Ukunikela kwamakholwa
1Sifuna bona nazi bazalwana ngomusa kaZimu ophiwe amabandla weMasedoniya 2ukuthi ngesikhathi esinzima sokuhlukunyezwa, ithabo lawo elingapheliko kanye nobuchaka bawo obukhulu buphuphume baba mnotho wokuphana kiwo. 3Ngingafakaza bona anikela ngokuzithandela kwawo ukuya ngamandlawo, ngitjho nangaphezu kwalokho anakho. 4Asincenga khulu bona nawo aphiwe ithuba lokuhlanganyela kilomsebenzi emakholweni. 5Nje-ke lokhu thina besingakakulindeli. Athoma ngokuzinikela wona qangi eKosini, kwathi ngokwentando kaZimu, azinikela nakithi. 6Yeke sabawa uTitosi bona njengombana sele athomile nje, akaqedelele umsebenzi womusa lo hlangana nani. 7Njengombana sele nikghona ezintweni zoke nje, ekukholweni, ekukhulumeni, elwazini, ekutjhisekeni okukhulu nethandweni lethu kini, sifuna bona nikghone nekunikeleni ngomusa.
8Akutjho bona nginibethela umthetho kodwana nginitjengisa bona abanye bakhuthele kangangani. Ngithanda bona nani nibonakale bonyana ithando lenu likhulu kangangani. 9Niyawazi umusa weKosi yethu uJesu Krestu kobana nanyana bekanjingile, kodwana ngebanga lenu waba sichaka ukuze kuthi ngobuchaka bakhe nina ninjinge.
10Nje-ke endabeni le, ngibeka nasi iseluleko sami: Kunilungele nina enithome qangi, ingasi ukwenza kwaphela, kodwana ukuba netjisakalo kusukela kwemnyakeni ophelileko. 11Yeke, kuqedeleleni lokho ukuze ukutjhisekela kwenu kulinganiswe ngokukuphetha ukuya ngalokho eninakho. 12Nangabe ukutjhisekela kukhona, isipho siyamukeleka ukuya ngalokho umuntu anakho, ingasi ukuya ngalokho umuntu anganakho.
13Angitjho bona kumele abanye bathwale ludlana khisibe nina niyagandeleleka, kodwana ngifuna ukulingalinganisa izinto phakathi 14kwalokho okunengi eninakho nokutlhoga kwabo ukuze kuthi okunengi abanakho kwanelise iindingo zenu bese kuba nokulingalingana. 15Njengombana kutloliwe kwathiwa:
“Loyo onokunengi,
azange abe nokunengi khulu,
naloyo onokuncani
azange abe nokuncani khulu.”
UTitosi nabaphekeleli bakhe
16Akathokozwe uZimu obeke ehliziyweni kaTitosi ukutjhisekela okufana nalokho enginakho ngani. 17Azange amukele isibawo sethu nje kwaphela, kodwana njengombana anokutjhisekela okudlula kwaphambilini, uzonikhambela ngokuzithandela kwakhe. 18Simthumela kinapho kanye nomzalwana odumileko hlangana nawo woke amabandla ngokutjhumayela kwakhe ivangeli. 19Akusikho lokho kwaphela, kodwana ukhethwe mabandla bona akhambe nathi lokha nasikhambisa indaba yomnikelo esiwunakekelako kobana sidumise iKosi ngokwayo kanye nokubonakalisa ukukhuthala kwethu ekusizeni.
20Silinga bona kungabikhona umuntu osisolako ngesipho somusa esisisebenzakwesi. 21Sibinge bona senze okufaneleko, ingasi phambi kwakaZimu kwaphela kodwana naphambi kwabantu.
22Sithumele kanye nabo umzalwana wethu esamzizinya kanengana, safumana akhuthele ezintweni ezinengi, kodwana kwanjesi sele anokutjhisekela okukhulu kunaphambilini ngebanga lokunethemba kwakhe okukhulu. 23Yena-ke uTitosi lo, umhlanganyeli kanye nomsebenzisani wami emsebenzini wenu lo. Nakubazalwana bethu bona, baziinthunywa zamabandla, idumo lakaKrestu. 24Nje-ke akuthi epepeneneni, nitjengise ubufakazi bethando lenu kibo nesizathu sethu sokuzikhakhazisa ngani.
