INCWA­DI YE­SI­BI­LI KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KU­TI­MO­THI

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPa­wu­li umpho­sto­li ka­Je­su Kri­stu nge­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua, nje­ngo­kwe­si­the­mbi­so se­mpi­lo eku­Kri­stu Je­sub,

2 ku­Ti­mo­thic, umnta­nami otha­nde­ka­yod: Umu­sa, isi­ha­wu, uku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba, lo­Kri­stu Je­su iNko­si ye­thue.

UTi­mo­thi we­lu­le­kwa uku­thi azi­vu­se­le­le

3 Ngi­ya­mbo­nga uNku­lu­nku­luf, engi­mkho­nza­yog ku­su­ke­la ku­bo­kho­khoh esa­ze­le­ni esi­mhlo­phei, nje­nga­lo­khu ngi­ku­khu­mbu­la ngo­ku­nga­phe­zi emi­khu­le­kwe­ni ya­mij ebu­su­ku le­mi­nik,

4 ngi­la­nga­tha uku­ku­bo­nal, ngi­khu­mbu­la inye­mbe­zi za­khom, uku­ze ngi­gcwa­li­swe nge­nto­ko­zo,

5 nxa ngi­be­ka emkhu­mbu­lwe­ni ukho­lo olu­nge­la­ku­ze­nzi­sa olu­ku­wen, olwa­lu­hle­zi ku­go­go wa­kho uLo­yi­si ku­qa­la la­ku­nyo­ko uYu­ni­keo, nja­lo ngi­the­mba uku­thi lu­kho­na la­ku­we.

6 Nge­nxa ya­le­si­si­za­tho ngi­ya­ku­khu­mbu­za uku­thi uvu­se­le­le isi­pho si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup, esi­ku­weq ngo­ku­be­kwa kwe­za­ndla za­mir.

7 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­si­ni­ka­nga umo­ya wo­bu­gwa­las, ko­dwa owa­ma­ndlat lo­wo­tha­ndo lo­wo­ku­qo­ndau.

8 Nga­kho unga­bi la­nhlo­niv ngo­bu­fa­ka­zi be­Nko­si ye­thuw, lo­ba nga­mi isi­bo­tshwa sa­yox; ko­dwa ku­me­le uhlu­phe­key ka­nye le­va­nge­li nje­nga­ma­ndla ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu,

9 owa­si­si­ndi­sa­yoz, nja­lo wasi­bi­zaa ngo­bi­zo olu­ngcwe­leb, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nje­nge­mi­se­be­nzi ye­thuc ko­dwa ngo­kwe­la­khe ice­bod la­ngo­mu­sae, asi­ni­ka wo­na ku­Kri­stu Je­su ku­nga­ka­fi­ki izi­ba­nga ze­zi­kha­thif,

10 ko­dwa ose­lu­bo­na­ka­li­swe kha­the­sig ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­Msi­ndi­si we­thu uJe­su Kri­stuh, owa­chi­tha uku­faij, wa­se­le­tha eku­kha­nye­ni impi­lo lo­ku­nga­bhu­bhi nge­va­nge­lik,

11 enga­mi­se­lwa lo­na mi­na uku­ba ngu­mtshu­ma­ye­li lo­mpho­sto­li lo­mfu­ndi­si we­zi­zwel.

12 Nge­nxa ya­le­si­si­za­tho la­mi ngi­ya­hlu­phe­ka le­zi­zi­ntom, ko­dwa ka­ngi­la­nhlo­nin; ngo­ba ngi­ya­ma­zi engi­kho­lwe1 ku­yeo, nja­lo ngi­le­qi­ni­so uku­thi ula­ma­ndla oku­lo­ndo­lo­za lo­kho engi­ku­be­ke kuyep ku­ze ku­fi­ke lo­lo­su­kuq.

13 Ba­mbe­le­lar ku­si­bo­ne­los sa­ma­zwi aphi­li­le­yot owa­we­zwa­yo ki­miu, ekho­lwe­niv le­tha­ndwe­ni olu­ku­Kri­stu Je­suw.

14 Lo­khu oku­hle oku­pha­thi­si­we­yox ku­lo­ndo­lo­ze ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le ohle­zi ki­thiy.

