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Isibingelelo
1Umdalaa, kuye uGayusi othandekayob, mina engimthanda ngeqinisoc.
2 Sithandwa, kuzo zonke izinto ngifisad1 ukuthi uphumelele njalo uphilee, njengalokhu umphefumulo wakho uphumelela. 3 Ngoba ngathokoza kakhulukazif, lapho kufika abazalwane, befakazela iqiniso lakhog, njengoba wena uhamba eqiniswenih. 4 Kangilantokozo enkulu edlula lezizinto, ukuthi ngizwe ukuthi abantwana bamii bahamba eqiniswenij.
Inkathazo ebandlenik
5 Sithandwa, wenza ngokuthembeka loba yikuphi okwenza kubazalwanel lakwabemzinim, 6 abafakazele uthando lwakho phambi kwebandlan; uzakwenza kuhle uba ubaphelekezelao ngokufanele uNkulunkulup. 7 Ngoba ngenxa yebizo lakhe baphumile bengemukeli lutho kwabezizweq. 8 Ngakho thina sifanele ukubemukela abanjalo, ukuze sibe yizisebenzi kanye leqinisor.
9 Ngabhalela ibandla; kodwa uDiyotrefe othanda ukuba ngowokuqala kubo kasemukeli. 10 Ngakho, uba ngifika, ngizakhumbuza imisebenzi yakhe ayenzayo, uyasihleba ngamazwi amabis; futhi kakholiswa yilezizinto, yena uqobo kemukeli abazalwane, uyabalela lalabo abathanda ukukwenza, njalo uyabaxotsha ebandleni.
11 Sithandwa, ungakulingiseli okubi, kodwa okuhlet. Owenza okuhle ungokaNkulunkuluu; kodwa owenza okubi kambonanga uNkulunkuluv. 12 NgoDemetriyu kufakazwe yibo bonke, langeqiniso uqobow; lathi futhi siyafakaza, lani liyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bethu buqinisilex.
Isicino
13 Bengilezinto ezinengi zokubhala, kodwa kangithandi ukukubhalela ngeyinki losibay; 14 kodwa ngithemba ukukubona masinyane, sibe sesikhuluma umlomo ngomlomo2.
Ukuthula kakube kuwe. Abangane bayakubingelela. Bingelela abangane ngamabizoz.
a 2 Joha. 1.1.
b Roma 16.23.
c 2 Joha. 1.1.
d Seb. 27.29. Roma 9.3.
1 ngifisa: kumbe, ngithandaza.
e 1 Kor. 16.2.
f 2 Joha. 1.4.
g 1.3,6. Seb. 6.3.
h 2 Joha. 1.4.
i Gal. 4.19. 1 Kor. 4.15.
j 2 Joha. 1.4.
k 1 Joha. 3.6.
l Gal. 6.10.
m Jobe 31.32.
n 1.3,6. Seb. 6.3.
o Seb. 15.3.
p Seb. 10.33. 2 Pet. 1.19.
q 1 Kor. 9.12,15. Seb. 20.33.
r Mat. 10.41.
s 1 Tim. 5.13.
t 1 Pet. 3.11,13. Hlab. 34.14.
u 1 Joha. 2.29.
v 1 Joha. 3.6.
w 1.3,6. Seb. 6.3.
x Joha. 21.24.
y 2 Joha. 1.12.
2 ngomlomo: Gr., umlomo ngomlomo.
z Joha. 10.3.