AbaseKolose 1:1 UPawulu, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, noThimothewu wethu mfowethu, 1:2 Kwabangcwele nabazalwane abathembekileyo kuKristu abaseKolose. Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu UKristu. 1:3 Sibonga uNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, sikhuleka njalo kuwe, 1:4 Njengoba sezwa ngokholo lwenu kuKristu Jesu nangothando eninalo kufanele kubo bonke abangcwele, 1:5 Ngoba ithemba ebekwe kini ezulwini, lapho wezwa ngaphambili ngezwi leqiniso levangeli; 1:6 elifikile kini, njengalokhu likhona emhlabeni wonke; futhi iveza isithelo, njengalokhu senza kini, kusukela osukwini elakuzwa lanazi ngalo umusa kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso: 1:7 Njengalokho nafunda ku-Ephafra, inceku kanye nathi ethandekayo, osebenzela nina isikhonzi esithembekileyo sikaKristu; 1:8 owasitshela uthando lwenu ngoMoya. 1:9 Ngenxa yalokhu nathi, kusukela osukwini esakuzwa ngalo, asiphezi ukukhuleka kini, nokufisa ukuthi nigcwaliswe ngolwazi lwakhe intando kukho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda kokomoya; 1:10 Ukuze nihambe ngokufanele iNkosi kukho konke okuthokozisayo, nithela izithelo kuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle, nikhula ekwazini uNkulunkulu; 1:11 Niqiniswe ngamandla onke, ngokuvumelana namandla akhe enkazimulo, kubo bonke ukubekezela nokubekezela kanye nenjabulo; 1:12 sibonga uBaba, oye wasenza safaneleka ukuba sibe abahlanganyeli yefa labangcwele ekukhanyeni. 1:13 Owasikhulula emandleni obumnyama, futhi wasihumusha embusweni weNdodana yakhe ethandekayo; 1:14 esingahlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa izono: 1:15 Ongumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonakali, izibulo layo yonke indalo. 1:16 Ngoba ngaye zonke izinto zadalwa, ezulwini, futhi kukhona umhlaba, obonakalayo nongabonakali, noma izihlalo zobukhosi, noma imibuso, noma ohulumeni, noma amandla: zonke izinto zadalwa nguye, futhi zadalelwa yena; 1:17 Futhi yena ngaphambi kwazo zonke izinto, futhi kuye zonke izinto zihlangene. 1:18 Futhi iyinhloko yomzimba, ibandla: ngubani isiqalo, the izibulo kwabafileyo; ukuze kuzo zonke izinto abe negunya ukuvelela. 1:19 Ngoba kwamthokozisa uBaba ukuthi ukugcwala konke kuhlale kuye; 1:20 Futhi, esenzile ukuthula ngegazi lesiphambano sakhe, ngaye ukuba abuyisane naye zonke izinto; ngaye, ngithi, noma ziyizinto emhlabeni, kumbe ezintweni ezisezulwini. 1:21 Futhi wena, ukuthi ngesinye isikhathi abahlukanisiwe futhi izitha engqondweni yenu ngababi imisebenzi, nokho manje usebuyisene 1:22 Emzimbeni wenyama yakhe ngokufa, ukuze alethe nina ningcwele futhi ongasolekiyo nongasolekiyo emehlweni akhe; 1:23 Uma nihlala ekukholweni nisekelwe futhi niqinile, futhi ninganyakaziswa ethembeni levangeli enalizwa, elashunyayelwa kukho konke okudaliweyo okungaphansi kwezulu; engingenziwa ngakho mina Pawulu ungqongqoshe; 1:24 Manje ngijabulela ukuhlupheka kwami ngenxa yenu, futhi nigcwalise lokho okukhona ngemva kwezinhlupheko zikaKristu enyameni yami ngenxa yomzimba wakhe. okuyibandla; 1:25 Engenziwa ngayo isikhonzi ngokuvumelana nesimiso sikaNkulunkulu nginikelwe mina ngenxa yenu, ukugcwalisa izwi likaNkulunkulu; 1:26 Ngisho imfihlakalo ebifihliwe kusukela ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane, kodwa manje isibonakalisiwe kwabangcwele bakhe. 1:27 Kubo uNkulunkulu ayethanda ukubazisa ukuthi iyini ingcebo yenkazimulo yalokhu imfihlakalo phakathi kwabezizwe; onguKristu phakathi kwenu, ithemba lenkazimulo; 1:28 esimshumayelayo, sixwayisa wonke umuntu, futhi sifundisa wonke umuntu ngokuhlakanipha konke; ukuze sethule wonke umuntu ephelele kuKristu Jesu; 1:29 Nami engikhandlekela kukho, ngilwela ngokuvumelana nokusebenza kwakhe isebenza kimi ngamandla.