KwabaseKolose KwabaseKolose 1
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1uPawulos, umpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, noTimoti umzalwana, 2ubhalela abaseKolose, abazalwana abangcwele abakholwayo kuKristu; uthi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. 3Sibulela kuye uThixo uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, sihlala sinithandazela; 4Njengoko seva ngokholo lwenu kuKristu Yesu, nothando eninalo kubo bonke abangcwele. 5Nangenxa yethemba enalibekela lona emazulwini, nalivayo ngenxa engaphambili ngelizwi lenyaniso leendaba ezilungileyo; 6Lowo ufikileyo kuni, njengokuba kunjalo kuwo wonke umhlaba; luxakatha isiqhamo, kwanjengoko lwenjenjalo nangaphakathi kuni, kususela kwimini enaluvayo, nalwazi ubabalo lukaThixo ngenyaniso; 7Njengoko nafundayo nakuEpafra, ongumkhonzi oyintanda kunye nathi, engumlungiseleli othembekileyo kaKristu ngenxa yenu; 8owasazisayo nokusazisa ngothando lwenu lwaseMoyeni. 9Ngenxa yoko nathi, kususela kwimini esakuvayo oko, asiyeki ukunithandazela, nokukhunga, ukuze nizaliswe kukukwazi kakuhle ukuthanda kwakhe, ninobulumko bonke, nangokuqonda koMoya; 10ukuze nihambe ngokuyifaneleyo iNkosi, nise kuko konke ukukholisa, nixakathe isiqhamo kuwo wonke umsebenzi olungileyo, nikhulela ekumazini uThixo; 11nisomelezwa ngokomelela konke, ngokokuqina kozuko lwakhe, nide nise kuko konke ukunyamezela, nokuzeka kade umsindo, kunye novuyo; 12nibulela kuye uYise, osenze sakulingana ukuba nesabelo kwilifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni; 13owasihlangulayo egunyeni lobumnyama, wasifudusela ebukumkanini boNyana wakhe oyintanda; 14esinayo sikuye inkululeko ngokuhlawulelwa ngegazi lakhe, uxolelo lwezono; 15Ungumfanekiselo kaThixo ongenakubonwa, owamazibulo kwindalo yonke. 16Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto, ezisemazulwini nezisemhlabeni, ezinokubonwa nezingenakubonwa, nokuba ziitrone, nokuba zibubukhosi, nokuba zizilawuli, nokuba ngamagunya; zonke izinto zidalwe nguye, zidalelwe yena. 17Yena ke ungaphambi kweento zonke, nazo zonke izinto zima zimi kuye. 18Yena ke uyintloko yomzimba, yebandla; oyingqalo, owamazibulo kubo abafileyo; ukuze ezintweni zonke abe ngovelela. 19Kuba kwakholeka kuye uYise ukuba kuhlale kuye konke ukuzaliseka; 20nokuthi ngaye azixolelanise naye zonke izinto, elwenzile uxolo ngalo igazi lomnqamlezo; ndithi ngaye, nokuba zizinto ezisemhlabeni, nokuba zezisemazulwini. 21Nani, enibe nifudula ningazani, niziintshaba ngengqondo yenu ngokwasemisebenzini engendawo, kungoku unixolelanisile; 22ngomzimba wenyama yakhe ngokufa ukuze animise phambi kwakhe ningcwele, ningenakusoleka, ningenakusoleka; 23Ukuba kaloku nihlala nihleli elukholweni, nisekelwe niqinile, ningashukunyiswa nimke ethembeni leendaba ezilungileyo ezi nazivayo, zona zashunyayelwayo kwindalo yonke ephantsi kwezulu; endaba ngumlungiseleli wazo, mna Pawulos; 24Ngoku ndiyavuya ezintlungwini zam ngenxa yenu, ndikuzalisa enyameni yam okusileleyo kwiimbandezelo zikaKristu, ngenxa yomzimba wakhe olilo ibandla; 25endithe ndaba ngumlungiseleli wawo ngokokugosisa kukaThixo, awandinikela ngako ngenxa yenu, ukuba ndilizalise ilizwi likaThixo; 26Kwanaloo mfihlelo, ibifihliwe kwasemaphakadeni nasezizukulwaneni, nakungokunje ibonakalalisiweyo kubo abangcwele bakhe; 27awathandayo uThixo ukubazisa bona into obuyiyo ubutyebi bozuko lwaloo mfihlelo phakathi kwazo iintlanga; nguKristu ke ongaphakathi kwenu, ithemba lozuko; 28Sazisa yena ke thina, siluleka wonke umntu, sifundisa wonke umntu ngabo bonke ubulumko; ukuze simise wonke umntu egqibelele ekuKristu Yesu; 29endibulalekela kona oko, ndizama ngokokusebenza kwakhe okusebenzayo kum ngamandla.
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