Uqiniswa Ngomusa ukuze Ubekezele
UPawulu utshela uThimothewu ukuba athole amandla akhe emseni, adlulisele imfundiso kubantu abathembekile abazokwazi ukufundisa nabanye. Isosha, umgijimi, umlimi — isithombe ngasinye simayelana nokubekezela ebunzimeni. Ukuxabana ngamazwi akusizi lutho; khuza ngobumnene, ngoba uBaba wethu angase anike ukuphenduka.
2 1Ngakho-ke, mntanami, qiniseka ngomusa osekuKhristu uJesu. 2Futhi lokho owakuzwa kimi phambi kofakazi abaningi, kuphathise abantu abathembekile abanekhono lokufundisa nabanye. 3Thwala ingxenye yakho yezinhlupheko njengesosha elihle likaKhristu uJesu. 4Akukho sosha elisempini elizihlanganisa nezindaba zempilo yakulomhlaba—lifuna ukujabulisa lowo owalibutha. 5Futhi umncintisani akethweswa umqhele ngaphandle kokuba ancintisane ngokwemithetho. 6Umlimi okhuthele kufanele abe ngowokuqala ukwamukela ingxenye yesivuno. 7Cabangisisa ngalokho engikushoyo, ngokuba iNkosi iyakukunika ukuqonda kukho konke.
8Khumbula uJesu Khristu, owavuka kwabafileyo, oyinzalo kaDavide, njengokushiwo evangelini lami, 9engihluphekela lona, ngiboshwe ngamaketanga njengesigebengu. Kodwa izwi likaBaba wethu alibotshiwe! 10Ngakho-ke ngikubekezelela konke ngenxa yabakhethiweyo, ukuze nabo bazuze insindiso esekuKhristu uJesu, kanye nenkazimulo engunaphakade. 11Lithembekile leli zwi: Uma safa kanye naye, siyakuphila futhi kanye naye; 12uma sibekezela, siyakubusa futhi kanye naye; uma simphika, naye uyakusiphika; 13uma singathembeki, yena uhlala ethembekile, ngokuba akakwazi ukuziphika.
Isisebenzi Esivunywe nguBaba wethu
14Bakhumbuze ngalezi zinto, ubaxwayise phambi kukaBaba wethu ukuba bangaphikisani ngamazwi—okuyinto engenamsebenzi, ebhubhisa labo abalalelayo.
15Khuthazela ukuzethula kuBaba wethu uvunyiwe, uyisisebenzi esingenamahloni, esisebenzisa kahle izwi leqiniso. 16Kodwa xwaya izinkulumo eziyize nezingenabuNkulunkulu; ziyabaholela abantu phambili ekwandeni kobubi, 17nenkulumo yabo iyakusabalala njengethumba elibolayo. Phakathi kwabo kukhona uHimenewu noFiletu, 18abaduka eqinisweni, bethi ukuvuka kwabafileyo sekwenzekile kakade, futhi bachitha ukholo lwabanye abantu. 19Nokho isisekelo esiqinile sikaBaba wethu simile, sinophawu: “Uyabazi labo abangabakhe,” nokuthi: “Bonke abalibizayo igama lakhe mabasuke ebubini.”
20Endlini enkulu kukhona izitsha ezingezona ezegolide nezesiliva kuphela, kodwa nezokhuni nezobumba—ezinye ezokuhlonishwa, ezinye ezokungahlonishwa. 21Ngakho-ke uma umuntu ezihlanza kulezi zinto, uyakuba yisitsha sokuhlonishwa: esingcwele, esilusizo kuyiNkosi, esilungele wonke umsebenzi omuhle.
22Balekela izinkanuko zobusha; uphishekele ukulunga, ukholo, uthando, nokuthula kanye nalabo ababiza iNkosi ngenhliziyo ehlanzekile. 23Ungazihlanganisi nezimpikiswano zobuwula nezobuphukuphuku; uyazi ukuthi zizala ukuxabana. 24Inceku yeNkosi akufanele ibe nomoya wokuxabana, kodwa ibe mnene kubo bonke, inekhono lokufundisa, ibekezele lapho yoniwa. 25Iqondise ngobumnene labo abayiphikisayo. Mhlawumbe uBaba wethu uyakubapha ukuphenduka ukuze bazi iqiniso, 26futhi basanguluke, baphunyuke ogibeni lukadeveli, lapho ebathumbe khona ukuba benze intando yakhe.
