Incwadi Eya KwebeKolose
1 UPowula, okuyintando kaZimu bona abe mpostoli kaKrestu Jesu noThimothi+ umfowethu, 2 kwabacwengileko nabafowethu abathembekileko abasebunyeni noKrestu eKolose:
Kwanga ningaba nomusa omkhulu nokuthula okuvela kuZimu uBabethu.
3 Sithokoza uZimu qobe, uBaba weKosethu uJesu Krestu, nasinithandazelako, 4 soloko sezwa ngokukholwa kwenu kuKrestu Jesu nethando eninalo ngabo boke abacwengileko 5 ngebanga lethemba enibekelwe lona ezulwini.+ Nezwa phambilini ngethembeli ngomlayezo weqiniso leendaba ezimnandi 6 ezifike kini. Njengombana iindaba ezimnandi zithela iinthelo begodu zanda kilo loke iphasi,+ ngilokho ezikwenzako nakini kusukela ngelanga enezwa ngalo begodu nawazi ngokunembileko umusa omkhulu kaZimu ngeqiniso. 7 Ngilokho enakufunda ku-Ephafrasi+ inceku ethandekako esikunye nayo, osisebenzi sakaKrestu ngebanga lethu. 8 Wasazisa nangethando lenu elivezwa ngommoya.
9 Kungebangeli nathi kusukela ngelanga esezwa ngalo, singakhenge silise ukunithandazela+ nokunibawela bona nizaliswe ngelwazi elinembileko+ lentandwakhe kikho koke ukuhlakanipha nokuzwisisa okunikelwa mmoya kaZimu+ 10 ukuthi nikhambe ngokufaneleko kuJehova* bona nimthabise ngokupheleleko njengombana niragela phambili nithela iinthelo kiyo yoke imisebenzi emihle begodu nikhula elwazini elinembileko lakaZimu;+ 11 kwanga ningaqiniswa ngawo woke amandla ngokuvumelana namandlakhe aphazimulako+ bona nikghodlhelele ngokupheleleko ngokubekezela nangethabo 12 njengombana nithokoza uBaba, owanenza nafanelekela ukuhlanganyela elifeni labacwengileko+ ekukhanyeni.
13 Wasisindisa emandleni wobumnyama,+ wasidlulisela embusweni weNdodanakhe ethandekako, 14 ngayo sifumana ukutjhatjhululwa kwethu ngesihlengo, ukulitjalelwa kwezono zethu.+ 15 Yona imfanekiso kaZimu ongabonakaliko,+ izibulo layo yoke indalo;+ 16 zoke ezinye izinto ezulwini nephasini zadalwa ngayo, izinto ezibonakalako nezinto ezingabonakaliko,+ kungaba ziinhlalo zobukhosi namkha ububusi namkha aborhulumende namkha abalawuli. Zoke ezinye izinto zadalwa ngayo+ begodu zadalelwa yona. 17 Godu yona ingaphambi kwazo zoke ezinye izinto+ begodu ngayo zoke ezinye izinto zenziwa zaba khona, 18 iyihloko yomzimba, okulibandla.+ Yona isithomo, izibulo kwabafileko+ bona ibe ngeyokuthoma kizo zoke izinto 19 ngombana uZimu wakuthabela bona koke ukuphelela kuhlale kiyo+ 20 begodu ngayo abuyisane nazo zoke izinto+ ngokwenza ukuthula ngeengazi+ eyaziphalaza esigodweni sokuhlunguphazwa,* kungaba zizinto zephasini namkha zizinto ezisezulwini.
21 Nina enakhe naba kude noZimu begodu nimanaba ngombana imikhumbulwenu beyisemisebenzini emimbi, 22 nje ubuyisane nani ngomzimba wenyama waloyo owafako bona aniveze nicwengile, ninganabala begodu ninganamlandu phambi kwakhe+ 23 kwaphela nangabe niragela phambili ekukholweni,+ nidzimelele esisekelweni+ begodu niqine,+ ningatjhidiselwa kude nethemba leendaba ezimnandi enazizwako nezatjhunyayelwa kiyo yoke indalo engaphasi kwezulu.+ Mina Powula ngaba sisebenzi+ seendaba ezimnandezi.
24 Nje-ke ngiyathaba ekutlhageni kwami ngebanga lenu+ begodu ngiqalene nokutshwenyeka kwakaKrestu okusatlhayelako enyamenami ngebanga lomzimbakhe,+ okulibandla.+ 25 Ngibe sisebenzi sebandleli ngokuvumelana nobuphathi+ obuvela kuZimu enganikelwa bona ukuthi kuzuze nina bona ngitjhumayele ilizwi lakaZimu ngokupheleleko, 26 ifihlo ecwengileko+ ebeyifihlekile ephasini+ neenzukulwaneni ezidlulileko. Kodwana nje seyambuliwe kwabacwengileko bakhe,+ 27 labo uZimu athabele ukubazisa umnotho ophazimulako wefihlo ecwengileko le,+ okunguKrestu asebunyeni nani, ithemba lephazimulwakhe.+ 28 Nguye esimmemezelako, esiyelelisa begodu sifundise boke abantu ngakho koke ukuhlakanipha bona siveze woke umuntu aphelele ebunyeni noKrestu.+ 29 Ngebanga lalokhu, ngisebenza budisi, ngiyazikhandla ngamandlakhe asebenza ngaphakathi kwami.+