KwabaseKholose 1

1 ¹UPawulu, umphostoli kaKhristu uJesu ngentando kaBaba wethu, noThimothewu umfowethu, ²kubazalwane abangcwele nabathembekileyo abakuKhristu abaseKholose: umusa nokuthula makube kini okuvela kuBaba wethu.

Ukubonga ngokholo lwenu

³Sihlala simbonga uBaba wethu, uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, sinikhulekela, ⁴njengoba sizwile ngokholo lwenu kuKhristu uJesu nangothando eninalo kubo bonke abangcwele, ⁵ngenxa yethemba enilibekelwe ezulwini, enavele nalizwa ezwini leqiniso, ivangeli, ⁶elafika kini, lithela izithelo likhula kuwo wonke umhlaba njengoba kunjalo naphakathi kwenu, selokhu kwaba usuku enezwa ngalo naqonda ngeqiniso umusa kaBaba wethu. ⁷Nalifunda ku-Ephafra, inceku kanye nathi esiyithandayo, isikhonzi esithembekileyo sikaKhristu egameni lethu, ⁸osesitshelile ngothando lwenu kuMoya oNgcwele.

⁹Ngakho-ke, selokhu saluzwa usuku, asiyekanga ukunikhulekela, sicela ukuba nigcwaliswe ngolwazi lwentando yakhe kukho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda okungokomoya, ¹⁰ukuze nihambe ngokufanele iNkosi, nimkholise ngokugcwele, nithela izithelo kuwo wonke umsebenzi omuhle nikhula olwazini lukaBaba wethu, ¹¹niqiniswa ngawo wonke amandla ngokwamandla akhe adumisekayo, ukuze nibe nakho konke ukubekezela nesineke kanye nokujabula, ¹²nibonga uBaba wethu, onenze nafaneleka ukuhlanganyela efeni labangcwele ekukhanyeni. ¹³Wasophula embusweni wobumnyama wasingenisa embusweni weNdodana yakhe ayithandayo, ¹⁴esikuyo sinokuhlengwa, ukuthethelelwa kwezono.

iNdodana ingaphezu kwazo zonke izinto

¹⁵Uwumfanekiso kaBaba wethu ongabonakaliyo, izibulo phezu kwayo yonke indalo. ^a a v15 iNdodana iwufuzo olubonakalayo lukaBaba ongakaze abonwe muntu — ukubuka uJesu ukubona ukuthi uBaba wethu unjani. ¹⁶Ngokuba zonke izinto zadalelwa kuye—izinto ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni, ezibonakalayo nezingabonakaliyo, izihlalo zobukhosi, ubukhosi, amandla, nababusi—konke kwadalwa ngaye futhi kwadalelwa yena. ¹⁷Yena ungaphambi kwazo zonke izinto, futhi kuye zonke izinto zibambene ndawonye. ¹⁸Uyinhloko yomzimba, ibandla. Uyisiqalo, izibulo kwabafileyo, ukuze abe nendawo yokuqala kukho konke. ¹⁹Ngokuba uBaba wethu wathokoza ukuba konke ukugcwala kwakhe kuhlale eNdodaneni, ²⁰nokuba abuyisane naye zonke izinto ngaye, kungaba izinto ezisemhlabeni noma izinto ezisezulwini, enza ukuthula ngegazi lesiphambano sakhe.

²¹Kwesinye isikhathi nanihlukanisiwe noBaba wethu, niyizitha ekucabangeni kwenu, ngenxa yezenzo zenu ezimbi. ²²Kodwa manje uBaba wethu usenibuyisanisile ngomzimba wenyama kaKhristu ngokufa, ukuze anethule ningcwele, ningenasici, ningenakusoleka phambi kwakhe, ²³uma nihlala ngeqiniso okholweni, nigxilile niqinile, ningasuswa ethembeni levangeli enalizwa, elamenyezelwa kuyo yonke indalo engaphansi kwezulu, mina Pawulu engaba yisikhonzi salo.

Ukuhlupheka kukaPawulu ngenxa yebandla

²⁴Manje ngiyajabula ekuhluphekeni kwami ngenxa yenu, futhi enyameni yami ngiphelelisa lokho okusesilele ezinhluphekweni zikaKhristu, ngenxa yomzimba wakhe, oyibandla. ^b b v24 UPawulu akasho ukuthi isiphambano sasingaphelele — usho ukuthi ukuhlupheka kwakhe kwelula umsebenzi wokusindisa kaKhristu ngebandla, umzimba wakhe. ²⁵Ngaba yisikhonzi salo ngomsebenzi uBaba wethu anginika wona ngenxa yenu: ukumemezela ngokugcwele izwi likaBaba wethu. ²⁶Imfihlakalo eyayifihliwe izikhathi nezizukulwane kodwa esiyambuliwe manje kubantu bakhe abangcwele. ²⁷uBaba wethu wakhetha ukwambula kubo ingcebo yenkazimulo yale mfihlakalo phakathi kwabezizwe, enguKhristu kini, ithemba lenkazimulo. ²⁸Simmemezela yena, sixwayisa sifundisa wonke umuntu ngakho konke ukuhlakanipha, ukuze sethule wonke umuntu ephelele kuKhristu. ²⁹Yikho lokhu engikusebenzelayo ngamandla, ngilwa ngawo wonke amandla uBaba wethu awanikezayo, asebenza ngamandla amakhulu kangaka kimi.