KwabaseFiliphi 4

4 ¹Ngakho-ke, bazalwane bami engibathandayo nengibalangazelelayo, nina niyintokozo yami nomqhele wami, qinani kanjalo eNkosini, bathandekayo.

²Ngincenga u-Ewodiya, ngincenga noSintike, ukuba bavumelane bodwa eNkosini. ³Yebo, ngiyakucela nawe, mhlanganyeli weqiniso: siza laba besifazane—balwela kanye nami ivangeli, kanye noKlementi nabanye engisebenza nabo, amagama abo asencwadini yokuphila.

⁴Thokozani eNkosini ngaso sonke isikhathi; ngiyaphinda ngithi, thokozani. ⁵Bonisani ubumnene benu kubo bonke abantu. INkosi iseduze. ⁶Ningakhathazeki ngalutho; kodwa ezintweni zonke izicelo zenu mazaziwe kuBaba wethu ngomkhuleko nangokunxusa kanye nokubonga. ⁷Ukuthula kukaBaba wethu, okudlula konke ukuqonda, kuyakulinda izinhliziyo zenu nemicabango yenu kuKhristu uJesu.

⁸Ekugcineni, bazalwane, bekani imicabango yenu kukho konke okuyiqiniso, okuhloniphekayo, okulungileyo, okumhlophe, okuthandekayo, okuncomekayo, okuhle kakhulu, nokufanele ukudunyiswa—nihlale nicabanga ngalezi zinto. ⁹Lokho enikufundileyo nenikwamukeleyo nenikuzwileyo nenikubonileyo kimi—kwenzeni lokho, uBaba wethu wokuthula uyakuba nani.

UBaba Edunyiswa Ngokupha Kwabo

¹⁰Ngathokoza kakhulu eNkosini ngokuba ekugcineni senivuselele ukungikhathalela kwenu—nempela beningikhathalela, kodwa naniswele ithuba. ¹¹Angisho ukuthi ngikhuluma ngenxa yokuswela—sengifundile ukwaneliseka kunoma yisiphi isimo. ¹²Ngiyakwazi ukuthotshiswa, ngiyakwazi nokuchichima. Kukho konke nakuzo zonke izimo sengiyifundile imfihlo: ukusutha nokulamba, ukuchichima nokuswela. ¹³Ngingakwenza konke ngoKhristu ongiqinisayo. ¹⁴Nokho nenze kahle ngokuhlanganyela nami ekuhluphekeni kwami. ¹⁵Nani maFilipi niyazi: ekuqaleni kwevangeli, mhla ngisuka eMakedoniya, alikho ibandla elahlanganyela nami ngokupha nangokwamukela, ngaphandle kwenu nodwa. ¹⁶Ngisho naseThesalonika nangithumelela usizo lwezidingo zami kaningi. ¹⁷Angisho ukuthi ngifuna isipho, kodwa ngifuna isithelo esanda size sibe yinzuzo yenu. ¹⁸Senginakho konke, kwabaningi—ngigcwele, njengoba ngamukele ku-Ephafrodithu izipho zenu, umnikelo onukelela kamnandi, umhlatshelo owamukelekayo nothokozisa uBaba wethu. ^a a v18 UPawulu uboleka ulimi lomhlatshelo wasethempelini ukuchaza isipho semali samaFilipi njengesenzo sokukhonza sangempela. ¹⁹UBaba wami uyakunipha konke enikuswelayo ngokwengcebo yakhe enkazimulweni kuKhristu uJesu. ²⁰Manje kuBaba wethu makube khona inkazimulo kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen.

Imikhonzo Yokugcina

²¹Khonzani kubo bonke abangcwele kuKhristu uJesu. Bayanikhonza abazalwane abakanye nami. ²²Bayanikhonza bonke abangcwele, ikakhulukazi abendlu kaKhesari. ^b b v22 "Indlu kaKhesari" isho izigqila, abakhululiweyo, nezinceku ezaziqashwe emsebenzini wombusi waseRoma—hhayi umndeni wakhe.

²³Umusa weNkosi uJesu Khristu mawube nomoya wenu. Amen.