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| 1. | Sesiyalazisa, bazalwane, umusa kaNkulunkulu ophiwe emabandleni eMakedoniya; |
| 2. | ukuthi ekulingweni okukhulu kwenhlupho, ukwengezelelwa kwentokozo yabo lobuyanga babo obujulileyo bengezelela enothweni yokuphana kwabo. |
| 3. | Ngoba babekhululekile njengokwamandla abo, ngiyafakaza, langaphezu kwamandla abo, |
| 4. | ngesicelo esikhulu basincenga, ukuthi semukele isipho lokuhlanganyela koncedo olungolwabangcwele; |
| 5. | njalo kaku ba nga njengoba sathemba, kodwa bazinikela kuqala eNkosini, lakithi ngentando kaNkulunkulu. |
| 6. | Kwaze kwathi sakhuthaza uTitosi ukuthi, njengalokhu wayeseqalile phambili, ngokunjalo awuqede futhi kini lumsebenzi womusa. |
| 7. | Kodwa njengalokhu lisengezelela kukho konke, ekholweni, lelizwini, lelwazini, lekutshisekeni konke, lethandweni lwenu kithi, ukuze lakulumsebenzi womusa lengezelele. |
| 8. | Kangikhulumi njengokulawula, kodwa ngokutshiseka kwabanye ngihlola lobuqotho bothando lwenu. |
| 9. | Ngoba liyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ukuthi lanxa wayenothile, waba ngumyanga ngenxa yenu, ukuze ngobuyanga bakhe lina linothe. |
| 10. | Lakulokhu ngipha umbono; ngoba lokhu kuluncedo kini, abaqala phambili nyakenye, kungeyisikwenza kuphela, kodwa lokufisa; |
| 11. | kodwa khathesi-ke qedani futhi ukwenza, ukuze, njengalokhu kukhona ukukhuthalela ukufisa, ngokunjalo kukhona lokuqedisa ngalokho elilakho. |
| 12. | Ngoba uba kukhona ukufisa, umuntu uyemukeleka ngalokho alakho, kungeyisikho ngalokho angelakho. |
| 13. | Ngoba kungeyisikuthi abanye babe lenkululeko, lina-ke libe lohlupho; kodwa ngokulingana, okwalesisikhathi isengezo senu sibe ngesenswelo yabo, |
| 14. | ukuze kuthi lesengezo sabo sibe ngesenswelo yenu, ukuze kube khona ukulingana, |
| 15. | njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: O wabutha okunengi, kabanga lokusalayo; lo wabutha okuncinyane kasilelanga. |
| 16. | Kodwa kabongwe uNkulunkulu ofaka inkuthalo efananayo ngani enhliziyweni kaTitosi, |
| 17. | ukuthi isibili wemukela isikhuthazo, kodwa etshiseka kakhulu, wasuka waya kini ngesifiso sakhe. |
| 18. | Njalo sithuma kanye laye umzalwane, odumo lwakhe evangelini ludabule emabandleni wonke; |
| 19. | kungeyisilokhu kuphela, kodwa ukhethiwe futhi ngamabandla ukuthi asiphelekezele lalo umusa owasetshenzwa yithi kube ludumo lweNkosi efananayo, lekukhuthaleni kwenu; |
| 20. | sivikela lokhu, hlezi umuntu asisole kulesisengezo esisetshenzwe yithi; |
| 21. | sinakekela okuhle kungekho phambi kweNkosi kuphela kodwa laphambi kwabantu. |
| 22. | Sasesithuma kanye labo umzalwane wethu, esimfice ezintweni ezinengi kanengi ekhuthele, kodwa khathesi ukhuthele kakhulukazi ngenxa yokulithemba okukhulu. |
| 23. | Kumbe ngoTitosi, ungumhlanganyeli lesisebenzi kanye lami kini; loba abazalwane bethu, bayizithunywa zamabandla, bayinkazimulo kaKristu. |
| 24. | Ngakho bonakalisani kubo ubufakazi bothando lwenu labokuzincomela kwethu lina, laphambi kwamabandla. |
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