Eyoku-1kuTimoti
ISAHLUKO1
1UPawulos,umpostilekaYesuKristungokomthetho kaThixouMsindisiwethu,neNkosiyethuuYesuKristu, ithembalethu;
2ubhalelauTimoti,umntwanawakhekanye ngokwaselukholweni;uthi,Makubelubabalo,inceba, uxolo,oluvelakuThixouBawo,noKristuYesuiNkosi yethu.
3Njengokondakuyalayoukubauhlalee-Efese,ndakuba mnandisiyakwelaseMakedoni,ndenjenjaloukukuyala, ukuzeubathetheleabanye,bangafundisimfundisoyimbi;
4kananjalobanganyamekelizintsominamiliboyakuzalwa engaphelendawo,izintoezoezibangaiimbuzwano, zisingiseelukholweni;
5Kekalokuintsingiseloyomthethoiluthandooluphuma entliziyweniehlambulukileyo,nasesazeleniesilungileyo, naselukholweniolungahanahanisiyo;
6abatheabathile,beziphosilekuzo,baphambukela kwiintethoezililize;
7bethandaukubangabafundisibomthetho;bengaziqondi izintoabazithethayo,kwanezingqinayo
8Siyazikeukubaumthethomhle,ukubaumntuuthi awuphathengokomthetho;
9nisazinjeoku,ukubaumthetholoawuwiselwelilungisa, uwiselweabachasenenomthetho,nabangevayo, abangahloneliThixo,nabangaboni,abangengcwele, abahlambelayo,ababulaliooyise,ababulalioonina, izigwinta;
10abenzibombulo,amadodaalalanayo,amaselaabantu, amaxoki,amafunga-buxoki,nokubakukhontoyimbi ichasenenemfundisoephilileyo; 11ngokweendabaezilungileyozozukolukaThixo osikelelekileyo,endaphathiswazonamna 12Kananjalondinombulelokowandomelezayo,uKristu YesuiNkosiyethu,kubawandibalelaekuthini ndithembekile,endimiselaebulungiselelini; 13nakubangaphambilindandingumnyelisi,nomtshutshisi, nomphathikakubi;ndesukandenzelwainceba,ngokuba ndakwenzaokondingazi,ndisekungakholweni; 14lwandangokuncamisileyoubabalolweNkosiyethu, lunokholonothandoolukuKristuYesu 15Lithembekileilizwieli,lifanelwekukwamkelwakonke, elilokubauKristuYesuwezaehlabathiniukubaasindise aboni;endingomkhulukubo;
16nokokendesukandenzelwaincebangenxayoku,ukuze uYesuKristuakubonakalaliselekum,mnaungomkhulu, konkeukuzekakadeumsindo,ndibengumzekelokwabo bazakukholwakuye,baseebominiobungunaphakade 17Kekaloku,kuyeuKumkaniwawoamaphakade, ongenakonakala,ongenakubonakala,kuThixoolumkileyo yedwa,makubekhoimbekonozuko,kuseemaphakadeni asemaphakadeni.Amen.
18Lomyalelondiwunikawena,Timoti,mntwanawam, ngokweziprofetoezandulelayongawe,ukuzeulwengazo umloolungileyo;
19ubambeleleelukholweni,nesazelaesilungileyo;abathe abathilebekulahlilengenxayokholo,baphukelwa ngumkhombe;
20inoHimenayonoAlesandire;endibanikelekuSathana, ukuzebafundeukunganyelisi
ISAHLUKO2
Ndiyavuselelangokokuqalakwiintozonke,ukuba kwenziweizikhungo,imithandazo,izibongozo,imibulelo, ngenxayabantubonke;
2Ngenxayookumkani,nabobonkeabasekongameni; ukuzesihlalengokonwabanangokuzola,sinokuhlonela uThixo,nokundilekakonke
3Kubaokukuhle,kwamkelekileemehlwenioMsindisi wethuuThixo;
ongayenabangasindiswabonkeabantu,bafikelele ekuyaziniinyaniso.
5KubamnyeuThixo,mnyenomlamliphakathikoThixo nabantu,umntuuKristuYesu;
6lowowazinikelayoukubaabeyintlawuleloyokukhulula abantubonke;
7endithendamiselwabonamna,ukubandibe ngumshumayelinompostile(ndithethainyaniso ndikuKristu,andixoki),umfundisiweentlangaelukholweni nasenyanisweni.
