Titus 1
1 UPawulu, inceku kaNkulunkulu, nomphostoli kaJesu Kristu, ngokokholo lwabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, nokulazi iqiniso elingokokumesaba uNkulunkulu;
2 ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uNkulunkulu ongenakuqamba amanga akuthembisa kungakabikho umhlaba;
3 Kodwa ngesikhathi esifaneleyo ulibonakalisile ilizwi lakhe ngentshumayelo engiphathiswe yona ngokomlayo kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu;
4 kuThithu, indodana yami uqobo ngokokholo esiluhlanganisile: Makube umusa, nesihawu, nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba naseNkosini uJesu Kristu uMsindisi wethu.
5 Ngenxa yalokhu ngakutshiya eKrethe, ukuze ulungise okusilelayo, njalo umise abadala emizini yonke, njengokukulaya kwami;
6 uma ekhona ongasolekiyo, eyindoda emfazi munye, enabantwana abakholwayo abangabekwa icala lokungalaleli noma abangalaleli.
7 Ngokuba umbonisi umelwe ukuba ngongasolekiyo, njengomphathi kaNkulunkulu; ongesiye othanda ubugovu, ongasheshi ukuthukuthela, ongadakwa, ongashayi, ongesiye inzuzo embi;
8 Kodwa ophatha kuhle izihambi, othanda okuhle, ozithibileyo, olungileyo, ongcwele, ozithibileyo;
9 ebambelele ezwini elithembekileyo njengalokho efundisiwe, ukuze abe-namandla okuyala ngesifundiso esiphilileyo, nokuqinisekisa abaphikayo.
10 Ngokuba baningi abangalaleliyo nabakhuluma okuyize nabakhohlisi, ikakhulukazi abokusoka;
11 abamelwe ukuvalwa umlomo, abachitha izindlu ziphela, befundisa okungafanele ngenxa yenzuzo embi.
12 Omunye wabo, umprofethi wakubo, wathi: AmaKrethe ahlala eqamba amanga, izilwane ezimbi, izisu ezimnene.
13 Lobu bufakazi buqinisile. Ngakho-ke ubakhuze kabukhali, ukuze baphile ekukholweni;
14 bangalaleli izinganekwane zamaJuda, nemiyalo yabantu abafulathela iqiniso.
15 Kwabahlanzekile konke kuhlanzekile, kodwa kwabangcolileyo nabangakholwayo akukho okuhlanzekileyo; kodwa ngisho ingqondo nonembeza wabo kungcolile.
16 Bavuma ukuthi bayamazi uNkulunkulu; kodwa bayamphika ngemisebenzi, benengekayo, nabangalaleliyo, nakuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle bengaboshiwe.