UTITOSI 1
Ukulotjhisa
1UPowula ikhoboka lakaZimu nompostoli wakaJesu Krestu, ngebanga lokukholwa kwabakhethiweko bakaZimu nangokwazi iqiniso elimayelana nokwesaba uZimu, 2ethembeni lepilo engapheliko uZimu ongaleyi amala akuthembisa koke kungakathomi; 3kwathi ngesikhathi esifaneleko wembula ilizwi lakhe ngokumemezela engaphathiswa khona ngomyalo kaZimu uMsindisi wethu.
4KuTitosi umntwanami wamambala ngokukholwa esikuhlanganyeleko soke.
Akube kuwe umusa nokuthula okuvela kuZimu uBaba nakuKrestu Jesu uMsindisethu.
Umsebenzi kaTitosi eKrete
5Ngakutjhiya eKrete ngehloso yokobana uhlele okuseleko ngokufaneleko, ukhethe abaphathi bebandla kiyo yoke imizi, njengombana ngakuyala: 6kube mumuntu ongasolekiko, onomfazi munye, onabantwana abakholwako nabangasoleki ngobukhohlakali nokungezwa; 7ngombana umbonisi njengomphathi weendaba zakaZimu kufanele angasoleki, angazigqaji, angapheli ihliziyo, angabi sidakwa, angabi ngosisilwi nomarhamaru; 8kunalokho kufanele abe ngophatha kuhle abayeni, othanda okulungileko, oziphethe kuhle, oqotho, ohlanzekileko nozikhalimako. 9Kufanele akakarele aqinise elizwini elithembekileko ngokwefundiso ukuze akwazi ukutjhumayela ngefundiso ehle, ahlule abaphikisana nayo, 10njengombana babanengi abangalaleliko nabakhuluma ilize begodu ababaluthi, khulukhulu labo ekungebokusoka. 11Kufuze bathuliswe ngombana badanisa imindeni ngokufundisa okungakafaneli ngebanga lenzuzo embi. 12Omunye wabo ogade amphorofidi wekhabo wathi:
“AmaKrete anamanga ngaso soke isikhathi,
aziinlwana eziziinkhohlakali,
aziinrhiribedeli ezimavila.”
13Ubufakazobo buliqiniso. Ngebangeli kumele ubakhalime msinyana, khona bazakuba nokukholwa okuthe tjha, 14bangalaleli iinolwana zamaJuda namkha imiyalo yalabo abadela iqiniso. 15Kwabahlanzekileko koke kuhlanzekile, kodwana akukho okuhlanzekileko kwabakhohlakeleko nabangakholwako ngombana iingqondo zabo nemikhumbulwabo vele yonakele. 16Bazitjhaya sengathi bayamazi uZimu kodwana ngezenzo zabo bayamlandula. Bayanyenyisa, abezwa, abakalungeli ukwenza nanyana yini elungileko.
© Bible Society of South Africa 2012. Used with permission. All rights reserved.