Yekucala Leya KuThimothi 1:1-20
1 Mine Pawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu lotfunywe ngemyalo waNkulunkulu longuMsindzisi wetfu, newaKhristu Jesu lolitsemba letfu,+
2 ngibhalela Thimothi*+ umntfwana lowetsembekile+ emsebentini weNkhosi:
Shengatsi ungemukela umusa lomkhulu, nesihawu, kanye nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe nakuKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
3 Njengobe nje ngakukhutsata kutsi uhlale e-Efesu ngesikhatsi ngiya eMasedoniya, nanyalo ngisakukhutsata kutsi wente njalo kuze uyale labatsite kutsi bangafundzisi lenye imfundziso,
4 futsi banganaki tindzaba letingemanga+ nemilandvo yetinhlu tekutalana. Tintfo letinjalo atizuzisi ngalutfo,+ kodvwa tibangela imibuto ledzinga kuhlolwa futsi atihlangani netintfo letivela kuNkulunkulu leticinisa kukholwa kwetfu.
5 Ecinisweni injongo yalomyalo* kutsi kube nelutsandvo+ loluvela enhlitiyweni lemhlophe, kunembeza lomsulwa nasekukholweni+ lokute kutentisa.
6 Ngekuphambuka kuletintfo, labanye bawele enkhulumeni lengenamsebenti.+
7 Bafuna kuba bafundzisi+ bemtsetfo, kodvwa abaticondzi tintfo labatishoko nobe leto labafunga bagomele kutsi tinjalo.
8 Tsine siyati kutsi uMtsetfo muhle yingci nje nangabe umuntfu awusebentisa kahle,*
9 ngobe siyati kutsi umtsetfo awuzange wentelwe umuntfu lolungile kodvwa wentelwa bantfu lababi,+ labavukelako, labangamhloniphi Nkulunkulu, labatoni, labangaketsembeki,* labangakuhloniphi lokungcwele, lababulala bobabe nabomake babo, nalababulala labanye,
10 tingwadla,* emadvodza lalalana nemadvodza, labatfumba bantfu, labacamba emanga, labangatigcini tifungo,* kanye nalabo labenta nobe yini lenye lemelene nemfundziso lephilile*+
11 levumelana netindzaba letimnandzi letikhatimulako taNkulunkulu lojabulako lengiphatsiswe tona.+
12 Ngiyambonga Khristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu longinike emandla, ngobe ungibone ngetsembekile ngekunginika umsebenti,+
13 nanobe ekucaleni bengihlambalata, ngihlupha labanye futsi ngedzelela.+ Kodvwa wangihawukela ngobe bengentiswa kungati futsi bengingakholwa.
14 Kepha iNkhosi yetfu yangentela umusa lomkhulu kakhulu futsi ngatfola kukholwa nelutsandvo loluvela kuKhristu Jesu.
15 Etsembekile futsi kufanele emukelwe ngalokuphelele lamavi latsi: Khristu Jesu weta emhlabeni kutosindzisa toni,+ futsi mine ngingulesihamba embili.+
16 Nanobe kunjalo ngentelwa umusa kuze ngami, mine lengisoni lesihamba embili, Khristu Jesu avete konkhe kubeketela kwakhe khona ngitewuba sibonelo kulabo labatawetsembela kuye kute batfole kuphila lokuphakadze.+
17 Ludvumo nenkhatimulo aluye eNkhosini yaphakadze,+ lengabhubhi,+ lengabonakali,+ nalokungiyo kuphela lenguNkulunkulu,+ kuze kube phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
18 Lomyalo* ngiwunika wena Thimothi mntfwanami, ngekuvumelana netiphrofetho letashiwo mayelana nawe kuze ngato uchubeke ulwa kulwa lokuhle,+
19 futsi uhlale unekukholwa nanembeza lomuhle.+ Labanye bakubekele eceleni loko, kwaphumela ekulimaleni kwekukholwa kwabo njengemkhumbi lowephukile.
20 Humenayosi+ na-Alekzanda bangulabanye babo, futsi ngibanikele kuSathane+ kuze bayalwe kutsi bangahlambalati.
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ Lokusho kutsi “Loyo Lohlonipha Nkulunkulu.”
^ Nobe “lomtsetfo; lesicondziso.”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “ngalokusemtsetfweni.”
^ Nobe “labete lutsandvo lolucotfo.”
^ Nobe “leyakhako; lezuzisako.”
^ Nobe “labafunga emanga.”
^ Ligama lesiGriki lelihunyushwe ngekutsi “bugwadla,” lifaka ekhatsi tonkhe tinhlobo tekulalana letingemukeleki kuNkulunkulu. NgesiGriki kutsi por·neiʹa. Fundza Tinchazelo Temagama.
^ Nobe “Lomtsetfo; Lesicondziso.”
