Ukumanyana Eluthandweni
UPawulos ucela umanyano, aze awuseke endleleni uKrestu awathi wehla kuyo endaweni yokunyuka: wazenza ize, wathabatha isimo somkhonzi, wazithoba waba ngolulamayo kude kube sekufeni—kwanokufa emnqamlezweni—phambi kokuba uBawo wethu amphakamisele kwelona gama liphezulu. Ukwathumela noTimoti, noEpafrodito.
2 1Ngoko ke, ukuba kukho nokuba yiyiphi inkuthazo kuKrestu, nokuba yiyiphi intuthuzelo evela eluthandweni, nokuba bubuphi ubudlelane obunzulu kuMoya oyiNgcwele, nokuba yiyiphi imfobe nemfesane, 2lizalisekiseni uvuyo lwam: cingani ngokufanayo, thandani ngokufanayo, manyanani emoyeni, nibe ndawonye ngenjongo. 3Ningenzi nto ngokuzingca nangokuzikhukhumalisa okulambathayo, kodwa ngokuthobeka nigqale abanye njengabangaphezu kwenu. 4Elowo kuni makangakhathaleli ezakhe iinjongo zodwa, kodwa ezabanye kanjalo.
5Yibani nale ngqondo phakathi kwenu — leyo iyeyenu kuKrestu Yesu, 6owathi, ekhona ngokwesimo sikaBawo wethu, akayigqala njengento engangcamleyo ukufana noBawo wethu, 7kodwa wazenza ize, wathabatha isimo somkhonzi, waza wazalwa ngokufana nomntu. 8Waza, evela njengomntu, wazithoba ngokuthi abe ngolulamayo kude kube sekufeni — kwanokufa emnqamlezweni. 9Ngenxa yoko uBawo wethu wamphakamisela kweyona ndawo iphezulu, waza wamnika igama eliphezu kwawo onke amagama, 10ukuze egameni likaYesu onke amadolo aguqe, emazulwini nasemhlabeni naphantsi komhlaba, 11zize zonke iilwimi zivume ukuba uYesu Krestu uyiNkosi, kube luzuko kuBawo wethu.
Abantwana bakaBawo, Iinkwenkwezi Ezikhanyayo
12Ngoko ke, zintanda zam, njengokuba nasoloko nililalela — kungekuphela ebukhoneni bam, kodwa ngoku ngaphezu kwako nasebungekhoni bam — qhubekani nisebenze usindiso lwenu ngokoyika nangokungcangcazela, 13kuba nguBawo wethu osebenza phakathi kwenu, eninika ukuthanda nokusebenza ngenxa yengqibo yakhe elungileyo.
14Yenzani konke ngaphandle kokukrokra nokuphikisana, 15ukuze nibe ngabangenasiphako nabahlambulukileyo, abantwana bakaBawo wethu abangenabala phakathi kwesizukulwana esijibilizayo nesonakeleyo — nikhanye phakathi kwaso njengeenkwenkwezi ehlabathini, 16nibambelele ngokuqinileyo elizwini lobomi, ukuze ndibe nokuqhayisa ngomhla kaKrestu ukuba andibalekanga nokusebenzela ilize. 17Kodwa nokuba ndithululwa njengomnikelo wokusela phezu kombingelelo nenkonzo yokholo lwenu, ndiyavuya ndiyagcoba kunye nani nonke. a a v17 Umnikelo wokusela yayiyiwayini ethululelwa esibingelelweni ekunquleni; uPawulos uzoba ubomi bakhe buthululelwa phezu kokholo lwabo. 18Ngokunjalo nani vuyani nigcobe kunye nam.
UTimoti noEpafrodito
19Ndithemba, eNkosini uYesu, ukuba ndikuthume kuni kamsinya uTimoti, ukuze nam ndivuseleleke, ndikwazi ukuba ninjani. 20Akukho namnye onjengaye, oya kuyikhathalela ngenene impilo yenu. 21Kuba bonke bazikhathalela ezabo iinjongo, kungezizo ezo zikaYesu Krestu. 22Niyazi ubungqina bukaTimoti — njengonyana noyise, wakhonza kunye nam emsebenzini wevangeli. 23Ngoko ndithemba ukumthuma kamsinya, nje ukuba ndiyibonile ukuba zihamba njani izinto kum, 24ndaye ndikholose eNkosini ukuba mna ngokwam ndiya kuza kamsinya.
25Ndabona kufanelekile ukumthuma kuni kwakhona uEpafrodito — umzalwana wam, umsebenzi kunye nam, negorha elilwa kunye nam, umthunywa wenu nomkhonzi weemfuno zam. 26Kuba uye walangazelela nonke, waza wadandatheka ngokuba nive ukuba ebesifa. 27Inene ebesifa, waza waphantse wafa. Kodwa uBawo wethu waba nenceba kuye — kungekuphela kuye kodwa nakum, endixolela usizi phezu kosizi. 28Ngoko ke ndingxamele ngakumbi ukumthuma, ukuze nithi nakumbona kwakhona nivuye, nam ndinciphise ukuxhala. 29Mamkeleni eNkosini ngovuyo lonke, nibanike imbeko abantu abanjengaye, 30ngokuba wasondela ekufeni ngenxa yomsebenzi kaKrestu, ebeka ubomi bakhe esichengeni ukuze avale isithuba sokundinceda ebeningakwenzi nina.
