1 KuThimothewu 2

2 ¹Ngakho-ke, kuqala kukho konke, ngiyakhuthaza ukuba kwenzelwe abantu bonke izicelo, imikhuleko, ukunxusela, nokubonga, ²sikhulekele amakhosi nabo bonke abasemagunyeni, ukuze siphile ukuphila okunokuthula nokunokuzola, ngokukhonza uNkulunkulu ngokupheleleyo nangesizotha. ³Lokhu kuhle futhi kuyamthokozisa uBaba wethu, uMsindisi wethu, ⁴ofuna ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe futhi bafinyelele ekwazini iqiniso. ⁵Ngokuba kukhona uBaba oyedwa, nomlamuleli oyedwa phakathi kukaBaba nabantu, umuntu uKhristu uJesu, ⁶owazinikela ukuba abe yisihlengo sabo bonke—ubufakazi obanikezwa ngesikhathi esifanele. ⁷Ngenxa yalokhu ngamiswa ukuba ngibe ngumshumayeli nomphostoli—ngikhuluma iqiniso, angiqambi manga—umfundisi wezizwe ekukholweni naseqinisweni. ⁸Ngifuna ukuba amadoda kuzo zonke izindawo akhuleke, ephakamisa izandla ezingcwele ngaphandle kolaka nokuphikisana.

⁹Ngokunjalo, abesifazane mabagqoke ngendlela efanele, ngokuthobeka nangokuzithiba, bangagqoki izinwele ezelukiwe, igolide, amaparele, noma izingubo ezibizayo, ¹⁰kodwa mabazihlobise ngemisebenzi emihle, njengoba kufanele abesifazane abavuma ukumhlonipha uBaba wethu. ¹¹Owesifazane makafunde ngokuthula, ngokuzithoba okupheleleyo. ¹²Angimvumeli owesifazane ukuba afundise noma abe negunya phezu kwendoda; kunalokho, makathule. ¹³Ngokuba u-Adamu wabunjwa kuqala, kwase kuba ngu-Eva. ¹⁴Futhi u-Adamu akazange akhohliswe, kodwa owesifazane wakhohliswa waba ngoweqa umthetho. ¹⁵Kodwa uyakusindiswa ngokuzala abantwana, uma behlala ekukholweni, ethandweni, nasebungcweleni, kanye nokuzithiba. ^a a v15 Isabizwana sishintsha sisuka ku-'yena' siye ku-'bona'—njengasembhalweni wokuqala—cishe sibhekisa kwabesifazane ngokubanzi abaqhubekayo kulezi zimfanelo ezinhle.