1 Thimothewu
4:1 Manje uMoya ukhuluma ngokucacile, ukuthi ngezikhathi zokugcina abanye bayohlala
suka ekukholweni, unake omoya abadukisayo, nezimfundiso ze
odeveli;
4:2 Ukukhuluma amanga ngokuzenzisa; unembeza wabo oshiswe ngokushisa
insimbi;
4:3 Benqabela ukushada, futhi bayala ukuba badede ukudla, okuyinto uNkulunkulu
wadala ukuba amukelwe ngokubonga kwabakholwayo futhi
yazi iqiniso.
4:4 Ngokuba zonke izidalwa zikaNkulunkulu muhle, futhi akukho lutho okufanele kwenqatshwe, uma kunjalo
wamukelwe ngokubonga;
4:5 Ngoba kungcweliswa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu nangomthandazo.
4:6 Uma ubeka abazalwane ekukhumbuzeni lezi zinto, uyakuba a
isikhonzi esihle sikaJesu Kristu, esondliwe ngamazwi okholo nangamazwi
isifundiso esihle osifumeneyo.
4:7 Kodwa uyenqaba izinganekwane ezingcolile nezalukazi, futhi uzijwayeze kakhulu
ekwesabeni uNkulunkulu.
4:8 Ngokuba ukuvivinya umzimba kusiza kancane, kodwa ukumesaba uNkulunkulu kusiza
zonke izinto, silesithembiso sempilo yamanje, nesalokhu okukhona
ukuza.
4:9 Likholekile leli zwi, lifanele ukwamukelwa konke.
4:10 Ngoba ngenxa yalokhu sikhandleka futhi sithwala ihlazo, ngoba sithembele
uNkulunkulu ophilayo, onguMsindisi wabantu bonke, ikakhulukazi labo abanjalo
kholwani.
4:11 Yala lezi zinto, ufundise.
4:12 Makungabikho muntu odelela ubusha bakho; kepha yiba yisibonelo kwabakholwayo.
ngezwi, nangenkambo, nangothando, nangomoya, nangokukholwa, nangokuhlanzeka.
4:13 Nakekela ukufunda, nokuyala, nokufundisa, ngize ngifike.
4:14 Ungasideleli isipho esikuwe, owasiphiwa ngesiprofetho.
ngokubekwa kwezandla zebandla elikhulu.
4:15 Zindla ngalezi zinto; zinike ngokuphelele kuzo; ukuthi wakho
ukuzuza kungase kubonakale kubo bonke.
4:16 Ziqaphele wena kanye nesifundiso; hlalani kuzo: ngokuba phakathi
ngokwenza lokhu uyakuzisindisa wena nabakuzwayo.