1 TIMOTHEA 2
Tsa thapelo
1Pele ho tsohle, ke khothaletsa hore likōpo, lithapelo, lithapello le liteboho li etsetsoe batho bohle, 2le likhosi le bohle ba hlomphehang, e le hore re tle re phele bophelo ba boiketlo le ba khotso ka borapeli le ka boitlhompho. 3Hona ho hotle, 'me ho khahlisa Molimo, Mopholosi oa rōna, 4ea ratang hore batho bohle ba pholohe, 'me ba tsebe 'nete. 5Molimo o mong, le 'moelanyi pakeng tsa Molimo le batho o mong, e leng Kreste Jesu eo e leng motho, 6ea ikentseng tefello ea bohle. Bopaki ba hona bo ile ba bonahala ka nako ea teng. 7Ke ka baka lena ke khethetsoeng ho ba sebōhōli le moapostola, le moruti oa balichaba ea rutang tumelo le 'nete; ke bua 'nete, e seng leshano.
8Ke lakatsa hore libakeng tsohle banna ba rapele, ba phahamise matsoho a se nang molato, ho se khalefo kapa ngangisano.
9Ka mokhoa o joalo, liaparo tsa basali e be tse lokelang. Ba ikhabise ka tšoanelo le ka boitlhompho, e seng ka ho fora moriri, kapa ka mekhabiso ea khauta, kapa ka mabenyane a bohlokoa, kapa ka liaparo tse theko e boima. 10Ba ikhabise ka liketso tse lokileng, tse tšoanelang basali ba ipolelang hore ba hlompha Molimo.
11Mosali a mamele thuto a khutsitse, ka boikokobetso bohle. 12Ha ke lumelle mosali ho ruta kapa ho laola monna, empa o lokela ho khutsa, 13hobane Adama o ile a bōptjoa pele, ea nt'o ba Eva. 14Hase Adama ea ileng a thetsoa, ke mosali ea ileng a thetsoa, 'me a tlōla molao. 15Empa basali ba tla pholosoa ka ho beleha bana, ha feela ba tiisetsa tumelong, le leratong, le khalalelong, 'me ba itlhompha.
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