UThimothewu uyalwa ukuba aqine
1Ngiyaqinisa phambi kukaNkulunkulu noKristu Jesu oyakwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo nangokubonakala kwakhe nombuso wakhe, ngithi:
2Shumayela izwi, uqinise, noma kuyisikhathi noma kungesiso; sola, ukhuze, uyale ngakho konke ukubekezela nokufundisa.
3Ngokuba kuyakuba-khona isikhathi abangayikuvuma ngaso isifundiso esiphilayo, kepha ngokwezinkanuko zabo bayakuzibuthela abafundisi njengokubatshwa kwezindlebe zabo,
4bafulathelise izindlebe zabo eqinisweni, baphambukele ezinganekwaneni.
5Kepha wena, qonda ezintweni zonke, ubekezele ekuhluphekeni, wenze umsebenzi womvangeli, ufeze ukukhonza kwakho.
6Ngokuba mina sengiyanikelwa, nesikhathi sokumuka kwami sesifikile.
7Ngikulwile ukulwa okuhle, ngiqedile ibanga, ngigcinile ukukholwa;
8sengibekelwe umqhele wokulunga eyakungipha wona ngalolosuku iNkosi, umahluleli olungileyo, kungeyimi ngedwa, kepha bonke abathandile ukubonakala kwayo.
UThimothewu ucelwa ukuba afike kuPawulu
9Shesha uze kimi masinyane.
10Ngokuba uDema wangishiya ethanda lelizwe lamanje, waya eThesalonika; uKreske waya eGalathiya, uThithu eDalmathiya;
11nguLuka yedwa onami. Thatha uMarku, uze naye, ngokuba unosizo kimi ekukhonzeni.
12UThikhiku sengamthuma e-Efesu.
13Ijazi engalishiya eTrowa kuKarpu woliphatha, nxa uza, nezincwadi, ikakhulu ezesikhumba.
14UAleksandru, umkhandi wethusi, wenza okubi okuningi kimi; iNkosi iyakumbuyisela ngokwemisebenzi yakhe;
15umxwaye nawe, ngokuba wamelana kakhulu namazwi ethu.
16Ekuziphenduleleni kwami kokuqala kwakungekho-muntu ongimelayo, kepha bonke bangishiya; makungabalelwa kubo lokho;
17kodwa iNkosi yangimela, yangipha amandla ukuba intshumayelo ipheleliswe ngami, nabezizwe bonke bezwe; ngase ngikhululwa emlonyeni wengonyama.
18INkosi iyakungikhulula kuyo yonke imisebenzi emibi, ingisindise, ngize ngifike embusweni wayo osezulwini; makube-kuyo inkazimulo kuze kube-phakade naphakade. Amen.
Isigcino
19Khonza koPriska noAkwila nendlu kaOnesiforu.
20UErastu wasala eKorinte, kepha uTrofimu ngamshiya eMilethu egula.
21Shesha ufike, kungakangeni ubusika. Bakhonza kuwe oEvubulu, noPhude, noLinu, noKlawudiya, nabo bonke abazalwane.
22INkosi mayibe-nomoya wakho. Umusa mawube-nani.
