1 Thimothewu
2:1 Ngakho-ke ngiyala ukuba kuqala kukho konke ukunxusa, nokukhuleka,
kunxuswe nokubonga makwenzelwe abantu bonke;
2:2 Ngoba amakhosi, futhi bonke abaphathi; ukuze sihambe ngokuthula
nokuphila kokuthula kukho konke ukumesaba uNkulunkulu nokwethembeka.
2:3 Ngoba lokhu kuhle futhi kuyamukeleka emehlweni kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu;
2:4 othanda ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe, bafinyelele elwazini lwe
iqiniso.
2:5 Ngoba kukhona uNkulunkulu oyedwa, futhi munye umlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, umuntu
UJesu Kristu;
2:6 owazinikela waba yinhlawulo yabo bonke, kube ngubufakazi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.
2:7 Engagcotshwa ngakho ukuba ngibe ngumshumayeli nomphostoli, (ngikhuluma iqiniso
kuKristu, ungaqambi amanga,) umfundisi wabezizwe ekukholweni naseqinisweni.
2:8 Ngakho-ke ngithanda ukuba amadoda akhuleke ezindaweni zonke, ephakamisa izandla ezingcwele,
ngaphandle kolaka lokungabaza.
2:9 Ngokufanayo, ukuba abesifazane bazihlobise ngezingubo ezifanele, kanye
ubuso obunamahloni nokuthobeka; kungabi ngezinwele ezalukiweyo, negolide, namaparele;
noma uhlu olubizayo;
2:10 Kodwa (okufanele abesifazane abathi besaba uNkulunkulu) ngemisebenzi emihle.
2:11 Owesifazane makafunde ethule ngokuzithoba konke.
2:12 Kepha angimvumeli owesifazane ukuba afundise, nokuba abuse phezu kwendoda;
kodwa ukuthula.
2:13 Ngokuba u-Adamu wabunjwa kuqala, kwase kuba u-Eva.
2:14 Futhi u-Adamu akakhohliswanga, kodwa owesifazane ekhohlisiwe wayengaphakathi
ukweqa.
2:15 Nokho uyakusindiswa ngokuzala abantwana, uma behlala
ukholo, nothando, nobungcwele kanye nokuqonda.