KwabaseFilipi
1:1 UPawulos noTimoti, abakhonzi bakaYesu Kristu, babhalela bonke abangcwele abangaphakathi
UKristu Yesu, abaseFilipi, ndawonye nabaveleli nabalungiseleli;
1:2 Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu
UYESU khristu.
1:3 Ndiyabulela kuThixo wam, ekunikhumbuleni kwam konke.
1:4 Ndihlala ndikhunga, ndikhunga ngenxa yenu nonke, ndinovuyo;
1:5 ngenxa yobudlelane benu obubhekisele kuzo iindaba ezilungileyo, kususela kwimini yokuqala kude kube ngoku;
1:6 ndikholose ngayo le nto, yokuba lowo wawuqalayo umsebenzi olungileyo;
kuni wokwenza oko, ide ibe yimini kaYesu Kristu;
1:7 njengokuba ndimelwe kukuzicingela oko ngani nonke, ngokuba ndinani
kwintliziyo yam; njengoko ndisentolongweni, ndiselugcinweni lomkhosi, ndibagwebela
Ukuzaliseka kweendaba ezilungileyo oku, ningamadlelana ngobabalo lwam nonke.
1:8 Kuba uThixo ulingqina lam lokuba kukhulu ukunilangazelela kwam nonke
UYESU khristu.
1:9 Oku ke ndithandazela, ukuba uthando lwenu luphuphume ngakumbi nangakumbi
ukwazi nokuqonda konke;
1:10 ukuze nizicikide izinto eziziincamisa; ukuze nibe ngabanyanisekileyo
singabi nasikhubekiso, ide ibe yimini kaKristu;
1:11 nizele ziziqhamo zobulungisa ezingoYesu
kuKristu, kuye uzuko nendumiso yakhe.
1:12 Ke kaloku ndinga ningazi, bazalwana, ukuba zithini na ezo zinto
Ndifikelwe bububi, ndaweni ithile yawela ukuqhubela phambili
ivangeli;
1:13 ngokokude iintambo zam ezi zibonakale kuyo yonke indlu yomkhosi nakubo bonke, ukuba zikuKristu
ezinye iindawo;
1:14 Abazalwana abaninzi baseNkosini, bekholose ngeentambo zam ezi;
kube kukhona anobuganga bokulithetha ilizwi ngaphandle kokoyika.
1:15 Okunene abathile bamvakalisa uKristu ngomona neenkani; ukanti ke ezinye zezilungileyo
uya:
1:16 Abeyelenqe abo bamazisa uKristu ngokungenyulu, beba baya kongeza;
imbandezelo kwiintambo zam;
1:17 ke aba benziwa luthando, bamazisa wKristu besazi ukuba ndimiselwe ukuziphendulela
ivangeli.
1:18 Kuthiweni na ke ngoko? Noko kunjalo, ngeendlela zonke, nokuba kungokunyhwalaza, nokuba kuyinyaniso,
UKristu uyashunyayelwa; Ndiyavuya kuko oko, ndaye ndisaya kuvuya.
1:19 Kuba ndiyazi ukuba oku kuya kubuyisela usindiso lwam ngomthandazo wakho
unikezelo loMoya kaYesu Kristu,
1:20 ngokwentumekelelo yam, nangokwethemba lam, ukuba andiyi kwenza nto
yibani neentloni ngako konke ukungafihlisi, njengokwamaxesha onke, ekwanjalo ngoku noKristu
Uya kwenziwa nkulu emzimbeni wam, nokuba kungobomi, nokuba kungokufa.
1:21 Kuba kum mna, ukudla ubomi kunguKristu, ukufa kuyinzuzo.
1:22 Ke ukuba ukudla ubomi ndisenyameni kusisiqhamo somsebenzi kum oko, kanti ke kona mna
ndiya kunyula, andazi.
1:23 Kuba ndixinekile phakathi kwezinto ezimbini;
kunye noKristu; eyona nto ingcono kakhulu:
1:24 kodwa ukuhlala ndihleli ndisenyameni, yeyona nto ifunekayo ngenxa yenu.
1:25 Kananjalo, ndikholose ngoko nje, ndiyazi ukuba ndiya kuhlala ndihlale
ngenxa yokuhambela kwenu phambili, ninovuyo lokholo;
1:26 ukuze iqhayiya lenu kuKristu Yesu ngam liye lisanda ngokwanda ngam
ndiza kuwe kwakhona.