15 Uya­kwa­zi lo­khu, uku­thi bo­nke aba­seA­si­yaz ba­ngi­hla­mu­kaa, oku­ku­bo uFi­ge­lo lo­He­rmo­ge­ne.

16 Se­nga­thi iNko­si inga­ni­ka umu­sab indlu kaO­ne­si­fo­roc; ngo­ba wa­ngi­vu­se­le­la ka­ne­ngid, nja­lo wa­ye­nge­la­nhlo­nie nge­ke­ta­ne la­mif,

17 ko­dwa eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khe eRo­ma, wa­ngi­di­ngi­si­sag ka­khu­lu wa­sengi­tho­lah;

18 se­nga­thi iNko­si inga­mni­ka uku­thi atho­le isi­ha­wu eNko­si­nii nga­lo­lo­su­kuj; lo­ku­thi zi­nga­ki izi­nto ange­nze­la zo­nak eE­fe­sul, uya­kwa­zi we­na ku­hle ka­khu­lum.

UTi­mo­thi we­lu­le­kwa uku­thi abe le­si­bi­ndi

2Nga­kho we­na, mnta­na­mia, qi­ni­swa emu­se­ni oku­Kri­stu Je­sub.

2 Le­zi­nto owa­zi­zwa ki­micd pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fa­ka­zi1 aba­ne­ngi, zi­ni­ke­lee eba­ntwi­ni aba­the­mbe­ki­le­yof, aba­za­ku­ba la­ma­ndla oku­fu­ndi­sa la­ba­nyeg.

3 Nga­kho we­na hlu­phe­ka ngo­bu­nzi­mah, nje­nge­bu­tho eli­hle li­ka­Je­su Kri­stui.

4 Ka­kho ose­be­nzaj nje­nge­bu­tho okha­nywa zi­nda­ba ze­mpi­lok, uku­ze amkho­li­se lo­wo ombu­thi­le­yo.

5 Fu­thi nxa umu­ntu la­ye enci­nti­sa­nal, ka­ni­kwa umqhe­le nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi enci­nti­sa­na ngo­ko­mthe­thom.

6 Ku­fa­ne­le umli­mi ose­be­nza ka­khu­lu emu­ke­le ku­qa­la izi­the­lon.

7 Na­ka­na nge­zi­nto engi­zi­tsho­yo; nja­lo se­nga­thi iNko­si inga­ku­ni­ka uku­qe­di­si­sa ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nkeo.

8 Khu­mbu­la uku­thi uJe­su Kri­stu wa­vu­swa kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, owe­nza­lo ka­Da­vi­dapq, nje­ngo­kwe­va­nge­li la­mir;

9 engi­hlu­phe­ka ku­lo oku­bist ku­ze ku­be ku­zi­bo­phou, nje­ngo­me­nzi wo­bu­bi; ka­nti ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­li­bo­tshwa­ngav.

10 Nga­kho ngi­ku­be­ke­ze­le­le ko­nke nge­nxaw ya­ba­khe­thi­we­yox, uku­ze la­bo ba­zu­ze usi­ndi­so olu­ku­Kri­stu Je­suy, ka­nye lo­bu­kho­si obu­pha­ka­dez.

11 Li­the­mbe­ki­le ili­zwi eli­thia: Ngo­ba uba sa­fa ka­nye laye, si­za­phi­la ka­nye laye fu­thib;

12 uba si­be­ke­ze­lac, la­thi si­za­bu­sa ka­nye layed; uba simphi­ka, la­ye uza­si­phi­kae;

13 uba si­nga­the­mbe­kif, ye­na uhla­la ethe­mbe­ki­leg; ange­zi­phi­ke ye­nah.

UTi­mo­thi uxwa­yi­swa ngo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na

14 Ba­khu­mbu­ze le­zi­zi­ntoi, ula­yi­si­se pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sij uku­nga­phi­ki­si nga­ma­zwik ko­ku­nga­si­zi lu­thol, ko­dwa eku­du­hi­swe­ni kwa­be­zwa­yom.

15 Khu­tha­le­la uku­thi uzi­ve­ze ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uthe­mbe­ki­len, isi­se­be­nzi esi­nge­la­mba­nge­la yo­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni, esi­qo­ndi­sa ku­hle ili­zwi le­qi­ni­so.

