Thithu 1:1 UPawulu, inceku kaNkulunkulu, nomphostoli kaJesu Kristu, ngokomthetho kaJesu Kristu ukukholwa kwabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, nokulazi iqiniso elizayo ubuNkulunkulu; 1:2 ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uNkulunkulu ongenakuqamba amanga, akuthembisa phambi kukaJehova umhlaba waqala; 1:3 Kodwa ngesikhathi esifaneleyo uye wabonakalisa izwi lakhe ngokushumayela, okuyinto ubekwe kimi ngokomyalo kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu; 1:4 KuThithu, indodana yami uqobo ngokokholo oluvamileyo: Umusa, nesihawu, nokuthula, okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba naseNkosini uJesu Kristu uMsindisi wethu. 1:5 Ngenxa yalokhu ngakushiya eKrethe, ukuze uhlele izinto ezintulayo, futhi ngimise abadala emizini yonke, njengoba mina ngenzile ukuqokile: 1:6 uma ekhona ongasolekiyo, indoda emfazi munye, enabantwana abakholwayo angasolwa ngodlame noma ukungalawuleki. 1:7 Ngoba umbhishobhi kufanele abe ongasolekiyo, njengoba umphathi kaNkulunkulu; hhayi ngokuthanda wena, ongasheshi ukuthukuthela, ongaphuzi, ongashayi, ongeyena oyisichitho inzuzo; 1:8 Kepha othanda izihambi, othanda okuhle, oqondileyo, olungileyo, ongcwele, sezingeni; 1:9 ebambelele ezwini elithembekileyo njengoba efundisiwe, ukuze abe elikwazi ukukhuthaza ngesifundiso esiphilileyo, lokukholisa abaphikisi. 1:10 Ngoba kukhona abaningi abangalawuleki nabakhuluma okuyize nabakhohlisi, ikakhulukazi bona yokusoka: 1:11 abamelwe ukuvalwa umlomo, abachitha izindlu ziphelele, befundisa izinto abangafanele ngakho ngenxa yenzuzo embi. 1:12 Omunye wabo, umprofethi wakubo, wathi: "AmaKrethe." abaqamba amanga njalo, izilo ezimbi, izisu ezihamba kancane. 1:13 Lobu bufakazi buqinisile. Ngakho-ke ubakhuze kabukhali, ukuze babe philile ekukholweni; 1:14 Benganaki izinganekwane zamaJuda, nemiyalo yabantu, abaphendukayo eqinisweni. 1:15 Kwabahlanzekile zonke izinto zihlanzekile, kodwa kulabo abangcolile futhi ukungakholwa akulutho; kodwa ngisho ingqondo nonembeza wabo engcolile. 1:16 Bavuma ukuthi bayamazi uNkulunkulu; kodwa ngemisebenzi bayamphika, ekhona abanengekayo, nabangalaleliyo, nakuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle kaku- sebenzi.