Ngetisebenti
1Bonkhe labangaphansi kwelijoko lekuba tisebenti ludvumo lonkhe abalunike baphatsi babo, kuze phela lingahlambalateki libito laNkulunkulu nemfundziso yakhe yonkhe. 2Tisebenti letinebaphatsi labakholwako kufanele tingabedzeleli ngeligunya lekutsi babazalwane; kodvwa timelwe tisebente kancono, ngobe labo labasitakala ngekusebenta kwato ngulabatsandzekako labakholwako.
Timfundziso temanga nemcebo sibili
Ubofundzisa uyale ngaletintfo. 3Nangabe kukhona lofundzisa lokunye lokungavumelani nemavi laphilile eNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, nemfundziso lenekumesaba Nkulunkulu, 4uyatikhukhumeta, akati lutfo, uguliswa ngimibuzo nekuphikisana lokuveta umona, nembango, nekuhlambalata, nekuzindlekela lokubi, 5nemsindvo wembango longapheli webantfu labanengcondvo leyonakele, futsi labemukwe neliciniso, bacabange kutsi kwesaba Nkulunkulu yindlela yenzuzo.
6Vele kuyinzuzo lenkhulu kwesaba Nkulunkulu kanye nekweneliseka. 7Ngobe kute leseta nako la emhlabeni, futsi kute nalesiyawuhamba nako; 8kodvwa nasinekudla nekwekwembatsa, aseneliseke. 9Kodvwa labo labafisa bunjinga bawela ekulingweni, naselugibeni, nasetinkhanukweni letinyenti tebulima, naletiyingoti letigcumukisela bantfu ekufeni nasekubhujisweni. 10Phela kutsandza imali kuyimphandze yako konkhe lokubi; labanye-ke ngekuyifisa kwabo bedukile, bakhwesha ekukholweni, batigwaza ngeminjunju yebuhlungu leminyenti.
Kukhonta Nkulunkulu ngeliciniso
11Kodvwa wena, muntfu waNkulunkulu, kubalekele loko; jonga kulunga, nekwesaba Nkulunkulu, nekukholwa, nelutsandvo, nekubeketela, nebumnene. 12Lwani kulwa lokuhle kwekukholwa, kuze uzuze kuphila lokuphakadze lowabitelwa kuko, wavuma kuvuma lokuhle embikwabofakazi labanyenti. 13Ngikuyala embikwaNkulunkulu lophilisa konkhe, nasembikwaKhristu Jesu lowavuma sivumo lesihle embikwaPhontiyuse Philatu, 14kutsi ugcine lomyalo, ungenabala, ungasoleki, kuze kube sikhatsi sekubonakala kweNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu. 15Ngesikhatsi sakhe Jesu utawubonakaliswa nguSomandla lokunguye yedvwa, lobusisekile, iNkhosi yemakhosi neMbusi webabusi. 16Nguye yedvwa longabhubhi lohlala ekukhanyeni lekungasondzeleki kuko, longazange asabonwe ngumuntfu, nalongeke abonwe ngumuntfu. Kuye akube ludvumo nemandla aphakadze. Amen.
Kufundzisa ticebi
17Yala labacebile kulelive lamanje kutsi bangatikhukhumeti, bangabeki nematsemba abo kulomcebo lophelako, kodvwa bawabeke kuNkulunkulu losipha konkhe ngalokuphelele, kuze sitfokote ngako. 18Ubatjele kutsi bente lokuhle, bacebe emisebentini lemihle, babelane, bephane. 19Ngaloko batibekela sisekelo lesihle sesikhatsi lesitako, khona batewunamatsela ekuphileni lokunguko sibili.
Siphetfo
20Ye Thimothi, londvolota loko lophatsiswe kona. Ukugege kukhuluma lokulite nekuphikisana lokutsiwa lwati kube kungesilo, 21ngobe labanye batsi ngekulwemukela balahlekelwa ngumgomo wekukholwa.
Umusa awube nani.
