KUTITO 1

₁Kubhala mna Pawulos osisicaka sikaThixo *nomthunywa kaYesu Krestu. Ndamiselwa ukholo lwabantu bakaThixo abanyuliweyo, nokwaziwa kwenyaniso njengoko injalo kunqulo lwethu, ₂kunye nethemba lobomi obungenasiphelo. Ewe, uThixo ongasoze axoke wasithembisa ngobomi obungenasiphelo kwakwizizukulwana zamandulo. ₃Ngoku ke uthe ngexesha lakhe elifanelekileyo wabutyhila ngokwakhe ngokuvakaliswa kodaba lwakhe andiphathise lona ngommiselo kaThixo onguMsindisi wethu.

₄Ndibhalela uTito, unyana wam ngenene ngokwaselukholweni esidlelana ngalo. Ndithi: Kuwe makube sisisa noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, noKrestu Yesu uMsindisi wethu.

₅Ndakushiya apho eKrete ngenjongo yokuba umise izinto ngendlela efanelekileyo, ngakumbi ke ukuba umisele amadoda amakhulu kuzo zonke iidolophu ngokomyalelo wam kuwe. Yiyo le loo miyalelo: ₆Indoda leyo mayibe ngumntu ongenabala, oyindoda enomfazi omnye, obantwana bakholwayo, bangadumi ngobundlobongela, nentswela-mbeko. ₇Njengesicaka sikaThixo inkokheli mayibe ngumntu ovunyiweyo ngesimilo. Mayingabi nguzwi-lakhe, okanye umntu onephuku; mayingabi linxila okanye indlobongela, ingabi ngumntu olithandamali, ₈kodwa makabe nobubele, ayithande into entle, abe ngozinzileyo ngengqondo, ongenamkhethe, abe ngozinikeleyo, ezoyisa. ₉Kufuneka ayithande imfundiso yodaba oluthembekileyo, ukuze abanike imfundiso ephilileyo abaphulaphuli, akwazi ukubakhalimela abachasayo.

₁₀Ngenene baninzi abavukeli abalahlekisa abanye ngemfeketho, ingakumbi abo basuka kwinkolo yobuJuda. ₁₁Kufuneka ubavale imilomo abanjalo, kuba balukuhla imizi ngokufundisa izinto ezingafanelekanga, ngeenjongo zokuzuza imali. ₁₂Omnye umshumayeli wamaKrete wathi ukuthetha ngamawabo: “AmaKrete ngamaxoki, ziindlobongela, ngamanqenerha nezinyolu-nyolu.” ₁₃Ngenene loo nto yinyaniso! Ngoko ke esi sisizathu esenza kube yimfuneko ukuba ubakhalimele ngqongqo, khon' ukuze bafumane ukholo oluphilileyo, ₁₄endaweni yokulandela iintsomi zobuJuda nemigaqo yabantu, engumsebenzi wabantu abayifulatheleyo inyaniso. ₁₅Yonke into inyulu kwabo banyulu; kodwa ke akukho nto inyulu kwabangqondo zingcolileyo, bengakholwa. Kaloku ingqiqo nezazela zabo zingcolile. ₁₆UThixo bayamvuma ngomlomo, kodwa bayamphika ngezenzo zabo. Iinkani zabo zenza bangabi nako mpela ukwenza umsebenzi omhle.