8Ngokondingaangathandazaamadodakuzozonke iindawo,ephakamisaizandlaezingcwele,engenangqumbo, engenantandabuzo
9Kwangokunjalomabathinabafazibanxibeiingubo ezifanelekileyo,beneentloni,benesidima;Ingabi kukuphothaiinwele,nokunxitywakwegolideneeperile, nesambathoesixabisolikhulu;
10mabathi(ngokufaneleabafaziabathibahlonelauThixo), bavatheimisebenzielungileyo.
11Umfazimakafundeethecwaka,enokuzithobakonke
12Umfazikeandimvumeliukubaafundise,nokuba ayilawuleindoda;
13KubakwabunjwauAdamkuqala,kwandulake ukubunjwauEva 14KeakakhohliswangauAdam; 15Nokokewosindiswangokuzala,ukubabathebema elukholweni,naseluthandweni,nasebungcwaliseni, benesidima.
ISAHLUKO3
1Lithembekileilizwielilithi,Ukubaubaniungxamele ubuveleli,unqwenelaumsebenziomhle
2Umvelelingokoumelwekukuthiabe ngongenakukhalazelwa,eyindodayamfazimnye, eyingcathu,enesidima,ezibekile,ebukaiindwendwe, enokufundisa;
3engengàkholiswayiwayini,engengomntuunxanelayo inzuzoembi;Uzekekadeumsindo,angabingolwa,angabi ngabawa;
4eyongamelekakuhleeyakheindlu,abantwanabakhe bemthobele,benokundilekakonke;
5(Kuba,ukubaumntuakakwaziukuyongamelaeyakhe indlu,angathininaukuphathaibandlalikaThixo?) 6angabingosandulaukuvela,hlezeakhukhumele,eyele ekugwetyweninguMtyholi.
7Keumelwekukuthiabenobungqinaobuhleobuvela kwabangaphandle;hlezeaweleengcikivweninasesibatheni soMtyholi.
8Kwangokunjaloabalungiselelibamelwekukuba nokundileka,bangabintlolelayombini,bangazinikeli kwiwayinieninzi,bangangxamelinzuzoimbi; 9bebambeimfihleloyokholoesazeleniesihlambulukileyo; 10Naboabakemabacikidwekuqala;mabandulekebenze umsebenziwobudikoni,bengenakusoleka 11Kwangokunjaloabafazimababenokundileka,bangabi ngabahlebi;mababenesidima,bathembekeezintweni zonke
12Abalungiselelimababengamadodaabafazingabanye, besongamelakakuhleabantwananezindluezizezabo 13Kubaabobalungiselelekakuhle,bazizuzelaisimoesihle, nokungafihlisiokukhuluekukholweniokukuKristuYesu.
14Ezizintondizibhalakuwe,ndithembeukubandiyakuza kuwekamsinya
15Ukubakendithendalibala,ndikubhalelaukuzewazi, ukubakumelwekukuthiwaninaukuhanjwaendlwini kaThixo,yonailibandlalikaThixoophilileyo,intsika nesisekosayoinyaniso.
16Kananjalo,ngokuvunyiweyo,inkuluimfihleloyona leyoyokuhlonelauThixo:lowowabonakalaliswayo esenyameni,wagwetyelwaesemoyeni,wabonakala kwizithunywazezulu,wavakaliswaphakathikweentlanga, kwakholwakuyeehlabathini,wenyuswawaba sebuqaqawulini.
ISAHLUKO4
1KekalokuuMoyauthingokucacileyoinxenyeiyakumka elukholweni,ngamaxeshaasemva,inyamekeleoomoya abalahlekisayo,neemfundisozeedemon;
2Othethaubuxokingokuhanahanisa;betshisweisazela sabongentsimbi;
3bengavumiukubakuzekwe,nokubakudliweizinto awazenzayouThixo,ukubazamkelwengombulelongabo bakholwayo,bayaziyoinyaniso
4NgokubasonkeisidalwasikaThixosihle;asiyonto yakulahlwa,ukubasamkelwengombulelo;
5KubasingcwaliswangaloilizwilikaThixonomthandazo 6Ukubauthewabakhumbuzaezizintoabazalwana,woba ngumlungiseleliolungileyokaYesuKristu,wondliwe ngamazwiokholo,nawemfundisoentleoyilandelayo
7Kezonaiintsomiezihlambelayozamaxhegokazi,uze uziqheliseukuhlonelauThixo
8Kubaeyeyomzimbaingqeqeshoincedakancinane;ke konaukuhlonelauThixokuncedangakokonke,kunedinga lobomibakalokunje,nobobobuzakubakho
9Lithembekileilizwielo,lifanelwekukwamkelwakonke.
