2 sase sinitfumelela Thimothi, umzalwane wetfu, lesibambisene naye emsebentini waNkulunkulu wekushumayela liVangeli laKhristu. Samtfumela kutsi atenicinisa anikhutsate ekukholweni kwenu,
BoPawula bahamba behlela eDebe naseListra, lapho bekukhona likholwa lelitsite, libito lalo kunguThimothi, indvodzana yemfati labengumJuda lokholwako, kodvwa uyise abengumGriki.
Ngako-ke emabandla acinisela ekukholweni, bengeteka ngebunyenti emalanga ngemalanga.
Kwatsi kube kufike Silasi naThimothi baphuma eMasedoniya, Pawula wase utinikela ngalokuphelele ekushumayeleni nasekufakazeni kumaJuda kutsi Jesu unguKhristu.
Thimothi, losebenta kanye nami, uyanihambisa, kanye naLukhiyosi, naJasoni, naSosipateri, tihlobo tami.
Ngemusa waNkulunkulu lengiwuphiwe, nanjengachwephesha wetekwakha, ngabeka sisekelo sendlu, lomunye wakha etikwaso. Kodvwa akube ngulowo nalowo acaphelisise kahle kutsi wakhela njani etikwaso.
Ngaloko-ke sengitfumele kini Thimothi, longumntfwanami lengimtsandzako nalowetsembekile eNkhosini. Nguye-ke lotanikhumbuta ngekuhamba kwami lokukuKhristu Jesu, njengobe ngifundzisa etindzaweni tonkhe nasemabandleni onkhe.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu, nakuThimothi, umzalwane. Iya ebandleni laNkulunkulu leliseKhorinte, nakubo bonkhe labangcwele labakulo lonkhe lase-Akhaya.
INdvodzana yaNkulunkulu lenguKhristu Jesu leyashunyayelwa ngitsi kini, mine nginaboSilasi, naThimothi, beyingesiye “Yebo” na “Cha”; kepha yona ingu “Yebo”.
Mhlazana ngifika eThrowasi kuyawushumayela liVangeli laKhristu, umnyango wawungivulekele kabanti kutsi ngisebentele iNkhosi.
Kodvwa ngabate kuphumula emphefumulweni, ngobe ngangingakamboni Thithusi umzalwane. Ngako-ke ngase ngiyabavalelisa, ngaya eMasedoniya.
Thithusi-ke yena sibambisene naye emsebentini wekunikhonta. Labazalwane-ke, batitfunywa temabandla, baludvumo kuKhristu.
Kuloko ngineliciniso, futsi nginelitsemba lekutsi ngisetawuphila. Ngisetawuhlala nani nonkhe nginisite kutsi nikhule ekukholweni kwengeteke injabulo yenu,
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu, nakuThimothi, umzalwane wakhe.
Nafundziswa ngu-Ephafrasi lotsandzekako, losisebenti kanye natsi. Nguye losimelele ngekutsi abesikhonti lesetsembekile saKhristu.
Uyanihambisa na-Ephafrasi longulomunye wakini, inceku yaKhristu Jesu, lonilwela ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi emkhulekweni, kuze nime, niphelele nisime ekwenteni intsandvo yaNkulunkulu.
Utawube ahamba na-Onesimuse, umzalwane lomunye lowetsembekako nalotsandzekako, yena-ke ungulomunye wenu. Batanilandzisa-ke ngako konkhe lokwenteka ngalapha.
kuze kutsi icinise tinhlitiyo tenu tingabi nacala, kodvwa tibe ngcwele ebukhoneni baNkulunkulu, longuBabe, nakufika iNkhosi yetfu Jesu nabo bonkhe labangcwele bakhe.
Ngako-ke ngitsite kube ngehluleke kubeketelela situnge ngani, ngase ngitfumela Thimothi, khona ngitekwati ngekukholwa kwenu. Bengesaba kutsi kungahle kube umlingi unilingile, kuze kutsi kusiphalata kwetfu kube lite.
angadvudvuta tinhlitiyo tenu, anakhele kuyo yonkhe imisebenti lemihle nakuwo onkhe emavi lamahle.