2 KuThimothi 3:1 Yazini lokhu, ukuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina kuyofika izikhathi ezinzima. 3:2 Ngokuba abantu bayakuba ngabazithandayo, abahahayo, abazidlayo, abaziqhenyayo, abahlambalazayo, abangalaleli abazali, abangabongiyo, abangengcwele, 3:3 abangenalo uthando lwemvelo, abaphuli-mthetho, abamangaleli, abangazithibi, abanolaka, abadeleli abalungileyo, 3:4 Abakhapheli, amakhanda, abakhukhumele, abathanda injabulo ngaphezu abathanda uNkulunkulu; 3:5 Ukuba nesimo sokumesaba uNkulunkulu, kepha amandla akho bewaphika: kwabanjalo Jika uhambe kude. 3:6 Ngoba kulolu hlobo kukhona labo abangena ezindlini, futhi baholele ekuthunjweni abesifazane abayiziwula abasindwa yizono, beholwa yizinkanuko eziyizinhlobonhlobo; 3:7 Bafunda njalo, kodwa bengeke besakwazi ukufinyelela ekulazini iqiniso. 3:8 Manje njengoba uJane noJambre bamelana noMose, kanjalo laba bamelana noMose iqiniso: abantu abanengqondo eyonakele, abangafaneleki ekukholweni. 3:9 Kodwa kabayikuqhubekela phambili, ngoba ubuthutha babo buzabonakala kubo bonke, njengoba kwaba njalo neyabo. 3:10 Kodwa wena uye wazi ngokugcwele imfundiso yami, indlela yokuphila, inhloso, ukholo, ukubekezela, uthando, ukubekezela, 3:11 Ukushushiswa, nezinhlupheko, ezafika kimi e-Antiyokiya, e-Ikoniyu, eListra; ukushushiswa okungaka engikubekezelelayo, kepha kukho konke iNkosi wangikhulula. 3:12 Yebo, futhi bonke abathanda ukuphila ngokumesaba uNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu bayohlupheka ukushushiswa. 3:13 Kodwa abantu ababi nabakhohlisi bayoqhubeka kubi nakakhulu, bedukisa, futhi ekhohliswa. 3:14 Kodwa wena qhubeka ezintweni ozifundile futhi oye waba uqinisekile, wazi ukuthi ufunde kubani; 3:15 Futhi ukuthi kusukela ebuntwaneni uye wazi imibhalo engcwele, okuyinto enamandla okukuhlakaniphisa kube ngukusindiswa ngokukholwa kuKristu uJesu. 3:16 Yonke imibhalo iphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi inenzuzo ukufundisa, nokusola, nokuqondisa, nokuyala ekulungeni; 3:17 Ukuze umuntu kaNkulunkulu aphelele, ahlonyiswe ngokuphelele kukho konke okuhle isebenza.