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1 Ungamkhalimeli ^a omdala, kodwa meluleke njengoyihlo ^b; abatsha njengabafowenu; 2 abesifazana abadala njengonyoko; abesifazana abatsha njengabodadewenu, ekuhlambulukeni konke ^c.

UTimothi welulekwa ngokuphatha abafelokazi ebandleni

3 Hlonipha abafelokazi abangabafelokazi isibili ^d. 4 Kodwa uba umfelokazi othile elabantwana loba abazukulu ^e, kabafunde kuqala ukuhlonipha ^f indlu yakwabo, kabenanise umkhondo kubazali; ngoba lokhu kuhle ^g kuyemukeleka phambi kukaNkulunkulu. 5 Lowo-ke ongumfelokazi isibili ^h osele yedwa uthembele kuNkulunkulu ⁱ, uhlala ekunxuseni lemikhulekweni ^j ebusuku lemini ^k. 6 Kanti lowo ozinikela ekuzithokoziseni, ufile ephila ^l. 7 Laya-ke ngalezizinto ^m, ukuze bangasoleki ⁿ. 8 Kodwa uba umuntu engondli abakibo ^o, ikakhulu abendlu ^{▼▼ abendlu: kumbe, izihlobo.} yakhe ^q, uluphikile ukholo ^r, futhi mubi kulongakholwayo ^s.

9 Kangabalwa umfelokazi ongaphansi kweminyaka engamatshumi ayisithupha, umfazi owake wenda endodeni kanye ^t, 10 onconywa ngemisebenzi emihle ^u, uba ondle abantwana, uba engenise izihambi ^v, uba egezise inyawo zabangcwele ^w, uba esize abahluphekayo ^x, uba ekhuthalele ^y wonke umsebenzi omuhle ^z. 11 Kodwa abafelokazi abatsha ubale ^aa; ngoba nxa sebelenkanuko ezimelana loKristu ^ab, bafuna ukwenda; 12 balokulahlwa, ngoba bachithile ^ac ukholo lwabo lokuqala. 13 Futhi-ke ngesikhathi esifananayo bafunda ukuvilapha bezula lezindlu ^ad, futhi bengavilaphi kuphela, kodwa babuye bahlebe ^ae bengena kokungeyisikho okwabo ^af, bekhuluma okungafanelanga. 14 Ngakho ngifisa ukuthi abafelokazi abatsha bende ^ag, bazale abantwana, baphathe umuzi wabo ^ah, banganiki ^ai isitha lathuba lokuthuka ^aj. 15 Ngoba lakhathesi abanye sebephambuke ^ak balandela uSathane ^al. 16 Uba okholwayo owesilisa kumbe okholwayo owesifazana elabafelokazi, kabasize ^am, njalo ibandla lingathwaliswa nzima, ukuze lisize ^an abangabafelokazi isibili ^ao.

Mayelana labadala bebandla

17 Abadala ^ap abaphatha kuhle ^aq bafanele ^ar ukuhlonitshwa ngokuphindiweyo ^{as
,} ^at, ikakhulu labo abasebenza nzima elizwini lekufundiseni ^au; 18 ngoba umbhalo uthi ^av: Ungayifaki isayeke inkabi ebhulayo ^aw; futhi uthi: Isisebenzi sifanele iholo laso ^ax. 19 Ungalemukeli icala elimelana lomdala ^ay, ngaphandle phambi ^{▼▼ phambi: kumbe, ngaphansi.} kwabafakazi ababili kumbe abathathu ^ba. 20 Abonayo basole ^bb phambi kwabo bonke ^bc, ukuze abanye labo babe lokwesaba ^bd. 21 Ngiyakulayisisa ^{be
,} ^bf phambi kukaNkulunkulu leNkosi uJesu Kristu lengilosi ezikhethiweyo, ukuze uzigcine lezizinto ngokungaqumi ngaphambili, ungenzi lutho ngokubandlulula ^bg. 22 Ungaphangisi ukubeka izandla ^bh phezu komuntu ^bi, futhi ungahlanganyeli ezonweni zabanye ^bj; uzigcine wena umsulwa ^bk.

23 Ungabe usanatha amanzi wodwa, kodwa sebenzisa iwayini elilutshwana ^bl, ngenxa yesisu sakho lemikhuhlane yakho futhifuthi ^bm. 24 Izono ^bn zabanye abantu zisobala ^bo, zibaqalela ukuya ekugwetshweni ^bp; kanti ezabanye ziyalandela. 25 Ngokunjalo lemisebenzi emihle isobala ^bq; laleyo eyehlukileyo ingeke ifihlakale ^br.