KuThithu 1

1 ¹Mina Pawulu, inceku kaBaba wethu nomphostoli kaJesu Khristu, ngenxa yokholo lwabakhethiweyo bakaBaba wethu nokwazi iqiniso okuholela ekumkhonzeni uNkulunkulu, ²ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uBaba wethu angaqambi amanga owalethembisa kungakaqali izikhathi zaphakade, ³wathi ngesikhathi sakhe faka esifanele walembula izwi lakhe ngesigijimi engasiphathiswa ngomyalo kaBaba wethu, uMsindisi wethu. ⁴KuThithu, umntwana wami weqiniso ekholweni esinalo sobabili: umusa nokuthula okuvela kuBaba wethu nakuKhristu uJesu uMsindisi wethu.

Amalunga Abonakalisa Isimo sikaBaba wethu

⁵Ngakushiya eKrethe ngenxa yalesi sizathu: ukuze uqede okwakusasele nokuba ubeke amalunga kuwo wonke amadolobha, njengoba ngakuyala. ⁶Ilunga kufanele libe ngelingasoleki, indoda enomfazi oyedwa, enabantwana abakholwayo abangasolwa ngokuphila okuxhwalile noma ngokuhlubuka. ⁷Ngokuba umbonisi, njengomphathi wezinto zikaBaba wethu, kufanele abe ngongasoleki—ongazidli, ongathukutheli masinyane, ongesona isidakwa, ongenabudlova, ongafisi inzuzo engathembekile, ⁸kodwa ophana ngendlu, othanda okuhle, ozithibayo, oqotho, ongcwele, nozithivayo. ⁹Kufanele abambelele ngokuqinile ezwini elithembekile njengoba lafundiswa, ukuze akwazi ukukhuthaza ngemfundiso ephilile nokuphikisa labo abaliphikisayo.

¹⁰Ngokuba baningi abahlubukayo, abakhuluma ize nababedukisa abanye—ikakhulukazi iqembu labokusoka. ^a a v10 'Iqembu labokusoka' libhekisela kubafundisi abavela ebuJudeni ababephikelela bethi amakholwa angamaZizwe kufanele asokwe ukuze asindiswe ngempela. ¹¹Kufanele bathuliswe, ngokuba babhidliza imizi iphelele, befundisa lokho okungafanele, ngenxa yenzuzo elihlazo. ¹²Omunye wabaprofethi babo wakusho: “AbaseKrethe bahlala bengamaqili amanga, izilo ezimbi, abazitholeli abavilaphayo.” ¹³Lobu bufakazi buyiqiniso. Ngakho-ke basole kabuhlungu, ukuze baphile ngokuqinileyo ekholweni, ¹⁴banganaki izinganekwane zamaJuda nemithetho yalabo abalahla iqiniso. ¹⁵Konke kuhlanzekile kwabahlanzekileyo; kodwa kwabonakalisiweyo nabangakholwayo, akukho lutho oluhlanzekile—kokubili ingqondo nonembeza kwenziwe kungcole. ¹⁶Bathi bayamazi uBaba wethu, kodwa bamphika ngezenzo zabo—benyanyeka, bengalaleli, bengafanele noma yimuphi umsebenzi omuhle.