KwabaseKholose 2:1-23
2 Ngifuna libone ukuthi ngilwisa nzima ngenxa yenu langenxa yalabo abaseLawodikheya+ kanye labo bonke abangakaze bangibone ngawabo.*
2 Lokhu ngikwenzela ukuthi inhliziyo zabo ziduduzeke+ futhi bamanyaniswe ethandweni.+ Ngaleyondlela bazathola yonke inotho njengoba belizwisisa kuhle iqiniso ukuze bathole ulwazi oluqondileyo lwemfihlo engcwele kaNkulunkulu njalo leyomfihlo nguKhristu.+
3 Wonke amagugu okuhlakanipha lawolwazi afihlwe kuye.+
4 Ngikhuluma lokhu ukuze kungabi lomuntu olidukisa ngamazwi obuqili.
5 Lanxa ngingekho khonangapho, umoya wami ulani futhi kuyangithokozisa ukubona ukuhleleka kwenu okuhle+ kanye lokuthi ukholo lwenu kuKhristu luqinile.+
6 Ngakho-ke, njengoba selamukele uKhristu uJesu iNkosi, qhubekani lihamba limanyene laye,
7 ligxile kuye njengempande, lisakhelwa kuye+ futhi liqiniswa ekukholweni+ njengoba nje lafundiswa njalo liphuphuma ngokubonga.+
8 Nanzelelani kungabi lomuntu olithumba ngokuhlakanipha komhlaba lo* langobuqili obuyize,+ okusekelwe emasikweni abantu lasezintweni eziqakathekiswayo zomhlaba lo hatshi kuKhristu
9 ngoba bonke ubuntu bukaNkulunkulu bugcwele kuye ngokupheleleyo.+
10 Yikho-ke seligcwalisiwe ngaye, yena oyinhloko yabo bonke ohulumende leziphathamandla.+
11 Lasokwa ngokuba lobudlelwano laye, ukusoka okungenziwanga ngezandla kodwa okwenziwa ngokuhlubula umzimba olesono,+ ukusoka okungokukaKhristu+
12 ngoba langcwatshwa laye ngobhabhathizo+ olunjengolwakhe njalo ngokuba lobudlelwano laye lavuswa+ laye ngokuwukholwa umsebenzi wamandla kaNkulunkulu, yena owamvusa kwabafileyo.+
13 Phezu kwalokho, lanxa lalifile ngenxa yeziphambeko zenu langenxa yenyama yenu engasokwanga, uNkulunkulu walenza laphila laba munye loKhristu.+ Wasithethelela ngomusa zonke iziphambeko zethu+
14 njalo wacitsha* umthetho owawubhalwe ngesandla,+ owawulemilayo+ futhi uphikisana lathi.+ Usewususile ngokuwubethela esigodweni sokuhlutshwa.*+
15 Ngaso* usebahlubule basala benqunu ohulumende leziphathamandla njalo ukunqotshwa kwabo ukubukise phambi kwabantu bonke,+ ebaqhuba njengalabo abanqotshwe empini.
16 Ngakho lingavumeli muntu elahlulela ngalokho elikudlayo lelikunathayo+ kumbe ngokuthakazelela umkhosi othile kumbe ukuthwasa kwenyanga+ kumbe isabatha.+
17 Izinto lezo ziyisithunzi sezinto ezizayo+ kodwa okoqobo ngokukaKhristu.+
18 Akungabi lomuntu olenza lehluleke ukuthola umvuzo+ futhi othanda ukuzithoba kwamanga lendlela yokukhonza yezingilosi, “omi”* ezintweni asezibonile. Indlela acabanga ngayo ngeyabantu abalesono* njalo yiyo eyenza ukuthi azikhukhumeze kungelasizatho esifaneleyo
19 futhi kabambelelanga kulowo oyinhloko,+ onika umzimba wonke lokho okufunayo njalo owubambanisa ngamalunga lemisipha yawo, awenze ukhule ngokukhula okuvela kuNkulunkulu.+
20 Nxa lafa loKhristu ezintweni eziqakathekiswayo zomhlaba lo,+ manje kungani liphila angathi lilokhu lingabomhlaba ngokuqhubeka lizibeka ngaphansi kwemilayo le+ ethi:
21 “Ungabambi, unganambithi futhi ungathinti”?
22 Phela izinto lezi ziyasetshenziswa zitshabalale njalo ziyimilayo yabantu lezimfundiso zabo.+
23 Izinto lezo zikhanya angathi zilokuhlakanipha futhi abazenzayo bakhonza ngendlela abayifunayo, balokuthobeka kwamanga njalo bahlukuluza imizimba yabo.+ Lanxa kunjalo, kazimncedi umuntu ukuthi alwisane lezifiso zenyama.
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “babone ubuso bami.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ngefilosofi.”
^ Kumbe, “wesula.”
^ Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
^ Ezinye inguqulo zithi, “Ngaye.”
^ Ibala leli livela kulokho okwakusenziwa emikhosini yabahedeni.
^ NgesiGrikhi, “ngeyenyama.”
