KuThithu, Umntwana Wami Weqiniso

Iziyalezo kuThithu mayelana nokumisa abadala nokufundisa imfundiso ephilileyo esiqhingini saseKrethe.

Isahluko 1.

Mina Pawulu, inceku kaBaba wethu nomphostoli kaJesu Khristu, ngenxa yokholo lwabakhethiweyo bakaBaba wethu nokwazi iqiniso okuholela ekumkhonzeni uNkulunkulu, ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uBaba wethu angaqambi amanga owalethembisa kungakaqali izikhathi zaphakade, wathi ngesikhathi sakhe faka esifanele walembula izwi lakhe ngesigijimi engasiphathiswa ngomyalo kaBaba wethu, uMsindisi wethu. KuThithu, umntwana wami weqiniso ekholweni esinalo sobabili: umusa nokuthula okuvela kuBaba wethu nakuKhristu uJesu uMsindisi wethu.

Amalunga Abonakalisa Isimo sikaBaba wethu

Ngakushiya eKrethe ngenxa yalesi sizathu: ukuze uqede okwakusasele nokuba ubeke amalunga kuwo wonke amadolobha, njengoba ngakuyala. Ilunga kufanele libe ngelingasoleki, indoda enomfazi oyedwa, enabantwana abakholwayo abangasolwa ngokuphila okuxhwalile noma ngokuhlubuka. Ngokuba umbonisi, njengomphathi wezinto zikaBaba wethu, kufanele abe ngongasoleki—ongazidli, ongathukutheli masinyane, ongesona isidakwa, ongenabudlova, ongafisi inzuzo engathembekile, kodwa ophana ngendlu, othanda okuhle, ozithibayo, oqotho, ongcwele, nozithivayo. Kufanele abambelele ngokuqinile ezwini elithembekile njengoba lafundiswa, ukuze akwazi ukukhuthaza ngemfundiso ephilile nokuphikisa labo abaliphikisayo.

Ngokuba baningi abahlubukayo, abakhuluma ize nababedukisa abanye—ikakhulukazi iqembu labokusoka. ^a Kufanele bathuliswe, ngokuba babhidliza imizi iphelele, befundisa lokho okungafanele, ngenxa yenzuzo elihlazo. Omunye wabaprofethi babo wakusho: “AbaseKrethe bahlala bengamaqili amanga, izilo ezimbi, abazitholeli abavilaphayo.” Lobu bufakazi buyiqiniso. Ngakho-ke basole kabuhlungu, ukuze baphile ngokuqinileyo ekholweni, banganaki izinganekwane zamaJuda nemithetho yalabo abalahla iqiniso. Konke kuhlanzekile kwabahlanzekileyo; kodwa kwabonakalisiweyo nabangakholwayo, akukho lutho oluhlanzekile—kokubili ingqondo nonembeza kwenziwe kungcole. Bathi bayamazi uBaba wethu, kodwa bamphika ngezenzo zabo—benyanyeka, bengalaleli, bengafanele noma yimuphi umsebenzi omuhle.