2KuThimothi
ISAHLUKO1
1UPawulu,umphostolikaKristuJesungentando kaNkulunkulungokwesithembisosokuphilaokukuKristu Jesu,
2kuThimothewu,indodanayamiethandekayo:Makube umusa,nesihawu,nokuthulaokuvelakuNkulunkuluuBaba nakuKristuJesuiNkosiyethu
3NgiyambongauNkulunkuluengimkhonzayokokhokho ngonembezaohlanzekileyo,ngokubangingaphezi ukukukhumbulaemikhulekweniyamiubusukunemini; 4ngifisakakhuluukukubona,ngikhumbulaizinyembezi zakho,ukuzengigcwaliswengentokozo; 5laphongikhumbulaukukholwaokukuwe okungazenzisiyo,okwahlalakuqalakugogowakho uLowisi,nakunyokou-Evnike;ngiyaqinisekaukuthi nakuwe
6Ngakhongiyakukhumbuzaukubauvuseisipho sikaNkulunkuluesikuwengokubekaizandlazami 7NgokubauNkulunkuluakasinikangaumoyawokwesaba; kodwangamandla,lothando,lengqondoephilileyo.
8NgakhoungabilenhloningobufakazibeNkosiyethu,loba ngamiisibotshwasayo,kodwahlanganyelaosizini lwevangelingokwamandlakaNkulunkulu; 9owasisindisayo,wasibizangobizoolungcwele, kungeyisikhongokwemisebenziyethu,kodwa njengokwenhlosoyakhelomusaesiwuphiweyokuKristu Jesu,kungakabikhoizikhathi
10Kodwakhathesisibonakalisiwengokubonakala koMsindisiwethuuJesuKristu,oseqedeukufa,eseveze ekukhanyeniukuphilalokungabhubhingevangeli; 11engamiselwaukuthingibengumshumayelinomphostoli nomfundisikwabezizwe.
12Ngenxayalokhunamingihluphekangalezizinto,nokho anginamahloni,ngokubangiyamaziengikholiwengakho, ngiqinisekileukuthiunamandlaokugcinalokho engikubekilekuyekuzekubelolosuku
13Bambisisaisimosamazwiaphilileyoowawezwakimi ekukholweninasethandweniolukuKristuJesu
14LokhookuhleokuphathisiweyoukugcinengoMoya oNgcweleohlalakithi.
15Uyakwazilokhu,ukuthibonkeabaseAsiya bangifulathele;okukubongoFigelunoHermogene
16INkosimayinikeindluka-Onesiforuumusa;ngokuba wangiqabulakaningi,akabanganamahloningamaketanga ami;
17KodwakwathieseseRoma,wangidingakakhulu, wangithola
18INkosimayimnikeukubaatholeumusaeNkosini ngalolosuku,nokuthizingakiizintoangenzelazonaeEfesu,wazikahlewena
ISAHLUKO2
1Ngakhowena,ndodanayami,qinaemuseniokuKristu Jesu.
2Lokhookuzwilekimiphambikofakaziabaningi,lokho kubekekubantuabathembekileyoabazakubanamandla okufundisanabanye.
3Ngakhowenakhuthazelelaubunzimanjengebuthoelihle likaKhristuuJesu
4Kakhoosempiniozifakaezindabenizalokhukuphila; ukuzeamthokoziseomkhethileyoukubayisosha 5Futhiumaumuntuencintisana,akathweswaumqhele, umaengancintisingokomthetho.
6Umlimiosebenzayoumelweukubangesithelokuqala 7Nakanaengikushoyo;iNkosiikunikeukuqedisisa ezintwenizonke.
