Eyoku-1 kuTimoti
5:1 Indoda enkulu musa ukuyithethisa kabukhali, yiyale njengoyihlo; amadodana njengoko
bazalwana;
5:2 abafazi abakhulu, njengoonyoko; abancinane, njengoodade, unobunyulu bonke.
5:3 Babeke abahlolokazi abangabahlolokazi ngenene.
5:4 Ke ukuba kukho mhlolokazi uthile unabantwana, nokuba ngabazukulwana, mabafunde ukuqala bona ngokwabo
ukuhlonela ikhaya, nokubuyisela abazali babo: kuba oko kuhle kwaye
owamkelekileyo phambi koThixo.
5:5 Ke yena ongumhlolokazi ngenene, kwaye eshiywe, ukholose ngoThixo
Uhlala ehleli ekukhungeni nasekukhungeni ubusuku nemini.
5:6 Ke yena oxhamla iziyolo ufile, nakuba ngathi udla ubomi.
5:7 Bathethele ezi zinto, ukuze bangabi nakusoleka.
5:8 Ukuba ke umntu akabakhathalele abakhe, ngokukodwa abakhe
Ngendlu yakhe, ulukhanyele ukholo, unobubi ngaphezu kongakholwayo.
5:9 Makangabalelwa enanini umhlolokazi ongaphantsi kominyaka imashumi mathandathu;
engumfazi wandoda-nye,
5:10 engqinelwe ngemisebenzi emihle; ukuba wondle abantwana, ukuba wondle
ukuba undwendwele abasemzini, ukuba uzihlambile iinyawo zabangcwele, ukuba uthe waba nazo
ukubanceda ababandezelekileyo, ukuba uthe enyamekile ukulandela wonke umsebenzi olungileyo.
5:11 Ke bona abahlolokazi abatsha bamangale;
ngokuchasene noKristu, baya kutshata;
5:12 benesigwebo ngenxa yokuba belulahle ukholo lwabo lokuqala.
5:13 Kunye noko ke bafunda ukungasebenzi nto, bethungelana nezindlu;
banganeli kungasebenzi nto kodwa, besuka kananjalo babe ngamapholopholo, bazifake kwizinto zabanye, bathethe izinto
nto leyo abangafanelanga kuyenza.
5:14 Ngoko ndinga abahlolokazi abatsha bangenda, bazale, babe ngabakhokeli;
ndlu, musani ukumnikela ithuba lokutshabhisa ochasayo.
5:15 Kuba inxenye iseyiphambukele emva koSathana.
5:16 Ukuba kukho indoda, nokuba ngumfazi okholwayo, unabahlolokazi, makabancede;
kwaye ibandla malingahlawuliswa; ukuze ibahlangule abo bakhoyo
abahlolokazi ngokwenene.
5:17 Amadoda amakhulu aphethe kakuhle, makabalelwe ekuthini afanelwe yimbeko ephindiweyo;
ngokukodwa abo babulalekayo elizwini nasemfundisweni.
5:18 Kuba isibhalo sithi, Uze ungayibophi umlomo inkomo ibhula.
umbona. nokuthi, Umsébenzi uwufanele umvuzo wakhe.
5:19 Ukumangalelwa kwendoda enkulu musa ukukwamkela, kungabangakho babini nokuba bathathu
amangqina.
5:20 Abo bonayo, bohlwaye emehlweni abantu bonke, ukuze nabanye aba babe nokoyika.
5:21 Ndiyakuyala phambi koThixo, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, nabanyuliweyo
zithunywa zezulu, ukuba uzigcine ezi zinto ungaqali ugwebe
omnye engenzi nto ngokukhetha buso bamntu.
5:22 Uze ungabeki mntu izandla ngesiquphe, ungadlelani nabo ngezono zabanye;
zigcine nyulu.
5:23 Musa ukuba sasela manzi, kodwa sela intwana yewayini, ngenxa yesisu sakho
ubulwelwe bakho obufuthi.
5:24 Izono zabanye abantu zisekuhleni kanye, ziyandulela ukuya emgwebeni; kwaye abanye
amadoda ayawalandela.
5:25 Kwangokunjalo, nayo imisebenzi emihle isekuhleni kanye; kwaye bona
ukuba kungenjalo azinakufihlakala.