KwabaseKolose 1:1 UPawulos, umpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, noTimoti wethu ubhuti, 1:2 ubhalela abaseKolose, abazalwana abangcwele abakholwayo kuKristu; uthi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu UKrestu. 1:3 Sibulela kuye uThixo, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, sithandaza rhoqo kuwe, 1:4 sakuba seva ngokholo lwenu kuKristu Yesu, nangothando enaninalo kubafanele bonke abangcwele, 1:5 ngenxa yethemba enilibekelweyo emazulwini, enalivayo ngenxa engaphambili ngelizwi lenyaniso leendaba ezilungileyo; 1:6 eliza kuni, njengokuba linjalo ehlabathini lonke; kwaye izale isiqhamo kwanjengoko sinjalo kuni, kususela kwimini enakuvayo naza nakwazi ubabalo lukaThixo ngenyaniso; 1:7 njengoko nafundayo nokufunda kuEpafra, ongumkhonzi oyintanda kunye nathi, osilungeleyo ngenxa yenu umlungiseleli othembekileyo kaKristu; 1:8 owasazisayo nokusazisa uthando lwenu lwaseMoyeni. 1:9 Ngenxa yoko nathi, kususela kwimini esakuvayo oko, asiyeki ukuthandaza ngenxa yenu, nokulangazelela ukuba nizaliswe kukwazi kwakhe uya kubo bonke ubulumko nokuqonda koMoya; 1:10 ukuze nihambe ngokuyifaneleyo iNkosi, nise kuko konke ukukholisa, nixakathe isiqhamo kuwo wonke umsebenzi olungileyo, nikhulela ekumazini uThixo; 1:11 nisomelezwa ngokomelela konke, ngokokuqina kozuko lwakhe, kubo bonke ukuzeka kade umsindo, kunye novuyo; 1:12 sibulela kuye uYise, osenze sakulingana ukuba ngamadlelane kwilifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni; 1:13 owasihlangulayo egunyeni lobumnyama, wasifudusa; ebukumkanini boNyana wakhe oyintanda; 1:14 esinayo sikuye inkululeko ngokuhlawulelwa ngegazi lakhe, uxolelo lwentlawulelo izono: 1:15 Ungumfanekiselo kaThixo ongenakubonwa, owamazibulo kwindalo yonke. 1:16 Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto, ezisemazulwini neziphakathi umhlaba, obonakalayo nongabonakaliyo, nokuba ziitrone, nokuba zibubukhosi, okanye izilawuli, okanye amagunya: zonke izinto zidalwe nguye, zidalelwe yena; 1:17 Yena ke ungaphambi kweento zonke, nazo zonke izinto zima zimi kuye. 1:18 Yena ke uyintloko yomzimba, yebandla; oyingqalo, yena owamazibulo kwabafileyo; ukuze ezintweni zonke abe nako ukongama. 1:19 Kuba kwakholeka kuye uYise ukuba kuhlale kuye konke ukuzaliseka; 1:20 elwenzile uxolo ngalo igazi lomnqamlezo wakhe, ngaye zixolelanise naye zonke izinto; ngaye, ndithi, nokuba zizinto emhlabeni, okanye izinto ezisemazulwini. 1:21 Nani ke, enibe nifudula ningazani, niziintshaba ngengqondo yenu ngabangendawo; esebenza, ukanti ngoku uxolelanisile 1:22 Ngomzimba wenyama yakhe ngokufa, ukuze animise ningcwele, ningcwele engenakusoleka, engenakusoleka phambi kwakhe; 1:23 Ukuba nihlala nihleli elukholweni, nisekelwe niqinile, ningashukunyiswa ngenxa yethemba leendaba ezilungileyo enazivayo, nazishunyayelwayo kuyo yonke indalo ephantsi kwezulu; endathi mna Pawulos ndenziwa khona oko umphathiswa; 1:24 Ngoku ke ndivuyayo ngeembandezelo zam, ngenxa yenu, nikuzalisa oko kukhoyo emva kweembandezelo zikaKristu, enyameni yam, ngenxa yomzimba wakhe; elilibandla; 1:25 endithe ndenziwa umlungiseleli wawo ngokolungiselelo lukaThixo; ndinikelwe mna ngenxa yenu, ukuba nilizalise ilizwi likaThixo; 1:26 Kwanaloo mfihlelo ibifihliwe kwasemaphakadeni nakwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana ngoku ibonakaliswe kwabangcwele bakhe. 1:27 awathandayo uThixo ukubazisa bona into obuyiyo ubutyebi bozuko imfihlelo phakathi kweentlanga; nguKristu ke ongaphakathi kwenu, ithemba lozuko; 1:28 Sazisa yena ke thina, siluleka wonke umntu, sifundisa wonke umntu ngabo bonke ubulumko; ukuze simise wonke umntu egqibelele ekuKristu Yesu; 1:29 endibulalekela kona oko, ndizama ngokokusebenza kwakhe isebenza kum ngamandla.