uTito
3:1 Bakhumbule ukuba bathobele oozilawuli noomagunya, babe ngabalulamileyo
noomantyi, ukuba bawulungele wonke umsebenzi olungileyo;
3:2 Mabanganyelisi mntu, bangabi nakulwa, babe nokuthantamisa, bebonakalalisa bonke
ubulali kubantu bonke.
3:3 Kuba nathi besifudula sizizidenge, singabangeva, silahlekiswa;
Bakhonza iinkanuko neziyolo ngeento zonke, bephila eburheletyweni, benomona, benentiyo;
nokuthiyana.
3:4 kwaza kwalandela ububele, nothando, uMsindisi wethu uThixo, ebantwini
kwavela,
3:5 kungabi ngokwasemisebenzini yobulungisa, esayenzayo thina, kungokukaKristu
wasisindisa ngenceba, ngentlambululo yokuzalwa ngokutsha, nangokuhlaziya uThixo
uMoya oyiNgcwele;
3:6 awasithululayo phezu kwethu ngokobutyebi, ngoYesu Kristu uMsindisi wethu;
3:7 ukuze sithi, sigwetyelwe ngobabalo lwakhe, sibe ziindlalifa ngoko ubabalo lwakhe
ithemba lobomi obungunaphakade.
3:8 Lithembekile ilizwi elo, nethanda ukuba uziqinise
ukuze banyameke abo bakholiweyo kuThixo
gcinani imisebenzi emihle. Ezo zinto zilungile, zinokubanceda abantu.
3:9 Ke yona imibuzo yobudenge, nemilibo yokuzalwa, neenkani, zinxweme
ukulwa nomthetho; kuba azincedi nganto, zililize.
3:10 Umntu ongumahlukanisi emva kokululekwa kokuqala nokwesibini, mmangale;
3:11 usazi ukuba onjalo ugwenxeke kwaphela;
ngokwakhe.
3:12 Xenikweni ndithe ndathuma kuwe uArtemas, nokuba nguTikiko, khawuleza ukuza
ndiye eNikopoli; kuba ndigqibe kwelokuba ndobudlulisa ubusika khona.
3:13 UZenas, umqondisi-mthetho, noApolos, baxhobisele indlela ngokunyameka;
bangasweli nto.
3:14 nathi ke nathi masifunde ukuwugcina umsebenzi olungileyo, ukuze singene ekungeneni kuwo
bangabi ngabaswele isiqhamo.
3:15 Bayakubulisa bonke abanam. Ndibulisele kwabasithandayo ngokwaselukholweni.
Ubabalo malube nani nonke. Amen.