1 KuThimothewu 1

1 ¹UPawulu, umphostoli kaKhristu uJesu ngokomyalo kaBaba wethu, uMsindisi wethu, nokaKhristu uJesu, ithemba lethu, ²kuThimothewu, umntwana wami weqiniso ekukholweni: umusa, isihawu, nokuthula okuvela kuBaba wethu nakuKhristu uJesu iNkosi yethu.

Qapha Indlu kaBaba

³Njengoba ngakunxusa ngesikhathi ngiya eMakhedoniya, hlala e-Efesu ukuze uyale abanye abantu ukuba bangafundisi imfundiso eyahlukile, ⁴bangazinikeli ezinganekwaneni nasezindabeni zozalo ezingenasiphelo, eziveza ukuqagela esikhundleni sobuphathi bukaBaba wethu obungokukholwa. ⁵Injongo yalo myalo luthando oluvela enhliziyweni ehlanzekile, kunembeza omuhle, nokukholwa okungazenzisi. ⁶Abanye baduke kulokhu baphambukela enkulumeni eyize, ⁷befuna ukuba ngabafundisi bomthetho, bengaqondi lokho abakukhulumayo nalokho abakugcizelela ngokuzethemba okungaka.

⁸Manje siyazi ukuthi umthetho muhle, uma usetshenziswa ngokomthetho, ⁹sazi lokhu: umthetho awumiselwanga abalungileyo, kodwa abangenamthetho nabahlubukayo, ababi nezoni, abangangcwele nabangenanhlonipho, labo abashaya oyise nonina, ababulali, ¹⁰izoni zokuziphatha kabi, amadoda alala namadoda, abathengisi ngabantu, amaqili, abafunga amanga, nanoma yini enye ephikisana nemfundiso ephilile, ¹¹ngokwevangeli elikhazimulayo likaBaba wethu obusisiwe, engaphathiswe lona.

Isihawu sikaBaba Safika Komubi Kunabo Bonke

¹²Ngiyambonga uKhristu uJesu iNkosi yethu, owanginika amandla, ngokuba wangibheka njengothembekile, wangibeka enkonzweni yakhe. ¹³Ngake ngamthuka uNkulunkulu, ngashushisa abanye, ngaba nodlame—kodwa ngahawukelwa, ngokuba ngakwenza ngokungazi, ngingenalo ukholo. ¹⁴Umusa weNkosi yethu wachichima kimi, kanye nokukholwa nothando olukuKhristu uJesu. ¹⁵Yizwi elithembekile elifanele ukwamukelwa ngokuphelele: uKhristu uJesu weza emhlabeni ukuze asindise izoni—mina ngimubi kunazo zonke. ¹⁶Kodwa ngahawukelwa ngenxa yalokhu: kimi, engimbi kunazo zonke izoni, uKhristu uJesu abonakalise ukubekezela kwakhe okupheleleyo, kube yisibonelo kulabo abayokholwa kuye bathole ukuphila okuphakade. ¹⁷KuyiNkosi yezikhathi zonke, engafiyo, engabonakali, uNkulunkulu yedwa, makube udumo nenkazimulo kuze kube phakade naphakade. Ameni.

Lwa Ukulwa Okuhle

¹⁸Thimothewu, mntanami, ngikuphathisa lo myalo, ngokuvumelana neziphrofetho ezake zakhulunywa ngawe, ukuze ngazo ulwe ukulwa okuhle, ¹⁹ubambelele ekukholweni nakunembeza omuhle. Ngokwenqaba lokhu, abanye ukholo lwabo lwaphahlazeka, ²⁰kubandakanya uHimenewu no-Aleksandru, engabanikela kuSathane ukuze bafundiswe ukuba bangamthuki uNkulunkulu.