2 kuThimothewu 1:1-5

UPawulu, umphostoli kaKristu Jesu ngentando kaNkulunkulu ngokwesithembiso sokuphila okukuKristu Jesu, kuThimothewu, indodana yami ethandekayo: Makube umusa, nesihawu, nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba nakuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. Ngiyambonga uNkulunkulu engimkhonzayo kokhokho ngonembeza omhlophe, ngokuba ngingaphezi ukukukhumbula emikhulekweni yami ubusuku nemini; Ngifisa kakhulu ukukubona, ngikhumbula izinyembezi zakho, ukuze ngigcwaliswe ngentokozo; Nxa ngikhumbula ukholo lwakho olungazenzisiyo olwahlala kuqala kugogo wakho uLowisi lakunyoko uYunike; ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi nakuwe.