INCWA­DI YO­KU­QA­LA KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KU­TI­MO­THI

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPa­wu­li, umpho­sto­li ka­Je­su Kri­stu nje­ngo­ko­mla­yoa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uMsi­ndi­si we­thub, lo­we­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu ithe­mba le­thuc,

2 ku­Ti­mo­thid umnta­nami we­qi­ni­so ekho­lwe­nief: Umu­sag, isi­ha­wuh, uku­thu­lai oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu lo­Je­su Kri­stu iNko­si ye­thu.

UPa­wu­li uxwa­yi­sa uTi­mo­thi ngo­ku­fu­ndi­sa oku­nga­ma­nga

3 Nje­ngo­ba nga­ku­khu­tha­zaj uku­thi uhla­le eE­fe­suk, ngi­si­yal eMa­ke­do­ni­yam, uku­ze ula­ye aba­thi­le uku­thi ba­nga­fu­ndi­si imfu­ndi­so eye­hlu­ki­le­yon,

4 fu­thi ba­nga­na­nze­le­li izi­nga­ne­kwa­neo le­nda­ba zo­se­ndo olo­ku­za­la­nap ezi­nga­phe­li­yo, ezi­ba­nga uku­phi­ki­sa­naqr ku­lo­kwa­kha ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oku­se­kho­lwe­nis.

5 Ko­dwa injo­ngo yo­mla­yo lu­tha­ndot olu­ve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni emhlo­pheu laku­sa­ze­la esi­hlev le­kho­lwe­niw olu­nge­la­ku­ze­nzi­sax;

6 ku­lo­khu aba­thi­le aba­du­he1 ku­kho ba­pha­mbu­ke­lay eku­khu­lu­me­ni oku­yi­zez,

7 be­fu­naa uku­thi ba­be nga­ba­fu­ndi­si bo­mla­yob, be­nga­qe­di­si­sic le­zi­nto aba­zi­tsho­yo, ku­mbe la­nge­zi­nto aba­zi­qi­ni­sa­yod.

8 Ko­dwa si­ya­zi uku­thi umla­yo ulu­ngi­lee, uba umu­ntu ewu­se­be­nzi­sa ngo­ko­mla­yo,

9 esa­zi lo­khu, uku­thi umla­yo ka­wu­be­ke­lwa olu­ngi­le­yof, ko­dwa aba­nge­la­mla­yo la­ba­nga­la­le­li­yog, abe­yi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luh la­ba­yi­zo­nii, aba­nga­ngcwe­lej la­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yok, aba­bu­la­la oyi­se la­ba­bu­la­la oni­na, aba­bu­la­la aba­ntu,

10 izi­fe­bel, abe­si­li­sa aba­la­la­na­yomn, aba­thu­mba aba­ntuo, aba­qa­mbi­ma­ngap, abe­phu­la izi­fu­ngoq, nja­lo nxa ku­kho­na oku­nye oku­pha­mbe­ne le­mfu­ndi­so ephi­li­le­yor,

11 nje­ngo­kwe­va­nge­li le­nka­zi­mu­los ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu obu­si­si­we­yot, enga­pha­thi­swa lo­nau.

UPa­wu­li ubo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­mha­wu­ke­la­yo

12 Ngi­ya­mbo­nga-ke owa­ngi­ni­ka ama­ndlav, uKri­stu Je­su iNko­si ye­thu, uku­thi wa­ngi­bo­na ngi­the­mbe­ki­lew, wangi­mi­sa enko­nzwe­nix,

13 owa­ye­ka­de engu­mhla­mba­ziy lo­mzi­nge­liz lo­mthu­kia; ko­dwa nga­ha­wu­ke­lwab, ngo­ba nga­ngikwe­nza ngo­ku­nga­zi eku­nga­kho­lwe­nic;

14 ko­dwa umu­sa we­Nko­sid ye­thu we­nge­ze­le­lwa ka­khu­lu ka­nye lo­kho­loe lo­tha­ndo olu­ku­Kri­stu Je­suf.

