Eyesi-2 kuTimoti
3:1 Ke, kwazi oku, ukuba ngemihla yokugqibela kuya kufika amaxesha anomngcipheko.
3:2 Kuba abantu baya kuba ngabazithandayo, ababawayo, abaqhayisi, abanekratshi;
nabanyelisi, abangeva bazali, abangenambulelo, abangengcwele;
3:3 abangenawo umsa wemvelo, abachasi boxolo, abatyholi, abangenakuzeyisa;
iindlobongela, abacekisi abalungileyo;
3:4 abancethezi, izityhuthutyhuthu, abathiwe lwale likratshi, abathandi beziyolo kunokuba bathande;
uThixo;
3:5 benokumila kokuhlonela uThixo, ukanti bewakhanyela amandla ako;
Jika.
3:6 Kuba kwabanjalo abo banyebelezela ezindlwini, bathimbe
abafazi abasileyo, abasindwa zizono, beqhutywa ziinkanuko ngeenkanuko;
3:7 Bahlala befunda, bangaze babe nako ukufika ekuyazini inyaniso.
3:8 Kwangolo hlobo ke, bathi ooYanes noYambres bamchasa uMoses, ngokunjalo nabo aba bayabachasa
bangabantu abonakele iingqiqo, abangenakucikideka ngakulo ukholo.
3:9 Abayi kuhambela phambili ngakumbi; kuba ukungabi nangqiqo kwabo kuya kubonakala
kubo bonke abantu, njengokuba kwaba njalo okwabo.
3:10 Ke wena uyayazi imfundiso yam, ihambo yam, ingqibo, ukholo,
ukuzeka kade umsindo, uthando, umonde,
3:11 iintshutshiso, iintlungu ezinjengezo zandihlelayo kwa-Antiyokwe, eIkoniyo, ekupheleni
eListra; ukutshutshiswa okunjengoko ndakuthwalayo; kodwa kuzo zonke iNkosi
wandihlangula.
3:12 Nabo bonke ke abathanda ukuhlala ngokuhlonela uThixo kuKristu Yesu baya kuva ubunzima
intshutshiso.
3:13 Ke bona abantu abangendawo noosiyazi, baya kuhambela phambili ebubini, belahlekisa, belahlekisa
Ukulahlekiswa.
3:14 Wena ke, hlala uhleli kwezo zinto wazifundayo, wazenza
uqinisekile, usazi ukuba uzifunde kubani na;
3:15 nokuba uzaze kwasebuntwaneni izibhalo ezingcwele, ezizizo
onako ukukulumkisela elusindisweni ngokukholwa kuKristu
UYesu.
3:16 Sonke isibhalo, siphefumlelwe nguThixo nje, sikwancedela
ukufundisa, ukohlwaya, ukululeka, ukuqeqesha okusebulungiseni;
3:17 ukuze umntu kaThixo afaneleke, exhobele konke okulungileyo
isebenza.