Yekucala Leya KuThimothi
3 Etsembekile lamavi latsi: Nangabe umuntfu enta imetamo kuze abe ngumbonisi,+ usuke afisa umsebenti lomuhle. 2 Ngako umbonisi kufanele abe yindvodza lengasoleki, lenemfati munye, letitsibako, lenengcondvo lebhadlile,*+ lehlelekile, leyemukela tihambi,+ nalekwatiko kufundzisa,+ 3 angabi sidzakwa+ nobe sidlova,* kodvwa acabangele,+ angabi silwi,+ angayitsandzi imali,+ 4 abe yindvodza lelengamela* kahle likhaya layo, lenebantfwana labalalelako nalabatiphetse kahle+ 5 (ngobe nangabe indvodza ingakhoni kwengamela* likhaya layo, ingalinakekela njani-ke libandla laNkulunkulu?), 6 angabi yindvodza lesandza kuba ngumKhristu,*+ ngobe angahle agcwale umgcabho bese utfola sehlulelo lesatfolwa nguDeveli. 7 Ngetulu kwaloko, kufanele afakazelwe* kahle ngulabangephandle,+ kuze angakhulunyelwa kabi* futsi awele elugibeni lwaDeveli.
8 Tinceku letisebentako nato kufanele tingatsatsi tintfo melula, tingabi nelulwimi lolumphacambili,* tingatitiki ngeliwayini lelinyenti, tingafuni kutizuzisa tona,+ 9 futsi tiphatse imfihlo lengcwele yekukholwa nganembeza lohlantekile.+
10 Laba kufanele bahlolwe kucala kutsi bayakufanela yini kwenta lomsebenti;* ngemuva kwaloko sebangaba tinceku, njengobe kutawube kute labasolwa ngako.+
11 Labasikati nabo kufanele bangatsatsi tintfo melula, banganyundzeli,+ batitsibe, futsi betsembeke kuto tonkhe tintfo.+
12 Inceku lesebentako kufanele kube yindvodza lenemfati munye, ibengamele kahle bantfwana nelikhaya layo. 13 Ngobe emadvodza lawenta kahle umsebenti wawo atitfolela ligama lelihle, futsi aba nenkhululeko lenkhulu yekukhuluma ekukholweni mayelana naKhristu Jesu.
14 Ngisho nobe ngetsemba kutsi ngitawufika kuwe masinyane, ngikubhalela letintfo, 15 kuze kutsi nakwenteka ngephuta, wati kutsi kufanele utiphatse njani njengobe ulilunga lemndeni waNkulunkulu,+ lokulibandla laNkulunkulu lophilako, leliyinsika nesisekelo seliciniso. 16 Lemfihlo lengcwele yalokwetsembeka kuNkulunkulu yinkhulu kakhulu, itsi: ‘Jesu waba ngumuntfu,+ kwatsiwa ulungile ngemoya,+ wativeta etingilosini,+ kwashunyayelwa ngaye etiveni,+ live lamkholwa,+ futsi wemukelwa ezulwini ngenkhatimulo.’