10Kubasibulalekela,singcikivelweoko;ngokuba sithembelekuThixoophilileyo,onguMsindisiwabantu bonke,ngokukodwaowabakholwayo
11Bathetheleezizinto,ufundisezona.
12Makungabikhonamnyeubudelayoubuncinanebakho; sukaubengumzekelowabakholwayongentetho,ngehambo, ngothando,ngokholo,ngobunyulu
13Nyamekelaimfundo,uvuselelo,imfundiso,ndide ndifike.
14Ungasihilizeliisiphoesingokubabalwa,esikuwe; owasinikwayongesiprofeto,kunyenokubekwaizandla yintlanganisoyamadodaamakhulu.
15Zinyamekeleezozinto;zinikezelengokupheleleyokuzo; ukuzeukuphumelelakwakhokubonakalekubobonke
16Zilumkelewenanemfundisoyakho;hlalauhlelikuzo; kubangokwenzaoko,wozisindisawena,ubasindisenabo bakuvayo
ISAHLUKO5
Indodaenkulumusaukuyithethisakabukhali,yiyale njengoyihlo;amancinane,njengabazalwana; 2abafaziabakhulu,njengoonyoko;abancinane, njengoodade,unobunyulubonke
3Babekeabahlolokaziabangabahlolokazingenene 4Keukubakukhomhlolokaziuthileunabantwana,nokuba ngabazukulwana,ukuqalamabafundeukuhlonelaelabo ikhaya,bababuyekezeleumbuyekezoooninakhulu;kuba okokuhle,kwamkelekileemehlwenikaThixo
5Keyenaongumhlolokazingenene,eshiyweyedwa, ukholosengoThixo,ehleliekukhungeninasekukhungeni, ubusukunemini
6Kodwayenaoxhamlaiziyoloufile,nakubangathiudla ubomi
7Bathetheleezizinto,ukuzebangabinakusoleka
8Ukubakeumntuakabakhathaleleabakhe,ngokukodwa abendluyakhe,ulukhanyeleukholo,unobubingaphezu kongakholwayo
9Makangabalelwaenaninilomhlolokaziongaphantsi kweminyakaemashumimathandathu,ongumfaziwandodanye;
10engqinelwengemisebenziemihle;ukubawondle abantwana,ukubawamkeleiindwendwe,ukuba uzihlambileiinyawozabangcwele,ukubaubasizile ababandezelweyo,ukubausukelenenemisebenziyonke elungileyo
11Kebonaabahlolokaziabatshabamangale;
12benesigwebongenxayokubabelulahleukhololwabo lokuqala
13Kunyenokokebafundaukungasebenzinto, bethungelananezindlu;banganelikungasebenzintokodwa, besukakananjalobabengamapholopholo,bazifake kwizintozabanye,bathetheizintoezingafanelekileyo
14Ngokondingaabahlolokaziabatshabangenda,bazale, babengabanikazi-mizi,bangamnikiochasayonalinye ithubalokutshabhisa
15KubainxenyeiseyiphambukeleemvakoSathana.
16Ukubakukhoindoda,nokubangumfaziokholwayo, unabahlolokazi,makabancede,bangathwaliibandla;ukuze ibancedeabahlolokaziokwenyaniso.
17Amadodaamakhuluaphathakakuhlemakabalelwe ekuthiniafanelweyimbekoephindiweyo,ngokukodwa lawoabulalekayoelizwininasemfundisweni
18Kubaisibhalosithi,Uzeungayibophiumlomoinkomo ibhulanokuthi,Umsébenziuwufaneleumvuzowakhe
19Ukumangalelwakwendodaenkulumusaukukwamkela, kungabangakhomangqinamabininokubamathathu
20Abobonayo,bohlwayeemehlweniabantubonke,ukuze nabanyeabababenokoyika
21NdiyakuqononondisaemehlwenikaThixo,neNkosi yethuuYesuKristu,nezithunywazezuluezinyuliweyo, ukubauzigcineezizintoungaqaliugwebe,ungenzinto ngokwayamabani
22Musaukubekaizandlangesiquphephezukomntu, ungadlelaninezonozabanye;zigcinenyulu
23Musaukubasaselamanzi;selaintwanayewayini, ngenxayesisusakho,nobulwelwebakhoobufuthi.