8KhumbulaukuthiuJesuKristuwavuswakwabafileyo, wenzalokaDavide,ngokwevangelilami;
9engihluphekangakhokuzekubesekuboshweni njengomenziwokubi;kodwaizwilikaNkulunkulu aliboshiwe
10Ngakhongibekezelelazonkeizintongenxa yabakhethiweyo,ukuzelabobazuzeusindisoolukuKristu Jesukanyelenkazimuloyaphakade
11Lithembekileizwielithi:Ngokubaumasafakanyenaye, siyakuphilanayefuthi;
12umasibekezela,siyakubusakanyenaye;umasimphika, nayeuyakusiphika;
13Umasingakholwa,yenauhlalaethembekile, akanakuziphika.
14Bakhumbuzengalezizinto,ubayalephambikweNkosi ukuthibangaphikisaningamazwi,okungasizilutho,kepha kubhubhiseabezwayo
15KhuthalelaukuzibonakalisauthembekilekuNkulunkulu, isisebenziesingenamahloni,esiqondisakahleizwileqiniso
16Kodwaxwayaizinkulumoeziyizeeziyize,ngoba zizakwandaekungahloniphiuNkulunkulu
17izwilaboliyakubhubhanjengesilondaesibhibhayo, okuphakathikwabouHimenewunoFiletu;
18abadukileyomayelanaleqiniso,besithiukuvuka kwabafileyosekudlulile;futhiichithaukhololwabanye 19NokhoisisekelosikaNkulunkulusimisiqinile,sinalolu phawu:INkosiiyabaziabangabayo.Futhi,Wonkeobiza ibizolikaKristukadedeebubini
20Kodwaendlinienkulukakukhoizitshazegolide lezesilivakuphela,kodwalezomuthinezebumba;lezinye ngezodumo,labanyeziyihlazo
21Ngakhoumaumuntuezihlanzakulezi,uyakubayisitsha esihloniphekayo,esingcwelisiwe,esilungele ukusetshenziswaumniniso,esilungiselweyonke imisebenziemihle.
22Balekelafuthiinkanukoyobusha,kodwaulandele ukulunga,ukholo,uthando,ukuthulakanyenababiza iNkosingenhliziyoehlanzekileyo.
23Kodwaimibuzoyobuwulaleyabangafundileyo uyigweme,waziukuthiizalaukuxabana
24FuthiincekuyeNkosiakufaneleilwe;kodwaabemnene kubobonke,ekwaziukufundisa,ngokubekezela, 25Ubayalangobumnenelaboabamelanalabo;uma mhlawumbeuNkulunkuluebanikaukuphendukaekulazini iqiniso;
26ukuzebalulameogibenilukaSathane,ababanjwenguye ngentandoyakhe.
ISAHLUKO3
1Yazifuthilokhuukuthiezinsukwinizokugcina kuzakuvelaizikhathiezinzima
2Ngokubaabantubayakubangabazithandayo,nabahahayo, nabazidlayo,nabazidlayo,nabathukayo,nabangalaleli abazali,nabangabongiyo,nabangangcwele;
3abangenalouthandolwemvelo,abaphulaisivumelwano, abahlebi,abangenakuzithiba,abanolaka,abadeleliabahle; 4abakhapheli,abalukhuni,abakhukhumele,abathanda injabulokunokuthandauNkulunkulu; 5banesimosokumesabauNkulunkulu,kephaamandlaako bewaphika;
6Ngokubakulababakhonaabangenaezindlini ngokunyenya,bathumbeabesifazaneabayiziwula abasindwayizono,abaholwayizinkanuko eziyizinhlobonhlobo;
7Bafundanjalo,kodwabengekebeneliseukufinyelela olwazinilweqiniso
8NjengalokhuoJanenoJambrebamelananoMose,kanjalo lababamelananeqiniso,abantuabonakeleingqondo, abangafanelekiekukholweni
9Kodwakabayikuqhubekelaphambili,ngobaubuthutha babobuzakubasobalakubobonke,njengobakwabanjalo obabo
