2 KaPhethro 3

3 ¹Bathandekayo, lena manje yincwadi yesibili engiyibhalela nina; kuzo zombili ngivusa ingqondo yenu emsulwa ngokunikhumbuza. ²Khumbulani amazwi abaphrofethi abangcwele abawakhuluma ngaphambili, nomyalo weNkosi noMsindisi wethu owanikwa ngabaphostoli benu. ³Yazini lokhu kuqala: ngezinsuku zokugcina kuyofika abaklolodayo, bekloloda, belandela izinkanuko zabo. ⁴Bayobuza bathi: “Luphi ukuza kwakhe akuthembisayo na? Selokhu okhokho balala ubuthongo, konke kuqhubeka njengoba bekunjalo kusukela ekuqaleni kokudalwa.” ⁵Bakushaya indiva ngamabomu lokhu: endulo, ngezwi likaBaba wethu, amazulu ayekhona, nomhlaba wabunjwa uphuma emanzini nangamanzi, ⁶kwathi ngalokho izwe langaleso sikhathi lakhukhulwa ngamanzi labhubha. ⁷Ngalelo zwi, amazulu nomhlaba wanamuhla kubekelwe umlilo, kugcinelwe usuku lokwahlulelwa nolokubhujiswa kwababi.

⁸Ningakudluli lokhu, bathandekayo: kuBaba wethu, usuku olulodwa lunjengeminyaka eyinkulungwane, neminyaka eyinkulungwane injengosuku olulodwa. ⁹UBaba wethu kephuzi ukugcwalisa isithembiso sakhe, njengoba abanye becabanga; unobekezelo kini, engafuni ukuba kubhubhe muntu, kodwa ukuba bonke bafinyelele ekuphendukeni. ^a a v9 Isizathu sokulibala luthando: uBaba wethu unobekezelo, uvule umnyango ukuze wonke umuntu abe nendawo yokubuyela ekhaya. ¹⁰Kodwa usuku lweNkosi yethu uJesu luyofika njengesela: amazulu ayophela ngomsindo ohlokomayo, izakhi ziyosha zincibilike, nomhlaba nemisebenzi yawo yonke uyodalulwa. ¹¹Njengoba konke lokhu kuyoncibilika, kufanele nibe ngabantu abanjani na? Kufanele niphile impilo engcwele, nizinikele kuNkulunkulu, ¹²nisalindele futhi nisheshisa ukufika kosuku lukaBaba wethu, lapho amazulu eyoshiswa ancibilike, nezakhi zincibilike ekushiseni. ¹³Kodwa njengoba athembisa, silindele amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha, lapho kuhlala khona ukulunga.

¹⁴Ngakho-ke, bathandekayo, nilindele lezi zinto, zamani ukuba nitholwe nguye nisekuthuleni, ningenabala futhi ningenasici. ¹⁵Bhekani ukubekezela kweNkosi yethu njengensindiso, njengoba nomfowethu othandekayo uPawulu anibhalela, ngokuhlakanipha akunikwayo, ¹⁶njengakuzo zonke izincwadi zakhe, lapho ekhuluma khona ngalezi zinto. Ezinye izingxenye kunzima ukuziqonda, kuthi abangenalwazi nabangaqinile baziphendukezele—njengoba benza nemibhalo eminye—baze bazibhubhise bona. ¹⁷Ngakho-ke, bathandekayo, njengoba nazi lokhu ngaphambili, zigcineni, ukuze ningadukiswa yiphutha labantu abangenamthetho nilahlekelwe ukuma kwenu okuqinile. ¹⁸Khulani emuseni nasolwazini lweNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu Khristu. Udumo malube kuye, manje nakuze kube usuku lwaphakade. Amen. ^b b v18 Incwadi iphetha ngokunika udumo kuJesu ngokwakhe—udumo olufanele uNkulunkulu—ivuma ukuthi iNdodana ihlanganyela ngokugcwele enkazimulweni kaBaba wethu.