1Kepha yazi lokhu, ukuthi ngezinsuku zokugcina kuyakufika izikhathi ezinzima.
2Ngokuba abantu bayakuba ngabazithandayo, abathandimali, abazigabisayo, abazidlayo, abahlambalazayo, abangabalaleli abazali, abangabongiyo, abahlazisayo,
3abangenalo uthando, abangavumi ukubuyisana, abahlebayo, abangenakuzithiba, abayizidlwangudlwangu, abazonda okuhle,
4abangabakhapheli, abanamawala, abakhukhumele, abathanda injabulo kunokuthanda uNkulunkulu,
5abanesimo sokumesaba uNkulunkulu, kodwa bewaphika amandla okukholwa; labo-ke wobagwema.
6Ngokuba kulabo kukhona abacathama bangene ezindlini, bathumbe abesifazane abangenasimilo abanyinyithekiswa yizono, beqhutshwa yizinkanuko ezinhlobonhlobo.
7Bafunda njalo, kodwa abafinyeleli ekwazini iqiniso.
8Njengokuba uJane noJambre bamelana noMose, kanjalo nalaba bamelana neqiniso, bangabantu abangqondo yabo yonakele, abehlulekayo ekukholweni.
9Kepha abayikuqhubekela phambili, ngokuba ubuwula babo buyakuba sobala kubo bonke, njengalokhu baba kanjalo nobalawo madoda.
10Kodwa wena walandela ngokucophelela imfundiso yami, ukuziphatha, umgomo, ukukholwa, ukubekezela, uthando, ukuhlupheka,
11ukuhlushwa nezinhlupheko ezangehlela e-Antiyokhiya, e-Ikhoniyu naseListra. Izinhlupheko engazihluphekayo, ngazibekezelela, iNkosi yangikhulula kukho konke.
12Yebo, bonke abathanda ukuphila ngokumesaba uNkulunkulu bekuKhristu uJesu, bayakuzingelwa.
13Kepha abantu ababi nabakhohlisi bazakudlebeleka ebubini, badukise, njengokuba bedukisiwe.
14Kodwa wena bambelela kulokho okufundile nowakukholwa, wazi ukuthi ukufunde kobani,
15nokuthi kwasebuntwaneni wayazi imibhalo engcwele, enamandla okuhlakaniphisa, kube yinsindiso ngokukholwa kuKhristu uJesu.
16Yonke imibhalo iphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu, ilungele ukufundisa, ukusola, ukuqondisa, nokuyala ekulungeni,
17ukuze umuntu kaNkulunkulu aphelele, ahlonyiselwe yonke imisebenzi emihle.