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2:1 Ukuba ke ngoko kukho intuthuzelo kuKristu, ukuba kukho intuthuzelo yothando,
ukuba kukho ubudlelane boMoya, ukuba kukho imfesane neemfefe,
2:2 Luzaliseni uvuyo lwam, ukuze nicinge nto-nye, ninaluthando lunye, ningabahlobo lunye
Bamxhelo mnye, bamphefumlo mnye.
2:3 ningenzi nanye into ngokweyelenqe, nangokozuko olulambathayo. kodwa ekuthobekeni
Ingqondo mayigqale omnye njengoyena ubhetele kunaye.
2:4 Makangathi elowo axunele kokwakhe, elowo makaxunele kwezakhe izinto
zabanye.
2:5 Yibani nale ngcinga kuni, wayenayo kuye uKristu Yesu;
2:6 owathi, esebumeni bukaThixo, akaba akulingana ukulingana;
UThixo:
2:7 usuke wazenza oswele igama, wathabatha ubume bom
umkhonzi, wenziwa wafana nabantu;
2:8 wathi ngemo efunyenwe enjengomntu, wazithoba, waba
ethobelayo wada wesa ekufeni, ukufa ke kwasemnqamlezweni.
2:9 Kungoko athe uThixo wamphakamisa kakhulu, wamnika igama elibi
lingaphezu kwawo onke amagama:
2:10 ukuze egameni likaYesu agobe onke amadolo ezinto ezisemazulwini;
nezinto ezisemhlabeni, neziphantsi komhlaba;
2:11 zithi zonke iilwimi zixele ukuba uYesu Kristu uyiNkosi, kubo
uzuko lukaThixo uYise.
2:12 Ngoko ke, zintanda zam, njengokuba nahlala ninokuva, kungenjengephambi kwam
kodwa ngoku ngakumbi ndingekho, lusebenzeni nilufeze olwenu usindiso
uloyiko nokungcangcazela.
2:13 Kuba nguThixo okusebenzayo Ngaphakathi kwenu ukuthanda oko, kwanokusebenza oko kulungileyo;
ulonwabo.
2:14 Zonke izinto zenzeni ngaphandle kokumbombozela, neempikiswano.
2:15 ukuze nibe ngabangenakusoleka, nabangenakusoleka, ngabantwana bakaThixo abangenakusoleka;
phakathi kohlanga olugoso, olugwenxa, enibonakala phakathi kwalo ngathi
izikhanyiso ehlabathini;
2:16 nibambelele elizwini lobomi; ukuze ndiqhayise ngomhla kaKristu;
ukuba andifumananga ndabaleka, kanjalo andifumananga ndabulaleka.
2:17 Ewe, nokuba ndiyathululwa ngokomnikelo phezu kombingelelo nombuso wokholo lwenu, ndoba mna
Vuyani, nivuyisane nani nonke.
2:18 Yithini ke ngokoko nani nivuye, nivuyisane nam.
2:19 Ke ndithembele eNkosini uYesu, ukuba ndonithumela uTimoti kamsinya, ukuze nam
Kananjalo unokuthuthuzeleka xa ndisazi imeko yakho.
2:20 Kuba andinamntu wumbi, umphefumlo uvana nowam, owothi ayikhathalele ngokwenyaniso imicimbi engani.
2:21 Kuba bonke bafuna ezabo izinto, zingezizo ezikaYesu Kristu.
2:22 Ukucikideka ke kwakhe niyakwazi: ukuba, njengokuba engonyana kuyise;
wakhonza kunye nam kuzo iindaba ezilungileyo.
2:23 Lowo ke ngoko ndithembe ukumthuma kwaoko, xa ndithe ndayiqonda imicimbi
ndiza kuhamba nam.
2:24 Ke ndithembele eNkosini, ukuba nam ngokwam ndoza kamsinya.
2:25 Kodwa ke ndibe kuyafuneka ukuba ndinithumele uEpafrodito, umzalwana wam, naye
iqabane lakho emsebenzini, nejoni kunye nawe, kodwa umthunywa wakho, kunye nalowo
walungiselela iimfuno zam.
2:26 ekubeni ke ebenilangazelela nina nonke, edandatheka ngenxa yenu
wayevile ukuba ebegula.
2:27 Kuba okunene wayesifa, ephantse ukufa. Ke uThixo wamenzela inceba; kwaye
akenzela yena yedwa, wenzela nam lo, ukuze ndingabi buhlungu, ndibuhlungu kade.
2:28 Kukhona ngoko ndimthuma ngokukhawuleza, ukuze nakumbona nibuye nimbone
ndivuye, ndibe nomvandedwa;
2:29 Mamkeleni ke ngokwaseNkosini, ninovuyo lonke; kwaye ubambe onjalo
isidima:
2:30 Ngokuba, ngenxa yomsebenzi kaKristu, wada waphantsa ukufa, engakukhathalelanga owakhe
ndenzela ukusilela kwenu ekundilungiseleleni.