Eyokuqala KuThimothewu

4 Nokho, izwi eliphefumulelwe* lisho ngokucacile ukuthi ezikhathini ezizayo abanye bayowa okholweni, benaka amazwi aphefumulelwe adukisayo *+ nezimfundiso zamademoni, 2 ngobuzenzisi babantu abakhuluma amanga, + abanonembeza abashile njengokungathi bashiswe ngensimbi yokubeka uphawu. 3 Banqabela abantu ukuba bashade, + babayala ukuba bazile ukudla + okwadalwa uNkulunkulu ekudalela ukuba kudliwe + ngokubonga yilabo abanokholo + nabalazi ngokunembile iqiniso. 4 Ngoba yonke indalo kaNkulunkulu yinhle, + futhi akukho lutho okumele lwenqatshwe + uma lwamukelwa ngokubonga, 5 ngoba lungcweliswa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu nangokuthandazelwa.

6 Ngokunikeza abazalwane lesi seluleko, uyoba yisikhonzi esihle sikaKristu Jesu, esondliwa ngamazwi okholo nawemfundiso enhle oye wayilandela eduze. + 7 Kodwa zenqabe izindaba ezingamanga nezihlambalazayo, + ezinjengalezo ezixoxwa izalukazi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ziqeqeshe unomgomo wokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu. 8 Ngoba ukuqeqesha umzimba* kuzuzisa kancane, kodwa ukuzinikela kuNkulunkulu kuzuzisa ezintweni zonke, kunesithembiso sokuphila kwamanje nokuphila okuzayo. + 9 Lawo mazwi athembekile futhi afanelwe ukwamukelwa ngokugcwele. 10 Yingakho sisebenza kanzima futhi sizikhandla, + ngoba ithemba lethu silibeke kuNkulunkulu ophilayo, onguMsindisi + wazo zonke izinhlobo zabantu, + ikakhulukazi walabo abathembekile.

11 Qhubeka unikeza le miyalo futhi ufundisa. 12 Ungalokothi uvumele noma ubani abukele phansi ubusha bakho. Kunalokho, yiba isibonelo kwabathembekile ngokukhuluma, ngokuziphatha, ngothando, ngokholo nangobumsulwa.* 13 Qhubeka uzimisela ekufundeleni iningi, + ekukhuthazeni,* ekufundiseni ngize ngifike. 14 Ungasidebeseli isiphiwo esikuwe owasinikwa ngesiprofetho ngesikhathi indikimba yabadala ikubeka izandla. + 15 Zindla* ngalezi zinto; ugxile kuzo, ukuze intuthuko yakho ibonakale ngokucacile kubo bonke abantu. 16 Zinake njalo wena nalokho okufundisayo. + Qhubeka wenza lezi zinto, ngoba ngokwenza lokhu uyozisindisa wena nabakulalelayo. +