KubaseKholose
1 Mine Pawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu, ngikanye naThimothi+ umzalwane wetfu, 2 ngibhalela labangcwele nebazalwane labetsembekile baseKholose labamunye naKhristu:
Shengatsi ningemukela umusa lomkhulu kanye nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe wetfu.
3 Nasinithantazela, sihlale simbonga Nkulunkulu longuBabe weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, 4 ngobe seva ngekukholwa kwenu kuKhristu Jesu nangendlela lenibatsandza ngayo bonkhe labangcwele, 5 ngenca yelitsemba lenibekelwe lona ezulwini.+ Esikhatsini lesendlulile, nafundza ngalelitsemba ngesikhatsi nitjelwa umlayeto weliciniso letindzaba letimnandzi 6 letefika kini. Letindzaba letimnandzi titsela titselo futsi tiyandza emhlabeni wonkhe.+ Kusukela ngelilanga leneva ngalo liciniso ngemusa lomkhulu waNkulunkulu futsi nawati kahle, tindzaba letimnandzi betisolo titsela titselo kini. 7 Nguloko lenikufundze ku-Ephafrasi,+ losigcili lesitsandzekako lesikanye natsi, losisebenti saKhristu lesetsembekile futsi losimelele. 8 Wasitjela nangelutsandvo leninalo loluvetwa ngumoya.*
9 Ngaleso sizatfu, kusukela ngelilanga lesakuva ngalo loku, asiyekelanga kunithantazela+ nekucela kutsi nigcwale lwati lolungulonalona+ ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu, futsi nitfole konkhe kuhlakanipha nekucondza lokuvela kuye,+ 10 kuze nihambe ngendlela lefanele embikwaJehova,* khona nitomjabulisa ngalokuphelele njengobe nichubeka nitsela titselo kuyo yonkhe imisebenti lemihle, futsi nikhula elwatini lolungulonalona ngaNkulunkulu.+ 11 Shengatsi ningaciniswa ngawo onkhe emandla ngebukhulu benkhatimulo yakhe,+ kuze nicinisele ngalokuphelele ngekubeketela nenjabulo, 12 njengobe nibonga Babe lonente nakufanela kutfola lifa lalabangcwele+ labasekukhanyeni.
13 Wasikhulula emandleni ebumnyama,+ futsi wasendlulisela embusweni weNdvodzana yakhe layitsandzako, 14 lesitfole ngayo kukhululwa ngenhlawulo, lokukutsetselelwa kwetono tetfu.+ 15 Yona ingumfanekiso waNkulunkulu longabonakali,+ litibulo layo yonkhe indalo;+ 16 ngobe tonkhe letinye tintfo tadalwa ngayo ezulwini nasemhlabeni, tintfo letibonakalako naletingabonakali,+ kungaba tihlalo tebukhosi, emandla ekubusa, bohulumende nome tiphatsimandla. Tonkhe letinye tintfo tadalwa ngayo+ futsi tadalelwa yona. 17 Yona yekucala kuto tonkhe letinye tintfo,+ futsi tonkhe taba khona ngayo, 18 iyinhloko yemtimba, lokulibandla.+ Isicalo, futsi yekucala kuvuswa kulabafile,+ kuze ibe yekucala kuto tonkhe tintfo; 19 ngobe bekuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu kutsi iphelele kuto tonkhe tintfo,+ 20 nekutsi ngayo ente tonkhe letinye tintfo+ tibuyisane naye ngekwenta kuthula ngengati+ yayo leyacitseka elugodvweni,* kungaba tintfo letisemhlabeni nobe letisezulwini.
21 Ecinisweni, nine benehlukanisiwe naNkulunkulu futsi nititsa naye ngobe tingcondvo tenu betinake imisebenti lemibi, 22 kodvwa nyalo sewunente nabuyisana naye ngemtimba waloyo lowatinikela ekufeni, kuze anente nibe ngcwele, nibe msulwa futsi ningasoleki embikwakhe.+ 23 Loko kutawenteka kuphela nangabe nichubeka ekukholweni,+ nibambelela esisekelweni,+ nicinile+ futsi ninganyakatiswa etsembeni letindzaba letimnandzi lenativa, naletashunyayelwa kuyo yonkhe indalo lengephansi kwelizulu.+ Mine Pawula ngaba yinceku lememetela letindzaba letimnandzi.+
24 Nyalo ngiyajabula ngekuhlupheka ngenca yenu,+ futsi ngihlupheka njengaKhristu, kodvwa kusafanele ngihlupheke ngalokuphelele ngenca yemtimba wakhe,+ lokulibandla.+ 25 Ngaba yinceku yalelibandla ngobe Nkulunkulu wangiphatsisa lomsebenti+ kuze kuzuze nine, kungako ngishumayela livi lakhe ngenhlitiyo yonkhe, 26 lokuyimfihlo lengcwele+ lebeyifihliwe etikhatsini* letengcile+ nasetitukulwaneni letengcile. Kodvwa nyalo seyembuliwe kulabangcwele bakhe,+ 27 labo Nkulunkulu lakujabulele kubembulela bukhulu benkhatimulo yalemfihlo lengcwele etiveni,+ lenguKhristu lenisebunyeni naye futsi leninelitsemba lekukhatinyuliswa naye.+ 28 Nguye lesimemetela ngaye, seluleke ngaye futsi sifundzise ngaye bonkhe bantfu ngako konkhe kuhlakanipha, kuze sisite wonkhe umuntfu losebunyeni naKhristu kutsi avutfwe bese simletsa kuNkulunkulu.+ 29 Kuze kube ngunyalo, ngisebenta kamatima ngiphindze ngitikhandle ngekuciniswa nguye, ngenca yemandla langinika wona.+