24Izonozabanyeabantuzisekuhlenikanye,ziyandulela ukuyaemgwebeni;abanyebayawalandela.
25Kwangokunjalo,nayoimisebenziemihleisekuhleni kanye;nezingenjaloazinakufihlakala
ISAHLUKO6
Onkekeamakhobokaaphantsikwedyokhwe,ndingake angababalelaabaniniwoekuthini,bafanelweyimbeko yonke,ukuzeigamalikaThixonemfundisoinganyeliswa
2Lawokeankosizikholiweyo,makangazidelingakuba zingabazalwana;kanyekebakhonze,ngenxayokuba bethembekile,beziintanda,babelanangenzuzoBafundise ezizinto,uvuselele.
3Ukubaubaniufundisangenye,kwayeengavumelani namazwiaphilileyoangaweNkosiyethuuYesuKristu, kunyenemfundisoengokokuhlonelauThixo; 4unekratshi,engazinto;
5iimbambanisoezigwenxazabantuabonakeleiingqiqo, abahluthweinyaniso,bebaukuhlonelauThixokukuzuzela inzuzoembi
6KekonaukuhlonelauThixo,kundawonyenokwanela, kusekelezeinzuzoenkulu.
7Kubasibesingangenanganantoehlabathini; kuyabonakalakananjaloukubaasinakuphumananto 8Sinentokeedliwayoneyambathwayomasaneliswezezo zinto
9Keabobangabangabazizityebi,beyelaekuhendweni, nasesibatheni,nasezinkanukweniezininziezibubudenge ezenzakalisayo;zonazibatshonisayoabantuekonakaleni, nasekutshabalaleni
10Kubaukuthandaimaliyingcambuyeentozonkeezimbi: abatheabathile,ngokuzolulelakuko,balahlekananokholo, bazibhodlozangobuhlunguobuninzi
11Kewena,mntukaThixo,zibalekeezozinto;phuthuma ubulungisa,ukuhlonelauThixo,ukholo,uthando,umonde, ubulali
12Wuzameumloomhlewokholo,bubambeubomi obungunaphakadeowabizelwakubo,wazawenzauvumo lwesivumoesihlephambikwamangqinaamaninzi
13NdiyakuyalaemehlwenikaThixo,lowouzidlisaubomi zonkeizinto,naphambikoYesuKrestu,owangqinauvumo lwesivumoesihlephambikoPontiyoPilato; 14ukubauwugcinelomthetho,ungabinasiphako,ungabi nakusoleka,ideifikeiNkosiyethuuYesuKristu; 15ayakubonakaliswangamaxeshaakhe,lowo usikelelweyo,ukuphelakoMmandla,uKumkani wookumkani,uNkosikankosi; 16okuphelakonokungafi,ehleliekukhanyeni,ekungekho namnyeunakoukusondelakuye;ekungekhonamnye wakhawambona,nonakoukumbona;kuyemakubekho imbekonamandlaangunaphakadeAmen 17Abazizityebikweliphakadelangokubathethele bangakratshi,bangathembelibutyebinibungagqalekiyo; mabathembelekuThixoophilileyo,obekaphambikwethu zonkeizintongokobutyebi,ukubazidliwe; 18benzeokulungileyo,babezizityebizemisebenziemihle, babenokwaba,babenobudlelane; 19baziqwebeleisisekoesihle,baseexeshenielizakuza, ukuzebabubambeubomiobungunaphakade
20Timoti,loontouyiphathisiweyoyigcine,ukhwebuke kwiintethoezingento,ezihlambelayo,nakwiinkcaso zemfundoleyo,kubizwangokubakuxokwa; 21abasukeabathile,bethebanakookukwazi,baluphosa ukholo.Ubabalomalubenawe.Amen.(Eyokuqalaeya kuTimotiyabhalwaeLawodike,eyonadolophuinkulu eFrigiyaPacatiana)