2 KuThimothi
4:1 Ngakho ngiyakuyala phambi kukaNkulunkulu, neNkosi uJesu Kristu, ngubani
nahlulele abaphilayo nabafileyo ngokubonakala kwakhe nombuso wakhe;
4:2 Shumayela izwi; phuthuma ngenkathi, ingekho inkathi; khuza, khuza,
khuthaza ngakho konke ukubekezela langemfundiso.
4:3 Ngoba kuyofika isikhathi lapho bengayikuvuma isifundiso esiphilileyo; kodwa
ngokwezinkanuko zabo bayakuzibuthela abafundisi, benabo
ukulunywa izindlebe;
4:4 Futhi bayofulathela izindlebe zabo eqinisweni, futhi bayophenduka
ezinganekwaneni.
4:5 Kodwa wena qaphela ezintweni zonke, ubekezelele izinhlupheko, wenze umsebenzi wokuphila
mvangeli, yigcwalise ngokugcweleyo inkonzo yakho.
4:6 Ngoba mina sengilungele ukunikelwa, futhi isikhathi sokumuka kwami sesifikile
isandla.
4:7 Ngikulwile ukulwa okuhle, ngiqedile inkambo yami, ngiyigcinile
ukholo:
4:8 Kusukela manje ngibekelwe umqhele wokulunga, lowo
INkosi, umahluleli olungileyo, uyakunginika ngalolo suku, hhayi mina
kuphela, kodwa lakubo bonke abathanda ukubonakala kwayo.
4:9 Yenza kukhuthalele ukuza kimi masinyane.
4:10 Ngoba uDemasi ungishiyile, ethanda leli zwe lamanje, futhi usekhona
wasuka waya eThesalonika; uKreske eGalathiya, uThithu eDalmatiya.
4:11 NguLuka kuphela onami. Thatha uMarku, uze naye, ngokuba ukhona
kunenzuzo kimi enkonzweni.
4:12 Futhi uThikhiku ngimthumele e-Efesu.
4:13 Ijazi engalishiya eTrowa kuKarpu, lapho ufika, liphathe
wena, nezincwadi, kepha ikakhulukazi ezesikhumba.
4:14 U-Alexander, umkhandi wethusi, wangenza okubi okuningi kimi: iNkosi imvuze
ngokwemisebenzi yakhe:
4:15 Umxwaye nawe; ngoba umelane kakhulu lamazwi ethu.
4:16 Ekuphenduleni kwami kokuqala akukho muntu owama nami, kodwa bonke bangishiya;
uNkulunkulu ukuze bangabekwa icala labo.
4:17 Nokho iNkosi yema nami, yangiqinisa; lokho ngami
ukushumayela kwaziwe ngokugcwele, nabezizwe bonke banamandla
yizwani: ngakhululwa emlonyeni wengonyama.
4:18 Futhi iNkosi izongikhulula kuwo wonke umsebenzi omubi, futhi uyongilondoloza
embusweni wakhe wasezulwini: makube kuye inkazimulo kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen.
4:19 Khonzani kuPriska no-Akwila, nendlu ka-Onesiforu.
4:20 U-Erastu wasala eKorinte, kepha uTrofimu ngamshiya eMilethu egula.
4:21 Khuthalela ukuza ngaphambi kobusika. U-Ewubulo uyakhonza kuwe, futhi
oPhudeni, noLinu, noKlawudiya, nabo bonke abazalwane.
4:22 INkosi uJesu Kristu mayibe nomoya wakho. Umusa mawube nani. Amen.