23 Thithusi-ke yena sibambisene naye emsebentini wekunikhonta. Labazalwane-ke, batitfunywa temabandla, baludvumo kuKhristu.
Kwaba ngiso sona leso nakuboJakobe naJohane, emadvodzana aZebedi. Jesu watsi kuSimoni: “Ungesabi, kusukela nyalo sewutawudweba bantfu.”
badzimate bakhweba labanye bangani babo lababekulesinye sikebhe kutsi batebabambisa; beta batigcwalisa totimbili, tikebhe taphose tacwila.
Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Sisebenti asisikhulu kunemcashi waso, nalowo lotfunyiwe akamkhulu kunalowo lamtfumile.
Ngobe empeleni indvodza ayikafaneli kushucula enhloko, ngobe ingumfanekiso neludvumo lwaNkulunkulu, kodvwa umfati uludvumo lwendvodza.
Ngakhutsata Thithusi kutsi ahambe, ngatfuma umzalwane kutsi ahambe naye. Ngobe loThithusi wanihlakaniphela yini? Sasingatenti ngamoya munye yini tintfo? Asititsatsanga yini tinyatselo letifanako?
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu lodvudvuta labanetinhlitiyo letephukile, wasidvudvuta ngekufika kwaThithusi.
Kodvwa akabongwe Nkulunkulu lobeke enhlitiyweni yaThithusi lenshisekelo lenjengeyetfu yekunisita.
Simtfumele lapho kini kanye nemzalwane lodvunyiswa kuwo onkhe emabandla ngemsebenti wakhe wekuhambisa liVangeli.
Akusiko loko kuphela, kodvwa ukhetfwe ngemabandla kutsi abe sitfunywa kanye natsi kulomsebenti wekuhambisa lomnikelo lesiwuphatsele kukhombisa ludvumo lweNkhosi nekubakhutsalela kwetfu.
Sibatfumele kanye nemzalwane wetfu lesike samvivinya kanyenti samkhandza akhutsele, kodvwa nyalo unesifiso lesikhulu kunakucala, ngobe unetsemba kakhulu.
Ngiko nje sacela Thithusi kutsi acedzele lowo msebenti wemusa nakini, njengobe wawuvele usetandleni takhe kwasekucaleni.
Umzalwane Ephafrodithu, lenanimtfumele kimi kutsi atewungisita ekwesweleni kwami, usisebenti nelisotja laJesu kanye nami. Ngikubone kudzingekile kutsi ngimtfumele kini.
Yebo, ngiyakuncusa nawe, mhlobo wami locotfo, lengiboshelwe kanye naye, yelekelela labo bafati, ngobe babambisene nami eVangelini, kanye naKlemente naletinye tisebenti lengibambisene nato, emabito ato labhaliwe encwadzini yekuphila.
Nafundziswa ngu-Ephafrasi lotsandzekako, losisebenti kanye natsi. Nguye losimelele ngekutsi abesikhonti lesetsembekile saKhristu.
Kodvwa nome sase sihlushiwe satselwa ngelihlazo eFiliphi, njengobe nani nati, saba nesibindzi kuNkulunkulu wetfu kutsi sishumayele kini liVangeli laNkulunkulu sibhekene nebulukhuni lobukhulu.
Demasi sewungibalekele waya eThesalonika, ngenca yekutsandza lelive. Khresensi waya eGalathiya, Thithusi waya eDalmathiya;
Lencwadzi iya kuThithusi, umntfwanami weliciniso ngekukholwa. Akube kuwe umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu, longuBabe, nakuKhristu Jesu, uMsindzisi wetfu.
Ngako-ke nawutsi mine ngingumhlanganyeli kanye nawe, naye-ke, memukele ngaleyo ndlela lebewungangemukela ngayo mine.
naMakho, na-Aristakhusi naDemasi, kanye naLukha, tisebenti kanye nami.
Ngako-ke sifanele kubasita bantfu labanjalo, kuze sibambisane nabo emsebentini weliciniso.