I TIMOTHEA 2
Ho rapellwe bohle. — Ditshwanelo tsa basadi.
1Jwale, kgothatso ya ka ya sehlooho, ke re: Diqelo, le merapelo, le dithapello, le diteboho, di etsetswe batho bohle, 2le marena, le bohle ba boholong, hore re tle re iphelele kgotsong le boiketlong ka borapedi bohle le ka bokgabane. 3Hobane hoo ke ho molemo, ho kgahlehang ho Modimo, Mmoloki wa rona, 4o ratang hoba batho bohle ba bolokehe, mme ba fihle tsebong ya nnete. 5Hobane Modimo o mong feela, le Mmuelli mahareng a Modimo le batho o mong, e leng Jesu Kreste motho, 6ya ineetseng ho ba topollo ya bohle. Ke boo bopaki bo beilweng mehleng ya teng, 7boo ke beilweng mmoledi le moapostola ka baka la jona — ke bolela nnete ka Kreste, ha ke etse leshano — le moruti wa baditjhaba ho ba isa tumelong le nneteng.
8Ke fela ke rata hoba banna ba rapele kahohle, ba phahamise matsoho a masweu, ho se bohale le kgang.
9Basadi le bona ba apare seaparo se lokelang, ba itlhophe ka boitlhompho le ka tshabo, e seng ka moriri o forilweng, le ka kgauta, leha e le diperela, leha e le meaparo e kgabisitsweng; 10e mpe e be ka mesebetsi e molemo, jwalokaha ho tshwanela basadi ba ipolelang hoba ba sebeletsa Modimo. 11Mosadi a ithute a kgutsitse, ka kutlo yohle. 12Hobane ha ke dumelle mosadi ho ruta, leha e le ho laola monna; a mpe a itulele ka ho ikgutsetsa. 13Hobane Adama o bopilwe pele, hamorao ha bopjwa Eva; 14mme hase Adama ya thetsitsweng, empa mosadi, hobane a thetswe, o hlahisitse tlolo. 15Leha ho le jwalo, o tla bolokeha ha a tswala bana, ha a hlola tumelong, le leratong, le kgalalelong, a ena le tshabo.
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