1 KuThimothewu 3

3 ¹Nali izwi elithembekile: lowo ofisa ukuba umbonisi ufisa umsebenzi omuhle. ²Ngakho umbonisi kumele abe ongasolekiyo: othembekile kumkakhe, ozithibayo, oziphethe kahle, ohlelekile, owamukela izihambi ngomusa, okwaziyo ukufundisa. ³Angabi yisidakwa, angabi nodlame kodwa abe mnene, angabi nenkani, angabi othanda imali. ⁴Kumele aphathe kahle indlu yakhe siqu, agcine abantwana bakhe belalela ngesizotha sonke, ⁵ngokuba uma umuntu engakwazi ukuphatha indlu yakhe siqu, uyakulinakekela kanjani ibandla likaBaba wethu? ⁶Angabi ngosanda ukukholwa, funa azikhukhumeze awele ekulahlweni okufana nokukadeveli. ⁷Kumele futhi abe negama elihle kwabangaphandle, ukuze angaweli ehlazweni nasogibeni lukadeveli.

⁸Nabadikoni ngokunjalo kumele babe nesizotha, bangabi nezilimi ezimbili, bangabi yizigqila zewayini eliningi, bangahaheli inzuzo eyihlazo. ⁹Kumele babambelele emfihlakalweni yokholo ngonembeza ohlanzekile. ¹⁰Nabo kumele baqale bavivinywe; khona-ke, uma betholakala bengasoleki, mabakhonze njengabadikoni. ¹¹Abesifazane ngokunjalo kumele babe nenhlonipho, bangabi ngabanyundeli, kodwa babe ngabazithibayo nabathembekile kukho konke. ¹²Umdikoni kumele athembeke kumkakhe, aphathe kahle abantwana bakhe nendlu yakhe. ¹³Abadikoni abakhonza kahle bazizuzela isikhundla esihle nesibindi esikhulu ekukholweni kuKhristu uJesu.

Imfihlakalo Esenhliziyweni Yokholo Lwethu

¹⁴Ngikubhalela lezi ziyalezo, noma ngithemba ukufika kuwe maduze. ¹⁵Kodwa uma ngibambezeleka, wazi ukuthi umuntu umele aziphathe kanjani endlini kaBaba wethu, okungubandla likaBaba ophilayo, insika nesisekelo seqiniso. ¹⁶Ngokungenakuphikwa, imfihlakalo yokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu inkulu: wabonakala enyameni, walungisiswa nguMoya oNgcwele, wabonwa yizingelosi, washunyayelwa phakathi kwezizwe, wakholwa emhlabeni wonke, wenyuselwa enkazimulweni. ^a a v16 Lesi sivumo sokholo sokuqala sihlabelela ngoJesu—lowo oweza enyameni, wavuka elungisisiwe, wakhushulelwa enkazimulweni; igama elithi “yena” libhekisela kuye kukho konke.