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.