Imibuliso kuFilemon noApfiya

Isibongozo esifutshane, sobuqu sikaPawulos kumnini-khoboka ukuba amkele kwakhona ikhoboka elibalekileyo, uOnesimo, osele engumzalwana kuKrestu.

Isahluko 1.

UPawulos, obanjelwe uKrestu Yesu, noTimoti umzalwana wethu, ubhalela uFilemon, umhlobo wethu oyintanda nomsebenzi kunye nathi, nakudade wethu uApfiya, naku-Arkipo esikhwele naye emkhosini, nakulo ibandla elihlangana endlwini yakho: Makube lubabalo noxolo kuni oluvela kuBawo wethu naseNkosini uYesu Krestu.

Ukubulela ngenxa kaFilemon

Ndiyabulela kuBawo wethu amaxesha onke, xa ndikukhumbula emithandazweni yam, ngenxa yokuba ndisiva ngothando lwakho nangokholo lwakho eNkosini uYesu nakubo bonke abangcwele bakhe. Ndithandaza ukuba ukholo esinalo kunye lube nokusebenza njengoko usiya ukuqonda yonke into elungileyo esinayo kuKrestu. Uthando lwakho lundizisele uvuyo olukhulu nentuthuzelo, mzalwana, ekubeni uzihlaziyile iintliziyo zabangcwele bakhe.

Isikhungo, Kungekho Mthetho

Ngenxa yoko, nangona kuKrestu ndinenkalipho eyaneleyo yokukuwisela umthetho wokuba wenze okulungileyo, endaweni yoko, ngenxa yothando ndiyanibongoza—mna, Pawulos, indoda endala, ngoku kananjalo obanjelwe uKrestu Yesu. Ndiyakubongoza ngenxa yomntwana wam uOnesimo, endaba nguyise wakhe ngexa bendisemixokelelwaneni. Kuqala wayelilize kuwe, kodwa ngoku uluncedo kuwe nakum. ^a Ndombuyisela kuwe—yaye ngokwenza oko ndithuma intliziyo yam kanye. Bendifuna ukuba ahlale nam, ukuze andikhonze egameni lakho ngexa ndisemixokelelwaneni ngenxa yevangeli. Kodwa bendingafuni kwenza nto ngaphandle kwemvume yakho, ukuze isenzo sakho esilungileyo singabi ngesinyanzelekileyo, kodwa senziwe ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo. Mhlawumbi kungenxa yoku le nto wahlukaniswe nawe umzuzwana, ukuze umbuyele ngonaphakade. Angabi salikhoboka, kodwa abe ngaphezu kwekhoboka—umzalwana oyintanda, ngokukodwa kum, kodwa kunjalo ngaphezulu kuwe, kokubini enyameni naseNkosini.

Ngoko ke ukuba undigqala ndilidlelane nawe, mamkele njengoko ubuya kundamkela mna. Ukuba wakona nganto, nokuba unetyala kuwe, lithwalise mna. Mna, Pawulos, ndikubhalela oku ngesandla sam: ndoyihlawula—ndingasakhankanyi ukuba kananjalo unetyala kum ngawe ngokwakho. Ewe, mzalwana, ndenzele le nceba eNkosini—hlaziya intliziyo yam kuKrestu.

Ndikholose ngokuba uya kululamela, ndikubhalela, ndisazi ukuba wowenza nangaphezu koko ndikucelayo.

Kananjalo ndilungiselele igumbi labahambi—ndithemba ukuba ngemithandazo yenu ndonikelwa kuni ngobabalo.

UEpafra, obanjelwe kunye nam kuKrestu Yesu, uyakubulisa, kwaye kwenjenjalo noMarko, noAristako, noDema, noLuka, abasebenzi kunye nam.

Ubabalo lweNkosi uYesu Krestu malube nomoya wenu. Amen.