16 Ko­dwa xwa­yao uku­khu­lu­ma oku­ngco­li­le­yo oku­yi­zep; ngo­ba ba­za­qhu­be­ka eku­nga­me­sa­bi­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu oku­khu­luq,

17 le­li­zwi la­bo li­za­bhi­bhi­dla okwe­mvu­ku­za­ne2; oku­ku­bo uHi­me­ne­yo lo­Fi­le­tor;

18 aba­du­hi­le­yos eqi­ni­swe­ni, be­si­thi uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo se­ku­dlu­let, be­ge­nqu­la ukho­lo lwa­ba­nye.

19 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo isi­se­ke­lo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu si­mi si­qi­ni­le, si­la­lo­lu­pha­wuv lo­ku­thi: INko­si iya­ba­zi aba­nga­ba­yow, loku­thi: Wo­nke obi­za ibi­zo li­ka­Kri­stu ke­hlu­ka­ne lo­ku­nga­lu­ngix.

20 Ko­dwa endli­ni enku­luy ka­ku­kho izi­tsha ze­go­li­de le­ze­si­li­va ku­phe­la, ko­dwa le­ze­si­hla­hla le­ze­bu­mbaz, nja­lo ezi­nye nge­ze­nhlo­ni­pho, ko­dwa ezi­nye nge­zo­ku­nga­hlo­ni­tshwaa.

21 Nga­kho uba umu­ntu ezi­hla­mbu­lu­lab ku­le­zi­zi­nto, uza­ku­ba yi­si­tsha se­nhlo­ni­phoc, esi­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo, nja­lo esi­lo­si­zo ku­mni­ni­ndlud, se­si­lu­ngi­se­lwee wo­nke umse­be­nzi omu­hlef.

22 Ba­le­ke­la-keg inka­nu­ko yo­bu­tshah, ko­dwa udi­ngi­si­se uku­lu­ngai, ukho­loj, utha­ndok, uku­thu­lal ka­nye la­bo aba­bi­za iNko­sim ku­ve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni emhlo­phen.

23 Ko­dwa ya­la uku­phi­ki­sa­na oko­bu­thu­tha lo­ko­ku­nga­fu­ndiop, usa­zi uku­thi ku­ba­nga uku­lwa.

24 Ince­ku ye­Nko­si-ke ka­yi­fa­ne­le uku­lwi­saq, ko­dwa uku­ba mne­ner ki­bo bo­nke, ibe le­li­su lo­ku­fu­ndi­sas, ibe­ke­ze­le,

25 ibe­lu­le­ke ngo­bu­mne­ne aba­le­nka­nit; mhla­wu­mbe uNku­lu­nku­lu anga­ba­ni­ka uku­phe­ndu­kau ba­ye ku­lwa­zi lwe­qi­ni­sov,

26 nja­lo ba­sa­ngu­lu­ke ku­mji­bi­la ka­di­ya­bho­law, aba­ba­njwe3 ngu­ye enta­ndwe­ni ya­khe.

Izi­nto ezi­mbi ze­zi­nsu­ku zo­ku­ci­na

3Ko­dwa ya­zi lo­khu, uku­thi ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­ci­na ku­za­fi­ka izi­kha­thi ezi­nzi­maa.

2 Ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­zi­tha­nda­yob, aba­tha­nda ima­lic, aba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yod, aba­zi­gqa­ja­yoe, aba­hla­mba­za­yof, aba­nga­la­le­li aba­za­lig, aba­nga­bo­ngi­yo, aba­nga­ngcwe­leh,

3 aba­nge­la­tha­ndo nge­mve­loi, aba­nge­la­ku­xo­li­swaj, aba­hle­ba­yo, aba­nga­zi­khu­zi­yok, aba­lo­la­ka, aba­nga­tha­ndi oku­hlel,

4 aba­ni­ke­la aba­nyem, aba­la­ma­wa­lan, aba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yoo, aba­tha­nda into­ko­zo ku­lo­ku­tha­nda uNku­lu­nku­lup,

5 aba­le­si­mo so­ku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­luqr, ko­dwa ama­ndla alo be­wa­phi­kas; la­ba­nja­lo ba­xwa­yet.

