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.