15 Li­the­mbe­ki­le le­li­li­zwig nja­lo li­fa­ne­le ukwe­mu­ke­lwa ko­nkeh, uku­thi uKri­stu Je­su we­za emhla­be­ni uku­si­ndi­sa izo­nii, engi­yi­ndu­na ya­zo mi­naj;

16 ko­dwa nge­nxa ya­lo­khu nga­ha­wu­ke­lwak, uku­ze ki­mi engi­yi­ndu­na uJe­su Kri­stu abo­na­ka­li­se ko­nke uku­be­ke­ze­la, ngi­be yi­si­bo­ne­lol kwa­ba­za­kho­lwa ku­ye empi­lwe­ni epha­ka­de.

17 Ku­yo-ke iNko­si eyi­si­ma­ka­dem, enga­bhu­bhi­yono, enge­la­ku­bo­nwapq, uNku­lu­nku­lu ye­dwa ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yor, ka­ku­be udu­most lo­bu­kho­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni­ni­niu. Ame­ni.

18 Lu­mla­yo ngi­wu­ni­ka we­nav, mnta­nami Ti­mo­thiw, nje­nge­zi­pro­fe­thox eze­nza­ka­la ku­qa­la nga­we, uku­ze nga­zo ulwe uku­lwa oku­hley,

19 uba­mba ukho­loz le­sa­ze­la esi­hlea, aba­nye aba­si­ni­na­yo, ba­chi­the­ke­lwa ngu­mkhu­mbib ma­ye­la­na lo­kho­lo;

20 oku­ku­bo uHi­me­ne­yoc loA­le­ksa­ndrod, engi­ba­ni­ke­le ku­Sa­tha­nee, uku­ze ba­fu­nde uku­thi ba­nga­hla­mba­zif.

Imi­the­tho ye­nko­nzo ye­ba­ndla

2Nga­kho ku­qa­la ku­kho ko­nke ngi­khu­tha­zaa uku­thi uku­nxu­sabc, imi­khu­le­kode, uku­la­bhe­laf, uku­bo­ngag kwe­nze­lwe aba­ntu bo­nke;

2 ama­kho­sih, la­bo bo­nke aba­yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlai1, uku­ze si­chi­the impi­lo elo­ku­thu­la le­pho­li­le­yoj ku­kho ko­nke uku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu le­nhlo­ni­phok;

3 ngo­ba lo­khu ku­hlel ku­ye­mu­ke­le­ka pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uMsi­ndi­si we­thum,

4 ofu­na uku­thi bo­nke aba­ntu ba­si­ndi­swen nja­lo be­ze elwa­zi­ni lwe­qi­ni­soo.

5 Ngo­ba mu­nye uNku­lu­nku­lup, nja­lo mu­nye umla­mu­liq pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­ba­ntu, umu­ntu uKri­stu Je­sur,

6 owa­zi­ni­ke­la ye­na uku­ba li­hla­wu­lo la­bo bo­nkes, ubu­fa­ka­zi nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­fa­ne­le­yot,

7 mi­na enga­mi­se­lwa kho­na uku­ba ngu­mtshu­ma­ye­li lo­mpho­sto­liu (ngi­khu­lu­ma iqi­ni­so ku­Kri­stu, ka­ngi­qa­mbi ma­ngav) umfu­ndi­si wa­be­zi­zwew ekho­lwe­ni le­qi­ni­swe­nix.

8 Nga­kho ngi­fi­sa uku­thi ama­do­da akhu­le­ke ku­yo yo­nke inda­woy, epha­ka­mi­saz iza­ndla ezi­ngcwe­lea, enge­la­la­ka lo­ku­xa­ba­nab.

9 Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­be­si­fa­za­na ba­zi­ce­ci­se nge­zi­gqo­ko ezi­fa­ne­le­yoc, le­nhlo­ni­pho lo­ku­qo­ndad, ku­nga­bi nge­nwe­le eze­lu­ki­we­yo, ku­mbe igo­li­de, ku­mbe ama­pha­re­le*e, ku­mbe ize­mba­tho ezi­du­la­yof,

10 ko­dwag, oku­fa­ne­le abe­si­fa­za­na aba­thi ba­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­luh, nge­mi­se­be­nzi emi­hlei.

