Eyoku-1 kuTimoti 1:1 UPawulos, umpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokomthetho kaThixo uMsindisi wethu, neNkosi uYesu Kristu, ithemba lethu; 1:2 ubhalela uTimoti, umntwana wakhe kanye ngokwaselukholweni; uthi, Makube lubabalo, nenceba, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu noYesu Kristu iNkosi yethu. 1:3 Njengoko ndakuyalayo ke, ukuba uhlale e-Efese, ndakuba ndifikile ke ukuze ubathethele abathile, ukuba bangafundisi bani imfundiso, 1:4 kananjalo banganyamekeli zintsomi namilibo yakuzalwa engapheliyo, abalungiselelayo kunokuba sisiseko sokholo oluselukholweni; yenzani ngokunjalo. 1:5 Ke kaloku intsingiselo yomthetho iluthando oluphuma entliziyweni ehlambulukileyo, naseluthandweni isazela esilungileyo, neselukholweni olungahanahanisiyo; 1:6 abathe abathile, beziphosile kuzo, baphambukela kwiintetho ezililize; 1:7 bethanda ukuba ngabafundisi bomthetho; engayiqondi into abayithethayo, kwanento abayingqinayo. 1:8 Siyazi ke ukuba umthetho mhle, ukuba umntu uthi awuphathe ngokomthetho; 1:9 nisazi nje oku, ukuba umthetho lo awenzelwanga lungisa, umiselwe abo abachas’ umthetho nabangevayo, abangahloneli Thixo, nabangaboni, abangengcwele nabangendawo abahlambeli, ababulali ooyise, nababulali oonina; ababulali, 1:10 Abenzi bombulo, abo bazenza iinqambi ngoluntu, ngokuba amasela abantu, amaxoki, amafunga-buxoki, nokuba ngaba kukho mntu wumbi into echasene nemfundiso ephilileyo; 1:11 ngokweendaba ezilungileyo zozuko lukaThixo osikelelweyo, owamiselwayo kwithemba lam. 1:12 Kananjalo ndiyambulela uKrestu Yesu iNkosi yethu, ondenzele kona wandibalela ekuthini ndithembekile, endibeka ebulungiselelini; 1:13 Ngaphambi kokuba ndibe ngumnyelisi, nomtshutshisi, nomphathi kakubi; ndenzelwa inceba, ngokuba ndakwenza oko ndingazi, ndisekungakholweni. 1:14 Ke kaloku ubabalo lweNkosi yethu lwaba lwanda ngokuncamisileyo, lunokholo nothando ekuKristu Yesu. 1:15 Lithembekile ilizwi eli, lifanelwe kukwamkelwa konke, eli lokuba uKristu UYesu weza ehlabathini ukuze asindise aboni; endingomkhulu kubo; 1:16 noko ke ndesuka ndenzelwa inceba, ngenxa yokuba ungomkhulu kum, uKristu Yesu abonakalalise konke ukuzeka kade umsindo, abe ngumzekelo kwabo bamelwe kukuhlala kholwani kuye, nise ebomini obungunaphakade. 1:17 Ke kaloku, makabe kuye uKumkani wawo amaphakade, ongenakonakala, ongenakubonakala, kuThixo olumkileyo yedwa imbeko nozuko kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni. Amen. 1:18 Lo myalelo ndiwunika wena, Timoti, mntwana wam, ngokweziprofeto ababehamba phambi kwakho, ukuze ulwe imfazwe elungileyo ngabo imfazwe; 1:19 ubambelele elukholweni, nesazela esilungileyo; abathi abathile bayilahlile ngalo ukholo lwaphukelwa ngumkhombe. 1:20 inoHimenayo noAlesandire; endimnikele kuSathana; ukuze bafunde ukunganyelisi.