UPawulos, umkhonzi kathixo, umpostile ke kaYesu Kristu, ngokokholo lwabanyulwa bakaThixo, nokuyazi inyaniso engokokuhlonela uThixo;

ngethemba lobomi obungunaphakade, awathi uThixo, ongenakuxoka, wabubeka idinga ngaphambi kwamaxesha angunaphakade,

walibonakalisa ke ilizwi lakhe ngamaxesha angawalo, ngokuvakalisa endakuphathiswayo mna, ngokommiselo woMsindisi wethu uThixo:

kuTito, umntwana wam wenene ngokwaselukholweni, esinobudlelane ngalo: Makube lubabalo, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uYise, nakuYesu Kristu, uMsindisi wethu.

Ndakushiya eKrete ngenxa yoku, ukuze uhambise ukuzilungisa izinto eziseleyo, umise amadoda amakhulu kwimizi ngemizi, njengoko ndakumisela ngako mna:

ukuba umntu ungongenakumangaleleka, eyindoda yamfazi mnye enabantwana abakholiweyo, abangamiselwa tyala lakuzibhubhisa, abangaswele kuthobela mntu.

Kuba umveleli umelwe kukuba ngongenakumangaleleka, njengegosa likaThixo; angabi ngowenza ukuzithandela kwakhe; angabi ngoqumba msinya; angabi ngogeziswa yiwayini; angabi ngumbethi; angabi ngongxamela nzuzo imbi.

Umelwe kukuthi abe ngobuka iindwendwe, umthandi wokulungileyo, onesidima, olilungisa, ongcwele, onokuzeyisa;

ebambelele ezwini elithembekileyo ngokwemfundiso, ukuze abe nako ukuvuselela ngayo imfundiso ephilileyo, nokubohlwaya badane abaphikayo.

Kuba baninzi abathethi bezinto ezingento nabakhohlisi, abaswele intobeko, ngokukodwa abo bolwaluko,

abamelwe kukuvingcwa imilomo; abathi izindlu ziphela bazibhukuqe, befundisa izinto ezingafanelekileyo ngenxa yenzuzo embi.

Wathi omnye wabo, kwaumprofeti wakowabo, AmaKrete ahlala engamaxoki, amarhamncwa amabi, amadla-kudla angasebenziyo.

Obo bungqina buyinene. Ngenxa yeli thuba bohlwaye kabukhali, badane, ukuze baphile elukholweni;

banganyamekeli zintsomi zabuYuda, namithetho yabantu abayinikela umva inyaniso.

Izinto zonke zihlambulukile kwabahlambulukileyo; kwabadyobhekileyo nabangakholwayo, akukho nto ihlambulukileyo; kusuke kwadyobheka nengqiqo nesazela sabo.

Bayavuma ukuba bayamazi uThixo; kanti ngayo imisebenzi bayamkhanyela, bengamasikizi, bengabangevayo, nakumsebenzi wonke olungileyo bengenakucikideka.

Ke wena, thetha izinto eziyifaneleyo imfundiso ephilileyo;

ukuba amadoda amakhulu abe ziingcathu, andileke, abe nesidima, aphile elukholweni, eluthandweni, elunyamezelweni;

ukuba abafazi abakhulu kwangokunjalo babe nesimilo esibafaneleyo, bangabi ngabatyholi; bangazilahleli kwiwayini eninzi; bafundise okuhle;

ukuze bayale abafazana ukuba babe nesidima, bawathande amadoda abo, babathande abantwana babo,

babe nesidima, babe nyulu, basebenze ezindlwini zabo, babe nokulunga, bawathobele awabo amadoda, ukuze ilizwi likaThixo linganyeliswa.

Kwangokunjalo amadoda amatsha wayale ukuba abe nesidima.

Ezintweni zonke zenze umzekelo wemisebenzi emihle;

emfundisweni ube ngomsulwa, ngondilekileyo, ngolizwi liphilileyo, lingenakugwetywa; ukuze ochasayo abe neentloni, engenanto imbi yakuthetha ngani.

Amakhoboka wathethele ukuba azithobele iinkosi zawo, abe ngakholekileyo kakuhle ezintweni zonke, engaphiki; angashinti;

asuke abonakalalise konke ukuthembeka okulungileyo, ukuze ayivathise imfundiso yoMsindisi wethu uThixo ezintweni zonke.

Kuba lubonakele kubantu bonke ubabalo lukaThixo, lulolusindisayo;

lusiqeqesha ukuze sithi, sikuncama ukungahloneli Thixo nokukhanuka okukokwehlabathi, sihlale ngokunesidima, nangokubulungisa, nangokuhlonela uThixo, kweli phakade langoku;

silinde ithemba elinoyolo, nembonakalo yobuqaqawuli boThixo omkhulu, uMsindisi wethu uYesu Kristu,

owazinikela ngenxa yethu, ukuze asikhulule ngokusihlawulela kuko konke ukuchasa umthetho, azihlambululele abantu abangabakhe, abazondelela imisebenzi emihle.

Ezi zinto zithethe, uvuselele, wohlwaye ngawo wonke ummiselo. Makungabikho namnye ukudelayo.

Bakhumbuze ukuba bathobele oozilawuli noomagunya, baphulaphule abaphathi, bawulungele wonke umsebenzi olungileyo.

Mabanganyelisi namnye umntu, bangabi nakulwa, babe nokuthantamisa, bebonakala benobulali bonke kubantu bonke.

Kuba nathi sibe sifudula singabasweli-kuqonda, singeva, silahleka, sikhonza iinkanuko neziyolo ngeziyolo, sihleli ngolunya nomona, sinezothe, sithiyana.

Kodwa kuthe kwakubonakala ububele bukaThixo, uMsindisi wethu, nokuthanda kwakhe abantu,

kungengamisebenzi esebulungiseni esayenzayo thina, kungokwenceba yakhe, wasisindisa ngentlambululo yokuzalwa ngokutsha, nangokuhlaziya koMoya oyiNgcwele;

awamthululayo phezu kwethu ngokobutyebi, ngoYesu Kristu uMsindisi wethu;

ukuze sithi, sigwetyelwe ngobabalo lwalowo, sibe ziindlalifa zobomi obungunaphakade ngokwethemba.

Lithembekile ilizwi elo; nezo zinto ndinga ungaziqinisela, ukuze banyameke, benze imisebenzi emihle, abo bakholiweyo kuThixo. Ezo zinto zintle, zinokubanceda abantu.

Ke yona imibuzo yobudenge, nemilibo yokuzalwa, neenkani, nokulwa ngawo umthetho, zinxweme, kuba azincedi lutho, asinto zanto.

Umntu ongumahlukanisi, akuba elulekwe kanye nokuba kukabini, mmangale;

usazi ukuba onjalo ugwenxeke kwaphela; uyona, ezigwebile ngokwakhe.

Xenikweni ndithe ndathuma kuwe uArtemas, nokuba nguTikiko, khawuleza uze kum eNikopolis; kuba ndigqibe kwelokuba ndobudlulisa ubusika khona apho.

UZenas, umqondisi-mthetho, noApolos, baxhobisele indlela ngokunyameka, ukuze bangasweli nto.

Abethu mabafunde ke ukwenza imisebenzi emihle yokunceda abaswele kanzima, ukuze bangabi ngabangenasiqhamo.

Bayakubulisa bonke abanam. Babulise abo basithandayo ngokwaselukholweni. Ubabalo malube nani nonke. Amen.