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1 Umdala, kuye uGayusi othandekayo, mina engimthanda ngeqiniso.
Ame mutangunishi ndamulembelenga muname Gayo ngondasunishisha.
2 Sithandwa, kuzo zonke izinto ngifisa ukuthi uphumelele njalo uphile, njengalokhu umphefumulo wakho uphumelela.
Wasunika, ndasengenga kwambeti bintu byonse bikwendele cena, kayi ne kwambeti ubenga ne buyumi mbuli ncondicinshi kwambeti uli cena mu mushimu.
3 Ngoba ngathokoza kakhulukazi, lapho kufika abazalwane, befakazela iqiniso lakho, njengoba wena uhamba eqinisweni.
Pakwinga ndalasangalala kwine pacindi bashoma banetu mpobalesa akungambila mbuli ncowashoma pakukonkela cakubinga.
4 Kangilantokozo enkulu edlula lezizinto, ukuthi ngizwe ukuthi abantwana bami bahamba eqinisweni.
Paliya cintu nacimbi cikute kunkondwelesha capita makani akunyumfwa kwambeti bana bame balekalanga mu cakubinga.
5 Sithandwa, wenza ngokuthembeka loba yikuphi okwenza kubazalwane lakwabemzini,
Owasunika, washomeka pa mulimo ngokute kwinshila bashoma banobe kayi ne bensu.
6 abafakazele uthando lwakho phambi kwebandla; uzakwenza kuhle uba ubaphelekezela ngokufanele uNkulunkulu.
Bashoma aba balambila mubungano wakuno mbuli ncowalabanyamfwa mu lusuno. Neco ulenshinga cena kubanyamfwa munshila yeshikukondwelesha Lesa kwambeti bapitilishe pa bulwendo bwabo.
7 Ngoba ngenxa yebizo lakhe baphumile bengemukeli lutho kwabezizwe.
Pakwinga balatatika bulwendo bwabo pacebo ca Klistu ne kukana kutambula lunyamfo kufuma ku bantu bakunsa.
8 Ngakho thina sifanele ukubemukela abanjalo, ukuze sibe yizisebenzi kanye leqiniso.
Neco afwe bashoma twelela kubanyamfwa bantu aba kwambeti tusebensele pamo mu mulimo wa kukambauka cancinencine.
9 Ngabhalela ibandla; kodwa uDiyotrefe othanda ukuba ngowokuqala kubo kasemukeli.
Ndalalembamo maswi ang'ana mukalata yalatumwa ku mubungano, nsombi Diyotilefe uyo lalipanga butangunishi nkalayandanga kunyumfwila.
10 Ngakho, uba ngifika, ngizakhumbuza imisebenzi yakhe ayenzayo, uyasihleba ngamazwi amabi; futhi kakholiswa yilezizinto, yena uqobo kemukeli abazalwane, uyabalela lalabo abathanda ukukwenza, njalo uyabaxotsha ebandleni.
Neco na nkese, ndakayubululunga byonse mbyalenshinga. Lepishinga lina lyakame kayi ne kumbepeshela. Kayi ntebyo ibyo byonka, nsombi nkalayandanga kayi ne kutambula bashoma kayi lakanishinga abo balayandanga kubatambula nekubatandanya mumubungano.
11 Sithandwa, ungakulingiseli okubi, kodwa okuhle. Owenza okuhle ungokaNkulunkulu; kodwa owenza okubi kambonanga uNkulunkulu.
Wasunika, kotakonkanga byaipa nsombi byaina. Pakwinga uliyense shikwinsa byaina ni wa Lesa, uliyense lenshinga byaipa nkalabona Lesa.
12 NgoDemetriyu kufakazwe yibo bonke, langeqiniso uqobo; lathi futhi siyafakaza, lani liyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bethu buqinisile.
Uliyense lapanga bukamboni bwaina pali Demetiliyo, pakwinga cancinenccine cilapanga bukamboni bwaina pali endiye. Kayi ne bukamboni bwetu, pakwinga ucinshi kwambeti tulambanga cancinencine.
13 Bengilezinto ezinengi zokubhala, kodwa kangithandi ukukubhalela ngeyinki losiba;
Nkute bingi byakukwambila, nsombi nkansuni kubilemba mu kalata sobwe,
14 kodwa ngithemba ukukubona masinyane, sibe sesikhuluma umlomo ngomlomo. Ukuthula kakube kuwe. Abangane bayakubingelela. Bingelela abangane ngamabizo.
Ndayeyenga kwisa kwambeti tukabandike nkatuli twalangana. Lumuno lube ne njobe, banobe balikuno balakupanga mutende. Ubape mitende banetu bali uko bonse, umo ne umo.
