KwabaseKholose 2

2 ¹Ngifuna nazi ukuthi ngilwa kanzima kangakanani ngenxa yenu, nangabalabo baseLawodikheya, nabo bonke abangakaze bangibone ngobuso, ²ukuze izinhliziyo zabo ziqiniswe, zihlanganiswe ndawonye othandweni, zifinyelele kuyo yonke ingcebo yesiqiniseko esigcwele nokuqonda—ekwazini imfihlakalo kaBaba wethu, enguKhristu, ³okufihlwe kuye yonke imicebo yokuhlakanipha nolwazi. ⁴Ngisho lokhu ukuze kungabikho muntu onikhohlisa ngamazwi acengayo. ⁵Nakuba ngingekho ngomzimba, nginani ngomoya, ngithokozela ukubona ukuhleleka kwenu okuhle nokuqina kokholo lwenu kuKhristu.

Nigxilile Futhi Nakhiwe Kuye

⁶Ngakho-ke, njengoba namukela uKhristu uJesu iNkosi, hambani kuye, ⁷nigxilile nakhiwe kuye, niqinile ekholweni njengoba nafundiswa, nichichima ukubonga.

⁸Qaphelani ukuba kungabikho muntu onithumbayo ngefilosofi nangenkohliso eyize, ngokwesiko labantu, ngokwemimoya yezisekelo zomhlaba, kungenjengokukaKhristu. ^a a v8 Imimoya yezisekelo zomhlaba: amandla omoya nemigomo eyisisekelo ebamba abantu ngobugqila ngaphandle kukaKhristu. ⁹Ngokuba kuye kuhlala ukugcwala konke kobuNkulunkulu ngesimo somzimba, ¹⁰futhi kuye nenziwe naphelela, oyinhloko phezu kwakho konke ukubusa negunya. ¹¹Kuye nasokwa futhi—ukusoka okungenziwanga ngezandla, ukukhumula umzimba wenyama—ukusoka kukaKhristu. ^b b v11 Ukusoka okungenziwa ngezandla: ukuguqulwa komoya kwenhliziyo, kungesona isiko lenyama. ¹²Nimbelwe kanye naye embhabhadisweni, enavuswa kuwo kanye naye ngokholo emandleni kaBaba wethu, owamvusa kwabafileyo. ¹³Naningafile ezonweni zenu nasenyameni engasokile, kodwa uBaba wethu wanenza naphila kanye naye, wasithethelela zonke izono zethu, ¹⁴wesula incwadi yesikweletu, kanye nemithetho yayo, eyayimelene nathi. Wayisusa lokhu, wayibethela esiphambanweni. ¹⁵Wawahlubula ababusi namagunya, wawajabhisa obala, ewanqoba kuye.

¹⁶Ngakho makungabikho muntu onahlulelayo ngokudla, noma ngokuphuza, noma ngomkhosi, noma ngokwethwasa kwenyanga, noma ngeSabatha. ¹⁷Lezi ziyisithunzi sezinto ezaziza, kodwa iqiniso lingelikaKhristu. ¹⁸Makungabikho muntu onemukayo umklomelo wenu ngokujabulela ukuzithoba kwamanga nokukhonza izingelosi, egxila emibonweni ayibonile, ekhukhumele ngaphandle kwesizathu ngengqondo yakhe yenyama, ¹⁹engabambeleli eNhlokweni, okuthi kuyo umzimba wonke, ondliwa futhi uhlanganiswe ngamalungu nangemisipha, ukhule ngokukhula okuvela kuBaba wethu.

²⁰Uma nafa kanye noKhristu emimoyeni yezisekelo zomhlaba, kungani, njengokungathi nisengabomhlaba, nizithoba emithethweni yawo? ²¹“Ungabambi, unganambithi, ungathinti”? ²²Konke lokhu kuyabhubha ngokusetshenziswa, ngokuba kusekelwe emiyalweni nasezimfundisweni zabantu. ²³Le mithetho ibonakala ihlakaniphile—ukukhonza okuqanjiweyo, ukuzithoba kwamanga, nokuphatha umzimba ngonya—kodwa ayinamsebenzi ekunqandeni izinkanuko zenyama.