KwabaseFilipi 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹UPawulos noTimoti, abakhonzi bakaKrestu Yesu, kubo bonke abangcwele abakuKrestu Yesu baseFilipu, kunye nabaveleli nabadikoni: ²Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuBawo wethu neNkosi uYesu Krestu.

Ukubulela Ngamadlelane Evangeli

³Ndiyabulela kuBawo wam ngamaxesha onke endinikhumbulayo, ⁴ndisoloko ndinithandazela nonke ngovuyo kuwo wonke umthandazo wam, ⁵ngenxa yobudlelane benu kwiVangeli, kususela kumhla wokuqala kude kube ngoku. ⁶Ndiqinisekile kakuhle koku kanye: lowo owaqala umsebenzi olungileyo kuni uya kuwufeza kude kube semini kaKrestu Yesu. ⁷Kulungile ukuba ndive oku ngani — ndinigcina entliziyweni yam, nonke nina nabelana nam ngobabalo, emixokelelwaneni yam nasekuyithetheleleni nasekuyiqinisekiseni iVangeli. ⁸Kuba uBawo wethu ulingqina lam, indlela endinilangazelela ngayo nonke ngothando olukhulu lukaKrestu Yesu.

⁹Nguwo lo umthandazo wam: ukuba uthando lwenu luphuphume ngakumbi nangakumbi, ngokwazi nangokuqonda konke, ¹⁰ukuze nikwazi ukwahlula okona kulungileyo, nihlale nihlambuluke nigqibelele kude kube semini kaKrestu. ¹¹nizele sisiqhamo sobulungisa ngoYesu Krestu, kube luzuko nendumiso kuBawo wethu.

Imixokelelwane Eqhubela Phambili Ivangeli

¹²Ndifuna ukuba nazi, bazalwana, ukuba iimeko zam zisuke zayiqhubela phambili iVangeli, ¹³ngangokuba imixokelelwane yam ngenxa kaKrestu yavakala kuwo wonke umkhosi wasebhotwe nakubo bonke abanye. ¹⁴Abaninzi babazalwana, abathe baqiniseka eNkosini ngenxa yemixokelelwane yam, ngoku banesibindi esikhulu sokulithetha ilizwi bengenaloyiko. ¹⁵Inene, abanye bashumayela uKrestu ngenxa yomona nokhuphiswano, kodwa abanye ngokuthanda okulungileyo. ¹⁶Aba benza ngothando, besazi ukuba ndimelwe ukuyithethelela iVangeli. ¹⁷Abanye bavakalisa uKrestu ngenxa yokuzingca, bengenanyaniso, becinga ukundivuselela inkxwaleko emixokelelwaneni yam.

¹⁸Kuthekani ke? Into nje yokuba ngazo zonke iindlela — nokuba kungokuzenzisa nokuba kungenyaniso — uKrestu uyavakaliswa, yaye ndiyavuya ngoko. Ewe, ndiya kuhlala ndivuya. ¹⁹Kuba ndiyazi ukuba oku kuya kundisa ekuhlangulweni kwam, ngemithandazo yenu nangoncedo lukaMoya kaYesu Krestu. ²⁰Ukulangazelela kwam nethemba lam: andisayi kudana, kodwa ngesibindi esipheleleyo, ngoku njengamaxesha onke, uKrestu uya kudunyiswa emzimbeni wam, nokuba ngobomi nokuba ngokufa.

²¹Kuba kum, ukuphila nguKrestu, ukufa yinzuzo. ²²Ukuba ndiya kuhlala ndiphila emzimbeni, oku kuya kuthetha umsebenzi oqhamayo kum. Kanti andazi ukuba ndinganyula yiphi na. ²³Ndixingekile phakathi kwezi zinto zombini, ndinqwenela ukumka ndibe noKrestu — okona kulunge kakhulu, ²⁴kodwa ukuhlala emzimbeni kubaluleke ngakumbi ngenxa yenu. ²⁵Ndeyisekile koku, ndiyazi ukuba ndiya kuhlala ndihlale nani nonke, ukuze niqhubele phambili nivuye elukholweni, ²⁶ukuze ukuqhayisa kwenu ngoKrestu Yesu kuphuphume ngenxa yam, xa ndibuya kuni kwakhona.

Ukuma Ngokuyifaneleyo Ivangeli

²⁷Nje niphile ngokuyifanele iVangeli kaKrestu, ukuze nokuba ndize ndinibone, nokuba andikho, ndive ukuba nimi niqinile ngomoya mnye, nibambene ngengqondo enye, nilwela ukholo lweVangeli, ²⁸ningothuki nakancinane ngabachasi benu — oko kubo bubungqina bokutshabalala kwabo, kodwa kuni bubungqina bosindiso lwenu, yaye oko kuvela kuBawo wethu. ²⁹Kuba nibabalelwe ngenxa kaKrestu, kungekhona ukuba nikholwe kuye kuphela, kodwa nokuba nive ubunzima ngenxa yakhe, ³⁰ninawo kwawo lo mzabalazo enawubona kum, enivayo ngoku ukuba ndisenawo.