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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.