11 Owe­si­fa­za­na ka­fu­nde ngo­ku­thu­laj eku­zi­tho­be­ni ko­nkek.

12 Ko­dwa ka­ngi­vu­me­li owe­si­fa­za­na uku­thi afu­ndi­se, ku­mbe abe la­ma­ndla phe­zu ko­we­si­li­sa, ko­dwa abe eku­thu­le­nil.

13 Ngo­ba uA­da­mu wa­bu­njwa ku­qa­lam, emva kwa­lo­kho uE­van;

14 fu­thi uA­da­mu ka­kho­hli­swa­nga, ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­nao ese­kho­hli­si­we wa­ba se­si­pha­mbe­kwe­ni,

15 ko­dwa uza­si­ndi­swa ngo­ku­za­la aba­ntwa­nap, uba be­hla­la ekho­lwe­ni le­tha­ndwe­ni le­bu­ngcwe­le­ni ka­nye lo­ku­qo­ndaq.

Ma­ye­la­na la­ba­pha­thi be­ba­ndla

3Li­the­mbe­ki­le ili­zwia eli­thi: Uba umu­ntu efi­sa isi­khu­ndla so­mbo­ni­sib, ufi­sa umse­be­nzi omu­hle;

2 nga­kho ku­me­le uku­thi umbo­ni­sicd abe ngo­nga­so­le­ki­yoe, indo­da yo­mfa­zi mu­nyef, ozi­thi­nta­yog, oqo­ndi­le­yoh, ozi­pha­tha ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yo, opha­tha ku­hle izi­ha­mbii, ole­li­su lo­ku­fu­ndi­saj;

3 anga­bi yi­si­da­kwak, anga­bi ngo­tha­nda uku­lwa, anga­nxwa­ne­li inzu­zo embil, ko­dwa abe mne­nem, anga­bi ngo­tha­nda uku­xa­ba­nan, anga­bi ngo­tha­nda ima­lio;

4 epha­tha ku­hle owa­khe umu­zip, ela­ba­ntwa­na aba­la­le­laq nge­nhlo­ni­pho yo­nker,

5 ngo­ba uba umu­ntu enga­kwa­zi uku­pha­tha owa­khe umu­zi, anga­li­gci­na nja­ni iba­ndla li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu?s

6 Ka­nga­bi ngo­sa­nda uku­kho­lwa, hle­zi ngo­ku­khu­khu­nye­zwat awe­le eku­la­hlwe­ni ku­ka­di­ya­bho­lau.

7 Ku­me­le fu­thi uku­thi abe lo­bu­fa­ka­zi obu­hlev kwa­ba­nga­pha­ndlew, hle­zi awe­le eku­thu­kwe­ni le­mji­bi­leni ka­di­ya­bho­lax.

8 Ngo­ku­nja­lo aba­di­ko­niy ba­hlo­ni­phe­kez, ba­nga­bi ndi­mi­mbi­lia, ba­nga­na­nzi iwa­yi­ni eli­ne­ngib, ba­nga­fi­si inzu­zo embi,

9 ba­ba­mbe imfi­hlo yo­kho­loc esa­ze­le­ni esi­mhlo­phed.

10 La­ba-ke ka­ba­qa­le ba­hlo­lwee, oku­la­nde­la­yo ka­ba­kho­nze uba be­nga­so­le­kif.

11 Ngo­ku­nja­lo omkabo ba­be nga­ba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yog, aba­nga­nye­yi­yoh, aba­zi­thi­nta­yo, be­the­mbe­ki­le ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nkei.

12 Aba­di­ko­ni ka­ba­be nga­ma­do­da amfa­zi mu­nyej, apha­tha ku­hle aba­ntwa­na le­ya­wo imi­zik.

13 Ngo­ba aba­kho­nze ku­hlel ba­zi­zu­ze­la isi­mi­lo esi­hlem, le­si­bi­ndi esi­khu­lun ekho­lwe­ni olu­ku­Kri­stu Je­su.

14 Le­zi­zi­nto ngi­ku­bha­le­la zo­na, ngi­the­mba uku­za ku­we ma­si­nya­ne;

15 ko­dwa uba ngi­ba­mbe­ka, uku­ze wa­zi uku­thi ku­fa­ne­le uzi­pha­the nja­ni endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo, eli­ba­ndlap li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoq, insi­kar le­si­se­ke­lo se­qi­ni­sos.

