Ukuzamazama kukaPawulos Ngenxa Yabo
UPawulos uzamazama emthandazweni ngenxa yamakholwa angazange awabone, enqwenela ukuba azinze kuKrestu endaweni yokuthinjwa yintanda-bulumko ekrelekrele, yimithetho yokudla, nemibono yezithunywa. Incwadi yamatyala echasene nabo sele ibethelelwe emnqamlezweni; uBawo wethu wabavusa kunye noKrestu.
2 1Ndifuna nazi indlela endizamazama ngayo ngenxa yenu, nabo baseLawodike, nabo bonke abangazanga bandibona ebusweni, 2ukuze iintliziyo zabo zivuseleleke, zihlangene ngothando, zize zifike kubo bonke ubutyebi bokweyiseka okupheleleyo nokuqonda—ekwazini imfihlelo kaBawo wethu, enguKrestu, 3ekufihlwe kuye bonke ubuncwane bobulumko nokwazi. 4Nditsho le nto ukuze kungabikho namnye unganikhohlisayo ngamazwi acengayo. 5Nakuba ndingekho ngomzimba, ndinani ngomoya, ndinemihlali ndibona ukulungelelana kwenu nokuqina kokholo lwenu kuKrestu.
Nendeleke Senakhelwe Kuye
6Ngoko ke, njengokuba namamkela uKrestu uYesu iNkosi, hambani kuye, 7nendeleke senakhelwe kuye, niqinile elukholweni njengoko nafundiswayo, niphuphuma ngombulelo.
8Lumkani ukuba kungabikho namnye unithimbayo ngentanda-bulumko nangenkohliso elambatha, ngokwesithethe sabantu, ngokweziqalelo zehlabathi, kungengakuKrestu. a a v8 Iziqalelo zehlabathi: amandla okomoya neziseko ezibamba abantu bengabathinjwa ngaphandle koKrestu. 9Kuba kuye kuhlala ubuThixo bonke ngokupheleleyo ngesimo somzimba, 10yaye kuye nenziwe nafezeka, oyintloko phezu kolawulo lonke negunya. 11Kuye naluswa nokwaluswa—ulwaluko olungenziwanga ngazandla, ulwaluko lokuhluthwa komzimba wenyama—ulwaluko lukaKrestu. b b v11 Ulwaluko olwenziwa ngaphandle kwezandla: utshintsho lokomoya lwentliziyo, kungengesiko lenyama. 12Nangcwatywa naye ngobhaptizo, enavuswa naye ngalo ngokholo lwamandla kaBawo wethu, owamvusayo kwabafileyo. 13Nanifile ziziphoso zenu nasekungalukeni kwenyama yenu, kodwa uBawo wethu wanidlisa ubomi kunye naye, esixolela zonke iziphoso zethu, 14ecima incwadi yetyala, kunye namasiko ayo, eyayisichasile. Wayibeka bucala le nto, wayibethelela emnqamlezweni. 15Wabahlutha abalawuli namagunya, wabahlaza ekuhleni, ebeyisa ngaye.
16Ngoko ke makungabikho namnye unigwebayo ngokudla, nangokusela, nangomthendeleko, nangokuthwasa kwenyanga, nangesabatha. 17Ezi zinto zisisithunzi sezinto ebeziza kubakho, kodwa inyaniso yeyoKrestu. 18Makungabikho namnye uniphelisa isabelo ngokuyoliswa kukuzithoba kobuxoki nakunqulo lwezithunywa zezulu, enyameka ngemibono ayibonileyo, ekhukhumele ngokungenasizathu ngengqondo yakhe yenyama, 19engabambeleli kuyo iNtloko, lo ithi ngayo umzimba wonke, wondliwe uhlangene ngamalungu nangemisipha, ukhule ngokukhula okuvela kuBawo wethu.
20Ukuba nafa noKrestu kwiziqalelo zehlabathi, yini na ukuba, ngathi niseyinxalenye yehlabathi, nizithobe phantsi kwemithetho yalo? 21“Ungabambi, ungancamli, ungachukumisi”? 22Zonke ezi zinto ziya kuphela ngokusetyenziswa, kuba zisekelwe kwimithetho neemfundiso zabantu. 23Le mithetho ibonakala ingobulumko—unqulo oluyilwayo, ukuzithoba kobuxoki, ukuphatha kabuhlungu umzimba—kodwa ayinaxabiso ekunqandeni iminqweno yenyama.
