2 KUTIMOTI 3

₁Kucace mhlophe ukuba imihla yokugqibela iya kuba ngamaxesha anzima. ₂Abantu baya kuba ngabathandi beziqu zabo, bathande imali, bezigwagwisa, bengoozwi-labo. Baya kunyelisa, bangathobeli bazali, bengabuleli, beluchasa unqulo, ₃bengenabuntu, bengaxoleli mntu, behleba. Baya kuba nengcwangu, beziindlobongela, bayithiye into elungileyo. ₄Baya kuba ngabangcatshi, bafane benze, benekratshi. Baya kuthanda iziyolo kunoThixo. ₅Baya kulwamkela unqulo ngembonakalo, kodwa bewaphika amandla alo. Ke wena uze ungahambi nabantu abanjalo. ₆Abanye babo bahamba bechwechwela imizi, bexhaphaza abafazi abangenazimilo, ababotshwe zizono zabo, beluthuzeliswa ziinkanuko. ₇Aba ke bahlala befunda, kodwa abaze bafikelele ekuyazini inyaniso. ₈Abantu abanje bayayichasa inyaniso kwanjengokuba uJanes noJambres bamchasayo uMosis. Aba bantu abakwazi ukuqiqa, futhi ukholo lwabo luphuthile. ₉Abasoze bahambele ndawo, kuba ububhanxa babo buya kubonakala nakubani na kwanjengokuba kwaba njalo nakubachasi bakaMosis.

₁₀Kodwa ke wena, nyana wam, uze uhambe rhoqo ekhondweni lam, ngeemfundiso, ngokuziphatha, ngeenjongo, ngokholo, ngomonde, nangothando, nangokunyamezela ₁₁ngexesha leentshutshiso, nasebunzimeni. Izinto ezandihlelayo eAntiyokwe, eIkoniyo, naseListra, uyazi ukuba ndazithwala, iNkosi indihlangula kuzo zonke. ₁₂Kambe intshutshiso yomfikela nawuphi na umKrestu ofuna ukuhlala esoyika iNkosi. ₁₃Kodwa zona izikhohlakali nezikrelemnqa ziya kuqhuba zisuka ebubini ziye kobungaphezulu ububi, zihamba zikhohlisa, zikhohliswa nazo. ₁₄Ke wena yayamana rhoqo neenyaniso ozifundileyo waqinisekiswa ngazo. Khumbula ukuba uzifunde kubani na. ₁₅Khumbula ukuba kwausengumntwana waqhelaniswa *neziBhalo eziNgcwele ezikunika ubulumko, khon' ukuze usindiswe ngokukholwa kuKrestu Yesu. ₁₆Sonke isibhalo sinefuthe loMoya kaThixo. Siyanceda ekufundiseni inyaniso nokuchitha imposiso. Siyanceda ukulungisa isimilo, sinike ingqeqesho; ₁₇ukuze lowo uzinikele kuThixo abe namandla okuwuphumeza nawuphi na umsebenzi omhle.