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.