UThimothewu Uletha Izindaba Ezinhle
Engasakwazi ukubekezelela ukuthula, uPawulu wasala yedwa e-Athene wathuma uThimothewu ukuba athole ukuthi ukholo lwabo lwamelana yini nengcindezi. UThimothewu wabuya nezindaba ezinhle, futhi ukukhululeka kuyezwakala: manje siyaphila. Uthandaza ukuthi uthando lwabo luchichime ngaphambi kokuba uJesu afike.
3 1Ngakho sathi singasakwazi ukukubekezelela, sakhetha ukusala e-Athene sodwa, 2sathuma uThimothewu, umfowethu nesisebenzi esikanye noBaba wethu evangelini likaKhristu, ukuba aniqinise aniduduze ekukholweni kwenu, 3ukuze kungabikho namunye phakathi kwenu othuthumeliswa yilezi zinhlupheko—nina ngokwenu niyazi ukuthi samiselwa lokhu. 4Ngesikhathi sisekhona kini, sanitshela ngaphambili ukuthi siyakuhlupheka—futhi kwenzeka, njengoba nazi. 5Ngakho sathi singasakwazi ukulinda, ngathuma ukuba ngizwe ngokukholwa kwenu—ngesaba ukuthi umlingi wayenilingile, umsebenzi wethu waba yize.
6Kodwa uThimothewu usanda kufika kithi evela kini, eletha izindaba ezinhle zokukholwa kwenu nothando lwenu—ukuthi nihlale nisikhumbula ngothando, nilangazelela ukusibona njengoba nathi silangazelela ukunibona. 7Ngakho, bazalwane, phakathi kwakho konke ukucindezeleka nenhlupheko yethu, ukukholwa kwenu kwasiduduza, 8ngokuba manje siyaphila, uma nina nimi niqinile eNkosini. 9Singambonga ngokuthini uBaba wethu ngenxa yenu, ngenxa yayo yonke injabulo esijabula ngayo phambi kukaBaba wethu ngenxa yenu? 10Ubusuku nemini sithandaza ngokutshiseka ukuba sinibone ubuso nobuso, siphelelise lokho okusasilele ekukholweni kwenu?
11Manje sengathi uBaba wethu ngokwakhe, neNkosi yethu uJesu, bangasiholela indlela eza kini. 12Sengathi iNkosi inganandisa niphuphume ngothando omunye komunye nakubo bonke, njengoba nathi senza kini, 13ukuze aqinise izinhliziyo zenu, zingasoleki ebungcweleni phambi kukaBaba wethu, ekufikeni kweNkosi yethu uJesu kanye nabo bonke abangcwele bakhe. a a v13 ‘Abangcwele bakhe’ kungase kubhekise ezingelosini, noma kwabakholwayo asebefile, noma kokubili.
