Yekucala Leya KuThimothi
1 Mine Pawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu lotfunywe ngemyalo waNkulunkulu longuMsindzisi wetfu, newaKhristu Jesu lolitsemba letfu,+ 2 ngibhalela Thimothi*+ umntfwana lowetsembekile+ emsebentini weNkhosi:
Shengatsi ungemukela umusa lomkhulu, nesihawu, kanye nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe nakuKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
3 Njengobe nje ngakukhutsata kutsi uhlale e-Efesu ngesikhatsi ngiya eMasedoniya, nanyalo ngisakukhutsata kutsi wente njalo kuze uyale labatsite kutsi bangafundzisi lenye imfundziso, 4 futsi banganaki tindzaba letingemanga+ nemilandvo yetinhlu tekutalana. Tintfo letinjalo atizuzisi ngalutfo,+ kodvwa tibangela imibuto ledzinga kuhlolwa futsi atihlangani netintfo letivela kuNkulunkulu leticinisa kukholwa kwetfu. 5 Ecinisweni injongo yalomyalo* kutsi kube nelutsandvo+ loluvela enhlitiyweni lemhlophe, kunembeza lomsulwa nasekukholweni+ lokute kutentisa. 6 Ngekuphambuka kuletintfo, labanye bawele enkhulumeni lengenamsebenti.+ 7 Bafuna kuba bafundzisi+ bemtsetfo, kodvwa abaticondzi tintfo labatishoko nobe leto labafunga bagomele kutsi tinjalo.
8 Tsine siyati kutsi uMtsetfo muhle yingci nje nangabe umuntfu awusebentisa kahle,* 9 ngobe siyati kutsi umtsetfo awuzange wentelwe umuntfu lolungile kodvwa wentelwa bantfu lababi,+ labavukelako, labangamhloniphi Nkulunkulu, labatoni, labangaketsembeki,* labangakuhloniphi lokungcwele, lababulala bobabe nabomake babo, nalababulala labanye, 10 tingwadla,* emadvodza lalalana nemadvodza, labatfumba bantfu, labacamba emanga, labangatigcini tifungo,* kanye nalabo labenta nobe yini lenye lemelene nemfundziso lephilile*+ 11 levumelana netindzaba letimnandzi letikhatimulako taNkulunkulu lojabulako lengiphatsiswe tona.+
12 Ngiyambonga Khristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu longinike emandla, ngobe ungibone ngetsembekile ngekunginika umsebenti,+ 13 nanobe ekucaleni bengihlambalata, ngihlupha labanye futsi ngedzelela.+ Kodvwa wangihawukela ngobe bengentiswa kungati futsi bengingakholwa. 14 Kepha iNkhosi yetfu yangentela umusa lomkhulu kakhulu futsi ngatfola kukholwa nelutsandvo loluvela kuKhristu Jesu. 15 Etsembekile futsi kufanele emukelwe ngalokuphelele lamavi latsi: Khristu Jesu weta emhlabeni kutosindzisa toni,+ futsi mine ngingulesihamba embili.+ 16 Nanobe kunjalo ngentelwa umusa kuze ngami, mine lengisoni lesihamba embili, Khristu Jesu avete konkhe kubeketela kwakhe khona ngitewuba sibonelo kulabo labatawetsembela kuye kute batfole kuphila lokuphakadze.+
17 Ludvumo nenkhatimulo aluye eNkhosini yaphakadze,+ lengabhubhi,+ lengabonakali,+ nalokungiyo kuphela lenguNkulunkulu,+ kuze kube phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
18 Lomyalo* ngiwunika wena Thimothi mntfwanami, ngekuvumelana netiphrofetho letashiwo mayelana nawe kuze ngato uchubeke ulwa kulwa lokuhle,+ 19 futsi uhlale unekukholwa nanembeza lomuhle.+ Labanye bakubekele eceleni loko, kwaphumela ekulimaleni kwekukholwa kwabo njengemkhumbi lowephukile. 20 Humenayosi+ na-Alekzanda bangulabanye babo, futsi ngibanikele kuSathane+ kuze bayalwe kutsi bangahlambalati.