KUTITO 2
Imfundiso ephilileyo
1Wena ke, shumayela ngendlela engqinelana nemfundiso ephilileyo. 2Amadoda amakhulu makangabi ngomanxila; makazimaseke, abe ngcathu; enokholo, nothando, nonyamezelo. 3Nabo abafazi abakhulu mabandiliseke, bangabi nalulwimi, banganxili butywala, bakwazi ukufundisa, 4ukuze babonise abafazana ukuthanda abayeni babo nabantwana babo. 5Abafazana mababe ngcathu, bakwazi ukuziphatha nyulu, bakhuthale emizini yabo, balulamele amadoda abo, ukuze bangalihlazisi ilizwi likaThixo.
6Kanti nabo abafana bafundise ukuziphatha ngobungcathu. 7Kuyo yonke into oyenzayo yiba ngumzekelo omhle kubo. Xa ufundisa, mababone ukuzimisela nokundiliseka kwakho. 8Yonke intetho yakho mayibe ngamazwi akhethiweyo, ukuze okuphikisayo akhohlwe kukuthetha, axakeke, angabi nandawo yakugxeka.
9Izicaka zifundise ukuthobela abaphathi, zibakholise kwinto yonke. Mazingaphendulani nabo, 10zingebi nokuba. Koko mazisoloko zinyanisekile, zibonakalisa intembeko, ukuze inconywe imfundiso engoThixo nangoMsindisi ngenxa yokuziphatha kwazo.
11Kaloku uThixo usibonakalisile isisa sakhe, ukuze asindise lonke uluntu. 12Ngaso safundiswa ukuzilumla kwizinto ezisahlukanisa noThixo, nakwiminqweno emibi. Sifundiswe nokuhlala singcathu sinyanisekile, nokuhlonela uThixo kobu bomi. 13Senjenjalo sikhangele ngethemba kuloo mhla aya kuvela ngawo enobungangalala uThixo wethu omkhulu, uMsindisi wethu uYesu Krestu. 14Nguye owazenza idini ngenxa yethu, wasikhupha ekudeleni umthetho. Wasenza abantu bakhe abanyulu, abalangazelela ukwenza okulungileyo. 15Zizo ke ezo iingongoma omawuzifundise, usebenzisa igunya lakho, ukhuthaza, ungxolisa. Makungabikho mntu ukudelayo.
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