10Kephawenaukwazilengokugcweleimfundisoyami, nendlelayokuphila,nenhloso,nokukholwa,nokubekezela, nothando,nokubekezela,
11Ushushiso,nezinhlupheko,ezangifikelae-Antiyokiya, e-Ikoniyu,eListra;ukushushiswaokungaka ngakubekezelela,kephaiNkosiyangikhululakukhokonke
12Yebo,bonkeabathandaukuphilangokumesaba uNkulunkulukuKristuJesubayakuzingelwa
13Kodwaabantuababilabakhohlisibazaqhubekela phambilibebabikakhulu,bedukisanjalobedukiswa. 14Kodwawenahlalaezintweniozifundileyo waqinisekiswangazo,waziukuthiwazifundakubani;
15nokuthikusukelaebuntwaneniwaziimibhaloengcwele enamandlaokukuhlakaniphisakubeyinsindisongokholo olukuKristuJesu
16YonkeimibhaloiphefumulelwenguNkulunkulu, ilungeleukufundisa,nokusola,nokuqondisa,nokuyala ekulungeni;
17ukuzeumuntukaNkulunkuluaphelele,apheleliselwe yonkeimisebenziemihle
ISAHLUKO4
1Ngiyakuyala-kephambikukaNkulunkulu,neNkosiuJesu Kristu,ozakwahlulelaabaphilayonabafileyo ngokubonakalakwakhenombusowakhe; 2Shumayelaizwi;phuthumangenkathi,ingekhoinkathi; sola,ukhuze,uyalengakhokonkeukubekezela nokufundisa
3Ngobasiyezaisikhathilaphobengayikuvumaisifundiso esiphilileyo;kodwangokwezinkanukozabo bayakuzibuthelaabafundisi,belumaizindlebe;
4bayakufulathelaizindlebezaboeqinisweni,baphendukele ezinganekwaneni
5Kodwawenaqaphelaezintwenizonke,ubekezele ezinhluphekweni,wenzeumsebenziwomvangeli, ugcwaliseinkonzoyakho
6Ngokubaminasengizanikelwa,nesikhathisokumuka kwamisesifikile.
7Ngikulwileukulwaokuhle,ngiliqedileibangalami, ngigcinileukukholwa;
8Kusukelakhathesingibekelweumqhelewokulunga, iNkosi,umahluleliolungileyo,ezanginikawona ngalolosuku,njalokungeyisimingedwa,kodwalabobonke abathandaukubonakalakwayo.
9Khuthalelaukuzakimimasinyane;
10NgokubauDemaungishiyile,ethandalelizwelamanje, wayaeThesalonika;uKreskeeGalathiya,uThithu eDalmatiya.
11NguLukayedwaonamiThathauMarku,uzenaye, ngokubauyasizakimienkonzweni
12UThikhikungimthumelee-Efesu
13IjaziengalishiyaeTrowakuKarpu,ekufikenikwakho, ulethekanyenezincwadi,ikakhuluezesikhumba.
14U-Aleksandru,umkhandiwethusiwangenzaokubi okuningi;
15Umxwayelawe;ngobaumelanekakhululamazwiethu. 16Ekuphendulenikwamikokuqalaakukhomuntuowama nami,kephabonkebangishiya;
17NokhoiNkosiyemanami,yangiqinisa;ukuzengami ivangelilaziwengokugcwele,nezizwezonkezizwe; ngakhululwaemlonyeniwengonyama
18INkosiizangikhululakuyoyonkeimisebenziemibi, ingilondolozeleembusweniwayoosezulwini;Amen
19KhonzanikoPriskano-Akwilanendluka-Onesiforu
20U-ErastuwasalaeKorinte,kephauTrofimungamshiya eMilethuegula
21Khuthalelaukuza,kungakafikiubusikaUyakhonza kuweu-Eubhulo,noPude,noLinu,noKlawudiya,nabo bonkeabazalwane
22INkosiuJesuKristumayibenomoyawakhoUmusa mawubenani.Amen.(IncwadiyesibilieyakuThimothewu, owagcotshwaumbhishobhiwokuqalawebandlalase-Efesu, yalotshwaeRoma,laphouPawuluelethwaphambi kukaNerookwesibili.)