Chapter 1
1 Indoda enkulu ibhalela inkosikazi enyuliweyo nabantwana bayo, endibathandayo mna ngenyaniso; ingendim ndedwa, ingabo bonke abayazileyo inyaniso;
2 ngenxa yenyaniso ehleliyo kuthi, eya kuba nathi ngonaphakade:
3 ithi, Makubekho kuni ubabalo, nenceba, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uYise, nakwiNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, uNyana kaYise, kuni basenyanisweni naseluthandweni.
4 Ndavuya kunene kuba ndifumene kubantwana bakho kukho abahamba enyanisweni, njengoko samkelayo umthetho kuye uYise.
5 Nangoku ndiyakucela, nkosikazi, kungengakuba ndikubhalela umthetho omtsha; ndikubhalela lowo sasinawo kwasekuqalekeni: ukuba sithandane.
6 Lulo ke olu uthando, ukuba sihambe ngokwemithetho yakhe. Nguwo lo umthetho, njengokuba nevayo kwasekuqalekeni, ukuba nihambe kuwo.
7 Ngokuba kungene abalahlekisi abaninzi ehlabathini, abangamvumiyo uYesu Kristu esiza esenyameni. Lowo ngumkhohlisi nomchasi-Kristu.
8 Zilumkeleni, ukuba singalahlekani nezinto esizisebenzileyo; masamkele umvuzo ozalisekileyo.
9 Bonke abagqithayo, abangahlaliyo emfundisweni kaKristu, abanaThixo; ohleliyo emfundisweni kaKristu, lowo unaye uYise noNyana.
10 Ukuba umntu uza kuni, engazisi yona le mfundiso, musani ukumamkela endlwini yenu, ningambulisi nokumbulisa;
11 kuba lowo umbulisayo unobudlelane naye ngemisebenzi yakhe engendawo.
12 Ndinezinto ezininzi nje zokunibhalela, andingi ndingazibhala ngaphepha nangainki; ndithembe ukuza kuni, sithethe ngomlomo, ukuze uvuyo lwethu luzaliseke.
13 Bayakubulisa abantwana bodade wenu onyuliweyo. Amen.