2 KuThimothewu 4

4 ¹Ngiyakuyala ngokuqinisekileyo phambi kukaBaba wethu noKhristu uJesu, oyakwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo, ngokubonakala kwakhe nangombuso wakhe: ²Shumayela izwi; ulungele ngesikhathi esihle nangesingesihle; lungisa, sola, ukhuthaze, ngokubekezela okupheleleyo nangokufundisa. ³Ngokuba kuyakufika isikhathi lapho bengasayikukubekezelela khona ukufundisa okuphilileyo, kodwa bayakuzibuthela abafundisi abavumelana nezinkanuko zabo, ngokuba izindlebe zabo ziyalunywa, ⁴baphendule izindlebe zabo kulo iqiniso, baduke beye ezinganekwaneni. ⁵Kodwa wena: hlala uqwashile kukho konke, ubekezelele ubunzima, wenze umsebenzi womvangeli, ugcwalise inkonzo yakho. ⁶Ngokuba mina sengithululwa njengomnikelo wokuphuzwa; isikhathi sami sokumuka sesifikile. ^a a v6 Umnikelo wokuphuzwa kwakuyiwayini elalithululwa e-altare njengomhlatshelo — uPawulu ufanisa ukufa kwakhe njengesenzo sokugcina sokukhonza esithululelwa abanye. ⁷Ngikulwile ukulwa okuhle, ngiluqedile ugijimo, ngilugcinile ukholo. ⁸Manje umqhele wokulunga ungilindile, iNkosi, umahluleli olungileyo, eyakungipha wona ngalolo suku—kungemina kuphela kodwa nabo bonke abakuthandileyo ukubonakala kwakhe.

Okokugcina Akukhathalelayo UPawulu

⁹Zikhandle ukuba uze kimi masinyane. ¹⁰UDemase walithanda leli zwe lamanje, wangishiya, waya eThesalonika. UKhresene waya eGalathiya, uThithu waya eDalmathiya. ¹¹NguLuka yedwa onami. Thatha uMarku umlethe kanye nawe—ulusizo kimi enkonzweni. ¹²UThikhiku ngimthumele e-Efesu. ¹³Lapho uza, letha ingubo engayishiya kuKharipu eTrowa, nemiqulu, ikakhulu izincwadi zesikhumba. ¹⁴U-Alekizanda umkhandi wethusi wangona kakhulu; iNkosi iyakumbuyisela ngokwezenzo zakhe. ¹⁵Nawe uqaphele yena, ngokuba waphikisana kakhulu nezwi lethu.

¹⁶Akekho owema nami ekuzivikeleni kwami kokuqala—bonke bangishiya. Sengathi kungebalelwe kubo. ¹⁷Kodwa iNkosi yema nami, yangiqinisa, ukuze ngami izwi limenyezelwe ngokupheleleyo, zilizwe nezizwe zonke. Ngakhululwa emlonyeni wengonyama. ¹⁸INkosi iyakungikhulula kuzo zonke izenzo ezimbi, ingiphephise ingingenise embusweni wayo wasezulwini. Udumo malube kuyo kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen.

Imikhonzo Yokugcina

¹⁹Khonza uPhrisika no-Akhwila, nendlu ka-Onesiforo. ²⁰U-Erastu wahlala eKorinte, uThrofimu ngamshiya egula eMiletu. ²¹Zikhandle ukuba uze kungakafiki ubusika. U-Ewubulu, uPhudenze, uLinu, uKlawudiya, nabazalwane bonke bayakukhonza.

²²INkosi ibe nomoya wakho. Umusa mawube nani nonke.