Eyoku-1 kuTimoti 3:1 Lithembekile ilizwi eli lithi, Ukuba ubani ungxamele ubuveleli, udla ubomi; unqwenela umsebenzi omhle. 3:2 Umveleli ngoko umelwe kukuthi abe ngongenakumangaleleka, eyindoda yamfazi mnye, eyindoda ephaphileyo; isidima, izimiselo, ukubuk’ iindwendwe, enokufundisa; 3:3 engasenxili, engengomntu ubawela nzuzo imbi; kodwa unomonde, kungabi ngolwa, kungabi ngabawa; 3:4 eyongamela kakuhle eyakhe indlu, abantwana bakhe bemthobele ngawo wonke amandla omxhuzulane; 3:5 (Kuba ukuba umntu akakwazi ukuyongamela eyakhe indlu, wothini na ukunyamekela oko? yebandla likaThixo?) 3:6 angabi ngosandula ukuvela, hleze aqhayiselwe, awele phakathi ukugwetywa kukaMtyholi. 3:7 Ke umelwe kukuthi abe nobungqina obuhle obuvela kwabangaphandle; hleze yena weyela engcikivweni nasemgibeni kaMtyholi. 3:8 Kwangokunjalo abalungiseleli bamelwe kukuba nokundileka, bangabi ntlolela yombini, bangazinikeli kwizinto ezininzi Iwayini, enganqweneli nzuzo imbi; 3:9 bebambe imfihlelo yokholo esazeleni esihlambulukileyo; 3:10 Nabo aba ke mabacikidwe kuqala; emva koko mabasebenzise iofisi ye-a umdikoni, ekubeni engongenakusoleka. 3:11 Kwangokunjalo abafazi bamelwe kukuba nokundileka, bangabi ngabahlebi; zonke izinto. 3:12 Abalungiseleli mababe ngamadoda abafazi ngabanye, bephethe abantwana babo izindlu zabo kakuhle. 3:13 Kuba abo bakhonze kakuhle bathenga bona ngokwabo isidanga esihle, nokungafihlisi okukhulu elukholweni olukuyo UYesu Kristu. 3:14 Ezi zinto ndizibhala kuwe, ndithembe ukuba ndiya kuza kuwe kamsinya. 3:15 Ke ukuba ndithe ndalibala, ukuze wazi wena indlela omelwe kukuthi wenze ngayo wena endlwini kaThixo, yona ilibandla likaThixo ophilileyo intsika nesiseko sayo inyaniso. 3:16 Kananjalo inkulu imfihlelo yona leyo, yokuhlonela uThixo; ebonakalaliswe esenyameni, wagwetyelwa esemoyeni, wabonakala kwizithunywa zezulu, wavakaliswa kuzo iintlanga ezakholwa kulo ihlabathi, zanyuselwa ebuqaqawulini.