Eyesi-2 kuTimoti
2:1 Wena ngoko, mntwana wam, yomelela elubabalweni olukuKristu Yesu;
2:2 uthi nezinto owazivayo kum ngamangqina amaninzi, kwangokunjalo
Wena ke yibeke phambi kwabantu abathembekileyo, bona baya kukulingana ukufundisa nabanye.
2:3 Wena ngoko bunyamezele ububi, njengomphumi-mkhosi olungileyo kaKristu Yesu.
2:4 Akukho namnye uthi ephuma umkhosi, azibhijele ngemicimbi yobu bomi;
ukuze amkholise lowo umnyulele ukulwa.
2:5 Nakuba ke ubani esithi azame emdlalweni, akathweswa sithsaba, ingenguye
zama ngokusemthethweni.
2:6 Umlimi lowo ubulalekayo, umelwe kukwamkela kuqala kwiziqhamo.
2:7 Ziqiqe izinto endizithethayo; iNkosi yokunika ukuqonda ezintweni zonke.
2:8 Khumbula ukuba uYesu Kristu wavuka kwabafileyo, engowembewu kaDavide
ngokweendaba zam ezilungileyo.
2:9 endiva ububi ngenxa yazo, kude kuse ezintanjeni njengomenzi wobubi; kodwa ilizwi
kaThixo akabotshwanga.
2:10 Ngenxa yoko izinto zonke ndiyazinyamezela ngenxa yabanyuliweyo, ukuze nabo babe nako
zuza usindiso olukuKristu Yesu, kunye nozuko olungunaphakade.
2:11 Lithembekile ilizwi eli: Kuba xa safa naye, sodla ubomi kwangokunjalo;
naye:
2:12 ukuba siyanyamezela, solawula kwandawonye naye; ukuba siyamkhanyela, woba naye ngokwakhe
sikhanyele:
2:13 Ukuba asikholwa, yena uhleli ethembekile; akanako ukuzikhanyeza.
2:14 Bakhumbuze ezo zinto, uqononondise kubo phambi kweNkosi
ukuze bangabambani ngamazwi angancedi lutho, nibhukuqe
abaphulaphuli.
2:15 Kukhuthalele ukuzimisa phambi koThixo ucikidekile, ungumsebénzi ongaswele nto
danani, nilahlula ngokufanelekileyo ilizwi lenyaniso.
2:16 Ke zona iintetho ezingento, ezihlambelayo, zinxweme; kuba ziya kuhambela phambili kokukhona
ukungahloneli Thixo.
2:17 Nelizwi labo liya kudla njengesilonda esiqhenqethayo;
Fileto;
2:18 abathe bona bayiphosa inyaniso, besithi uvuko luvuko;
edlulileyo sele silubhukuqa ukholo lwenxenye.
2:19 Noko ke limi, lithe nkqi, ilitye lesiseko likaThixo, linambhalo othi:
INkosi iyabazi abangabayo. Kwaye, Makathi wonke umntu obiza igama lakhe
kaKristu suka kubo ubugwenxa.
2:20 Ke endlwini enkulu akubikho zitya zagolide nazasilivere zodwa;
kodwa nangomthi nowomhlaba; Inxenye yembeko, inxenye yembeko
ihlazo.
2:21 Ukuba ngoko umntu uthe wazikhuphulula kwezo zinto, woba sisitya sempahla
imbeko, ingcwalisiwe, iyilungele iNkosi, ilungiselwe
wonke umsebenzi olungileyo.
2:22 Ke zibaleke iinkanuko zobutsha; phuthuma ubulungisa, ukholo, uthando,
Makube luxolo kwabayinqulayo iNkosi ngokwasentliziyweni ehlambulukileyo.
2:23 Yinxweme imibuzwana yobudenge engenangqeqesho, usazi ukuba izalanisa
iingxabano.
2:24 Umkhonzi weNkosi akamele kulwa; kodwa yibani nobulali kubantu bonke;
uyakwazi ukufundisa, unomonde,
2:25 ebaqeqesha ngobulali abo baphikayo; ukuba uThixo
mhlawumbi bobanika inguquko esa ekumazini uThixo
inyaniso;
2:26 nokuze baqabuke, baphume emgibeni kaMtyholi, owathi
bathinjwa nguye ngokuthanda kwakhe.