Izinsuku Ezinzima Nokukhonza Okuyize
Izinsuku zokugcina ziyogcwala abantu abazithandayo bona, imali nezinjabulo, kuyilapho begcina isimo sangaphandle sokuzinikela. Ukuvikeleka kukaThimothewu akukhona okusha kodwa ukuqhubeka: hlala kulokho owakufunda, nemiBhalo ephefumulelwe nguBaba wethu, emhlomisa ngokugcwele.
3 1Kodwa qonda lokhu: ngezinsuku zokugcina kuyofika izikhathi ezinzima. 2Ngokuba abantu bayokuba ngabazithandayo, abathanda imali, abazidlayo, abazikhukhumezayo, abahlambalazayo, abangalaleli abazali, abangabongiyo, abangangcwele. 3Abangenalusizi, abangathetheleliyo, abanyundelayo, abangazibambi, abanonya, abazonda okuhle, 4abakhapheli, abanamawala, abakhukhumele ngokuziqhenya, abathanda injabulo kunokuthanda uBaba wethu. 5Bagcina isimo sokukhonza uNkulunkulu kodwa baphika amandla awo—baxwaye. 6Ngokuba phakathi kwalaba kukhona abanyonyobela emizini babophe abesifazane ababuthakathaka abasindwa yizono, beqhutshwa yizinkanuko ezahlukahlukene. 7Behlala befunda kodwa bengasoze bakwazi ukufinyelela olwazini lweqiniso. 8Njengoba uJanesi noJambresi baphikisana noMose, nalaba baphikisana neqiniso—izingqondo zabo zonakele, bengafanelekile maqondana nokholo. a a v8 UJanesi noJambresi angamagama endabuko amaJuda abalumbi baseGibhithe abaphikisana noMose (bheka u-Eksodusi 7–8). 9Kodwa ngeke baye kude, ngokuba ubuwula babo buyokuba sobala kubo bonke, njengoba kwaba njalo kulawo madoda amabili.
Qhubeka Ezwini likaBaba
10Wena-ke, ulandele imfundiso yami, ukuziphatha, injongo, ukholo, ukubekezela, uthando, ukukhuthazela, 11ukushushiswa kwami nokuhlupheka—e-Antiyokiya, e-Ikoniyu, eListra, yeka ukushushiswa engakubekezelela! Kodwa iNkosi yangikhulula kukho konke. 12Ngempela, bonke abafisa ukuphila impilo yokwesaba uNkulunkulu kuKhristu uJesu bayoshushiswa, 13kanti abantu ababi nabakhohlisi bayoqhubeka besuka kokubi baye kokubi kakhulu, bekhohlisa futhi bekhohliswa. 14Kodwa wena—hlala kulokho okufundile waqiniseka ngakho, wazi ukuthi wakufunda kubani, 15nokuthi kwasebuntwaneni ube uyazi imibhalo engcwele, enamandla okukuhlakaniphisa kube yinsindiso ngokukholwa kuKhristu uJesu. 16Yonke imiBhalo iphefumulelwe nguBaba wethu—iwusizo ekufundiseni, ekuvezeni okungalungile, ekuqondiseni, nasekuqeqesheni ekuphileni okulungileyo, b b v16 ImiBhalo ingumphefumulo kaBaba wethu uqobo — akuwona umyalo kankulunkulu othile okude kodwa yizwi eliphilayo likaBaba okhuluma nabantwana bakhe. 17ukuze umuntu kaBaba wethu aphelele, ahlonyeliselwe wonke umsebenzi omuhle.
