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.