KuThithu 2

2 ¹Kodwa wena, khuluma lokho okufanele imfundiso ephilile. ²Amadoda asekhulile kawabe aqwashile, anesithunzi, azithibayo, aphilile ekukholweni, othandweni, nasekubekezeleni. ³Nabesifazane abasekhulile kanjalo: kabahlonipheke kakhulu ekuziphatheni kwabo, bangabi ngabanyundeli, bangabi yizigqila zewayini eliningi, kodwa babe ngabafundisi balokho okuhle, ⁴ukuze bafundise abesifazane abasebasha ukuba bathande amadoda abo nokuba bathande abantwana babo, ⁵bezithiba, bemsulwa, besebenza emakhaya, belungile, bezithoba kubayeni babo, ukuze izwi likaBaba wethu lingathukwa.

⁶Kanjalo yala amadoda asebancane ukuba azithibe. ⁷Kukho konke yiba yisibonelo semisebenzi emihle, ngobuqotho nangesithunzi emfundisweni yakho, ⁸namazwi aphilile angasolekiyo, ukuze noma ngubani ophikisayo abe namahloni, engenalutho olubi angalusho ngathi.

⁹Izigqila kaziwathobele amakhosi azo kukho konke, ziwajabulise, zingaphenduli, ^a a v9 Le miyalo yayikhuluma nabantu ababeyizigqila ngaphakathi kohlelo lwenhlalo lwaseRoma lekhulu lokuqala. ¹⁰zingebi, kodwa zibonakalise ukwethembeka okuphelele nokuhle, ukuze zihlobise, kukho konke, imfundiso kaBaba wethu, uMsindisi wethu.

¹¹Ngokuba umusa kaBaba wethu usubonakele, uletha insindiso kubo bonke abantu, ¹²usifundisa ukuba sidele ububi nezinkanuko zaleli zwe, siphile impilo yokuzithiba, yokulunga, neyokwesaba uNkulunkulu kulesi sikhathi samanje, ¹³silindele ithemba elibusisekile nokubonakala okukhazimulayo kukaNkulunkulu wethu omkhulu noMsindisi, uJesu Khristu, ^b b v13 Lapha uJesu uqobo ubizwa ngokuthi “uNkulunkulu wethu omkhulu noMsindisi” — enye yezinkulumo ezicace kakhulu zeTestamente eliSha zokuthi iNdodana inguNkulunkulu ngokupheleleyo. ¹⁴owazinikela ngenxa yethu ukuze asihlenge kukho konke ukungabi nomthetho, azihlanzele abantu abangabakhe, abakhuthele emisebenzini emihle.

¹⁵Memezela lezi zinto; khuthaza futhi usole ngawo wonke amandla. Makungabikho muntu okudelelayo.