16 Ku­ya­vu­nywa-ke uku­thi yi­nku­lu imfi­hlot yo­ku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­luu: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­na­ka­li­swa enya­me­niv, wa­thi­wa ulu­ngi­le ku­Mo­yaw, wa­bo­nwa zi­ngi­lo­six, wa­tshu­nya­ye­lway ezi­zwe­niz, wa­kho­le­ka emhla­be­nia, we­nyu­se­lwab ebu­kho­si­nic.

UPa­wu­li uxwa­yi­sa uTi­mo­thi nga­ba­fu­ndi­si ba­ma­nga

4UMo­ya-kea utsho ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yob uku­thi nge­zi­kha­thi zo­ku­ci­nac aba­nye ba­za­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne ekho­lwe­nid, ba­la­le­le omo­ya aba­du­hi­sa­yoe le­mfu­ndi­so za­ma­di­mo­ni,

2 eku­ze­nzi­se­ni kwa­ba­qa­mbi­ma­ngafg, be­tshi­swe kwe­za­bo iza­ze­la nge­nsi­mbi etshi­sa­yoh,

3 be­sa­le­la uku­tha­tha­nai, be­zi­laj uku­dla uNku­lu­nku­lu aku­da­li­le­yok ekwe­mu­ke­lwe­ni lo­ku­bo­nga nga­ba­kho­lwa­yol la­ba­zi iqi­ni­som;

4 ngo­ba so­nke isi­da­lwa si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­hlen, ka­ku­la­hlwa lu­tho, uba lwe­mu­ke­lwa ka­nye lo­ku­bo­ngao;

5 ngo­ba lu­ya­ngcwe­li­swa nge­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup lango­mkhu­le­koq.

6 Uba ube­lu­le­ka le­zi­zi­nto aba­za­lwa­ne uza­ku­ba yi­si­kho­nzi esi­hle si­ka­Je­su Kri­stu, wo­ndli­we ema­zwi­ni okho­lor, la­we­mfu­ndi­so enhles oyi­la­nde­la­yo ngo­ku­na­nze­le­lat.

7 Ko­dwa wa­le inga­ne­kwa­ne ezi­mbi le­ze­za­lu­ka­ziuv. Uze­jwa­ye­zew uku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lux;

8 ngo­ba ukwe­jwa­ye­za umzi­mba ku­lo­ku­si­za oku­nci­nya­ney1; ko­dwaz uku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu ku­si­za ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nkea, ku­le­si­the­mbi­so se­mpi­lob ya­la­mu­hla le­za­yo.

9 Li­the­mbe­ki­le ili­zwi nja­lo li­fa­ne­le ko­nke ukwe­mu­ke­lwac.

10 Ngo­ba nga­lo­kho la­thi si­ya­se­be­nza nzi­ma fu­thi si­ya­thu­kwad ngo­ba si­the­mbe­lee ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yof ongu­Msi­ndi­si wa­bo bo­nke aba­ntug, ika­khu­lu wa­ba­kho­lwa­yo.

UTi­mo­thi we­lu­le­kwa ngo­ku­ha­mba la­ngo­ku­fu­ndi­sa

11 La­ya nga­le­zi­zi­nto ufu­ndi­seh.

12 Ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntui ode­le­la ubu­tsha ba­khoj, ko­dwa wo­bak yi­si­bo­ne­lo kwa­ba­kho­lwa­yol eli­zwi­ni, eku­ha­mbe­nim, etha­ndwe­nin, emo­ye­ni, ekho­lwe­nio, eku­hla­mbu­lu­ke­nip.

13 Ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke, na­nze­le­la eku­ba­le­ni, eku­la­ye­niq, eku­fu­ndi­se­nir.

14 Unga­de­le­li isi­phi­wo esi­ku­wes, owa­si­phi­wa nge­si­pro­fe­thot ka­nye lo­ku­be­kwau iza­ndla zo­bu­da­lav.

15 Na­ka­na nga­le­zi­zi­nto, ube ku­le­zi­zi­nto, uku­ze uku­qhu­be­ka kwa­khow ku­bo­na­ka­le pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke2.

