KwabaseKolose 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹UPawulos, umpostile kaKrestu uYesu ngokuthanda kukaBawo wethu, noTimoti umzalwana wethu, ²ubhalela abazalwana noodade abangcwele, abathembekileyo kuKrestu abaseKolose: makube lubabalo noxolo kuni oluvela kuBawo wethu.

Sibulela Ngenxa Yokholo Lwenu

³Siyabulela ngamaxesha onke kuBawo wethu, kuYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, sinithandazela, ⁴ekubeni sivile ngokholo lwenu kuKrestu uYesu, nothando lwenu kubo bonke abangcwele, ⁵ngenxa yethemba enibekelwe lona ezulwini, enaselulivile elizwini lenyaniso, ivangeli, ⁶elafika kuni, livelisa iziqhamo likhula ehlabathini liphela njengoko kunjalo naphakathi kwenu, kususela kuloo mini naliva nalwazi okwenyaniso ubabalo lukaBawo wethu. ⁷Nalufunda ku-Epafra, umkhonzi onjengathi esimthandayo, umbusi othembekileyo kaKrestu ngenxa yethu, ⁸yena ke osixelele ngothando lwenu kuMoya oyiNgcwele.

⁹Ngenxa yoko, kususela kuloo mini sakuvayo, asiyekanga ukunithandazela, sinicelela ukuba nizaliswe kukwazi ukuthanda kwakhe ngobulumko bonke nangengqiqo yomoya, ¹⁰ukuze nihambe ngokuyifanele iNkosi, niyikholise ngokupheleleyo, nivelisa iziqhamo kuwo wonke umsebenzi olungileyo, nikhula ngokumazi uBawo wethu, ¹¹nomelezwa ngawo onke amandla ngokwegunya lakhe elizukileyo, ukuze ninyamezele nibe nomonde kunye nemihlali, ¹²nibulela kuBawo wethu, owanenza nafaneleka ukwabelana ngelifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni. ¹³Wasihlangula kulawulo lobumnyama, wasingenisa ebukumkanini boNyana wakhe amthandayo, ¹⁴esithi kuye sibe nentlawulelo, ukuxolelwa kwezono.

UNyana Ongaphezu Kwezinto Zonke

¹⁵Yena ungumfanekiso kaBawo wethu ongenakubonwa, owamazibulo kuyo yonke indalo. ^a a v15 UNyana ungumfanekiso obonakalayo kaBawo ongazanga abonwe namnye — ukukhangela uYesu kukubona ukuba unjani uBawo wethu. ¹⁶Kuba zonke izinto zadalwa kuye—izinto ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni, ezibonwayo nezingabonwayo, nokuba zizitrone, nokuba zinkosi, nokuba ngamagunya, nokuba ngabalawuli—zonke zadalwa ngaye, zadalelwa yena. ¹⁷Yena ukho ngaphambi kwezinto zonke, zaye zonke izinto zibambene kuye. ¹⁸Yena uyintloko yomzimba, elibandla. Yena usisiqalo, ungowamazibulo kwabafileyo, ukuze abe nendawo yokuqala ezintweni zonke. ¹⁹Kuba uBawo wethu wakholiswa kukuba yonke inzaliseko yakhe ihlale kuNyana, ²⁰aze ngaye axolelanise izinto zonke naye, nokuba zizinto ezisemhlabeni, nokuba zizinto ezisezulwini, enze uxolo ngegazi lomnqamlezo wakhe.

²¹Nani enibe nifudula nikhwelelene noBawo wethu, niziintshaba ngeengcamango zenu, ngenxa yezenzo zenu ezimbi. ²²Kodwa ngoku uBawo wethu unixolelanise ngomzimba wenyama kaKrestu ngokufa kwakhe, ukuze animise phambi kwakhe ningcwele, ningenasiphako, ningenakusoleka, ²³ukuba okunene nihleli elukholweni, nisekiwe niqinile, ningashukunyiswa nithinjwa ethembeni levangeli enaliva, elavakaliswa kuyo yonke indalo ephantsi kwezulu, endaba ngumkhonzi walo mna, Pawulos.

Iintlungu zikaPawulos Ngenxa Yebandla

²⁴Ngoku ndiyavuya ngeentlungu zam ngenxa yenu, ndaye enyameni yam ndizalisa oko kusaseleyo ekubandezelekeni kukaKrestu, ngenxa yomzimba wakhe, elilibandla. ^b b v24 UPawulos akatsho ukuthi umnqamlezo wawungaphelelanga — utsho ukuthi iintlungu zakhe zandisa umsebenzi kaKrestu wosindiso ngalo ibandla, umzimba wakhe. ²⁵Ndaba ngumkhonzi walo ngomsebenzi endiwunikwe nguBawo wethu ngenxa yenu: ukuba ndililizalise lonke ilizwi likaBawo wethu. ²⁶Imfihlakalo ebifihlakele kananjalo kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, kodwa ngoku ityhilelwe abantu bakhe abangcwele. ²⁷UBawo wethu wakhetha ukubatyhilela bona ubutyebi obuzukileyo baloo mfihlakalo phakathi kweentlanga, enguKrestu kuni, ithemba lozuko. ²⁸Simvakalisa yena, silumkisa sifundisa wonke umntu ngobulumko bonke, ukuze simise phambi kwakhe wonke umntu efezekile kuKrestu. ²⁹Ngenxa yale nto ndibulaleka, ndibambana ngawo onke amandla uBawo wethu awanika kum, asebenza ngamandla amakhulu ngaphakathi kwam.