2 Petru
1:1 USimoni Petru, inceku nomphostoli kaJesu Kristu, kulabo abanakho
sizuzwe ukholo oluyigugu olufana nathi ngokulunga kukaNkulunkulu
noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu:
1:2 Umusa nokuthula makwandiswe kini ngokwazi uNkulunkulu, futhi
ngeNkosi yethu uJesu,
1:3 Njengalokho amandla akhe obuNkulunkulu asinike konke okuqondene nathi
ekuphileni nasekumesabeni uNkulunkulu ngokumazi obizile
thina enkazimulweni nasebuhleni;
1:4 Ngalokho siphiwe izithembiso ezinkulu kakhulu neziligugu:
laba nibe ngabahlanganyeli bemvelo yobuNkulunkulu, nibalekile
ukonakala okusemhlabeni ngenkanuko.
1:5 Futhi phezu kwalokhu, yenzani yonke inkuthalo, enezelani ekukholweni kwenu ubuhle; futhi ku
ulwazi oluyisisekelo;
1:6 nasolwazini ukuzithiba; nasekuzithibeni ukubekezela; nasekubekezeleni
ubuNkulunkulu;
1:7 nasekumesabeni uNkulunkulu uthando lobuzalwane; nasethandweni lobuzalwane uthando.
1:8 Ngoba uma lezi zinto kukhona kini, futhi anda, bakwenza ukuba nibe
ningabi yinyumba, ningabi ngabangatheli ekwazini iNkosi yethu uJesu
UKristu.
1:9 Kodwa lowo ongenazo lezi zinto uyimpumputhe, futhi akaboni kude, futhi
ukhohliwe ukuthi wahlanjululwa ezonweni zakhe zakudala.
1:10 Ngakho, bazalwane, khuthalelani kakhulu ukwenza ukubizwa kwenu kanye
Ukhetho luqinisekile; ngokuba uma nenza lokho, anisoze nakhubeka.
1:11 Ngoba kanjalo isango liyonikelwa kini ngokuchichimayo e
umbuso waphakade weNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu.
1:12 Ngakho-ke ngeke ngiyeke ukunikhumbuza njalo
lezi zinto, nakuba nizazi, niqinisiwe kulesi sikhathi samanje
iqiniso.
1:13 Yebo, ngibona kufanele ukuthi, uma ngisekuleli dokodo, ukunivusa.
ngokunikhumbuza;
1:14 Ngokwazi ukuthi masinyane ngimele ukulisusa leli tabernakele lami, njengeNkosi yethu
UJesu Kristu ungibonisile.
1:15 Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngizozama ukuba nibe nakho ngemva kokushona kwami
lezizinto esikhumbuzweni ngaso sonke isikhathi.
1:16 Ngokuba asilandelanga izinganekwane eziklanywe ngobuqili, lapho sazisa
kini amandla nokufika kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, kepha kwaba njalo
ofakazi bokuzibonela bobukhosi bakhe.
1:17 Ngoba wamukela kuNkulunkulu uBaba udumo nenkazimulo, lapho kufika
izwi elinjalo kuye livela enkazimulweni yobukhosi, Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo, phakathi
engimthokozisayo.
1:18 Futhi leli zwi salizwa livela ezulwini, lapho sinaye phakathi
intaba engcwele.
1:19 Sinezwi lesiprofetho eliqiniseke ngokwengeziwe; lapho nenza kahle kukho
qaphelani njengokukhanya okukhanya endaweni emnyama kuze kube semini
ukusa, ikhwezi liphuma ezinhliziyweni zenu.
1:20 Nazi lokhu kuqala, ukuthi asikho isiprofetho sombhalo esivela kunoma iyiphi yangasese
incazelo.
1:21 Ngoba isiprofetho asifikanga endulo ngentando yomuntu, kodwa abantu abangcwele
kaNkulunkulu bakhuluma beqhutshwa nguMoya oNgcwele.