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1 UPawuli ^a umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, loTimothi umzalwane ^b, 2 kubo abangcwele labazalwane abathembekileyo kuKristu abaseKolose ^c: Umusa kawube kini lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu leNkosini uJesu Kristu.

UPawuli ubonga ukholo lothando lwabeKolose

3 Siyambonga ^d uNkulunkulu loYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, sikhuleka ngani njalonjalo, 4 sesizwile ngokholo lwenu kuKristu Jesu, langothando olukwabangcwele bonke, 5 ngethemba ^e elibekelwe lona emazulwini ^f, elezwa ngalo ngaphambili ngelizwi leqiniso levangeli ^g, 6 eselifikile kini, njengalokhu lemhlabeni wonke ^h, njalo lithela izithelo ⁱ, njengoba kunjalo laphakathi kwenu, kusukela ngosuku elezwa laseliwazi umusa kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso ^j; 7 njengalokhu lani lafunda kuEpafra ^k othandekayo wethu inceku ^l kanye lathi, oyisikhonzi esithembekileyo sikaKristu ^{m
,} ⁿ ngani, 8 ositshele futhi ngothando ^o lwenu kuMoya ^p.

UPawuli uyabakhulekela

9 Ngakho lathi, kusukela ngosuku esezwa ngalo ^q, kasiyekeli ukulikhulekela, lokucela ukuthi ligcwaliswe ^r ngolwazi lwentando yakhe ^s ngenhlakanipho ^t yonke lokuqedisisa ^u okungomoya, 10 ukuze lihambe ngokufanele iNkosi ^v kukho konke okuthokozisayo ^w, lithela izithelo ^{x
,} ^y kuwo wonke umsebenzi olungileyo ^z njalo likhule elwazini lukaNkulunkulu ^aa; 11 liqiniswe ngamandla wonke ^ab njengokwamandla obukhosi bakhe, ekubekezeleni konke lesineke ^ac, lenjabulo ^ad; 12 sibonge uBaba ^ae owasenza ^af safanela ekuhlanganyeleni ^ag kwelifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni ^ah, 13 owasikhulula ^ai emandleni ^aj obumnyama ^ak, wasesisa embusweni ^al weNdodana yothando lwakhe ^am, 14 esilohlengo ^an kuyo ngegazi layo ^ao, uthethelelo lwezono ^ap.

Ubuntu lomsebenzi kaKristu

15 Engumfanekiso ^aq kaNkulunkulu ongabonwayo ^ar, izibulo ^{as
,} ^at lesidalwa sonke; 16 ngoba kuyo zonke izinto zadalwa ^au, ezisemazulwini lezisemhlabeni, ezibonwayo lezingabonwayo, loba izihlalo zobukhosi ^av, loba ubuphathamandla ^aw, loba imibuso ^{ax
,} ^ay, loba amandla ^{az
,} ^ba; zonke izinto zidalwa ^bb ngayo ^{bc
,} ^bd zadalelwa yona ^be; 17 yona-ke ingaphambi kwazo zonke izinto ^{bf
,} ^bg, njalo ngayo zonke izinto zibambene ^{bh
,} ^bi. 18 Njalo yona yinhloko yomzimba, olibandla ^bj; eyikuqala ^{bk
,} ^bl, izibulo kwabafileyo ^{bm
,} ^bn, ukuze yona ibe ngeyokuqala ezintweni zonke ^{bo
,} ^{▼▼ ezintweni zonke: kumbe, kubo bonke.}; 19 ngoba kwamthokozisa uBaba ^bq ukuthi ukugcwala konke kuhlale kiyo ^{br
,} ^bs, 20 njalo ngayo enze izinto zonke zibuyisane laye uqobo, esenze ukuthula ^bt ngegazi lesiphambano sayo, ngayo ^{bu
,} ^{bv
,} ^bw, loba yizinto ezisemhlabeni ^bx loba ezisemazulwini ^by.

21 Lani ^bz elalikade ^ca lingabemzini ^cb lezitha ^cc ngengqondo emisebenzini emibi ^cd, kodwa khathesi usebuyisene lani 22 emzimbeni wenyama yayo ngokufa ukuthi alimise phambi kwakhe lingcwele ^ce njalo lingelacala njalo lingasoleki ^cf, 23 uba-ke lihlala ekholweni ^cg lisekelwe ^ch liqinile ^ci, lingasuswa ethembeni levangeli ^cj elalizwayo, elatshunyayelwa ^ck kuso sonke isidalwa ^cl esingaphansi kwezulu, engenziwe isikhonzi salo mina Pawuli ^cm.

Ukuhlanganyela kukaPawuli emsebenzini kaKristu

24 Khathesi-ke ngiyathokoza ^cn ekulihluphekeleni ^co kwami, njalo okusileleyo kwenhlupheko ^cp zikaKristu ngiyakugcwalisa enyameni yami esikhundleni ^cq somzimba wakhe ^cr, olibandla; 25 mina engenziwa isikhonzi salo ^cs, njengokwesimiso sikaNkulunkulu ^ct enganikwa sona maqondana lani, ukugcwalisa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, 26 imfihlo ^cu ebifihliwe kusukela ezikhathini zendulo njalo kusukela kuzizukulwana ^cv; kodwa khathesi ibonakaliswe kwabangcwele bakhe ^{cw
,} ^cx, 27 kubo uNkulunkulu ^cy wathanda ukubazisa ukuthi iyini inotho ^cz yobukhosi balimfihlo ^da phakathi kwabezizwe, enguKristu phakathi kwenu, ithemba lenkazimulo ^db; 28 esimtshumayelayo thina, sixwayisa wonke umuntu ^dc, sifundisa wonke umuntu ^dd ngayo yonke inhlakanipho ^de, ukuze silethe wonke umuntu ^df ephelele kuKristu Jesu ^dg; 29 engikutshikatshikelayo lami ^dh, ngisilwa ^di njengokusebenza kwakhe ^dj, okusebenza kimi ngamandla ^dk.