KwabaseKolose ISAHLUKO 1 1 UPawulos, umpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, noTimoti umzalwana, 2 ubhalela abaseKolose, abazalwana abangcwele abakholwayo kuKristu; uthi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. 3 Sibulela kuye uThixo uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, sihlala sinithandazela; 4 Ekubeni sivileyo ngokholo lwenu kuKristu Yesu, nothando eninalo kubo bonke abangcwele; 5 ngenxa yethemba enilibekelweyo emazulwini, enalivayo ngenxa engaphambili ngalo ilizwi lenyaniso leendaba ezilungileyo ezi; 6 lifikileyo kuni, njengokuba linjalo ehlabathini lonke; luxakatha isiqhamo, kwanjengoko lwenjenjalo kuni, kususela kwimini enaluvayo, nalwazi ubabalo lukaThixo ngenyaniso; 7 njengoko nafundayo nokufunda kuEpafra, ongumkhonzi oyintanda kunye nathi, engumlungiseleli othembekileyo kaKristu ngenxa yenu; 8 owasazisayo nokusazisa uthando lwenu lwaseMoyeni. 9 Ngenxa yoko nathi, kususela kwimini esakuvayo oko, asiyeki ukunithandazela, nokukhunga, ukuze nizaliswe kukukwazi kakuhle ukuthanda kwakhe, kubo bonke ubulumko nokuqonda koMoya; 10 ukuze nihambe ngokuyifaneleyo iNkosi, nise kuko konke ukukholisa, nixakathe isiqhamo kuwo wonke umsebenzi olungileyo, nikhulela ekumazini uThixo; 11 nisomelezwa ngokomelela konke, ngokokuqina kozuko lwakhe, nise kuko konke ukunyamezela, nokuzeka kade umsindo, kunye novuyo; 12 nibulela kuBawo, owasenza sakulingana ukuba nesabelo kwilifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni; 13 owasihlangulayo egunyeni lobumnyama, wasifudusela ebukumkanini boNyana wakhe oyintanda; 14 esinayo sikuye inkululeko ngokuhlawulelwa ngegazi lakhe, uxolelo lwezono; 15 Ungumfanekiselo kaThixo ongenakubonwa, owamazibulo kwindalo yonke; 16 Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto, ezisemazulwini nezisemhlabeni, ezinokubonwa nezingenakubonwa, nokuba ziitrone, nokuba zibubukhosi, nokuba zizilawuli, nokuba ngamagunya; zonke izinto zidalwe nguye, zidalelwe yena. 17 Yena ke ungaphambi kweento zonke, nazo zonke izinto zima zimi kuye. 18 Yena ke uyintloko yomzimba, yebandla; oyingqalo, owamazibulo kubo abafileyo; ukuze ezintweni zonke abe ngovelela. 19 Kuba kwakholeka kuBawo ukuba kuhlale kuye konke ukuzaliseka; 20 nokuthi ngaye azixolelanise naye zonke izinto, elwenzile uxolo ngalo igazi lomnqamlezo wakhe; ndithi ngaye, nokuba zizinto ezisemhlabeni, nokuba zezisemazulwini.
21Nani, enibe nifudula ningazani, niziintshaba engqondweni yenu ngokwasemisebenzini engendawo, kungoku unixolelanisile; 22 ngomzimba wenyama yakhe ngokufa, ukuze animise phambi kwakhe ningcwele, ningenakusoleka, ningenakusoleka; 23 ukuba nihlala nihleli elukholweni, nisekelwe niqinile, ningashukunyiswa nimke ethembeni leendaba ezilungileyo ezi nazivayo, zona zashunyayelwayo kwindalo yonke ephantsi kwezulu; endaba ngumlungiseleli wazo, mna Pawulos; 24 Ngoku ndiyavuya ezintlungwini zam ngenxa yenu, ndikuzalisa okusileleyo kwiimbandezelo zikaKristu, enyameni yam, ngenxa yomzimba wakhe olilo ibandla; 25 endithe ndaba ngumlungiseleli wawo ngokokugosisa kukaThixo, awandinikela ngako ngenxa yenu, ukuba ndilizalise ilizwi likaThixo; 26 Kwanaloo mfihlelo ibifihliwe kwasemaphakadeni nakwizizukulwana, nakungoku ibonakalalisiweyo kubo abangcwele bakhe; 27 awathandayo uThixo ukubazisa bona into obuyiyo ubutyebi bozuko lwaloo mfihlelo phakathi kwazo iintlanga, obunguKristu phakathi kweentlanga; nguKristu ke ongaphakathi kwenu, ithemba lozuko; 28 Sazisa yena ke thina, siluleka wonke umntu, sifundisa wonke umntu ngabo bonke ubulumko; ukuze simise wonke umntu egqibelele ekuKristu Yesu; 29 endibulalekela kona oko, ndizama ngokokusebenza kwakhe okusebenzayo kum ngamandla. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Kuba ndithanda ukuba nikwazi ukuba kukhulu kwako ukuzama endikuzamayo ngenxa yenu, nabo baseLawodike, nabo bonke abangabubonanga ubuso bam ngokwenyama; 2 ukuze zithuthuzeleke iintliziyo zabo, bebanjelwe eluthandweni, nasebutyebini bonke benzaliseko yokuqonda, ekuyazileni imfihlelo kaThixo, nekaYise, nekaKristu; 3 efihlwe kuye bonke ubutyebi bobulumko nobokwazi. Nditsho ke, ukuze kungabikho bani unilukuhlayo ngentetho egudileyo. 5 Kuba nangona ndingekhoyo ngenyama, khona ngomoya ndinani, ndivuya, ndibona ulungelelwano lwenu, nokuzimaseka kokukholwa kwenu kuKristu. 6 Njengokuba ngoko namamkelayo uKristu Yesu iNkosi, hambani kuye; 7 nendele nakhelwe kuye, naqiniswa elukholweni, njengoko nafundiswayo nafezeka kulo ngumbulelo. 8 Zilumkeleni, kungabikho bani unithimbayo ngayo intanda-bulumko, nangokulukuhla okungento yanto, ngokwesithethe sabantu, ngokweziqalelo zehlabathi, kungengokukaKristu. 9 Kuba kuhleli kuye konke ukuzaliseka kobuThixo ngokomzimba. 10 kanjalo nigqibelele kuye, oyintloko yabo bonke ubulawuli negunya; 11 enathi kuye naluswa nokwaluswa nokwaluswa ngolwaluko olungenakwenziwa ngazandla, ngako ukuhluba umzimba wenyama, ngalo ulwaluko lukaKristu; 12 ningcwatywe naye elubhaptizweni; enathi nikuye, navuswa nokuvuswa naye, ngokukholwa kwenu kukusebenza kukaThixo, owamvusa kubo abafileyo.