KuTito 1 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

¹ uPawulos, umkhonzi kathixo, umpostile ke kaYesu Kristu, ngokokholo lwabanyulwa bakaThixo, nokuyazi inyaniso engokokuhlonela uThixo;

² ngethemba lobomi obungunaphakade, awathi uThixo, ongenakuxoka, wabubeka idinga kwaphambi kwamaxesha aphakade;

³ Walibonakalalisa ke ilizwi lakhe ngamaxesha amisiweyo, ngesigidimi endasiphathiswa mna, ngokomthetho kaThixo uMsindisi wethu;

⁴ ubhalela uTito, umntwana wam wenene ngokwaselukholweni, esinobudlelane ngalo: Makube lubabalo, nenceba, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uYise, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.

⁵ Ndakushiya eKrete ngenxa yoku, ukuze uhambise ukuzilungisa izinto eziseleyo, umise amadoda amakhulu kwimizi ngemizi, njengoko ndakumisela ngako mna;

⁶ ukuba umntu ungongenakumangaleleka, eyindoda yamfazi mnye enabantwana abakholiweyo, abangamiselwa tyala lakuzibhubhisa, abangaswele kuthobela mntu.

⁷ Kuba umveleli umelwe kukuba ngongenakumangaleleka, njengegosa likaThixo; ungengazithandi, ucaphuka msinya;

⁸ Umelwe kukuthi abe ngobuka iindwendwe, umthandi wokulungileyo, onesidima, olilungisa, ongcwele, ozingcayo;

⁹ ebambelele ezwini elithembekileyo ngokwemfundiso, ukuze abe nako ukuvuselela ngayo imfundiso ephilileyo, nokubohlwaya badane abaphikayo.

¹⁰ Kuba baninzi abathetha izinto ezingento, nabakhohlisayo, ngokukodwa abo bolwaluko;

¹¹ abamelwe kukuvingcwa imilomo; abathi izindlu ziphela bazibhukuqe, befundisa izinto ezingafanelekileyo ngenxa yenzuzo embi.

¹² Uthi omnye wabo, kwaumprofeti wakowabo, AmaKrete ahlala engamaxoki, amarhamncwa amabi, amarhamncwa axhwalekileyo.

¹³ Obu bungqina buyinene. Ngenxa yoko bohlwaye kabukhali, badane, ukuze baphile elukholweni;

¹⁴ banganyamekeli zintsomi zabuYuda, namithetho yabantu abayinikela umva inyaniso.

¹⁵ Zonke izinto zihlambulukile kwabahlambulukileyo; kwabadyobhekileyo nabangakholwayo, akukho nto ihlambulukileyo; kusuke kwadyobheka nengqiqo nesazela sabo.

¹⁶ Bayavuma ukuba bayamazi uThixo; kanti ngayo imisebenzi bayamkhanyela, bengamasikizi, bengabangevayo, nakumsebenzi wonke olungileyo bengenakucikideka.