INCWADI YESITHATHU

KAJOHANE

Isibingelelo

1 Umdalaa, kuye uGayusi othandekayob, mina engimthanda ngeqinisoc.

2 Sithandwa, kuzo zonke izinto jikelele ngifisad1 ukuthi uphumelele njalo uphilee, njengalokhu umphefumulo wakho uphumelela.

3 Ngoba ngathokoza kakhulukazif, lapho kufika abazalwane, befakazela iqiniso lakhog, njengoba wena uhamba eqiniswenih.

4 Kangilantokozo enkulu edlula lezizinto, ukuthi ngizwe ukuthi abantwana bamii bahamba eqiniswenij.

Inkathazo ebandlenik

5 Sithandwa, wenza ngokuthembeka loba ngakuphi okwenza kubazalwanel lakwabemzinim,

6 abafakazele uthando lwakho phambi kwebandlan; uzakwenza kuhle uba ubaphelekezelao ngokufanele uNkulunkulup.

7 Ngoba ngenxa yebizo lakhe baphumile bengemukeli lutho kwabezizweq.

8 Ngakho thina sifanele ukubemukela abanjalo, ukuze sibe yizisebenzi kanye leqinisor.

9 Ngabhalela ibandla; kodwa uDiyotrefe othanda ukuba ngowokuqala kibo kasemukeli.

10 Ngakho, uba ngifika, ngizakhumbuza imisebenzi yakhe ayenzayo, uyasihleba ngamazwi amabis; futhi kakholiswa yilezizinto, yena uqobo kemukeli abazalwane, uyabalela lalabo abathanda ukukwenza, njalo uyabaxotsha ebandleni.

11 Sithandwa, ungakulingiseli okubi, kodwa okuhlet. Owenza okuhle ungokaNkulunkuluu; kodwa owenza okubi kambonanga uNkulunkuluv.

12 NgoDemetriyu kufakazwe yibo bonke, langeqiniso uqobow; lathi futhi siyafakaza, lani liyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bethu buqinisilex.

Isicino

13 Bengilezinto ezinengi zokubhala, kodwa kangithandi ukukubhalela ngeyinki losibay;

14 kodwa ngithemba ukukubona masinyane, sibe sesikhuluma umlomo ngomlomo2.

Ukuthula kakube kuwe. Abangane bayakubingelela. Bingelela abangane ngamabizoz.

a 2 Joha. 1.1

b Roma 16.23.

c 2 Joha. 1.1.

d Seb. 27.29. Roma 9.3.

1 ngifisa: kumbe, ngithandaza.

e 1 Kor. 16.2.

f 2 Joha. 1.4.

g 1.3,6. Seb. 6.3.

h 2 Joha. 1.4.

i Gal. 4.19. 1 Kor. 4.15.

j 2 Joha. 1.4.

k 1 Joha. 3.6.

l Gal. 6.10.

m Jobe 31.32.

n 1.3,6. Seb. 6.3.

o Seb. 15.3.

p Seb. 10.33. 2 Pet. 1.19.

q 1 Kor. 9.12,15. Seb. 20.33.

r Mat. 10.41.

s 1 Tim. 5.13.

t 1 Pet. 3.11,13. Hlab. 34.14.

u 1 Joha. 2.29.

v 1 Joha. 3.6.

w 1.3,6. Seb. 6.3.

x Joha. 21.24.

y 2 Joha. 1.12.

2 ngomlomo: Gr., umlomo ngomlomo.

z Joha. 10.3.