UPawuli, umphostoli kaKristu Jesu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, noThimothewu umzalwane,
kubo abangcwele nabazalwane abathembekileyo kuKristu abaseKolose: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.
Sibonga uNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, sinikhulekela njalo,
njengoba sezwa ngokukholwa kwenu kuKristu Jesu, nothando eninalo kubo bonke abangcwele.
Ngokuba ithemba enibekelwe lona ezulwini, enalizwa ngaphambili ngezwi leqiniso levangeli;
elifikile kini, njengasezweni lonke; lithela isithelo, njengalokhu lisenza lakini, kusukela osukwini elakuzwa ngalo, lawazi umusa kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso;
njengalokhu lafunda kuEphafra inceku kanye lathi ethandekayo, oyisikhonzi esithembekileyo sikaKristu ngenxa yenu;
owasibikela futhi ngothando lwenu ngoMoya.
Ngalokho nathi, kusukela osukwini esakuzwa ngalo, asiphezi ukunikhulekela, nokunxusa ukuba nigcwaliswe ukwazi intando yakhe kukho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda kokomoya;
ukuze nihambe ngokufanele iNkosi ngokuthokozisa konke, nithela kuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle, nikhule ekwazini uNkulunkulu;
Niqiniswe ngamandla onke ngokwamandla enkazimulo yakhe, kube kukho konke ukubekezela nokubekezela kanye nentokozo;
sibonga uBaba osenze safaneleka ukuhlanganyela efeni labangcwele ekukhanyeni;
owasikhulula emandleni obumnyama, wasesisa embusweni weNdodana yakhe ethandekayo;
esilokuhlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kwezono;
Ongumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonwayo, izibulo lezidalwa zonke.
Ngokuba kwadalwa ngayo zonke izinto ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni, ezibonakalayo nezingabonakali, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ziyizihlalo zobukhosi, noma imibuso, noma imibuso, noma amandla;
Yena ungaphambi kwazo zonke izinto, futhi zonke izinto zihlangana ngayo.
Futhi yona iyinhloko yomzimba, ibandla, eyisiqalo, izibulo kwabafileyo; ukuze ibe ngeyokuqala ezintweni zonke.
Ngokuba kwamthokozisa uBaba ukuthi ukugcwala konke kuhlale kuye;
esenze ukuthula ngegazi lesiphambano sakhe, abuyisane ngayo zonke izinto; ngaye, noma kungokusemhlabeni, noma okusezulwini.
Nani enakade nahlukanisiwe futhi niyizitha engqondweni yenu ngemisebenzi emibi, nokho manje usenibuyise ukubuyisana.
Emzimbeni wenyama yakhe ngokufa, ukuze alethule phambi kwakhe lingcwele, lingelacala, lingelacala.
Uma nihlala ekukholweni nisekelwe niqinile, ningasuswa ethembeni levangeli enalizwa, elashunyayelwa kukho konke okudaliweyo okuphansi kwezulu; mina Pawulu ngenziwa isikhonzi sakho;
engithokozayo khathesi ekuhluphekeni kwami ngenxa yenu, njalo enyameni yami ngigcwalisa okusilele kwezinhlupheko zikaKristu ngenxa yomzimba wakhe, oyibandla;
engenziwa ngayo isikhonzi ngokohlelo lukaNkulunkulu engiwuphiwe ngenxa yenu, ukugcwalisa izwi likaNkulunkulu;
ngitsho imfihlakalo ebifihliwe kusukela kudala lezizukulwaneni, kodwa khathesi ibonakalisiwe kwabangcwele bakhe;
kubo uNkulunkulu athanda ukubazisa ukuthi iyini ingcebo yenkazimulo yale mfihlakalo phakathi kwabezizwe; onguKristu phakathi kwenu, ithemba lenkazimulo;
esimshumayelayo, sixwayisa wonke umuntu, sifundisa wonke umuntu ngakho konke ukuhlakanipha; ukuze sethule wonke umuntu ephelele kuKristu Jesu;
Nami ngiyakukhandlekela lokho, ngilwa ngokokusebenza kwakhe okusebenza kimi ngamandla.
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