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.