Kodwa kuthe xa kwabonakala ukulunga nobubele bothando bukaBawo wethu, uMsindisi wethu, a a v4 Apha igama elithi “uMsindisi” libhekisa kuBawo wethu ngokwakhe — umthombo wosindiso, osisindisayo ngoNyana wakhe nangoMoya wakhe (iindinyana 5-6). 5wasisindisa—kungekhona ngenxa yemisebenzi yobulungisa esayenzayo, kodwa ngenceba yakhe, ngokuhlanjwa kokuzalwa ngokutsha nokuhlaziywa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, 6awathi wathulula kuthi ngokutyebileyo ngoYesu Krestu uMsindisi wethu, 7ukuze, sigwetyelwe ngobabalo lwakhe, sibe ziindlalifa ngethemba lobomi obungenasiphelo. 8Lithembekile eli lizwi: ndifuna ukuba ugxininise kwezi zinto, ukuze abo bakholosa ngoBawo wethu bakhathalele ukuzinikela emisebenzini elungileyo. Zilungile yaye ziyanceda kubo bonke abantu ezi zinto.
9Kodwa ziphephe iimpikiswano eziziyatha, nemilibo yemveli, nembambano, neengxabano ngomthetho, kuba azincedi nto yaye azinto yanto. 10Myale umntu odala ukwahlukana kube kanye, wandule ulwesibini; emva koko, ungabi saba nanto yakwenza naye, 11usazi ukuba umntu onjalo ugwenxile, uyona; uzigwebile ngokwakhe.
Amazwi Okugqibela Nemibuliso
12Xa ndithe ndathuma uArtemas okanye uTikiko kuwe, zama ngamandla akho onke ukuza kum eNikopolis, kuba ndigqibe kwelokuba ndichithe ubusika khona. 13Khawuleza ubandulule uZenas, igqwetha, noApolo endleleni yabo; ukhangele ukuba bangasweli nto. 14Nabantu bakowethu mabafunde ukuzinikela emisebenzini elungileyo, behlangabezana neentswelo ezingxamisekileyo, bangabi ngabangavelisi nto.
15Bonke abo bakunye nam bayakubulisa. Babulise abo basithandayo elukholweni. Ubabalo malube nani nonke.