1:27 Ihambo yenu mayibe njengoko izifanele iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu;
nokuba ndiyeza kunibona, nokuba ndingekho, ndive izinto zenu
izinto zokuba nizinzise moyeni mnye, nizama ngantliziyo-nye
kunye ngenxa yokholo lweendaba ezilungileyo;
1:28 Ningankwantya nangayiphi na into ngabo bachasayo;
ingumbonakalaliso wentshabalalo okunene, kodwa wosindiso kuni, kube ke oko kuvela kuThixo.
1:29 Kuba nina abaphiwa ngenxa kaKristu, ingekuko ukukholwa kuphela
naye eve ubunzima ngenxa yakhe;
1:30 ninawo umzamo onjengalowo nawubonayo kum, nangoku niwuvayo ukuba ukho kum.
Filemon
1:1 UPawulos, umbanjwa kaYesu Kristu, noTimoti umzalwana, ubhalela uFilemon
intanda yethu, nomsebenzisi wethu,
1:2 ubhalela uApiya intanda, noArkipo, umphumi-mkhosi wethu, nabazalwana bethu
ibandla endlwini yakho:
1:3 bathi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
1:4 Ndihlala ndibulela kuye uThixo wam, ndikukhankanya emithandazweni yam ngamaxesha onke;
1:5 Ndithe ndaluva nje uthando lwakho nokholo onalo kuyo iNkosi uYesu;
nakubo bonke abangcwele;
1:6 ukuze ubudlelane bokholo lwakho bube nokusebenza ngoKristu
nizazi kakuhle zonke izinto ezilungileyo ezikuni, nikuKristu Yesu.
1:7 Kuba sinovuyo nothuthuzeleko olukhulu ngalo uthando lwakho, ngenxa yezibilini zothando lwakho
abangcwele baphunyuzwa nguwe, mzalwana.
1:8 Ngoko ke, nangona ndinobuganga obukhulu ngakuKristu, ukuba ndikuthethele oko
ekulungeleyo,
1:9 noko ngenxa yothando ndisuka kanye ndikubongoze, ndingonjengoPawulos lo ungokaPawulos
owalupheleyo, ke ngoku ukwangumbanjwa kaYesu Kristu.
1:10 ndiyakubongoza ngenxa yonyana wam, uOnesimo, endimzeleyo ndisezintanjeni;
1:11 obefudula engeluncedo lwanto kuwe, kodwa ngoku kuwe uncedo
kwaye kum:
1:12 endimthume mna;
izibilini:
1:13 ebendinga mna ndingamhlala naye, ukuze abe naye esikhundleni sakho
Wandilungiselela ndisezintanjeni zeendaba ezilungileyo;
1:14 Andinakwenza nto ungekho wena; ukuze ukulunga kwakho kungabikho
njengokuba kuyimfuneko, kodwa ngokuzithandela.
1:15 Kuba mhlawumbi waphuma umzuzu, ukuze ube wena
Mamkele ngonaphakade;
1:16 engasenjengekhoboka, esuke wangaphezu kwekhoboka, engumzalwana oyintanda, ngokukodwa ke
Kum, wobeka phi na ke kuwe, ngokwenyama nangokweNkosi?
1:17 Ngoko ke, ukuba unobudlelane nam, mamkele njengam.
1:18 Ukuba wakona, nokuba unetyala kuwe, oko kubalele kum.
1:19 Mna Pawulos ndikubhale ngesam isandla ukuthi, mna ndokuhlawula;
Anditsho kuwe ukuba, kum unetyala elingaphezulu, elinguwe ngokwakho.
1:20 Ewe, mzalwana, mandincedeke ngawe mna ngokwaseNkosini; ziphumze izibilini zam ngaphakathi.
iNkosi.
1:21 Ndikubhalele ndeyisekile kukundilulamela kwakho, ndisazi ukuba wena
Nangaphezu koko ndikuthethayo.
1:22 Kunye ke noko, ndilungisele indawo yokuhlala; kuba ndithembile ukuba ngenxa yenu
imithandazo ndiya kuyinikwa.
1:23 Uyakubulisa uEpafra, umbanjwa ndawonye nam wakwaKristu Yesu.
1:24 uMarko, uAristarko, uDemas, uLucas, abasebenzisi bam.
1:25 Ubabalo lweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu malube nomoya wenu. Amen.