6 Ngo­ba oku­ve­la ku­bo la­bo nga­ba­nye­nye­la ezi­ndli­niu, nja­lo ba­thu­mbe abe­si­fa­za­na aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka aba­si­ndwa yi­zo­nov, be­bu­swa zi­nka­nu­ko ezi­yi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bow,

7 be­fu­nda nja­lo­nja­lo, fu­thi be­nga­so­ze ba­be­la­kho uku­fi­ka elwa­zi­ni lwe­qi­ni­sox.

8 Nje­ngo­ba-ke uJa­ne­si lo­Ja­mbe­rey ba­me­la­na lo­Mo­zi­siz, ngo­ku­nja­lo la­la­ba ba­me­la­na le­qi­ni­so, aba­ntu aba­le­ngqo­ndo eyo­na­ke­le­yoa, aba­nga­si­zi lu­tho ma­ye­la­na lo­kho­lo.

9 Ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­qhu­be­ke­la pha­mbi­lib; ngo­ba ubu­thu­thac ba­bo bu­za­ku­ba so­ba­la ki­bo bo­nked, nje­ngo­ba kwa­ba nja­lo la­ko­ba­boe.

Uku­ba­mbe­le­la emfu­ndi­swe­ni elu­ngi­le­yo

10 Ko­dwa we­na ula­nde­le ngo­ku­na­nze­le­laf imfu­ndi­so ya­mig, uku­zi­pha­tha, injo­ngoh, ukho­loi, uku­be­ke­ze­la, utha­ndoj, uku­qi­ni­se­lak,

11 uku­zi­nge­lwal, izi­nhlu­phe­ko, nje­nga­lo­khu okwa­nge­hle­la eA­nti­yo­kim, eI­ko­ni­yu­man, eLi­strao, uku­zi­nge­lwa oku­nja­ni enga­ku­thwa­la­yop; nja­lo ku­kho ko­nkeq iNko­si ya­ngo­phu­lar.

12 Isi­bi­li la­bo bo­nke aba­tha­nda uku­phi­la ngo­kwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ku­Kri­stu Je­su ba­za­zi­nge­lwas;

13 ko­dwa aba­ntu aba­bi la­ba­kho­hli­si ba­za­qhu­be­ke­la pha­mbi­li be­dlu­li­sa ebu­bi­nit, be­kho­hli­sa nja­lo be­kho­hli­swau.

14 Ko­dwa we­na ma­na ku­le­zo­zi­nto ozi­fu­ndi­le­yo lo­wa­qi­ni­se­ka ku­zov, usa­zi uku­thi uzi­fu­nde ku­ba­ni,

15 lo­ku­thi ku­su­ke­la ebu­ntwa­ne­niw wa­ya­zix imi­bha­lo engcwe­ley, ela­ma­ndla oku­ku­hla­ka­ni­phi­saz ku­be se­si­ndi­swe­ni ngo­kho­lo olu­ku­Kri­stu Je­su.

16 Wo­nke umbha­lo wa­phe­fu­mu­le­lwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lua, nja­lo ulu­nge­leb imfu­ndi­soc, uku­kha­li­me­lad, uku­qo­ndi­sa, uku­fu­ndi­sa oku­se­ku­lu­nge­ni;

17 uku­ze umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue aphe­le­le, alu­ngi­si­se­lwe wo­nkef umse­be­nzi omu­hleg.

UTi­mo­thi ula­ywa uku­thi aqi­ne

4Nga­kho mi­na ngi­ya­la­yi­si­saa pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu, oza­kwa­hlu­le­la aba­phi­la­yo la­ba­fi­le­yob, eku­bo­na­ka­le­ni kwa­khe le­mbu­swe­ni wa­khec,

2 tshu­ma­ye­la ili­zwi, ulu­nge nge­si­kha­thi esi­lu­ngi­le­yod, nge­si­kha­thi esi­nga­lu­nga­ngae, so­laf, ukhu­zeg, we­lu­le­keh, eku­be­ke­ze­le­ni ko­nke le­mfu­ndi­swe­nii.

3 Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­ba le­si­kha­thij la­pho be­nga­yi­ku­vu­mak imfu­ndi­so ephi­li­le­yol, ko­dwa ngo­ko­wa­bo umha­wu ba­za­zi­bu­the­le­le­la aba­fu­ndi­si, be­lu­nywa zi­ndle­bem;

4 nja­lo ba­za­fu­la­the­li­sa indle­be za­bo eqi­ni­swe­ni, ba­za­pha­mbu­ke­lan ezi­nga­ne­kwa­ne­nio.

