19 Nginethemba eKosini uJesu bonyana ngizakuthumela uThimothi msinyana kini ukuze nami ngithokoziswe ziindaba ezivela kini.
Nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini: “Akanikelelwe umuntu othembela ebantwini, owenza inyama ibe mamandlakhe nohliziywakhe ifulathela uSomnini.
Izizwe zoke zizakubeka ithemba lazo ebizweni layo.”
UPowula wafika eDerbe neListra, lapha bekuhlala khona umfundi ekuthiwa nguThimothi; unina amJuda okholiweko, kodwana uyise amGirigi.
Godu umphorofidi u-Isaya wabuye wathi: “Ipande yakaJese izakuza, iye, loyo ophakamela ukubusa abatjhili. Abatjhili bazakuba nethemba kuye.”
Uyalotjhisa kini uThimothi esibambisene naye kanye noLukiyasi, uJasoni noSosipatrosi abaziinhlobo zami.
Kungalokho nginithumela indodanami uThimothi engimthandako nothembekileko eKosini. Uzonikhumbuza ikambo yokuphila kwami kuKrestu Jesu evumelana nalokho engikufundisako kizo zoke iindawo emabandleni woke.
Nani-ke nafakwa kuKrestu lokha nanizwa ilizwi leqiniso, ivangeli lesindiso yenu. Senikholiwe, nabekwa kuye itshwayo ngesigibo, ekunguMoya oCwengileko owathenjiswako.
UPowula noThimothi, iinceku zakaKrestu Jesu, kibo boke abacwengileko kuKrestu Jesu abaseFilipi, bakanye nabaphathi namagosa:
ngokunjalo nani kumele nithokoze benithabe kanye nami.
Ngalokho ngizimisele khulu ukumthumela kini ukuze kuthi nanimbonako godu, nithabe, kunciphe isizi lami.
Sathumela uThimothi umfowethu nesibambisene naye emsebenzini kaZimu wokutjhumayela ivangeli lakaKrestu, kobana azoniqinisa abe anikhuthaze ngebanga lokukholwa kwenu,
Ngalokho-ke, kuthe nasele ngingasakghoni, ngathumela bona ngizwe ngokukholwa kwenu; bengesaba bona mhlambe umlingi unilingile nokobana umsebenzethu sele uphenduke ilize.
Bazalwana, sifanele sihlale simthokoza uZimu ngaso soke isikhathi ngani. Iye, kufanele senze njalo ngombana ukukholwa kwenu kuya kusanda nokuthandana kwenu noke kuyakhula.
kungalokho ngisebunzimeni obungaka. Nokho-ke anginanhloni ngombana ngiyamazi loyo engikholwa kuye, begodu ngiyethemba bona unamandla wokulonda lokho okubekwe kimi bekube mhlokho.
Yeke, kufuze nithi: “USomnini nakathandako, sizakuphila bese senza lokhu nalokhuya.”
Ngaye nakholwa kuZimu owamvusa kabafileko wamnikela iphazimulo ukuze ukukholwa nethemba lenu kudzimelele kuZimu.