2 Thimothewu 2

¹Ngakho wena mntanami, yiba namandla emseni okuKristu Jesu;

²lokho okuzwileyo kimi phambi kofakazi abaningi, lokho-ke kubeke kubantu abathembekileyo abazakuba namandla okufundisa nabanye.

³Hlanganyela nami ukuhlupheka njengebutho elihle likaKristu.

⁴Akakho osempini olibala izidingo zalokhu kuphila, aze akholeke kulowo abuthwe nguye.

⁵Futhi nxa umuntu encintisana, kaqheliswa engancintisananga ngokomthetho.

⁶Umlimi osebenzayo kufanele ukuba kwamukele yena izithelo kuqala.

⁷Qonda engikushoyo; ngokuba iNkosi iyakukunika ukuqonda ngezinto zonke.

⁸Khumbula uJesu Kristu ovukile kwabafileyo, wenzalo kaDavide ngokwevangeli lami,

⁹engihlupheka ngalo kuze kube sekuboshweni njengeselelesi; kepha izwi likaNkulunkulu aliboshiwe.

¹⁰Ngalokho ngiyakhuthazela kukho konke ngenxa yabakhethiweyo, ukuze nabo bazuze insindiso ekuKristu Jesu, kanye nenkazimulo yaphakade.

¹¹Likholekile leli zwi lokuthi: Ngokuba uma safa naye, siyakuphila naye futhi;

¹²uma sikhuthazela, siyakubusa naye futhi; uma simphika, naye uyakusiphika;

¹³uma singathembeki, yena uhlala ethembekile, ngokuba akanakuziphika.

¹⁴Bakhumbuze ngalokho, ufakaze phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukuba bangalwi ngamazwi, okungasizi lutho, okuyincithakalo kwabezwayo.

¹⁵Khuthalela ukuba uziveze uthembekile kuNkulunkulu, isisebenzi esingenamahloni, esiqondisa kahle izwi leqiniso.

¹⁶Kepha ukukhuluma kwezwe okuyize ukugweme; ngokuba bayakuqhubekela phambili ekungamesabini uNkulunkulu,

¹⁷nezwi labo liyakubhibha njengesilonda esibhucukayo, abaphakathi kwabo ngoHimenewu noFiletu

¹⁸abadukileyo mayelana neqiniso, bethi ukuvuka kwabafileyo sekudlulile, bechitha ukukholwa kwabanye.

¹⁹Nokho isisekelo esiqinileyo sikaNkulunkulu simi, sinalolu phawu lokuthi: “INkosi iyabazi abangabayo,” nokuthi: “Yilowo nalowo ophatha igama likaKristu makadede kukho ukungalungi.”

²⁰Kepha endlini enkulu akukho izitsha zegolide nezesiliva kuphela kodwa nezemithi nezebumba, ezinye ezihloniphekayo, ezinye ezingahloniphekiyo;

²¹ngalokho uma umuntu ezihlanza kulezo zinto, uyakuba yisitsha esihloniphekayo, esingcwelisiwe, esinosizo kumninindlu, esilungiselwe umsebenzi wonke omuhle.

²²Kepha balekela izinkanuko zobusha, ujonge ukulunga, nokukholwa, nothando, nokuthula kanye nabakhuleka eNkosini ngenhliziyo ehlambulukileyo.

²³Kepha ukuphikisana kobuwula nokokungazi ukunqabe, wazi ukuthi kuzala ukulwa;

²⁴inceku kaKristu ayifanele ukulwa, kodwa mayibe mnene kubo bonke, inesu lokufundisa, ibekezela,

²⁵ibalaya ngomoya omnene abamelene nayo, kumbe uNkulunkulu angabanika ukuphenduka, baze balazisise iqiniso,

²⁶basanguluke, baphume ogibeni lukaSathane ababanjwe nguye ukuba benze intando yakhe.