5 Ko­dwa we­na qo­nda ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nkep, ube­ke­ze­le­le inhlu­phe­koq, we­nze umse­be­nzi wo­mva­nge­lir, ugcwa­li­se inko­nzo ya­khos.

6 Ngo­ba mi­na se­ngi­thu­lu­lwe nje­ngo­mni­ke­lot wo­ku­na­thwa­yo, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­su­ka kwa­mi se­si­fi­ki­leu.

7 Ngi­lwi­le uku­lwa oku­hlev, ngi­qe­di­le uha­mbow, ngi­lo­ndo­lo­zi­le ukho­lo;

8 ku­su­ke­la kha­the­six, ngi­be­ke­lwey umqhe­le wo­ku­lu­ngaz, eza­ngi­ni­ka wo­na nga­lo­lo­su­kua iNko­si, uma­hlu­le­li olu­ngi­le­yo; ko­dwa ku­nge­yi­si­mi nge­dwa, ko­dwa la­bo bo­nkeb aba­tha­nda uku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­yoc.

UTi­mo­thi uce­lwa uku­thi afi­ke ku­Pa­wu­li

9 Khu­tha­la uku­za ki­mi ma­si­nya­ned;

10 ngo­ba uDe­mae ungi­hla­mu­ki­le, etha­ndef umhla­ba wa­kha­the­sig, wa­ya eThe­sa­lo­ni­kah; uKre­se­na eGa­la­thi­yai, uTi­to­si eDa­lma­thi­yaj.

11 ULu­ka ye­dwa ula­mikl. Tha­tha uMa­rko ubu­ye layem; ngo­ba ulo­nce­do ka­khu­lun ki­mi enko­nzwe­ni.

12 Ko­dwa uTi­ki­koo ngi­mthu­me eE­fe­sup.

13 Ule­the ise­mba­tho enga­si­tshi­ya ku­Ka­rpo eTro­wa­siq, nxa ubu­ya, le­zi­ngwa­lo, ika­khu­lu incwa­di ze­si­khu­mba.

14 UA­le­ksa­ndror umkha­ndi we­thu­si wa­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa oku­bi oku­ne­ngis; se­nga­thi iNko­si inga­mbu­yi­se­la nje­ngo­kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khet;

15 umxwa­ye la­we, ngo­ba wa­me­la­na ka­khu­lu­ka­zi la­ma­zwi ethu.

16 Eku­zi­phe­ndu­le­le­ni kwa­mi kwa­ku­qa­la kwa­ku­nge­kho mu­ntu owa­ngi­me­la­you, ko­dwa bo­nke ba­ngi­hla­mu­kav; se­nga­thi ku­nge­ba­le­lwe ki­bow.

17 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ngi­me­lax, ya­ngi­pha ama­ndlay, uku­ze nga­mi uku­tshu­ma­ye­laz ku­phe­le­li­swea, le­zi­zwe zo­nke zi­zweb; nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­lwac emlo­nye­ni we­si­lwa­ned,

18 nja­lo iNko­si iza­ngi­khu­lu­la ku­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi omu­bi, nja­lo izangi­si­ndi­se­la umbu­so wa­yo we­zu­lue; ka­ku­be ku­yo ubu­kho­si ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de la­pha­ka­def. Ame­ni.

Isi­ci­no

19 Bi­nge­le­la uPri­skag loA­kwi­lah, le­ndlu kaO­ne­si­fo­roi.

20 UE­ra­stuj wa­sa­la eKo­ri­ntek; ko­dwa uTro­fi­mul nga­mtshi­ya eMi­le­thu me­gu­la.

21 Khu­tha­lan ufi­ke ubu­si­ka bu­nga­ka­fi­ki. UYu­bu­lu uya­ku­bi­nge­le­la, lo­Pu­de­ni, lo­Li­no, lo­Kla­wu­di­ya, la­bo bo­nke aba­za­lwa­ne.

22 INko­si uJe­su Kri­stu ka­yi­be lo­mo­ya wa­khoo. Umu­sa ka­wu­be la­nip. Ame­ni.