Singeniso
1Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekutfunywa nguNkulunkulu, uMsindzisi wetfu, naKhristu Jesu lolitsemba letfu.
2Iya kuThimothi, umntfwanami sibili ekukholweni.
Umusa, nebubele, nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu, longuBabe, nakuKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu, akube nawe.
Tecwayiso ngetimfundziso temanga
3Njengobe ngakuyala, ngesikhatsi ngiya eMasedoniya, ngicela uhlale lapho e-Efesu, kukhona bantfu labanetimfundziso temanga lapho kuleyo ndzawo. Bancandze ubatjele bakuyekele loko. 4Ubayale nekutsi bangatinaki tinganekwane nemilandvo lengapheli yetitukulwane. Konkhe loku kubanga kuphikisana lokungasiti lutfo esikhundleni sekutsi kuphumelelise kusebentela Nkulunkulu ngekukholwa. 5Empeleni injongo yemyalo wetfu kuvusetela lutsandvo loluphuma enhlitiyweni lemhlophe, nakunembeza lomsulwa, nasekukholweni lokute kutentisa. 6Labanye ngekuyigeja lenjongo baphambukele etinkhulumeni letingenamsebenti, 7bafisa kuba bafundzisi bemtsetfo ngaphandle kwekukucondzisisa kahle loko labakushoko, naloko labakugcizelelako.
8Siyati kutsi umtsetfo ulungile, nawusetjentiswa ngendlela lefanele. 9Asikhumbule kutsi umtsetfo awubekelwa bantfu labalungile, kepha ubekelwa labangawugcini umtsetfo, nalabangalaleli, nalabangamesabi Nkulunkulu, netoni, nalabangenabungcwele, nalabate Nkulunkulu, nalababulala boyise nome bonina; ubekelwe lababulala labanye bantfu, 10wabekelwa netingwadla, netiphingi, nalabadvuna labalalanako, nebatfumbi bebantfu, nalabacala emanga, nabofakazi bemanga, nalabenta nome ngabe yini lephambene nemfundziso lengiyo. 11Lemfundziso ivumelana neliVangeli lebukhosi. Ngilo leliVangeli laNkulunkulu lobusisekile, lengaphatsiswa lona mine.
Kubonga bubele baNkulunkulu ngeliVangeli
12Ngiyambonga Khristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu longiphe emandla, ngobe wangetsemba ngekungifaka emsebentini wakhe. 13Nome ngaphambilini ngangimlulata ngenhlamba, ngimtingela, ngimetfuka, kodvwa ngemukela bubele, ngobe ngangikwentiswa kungati ngesikhatsi ngingakakholwa. 14INkhosi yamane yangibabala ngemusa wayo yangipha kukholwa nelutsandvo lolukuKhristu Jesu. 15Letsembekile, futsi lifanele kwemukelwa ngibo bonkhe lelivi lelitsi: Khristu Jesu weta emhlabeni kutawusindzisa toni, mine lengingulesikhulu kunato tonkhe.
16Kodvwa ngahawukelwa ngaso lesizatfu sekutsi kimi lengisembili, Jesu Khristu abonakalise konkhe kubeketela kwakhe, kube sibonelo kulabo labayawukholwa kuye, badzimate babe nekuphila lokuphakadze. 17Kuyo iNkhosi yetikhatsi, lengabhubhi, nalengabonwa ngemehlo enyama, nalekungiyo yodvwa lenguNkulunkulu, akube ludvumo nebukhosi phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
Kulwa lokuhle ngekubambelela ekukholweni
18Thimothi, ndvodzana yami, ngikwetfwesa lomtfwalo ngikhumbula tiphrofetho letaticondziswe kuwe, ngitsi: Lwani ngato kulwa lokuhle 19ngekubambelela ekukholweni uhlale unanembeza lomsulwa. Labanye batsi ngekungalaleli lonembeza wabo bephukelwa ngumkhumbi wabo wekukholwa. 20Labanye babo nje boHumenayosi na-Alekzanda lesengibanikele kuSathane kutsi batewufundza kungamhlambalati Nkulunkulu.
