Eyokuqala KuThimothewu 4:1-16
4 Nokho, izwi eliphefumulelwe* lisho ngokucacile ukuthi ezikhathini ezizayo abanye bayowa okholweni, benaka amazwi aphefumulelwe adukisayo *+ nezimfundiso zamademoni,
2 ngobuzenzisi babantu abakhuluma amanga, + abanonembeza abashile njengokungathi bashiswe ngensimbi yokubeka uphawu.
3 Banqabela abantu ukuba bashade, + babayala ukuba bazile ukudla + okwadalwa uNkulunkulu ekudalela ukuba kudliwe + ngokubonga yilabo abanokholo + nabalazi ngokunembile iqiniso.
4 Ngoba yonke indalo kaNkulunkulu yinhle, + futhi akukho lutho okumelwe lwenqatshwe + uma lwamukelwa ngokubonga,
5 ngoba lungcweliswa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu nangokuthandazelwa.
6 Ngokunikeza abazalwane lesi seluleko, uyoba yisikhonzi esihle sikaKristu Jesu, esondliwa ngamazwi okholo nawemfundiso enhle oye wayilandela eduze. +
7 Kodwa zenqabe izindaba ezingamanga nezihlambalazayo, + ezinjengalezo ezixoxwa izalukazi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ziqeqeshe unomgomo wokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu.
8 Ngoba ukuqeqesha umzimba* kuzuzisa kancane, kodwa ukuzinikela kuNkulunkulu kuzuzisa ezintweni zonke, kunesithembiso sokuphila kwamanje nokuphila okuzayo. +
9 Lawo mazwi athembekile futhi afanelwe ukwamukelwa ngokugcwele.
10 Yingakho sisebenza kanzima futhi sizikhandla, + ngoba ithemba lethu silibeke kuNkulunkulu ophilayo, onguMsindisi + wazo zonke izinhlobo zabantu, + ikakhulukazi walabo abathembekile.
11 Qhubeka unikeza le miyalo futhi ufundisa.
12 Ungalokothi uvumele noma ubani abukele phansi ubusha bakho. Kunalokho, yiba isibonelo kwabathembekile ngokukhuluma, ngokuziphatha, ngothando, ngokholo nangobumsulwa.*
13 Qhubeka uzimisela ekufundeleni iningi, + ekukhuthazeni,* ekufundiseni ngize ngifike.
14 Ungasidebeseli isiphiwo esikuwe owasinikwa ngesiprofetho ngesikhathi indikimba yabadala ikubeka izandla. +
15 Zindla* ngalezi zinto; ugxile kuzo, ukuze intuthuko yakho ibonakale ngokucacile kubo bonke abantu.
16 Zinake njalo wena nalokho okufundisayo. + Qhubeka wenza lezi zinto, ngoba ngokwenza lokhu uyozisindisa wena nabakulalelayo. +
Imibhalo yaphansi
^ NgesiGreki, “umoya.”
^ NgesiGreki, “imimoya edukisayo.”
^ Noma, “ukuzivocavoca.”
^ Noma, “nangokuhlanzeka.”
^ Noma, “ekunxuseni.”
^ Noma, “Cabangisisa.”