16 Zi­na­nze­le­le we­nax le­mfu­ndi­soy. Hla­la ku­le­zi­zi­nto; ngo­ba ngo­kwe­nza lo­kho uza­zi­si­ndi­sa we­naz ka­nye la­la­bo aba­ku­zwa­yoa.

5Unga­mkha­li­me­lia omda­la, ko­dwa me­lu­le­ke nje­ngo­yi­hlob; aba­tsha nje­nga­ba­fo­we­nu;

2 abe­si­fa­za­na aba­da­la nje­ngo­nyo­ko; abe­si­fa­za­na aba­tsha nje­nga­bo­da­de­we­nu, eku­hla­mbu­lu­ke­ni ko­nkec.

UTi­mo­thi we­lu­le­kwa ngo­ku­pha­tha aba­fe­lo­ka­zi eba­ndle­ni

3 Hlo­ni­pha aba­fe­lo­ka­zi aba­nga­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi isi­bi­lid.

4 Ko­dwa uba umfe­lo­ka­zi othi­le ela­ba­ntwa­na lo­ba aba­zu­ku­lue, ka­ba­fu­nde ku­qa­la uku­hlo­ni­phaf indlu ya­kwa­bo, ka­be­na­ni­se umkho­ndo ku­ba­za­li; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­hleg ku­ye­mu­ke­le­ka pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

5 Lo­wo-ke ongu­mfe­lo­ka­zi isi­bi­lih ose­le ye­dwa uthe­mbe­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lui, uhla­la eku­nxu­se­ni le­mi­khu­le­kwe­nij ebu­su­ku le­mi­nik.

6 Ka­nti lo­wo ozi­ni­ke­la eku­zi­tho­ko­zi­se­ni, ufi­le ephi­lal.

7 La­ya-ke nga­le­zi­zi­ntom, uku­ze ba­nga­so­le­kin.

8 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu engo­ndli aba­ki­boo, ika­khu­lu abe­ndlu1 ya­khep, ulu­phi­ki­le ukho­loq, fu­thi mu­bi ku­lo­nga­kho­lwa­yor.

9 Ka­nga­ba­lwa umfe­lo­ka­zi onga­pha­nsi kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, umfa­zi owa­ke we­nda endo­de­ni ka­nyes,

10 onco­nywa nge­mi­se­be­nzi emi­hlet, uba ondle aba­ntwa­na, uba enge­ni­se izi­ha­mbiu, uba ege­zi­se inya­wo za­ba­ngcwe­lev, uba esi­ze aba­hlu­phe­ka­yow, uba ekhu­tha­le­lex wo­nke umse­be­nzi omu­hley.

11 Ko­dwa aba­fe­lo­ka­zi aba­tsha uba­lez; ngo­ba nxa se­be­le­nka­nu­ko ezi­me­la­na lo­Kri­stua, ba­fu­na ukwe­nda;

12 ba­lo­ku­la­hlwa, ngo­ba ba­chi­thi­leb ukho­lo lwa­bo lo­ku­qa­la.

13 Fu­thi-ke nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­na­na­yo ba­fu­nda uku­vi­la­pha be­zu­la le­zi­ndluc, fu­thi be­nga­vi­la­phi ku­phe­la, ko­dwa ba­bu­ye ba­hle­bed be­nge­na ko­ku­nge­yi­si­kho okwa­boe, be­khu­lu­ma oku­nga­fa­ne­la­nga.

14 Nga­kho ngi­fi­sa uku­thi aba­fe­lo­ka­zi aba­tsha be­ndef, ba­za­le aba­ntwa­na, ba­pha­the umu­zi wa­bog, ba­nga­ni­kih isi­tha la­thu­ba lo­ku­thu­kai.

15 Ngo­ba la­kha­the­si aba­nye se­be­pha­mbu­kej ba­la­nde­la uSa­tha­nek.

16 Uba okho­lwa­yo owe­si­li­sa ku­mbe okho­lwa­yo owe­si­fa­za­na ela­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi, ka­ba­si­zel, nja­lo iba­ndla li­nga­thwa­li­swa nzi­ma, uku­ze li­si­zem aba­nga­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi isi­bi­lin.

