1 kuThimothewu 2 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

KuThimothewu 1-2

¹ Ngakho-ke kuqala kukho konke ngiyala ukuba ukunxusa, nokukhuleka, nokunxusa, nokubonga kwenzelwe abantu bonke;

² Ngeyamakhosi, nakubo bonke abakhulu; ukuze siphile impilo ezolileyo lenokuthula kukho konke ukuhlonipha uNkulunkulu lobuqotho.

³ Ngokuba lokhu kuhle, kuyabongeka phambi kukaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu;

⁴ Othanda ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe, bafinyelele olwazini lweqiniso.

⁵ Ngokuba munye uNkulunkulu, munye nomlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, umuntu uKristu Jesu;

⁶ owazinikela abe yinhlawulo yabo bonke, kube ngubufakazi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.

⁷ Engamiselwa ngakho ukuthi ngibe ngumshumayeli nomphostoli (ngikhuluma iqiniso ngoKristu, angiqambi amanga), umfundisi wabezizwe ekukholweni naseqinisweni.

⁸ Ngakho-ke ngithanda ukuba amadoda akhuleke ezindaweni zonke, ephakamisa izandla ezingcwele, ngaphandle kolaka nokungabaza.

⁹ Kanjalo nabesifazane mabagqoke izingubo ezifaneleyo, bazihlobise ngokuhlonipha nokuqonda; kungabi ngezinwele ezalukiweyo, negolide, namaparele, nezambatho ezinenani elikhulu;

¹⁰ Kodwa (okufanele abesifazane abathi besaba uNkulunkulu) benze imisebenzi emihle.

¹¹ Owesifazane makafunde ethule ngokuzithoba konke.

¹² Kepha angimvumeli owesifazane ukuba afundise, nokuba abuse phezu kwendoda, kodwa ukuba athule.

¹³ Ngokuba u-Adamu wabunjwa kuqala, kwase kuba u-Eva.

¹⁴ Futhi u-Adamu akakhohliswanga, kodwa owesifazane ekhohlisiwe waba esonweni.

¹⁵ Nokho uyakusindiswa ngokuzala abantwana, uma behlala ekukholweni nasothandweni nasebungcweleni kanye nokuqonda.