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.