Ma­ye­la­na la­ba­da­la be­ba­ndla

17 Aba­da­lao aba­pha­tha ku­hlep ba­fa­ne­leq uku­hlo­ni­tshwa ngo­ku­phi­ndi­we­yors, ika­khu­lu la­bo aba­se­be­nza nzi­ma eli­zwi­ni le­ku­fu­ndi­se­nit;

18 ngo­ba umbha­lo uthiu: Unga­yi­fa­ki isa­ye­ke inka­bi ebhu­la­yov; fu­thi uthi: Isi­se­be­nzi si­fa­ne­le iho­lo la­sow.

19 Unga­le­mu­ke­li ica­la eli­me­la­na lo­mda­lax, nga­pha­ndle pha­mbi2 kwa­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­bi­li ku­mbe aba­tha­thuy.

20 Abo­na­yo ba­so­lez pha­mbi kwa­bo bo­nkea, uku­ze aba­nye la­bo ba­be lo­kwe­sa­bab.

21 Ngi­yaku­la­yi­si­sacd pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu le­ngi­lo­si ezi­khe­thi­we­yo, uku­ze uzi­gci­ne le­zi­zi­nto ngo­ku­nga­qu­mi nga­pha­mbi­li, unge­nzi lu­tho ngo­ku­ba­ndlu­lu­lae.

22 Unga­pha­ngi­si uku­be­ka iza­ndlaf phe­zu ko­mu­ntug, fu­thi unga­hla­nga­nye­li ezo­nwe­ni za­ba­nyeh; uzi­gci­ne we­na umsu­lwai.

23 Unga­be usa­na­tha ama­nzi wo­dwa, ko­dwa se­be­nzi­sa iwa­yi­ni eli­lu­tshwa­naj, nge­nxa ye­si­su sa­kho le­mi­khu­hla­ne ya­kho fu­thi­fu­thik.

24 Izo­nol za­ba­nye aba­ntu zi­so­ba­lam, zi­ba­qa­le­la uku­ya eku­gwe­tshwe­nin; ka­nti eza­ba­nye zi­ya­la­nde­la.

25 Ngo­ku­nja­lo le­mi­se­be­nzi emi­hle iso­ba­lao; la­le­yo eye­hlu­ki­le­yo inge­ke ifi­hla­ka­lep.

Ma­ye­la­na le­zi­gqi­li

6Bo­nke aba­nga­pha­nsi kwe­jo­gwe, izi­gqi­lia, ka­ba­thi ama­kho­si abo afa­ne­le ko­nke uku­hlo­ni­tshwa, uku­ze ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub le­mfu­ndi­socd ku­nga­hla­nja­zwae;

2 la­ba­la­ma­kho­si akho­lwa­yo ba­ngawa­de­le­li, ngo­ba enga­ba­za­lwa­nef; ko­dwa ku­la­lo­khu ka­bawa­se­be­nze­le, ngo­ba ekho­lwa nja­lo etha­nde­ka, aba­hla­nga­nye­li be­nzu­zo. Fu­ndi­sa nja­lo ukhu­tha­ze le­zi­zi­ntog.

Imfu­ndi­so ya­ma­nga iba­nga oku­bi

3 Uba ku­kho­na ofu­ndi­sa okwe­hlu­ki­le­yoh, nja­lo enga­vu­me­la­ni la­ma­zwi aphi­li­le­yoi, awe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, le­mfu­ndi­so evu­me­la­na lo­ku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­luj,

4 uya­zi­khu­khu­me­zak1, ka­zi lu­thol, ko­dwa ubu­la­wa yi­nka­ni le­mi­bu­zom lo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na nga­ma­zwin, oku­ve­la ku­kho umo­nao, umba­ngop, uku­thu­kaq, imi­ca­ba­ngo emi­bi,

5 uku­xa­ba­xa­ba­nar kwa­ba­ntu aba­ngqo­ndo ya­bo yo­na­ke­les, la­ba­la­hle­ke­lwe li­qi­ni­so, be­si­thi uku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu ku­yi­ndle­la ye­nzu­zot. Ze­hlu­ka­ni­se la­ba­nja­lou.

