Eyoku-1 kuTimoti
6:1 Onke ke amakhoboka aphantsi kwedyokhwe, makababalele abaniniwo;
Ufanelwe yimbeko yonke, ukuze igama likaThixo nemfundiso yakhe lingabi bikho
wanyelisa.
6:2 Lawo ke ankosi zikholiweyo, makangazideli, ngokuba
ngabazalwana; kanye ke bakhonzeni, kuba bethembekile
zithi ke, zintanda, madlelane ngengenelo. Bafundise ezi zinto, uvuselele.
6:3 Ukuba ubani ufundisa ngenye indlela, kwaye akavumelani namazwi aphilileyo, nkqu nemfundiso
amazwi eNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, nakwimfundiso engqinelanayo
ekuhloneleni uThixo;
6:4 unekratshi, engazi nto;
ephuma kuwo umona, iinkani, izinyeliso, iimbono ezingendawo;
6:5 iimpikiswano ezigwenxa zabantu abonakele iingqiqo, abahluthwe inyaniso.
uba ukuhlonela uThixo kukuzuzela inzuzo embi;
6:6 Ke kona ukuhlonela uThixo, kundawonye nokwanela, kusekeleze inzuzo enkulu.
6:7 Kuba sibe singangenanga nanto ehlabathini;
akukho nto.
6:8 Sinento ke edliwayo neyambathwayo, masaneliswe zezo zinto.
6:9 Ke abo banga bangaba zizityebi, beyela ekuhendweni, nasesibatheni, nasesibatheni
iinkanuko ezininzi ezibubudenge ezenzakalisayo, zona zibatshonisayo abantu ekonakaleni;
intshabalalo.
6:10 Kuba ukuthanda imali yingcambu yeento zonke ezimbi;
emva koko balahlekana nokholo, bazibhodloza ngokwabo
ngeentlungu ezininzi.
6:11 Ke wena, mntu kaThixo, zibaleke ezo zinto; kwaye ulandele emva
ubulungisa, ukuhlonela uThixo, ukholo, uthando, umonde, ubulali.
6:12 Wuzame umzamo omhle wokholo, bubambe ubomi obungunaphakade, oya kuthi kubo
ubugcisa obukwabizwa ngokuba, kwaye uye waxela umsebenzi olungileyo phambi kwabaninzi
amangqina.
6:13 Ndiyakuthethela phambi koThixo, ozidlisa ubomi zonke izinto
phambi kukaKristu Yesu, owathi phambi koPontiyo Pilato wanikela ubungqina obuhle
ukuvuma izono;
6:14 ukuba uwugcine lo mthetho ungabi nasiphako, ungabi nakusoleka, ude ube ngummiselo ongunaphakade
ukubonakala kweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu:
6:15 aya kuzibonakalisa ngamaxesha akhe, Lowo usikelelweyo, ukuphela koMthetheleli;
uKumkani wookumkani, uNkosi kankosi;
6:16 okuphela konokungafi, ehleli ekukhanyeni, ekungekho namnye unako
ukusondela; ekungekho namnye wakha wambona, nonako ukumbona; kuye makubekho imbeko nozuko
amandla angunaphakade. Amen.
6:17 Abazizityebi kweli hlabathi bathethele, ukuba bangaziphakamisi;
singakholosi ngobutyebi obungaqinisekanga, singakholosa ngoThixo ophilileyo osinikayo
ngobutyebi zonke izinto ukuba ziyoliswe;
6:18 benze okulungileyo, babe zizityebi zemisebenzi emihle, babe nokwaba;
ukulungele ukunxibelelana;
6:19 baziqwebele isiseko esihle, base exesheni eliya
yiza, ukuze babubambe ubomi obungunaphakade.
6:20 Timoti, loo nto uyiphathisiweyo yigcine, uyikhwebule kwizinto ezihlambelayo
neentetho ezingento, nokuchasa inzululwazi, kuxokwa, kubizwa ngokuba;
6:21 abasuke abathile, bethe banako oku kwazi, baluphosa ukholo. Ubabalo malube nani
wena. Amen.