2 kuThimothewu 4 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

UThimothewu uyalwa ukuba aqine

¹ Ngiyaqinisa phambi kukaNkulunkulu noKristu Jesu oyakwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo nangokubonakala kwakhe nombuso wakhe, ngithi:

² Shumayela izwi, uqinise, noma kuyisikhathi noma kungesiso; sola, ukhuze, uyale ngakho konke ukubekezela nokufundisa.

³ Ngokuba kuyakuba khona isikhathi abangayikuvuma ngaso isifundiso esiphilayo, kepha ngokwezinkanuko zabo bayakuzibuthela abafundisi njengokubatshwa kwezindlebe zabo,

⁴ bafulathelise izindlebe zabo eqinisweni, baphambukele ezinganekwaneni.

⁵ Kepha wena, qonda ezintweni zonke, ubekezele ekuhluphekeni, wenze umsebenzi womvangeli, ufeze ukukhonza kwakho.

⁶ Ngokuba mina sengiyanikelwa, nesikhathi sokumuka kwami sesifikile.

⁷ Ngikulwile ukulwa okuhle, ngiqedile ibanga, ngigcinile ukukholwa;

⁸ sengibekelwe umqhele wokulunga eyakungipha wona ngalolo suku iNkosi, umahluleli olungileyo, kungeyimi ngedwa, kepha bonke abathandile ukubonakala kwayo.

UThimothewu ucelwa ukuba afike kuPawulu

⁹ Shesha uze kimi masinyane.

¹⁰ Ngokuba uDema wangishiya ethanda leli zwe lamanje, waya eThesalonika; uKreste waya eGalathiya, uThithu eDalmathiya;

¹¹ nguLuka yedwa onami. Thatha uMarku, uze naye, ngokuba unosizo kimi ekukhonzeni.

¹² UThikhiku sengamthuma e-Efesu.

¹³ Ijazi engalishiya eTrowa kuKarpu woliphatha, nxa uza, nezincwadi, ikakhulu ezesikhumba.

¹⁴ U-Aleksandru, umkhandi wethusi wenza okubi okuningi kimi; iNkosi iyakumbuyisela ngokwemisebenzi yakhe;

¹⁵ umxwaye nawe, ngokuba wamelana kakhulu namazwi ethu.

¹⁶ Ekuziphenduleleni kwami kokuqala kwakungekho muntu ongimelayo, kepha bonke bangishiya; makungabalelwa kubo lokho;

¹⁷ kodwa iNkosi yangimela, yangipha amandla ukuba intshumayelo ipheleliswe ngami, nabezizwe bonke bezwe; ngase ngikhululwa emlonyeni wengonyama.

¹⁸ INkosi iyakungikhulula kuyo yonke imisebenzi emibi, ingisindise, ngize ngifike embusweni wayo osezulwini; makube kuyo inkazimulo kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen.

Isigcino

¹⁹ Khonza koPriska no-Akwila nendlu ka-Onesiforu.

²⁰ U-Erastu wasala eKorinte, kepha uTrofimu ngamshiya eMilethu egula.

²¹ Shesha ufike, kungakangeni ubusika. Bakhonza kuwe o-Evubulu, noPhude, noLinu, noKlawudiya, nabo bonke abazalwane.

²² INkosi mayibe nomoya wakho. Umusa mawube nani.