6 Ko­dwa uku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­luv lo­kwe­ne­law ku­yi­nzu­zo enku­lux;

7 ngo­ba ka­si­za­nga la­lu­tho emhla­be­niy; ku­so­ba­la uku­thi ka­si­yi­ku­su­ka la­lu­tho;

8 ko­dwa uba si­lo­ku­dla le­ze­mba­thoz si­za­kwe­ne­li­swa yi­khoa.

9 Ko­dwa aba­fi­sa uku­no­thab ba­we­la eku­li­ngwe­ni le­mji­bi­le­nic, le­nka­nu­kwe­ni ezi­ne­ngi zo­bu­phu­ku­phu­ku ezi­li­ma­za­yo, ezi­cwi­li­se­la aba­ntu enci­tha­ka­lwe­ni le­ku­bhu­ji­swe­nid;

10 ngo­ba utha­ndo lwe­ma­li lu­yi­mpa­nde ya­kho ko­nke oku­bie; aba­nye be­yi­fi­sa, ba­du­hi­le ekho­lwe­ni, ba­zi­gwa­za nge­nhlu­ngu ezi­ne­ngi.

Ezi­nye ize­lu­le­ko zi­ka­Pa­wu­li

11 Ko­dwa we­na, O mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf, ba­le­ke­la le­zi­zi­ntog; nja­lo udi­ngi­si­se uku­lu­ngahi, ukwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­luj, ukho­lok, utha­ndol, uku­be­ke­ze­la, ubu­mne­nem.

12 Lwa­nano uku­lwa oku­hle ko­kho­lo, uba­mbe­le­le empi­lwe­ni epha­ka­dep, owa­bi­ze­lwa ku­yoq, wa­vu­ma uvu­mo olu­hle pha­mbi kwa­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­ne­ngi.

13 Ngi­ya­ku­la­yar pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus ophi­li­sa ko­nket, lo­Kri­stu Je­su owa­fa­ka­za uvu­mo olu­hle pha­mbi ku­ka­Po­nti­yu­si Pi­la­tuu,

14 uku­thi ugci­ne umthe­tho unge­la­si­civ, unga­so­le­kiw, ku­ze ku­bex se­ku­bo­na­ka­le­ni kwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuy,

15 oza­ku­bo­na­ka­li­sa nge­za­khe izi­kha­thiz obu­si­si­we­yoa lo­So­ma­ndla oye­dwa, iNko­si ya­ma­kho­sibc, lo­Mbu­si wa­ba­bu­sid,

16 ye­na ye­dwa olo­ku­nga­fie, ohla­la eku­kha­nye­ni oku­nge­la­ku­so­nde­le­lwafg, aku­la­mu­ntu eba­ntwi­ni owa­mbo­na­yo, ku­mbe onga­mbo­nah; oku­ku­ye udu­moij la­ma­ndla apha­ka­dek. Ame­ni.

17 La­ya aba­no­thi­le­yo emhla­be­ni wa­kha­the­sil uku­thi ba­nga­zi­gqa­jim, ba­nga­the­mbe­lino eku­nga­qo­ndi­ni kwe­no­thop, ko­dwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoqr osi­pha ngo­ku­no­thas zo­nke izi­nto uku­ze si­tho­ko­ze,

18 be­nze oku­hle, ba­no­the emi­se­be­nzi­ni emi­hlet, ba­lu­nge­le uku­pha, ukwa­be­la­na nge­si­hleu2,

19 ba­zi­be­ke­le isi­se­ke­lov esi­hle si­be­ke­lwa oku­za­yo, uku­ze ba­ba­mbe impi­lo ela­pha­ka­dew.

Isi­ci­no

20 O Ti­mo­thi, lo­ndo­lo­za ku­hle oku­be­kwe ku­wex, uxwa­yey uku­khu­lu­ma oku­yi­ze oku­ngco­li­le­yo lo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na kwa­lo­kho oku­thi­wa lu­lwa­zi ku­nge­yi­si­loz,

21 oku­the aba­nye ngo­ku­ku­vu­ma ba­du­haa ekho­lwe­ni.

Umu­sa ka­wu­be la­ni. Ame­ni.