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1 Mina Phawuli engingumphostoli kaKhristu uJesu ngentando kaNkulunkulu kanye loThimothi+ umfowethu, 2 kini lina abangcwele labafowethu abathembekileyo abaseKholose abamanyene loKhristu:
Umusa omkhulu lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu akube kini.
3 Nxa silithandazela sihlala simbonga uNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, 4 njengoba sezwa ngokholo lwenu kuKhristu uJesu langothando elibathanda ngalo bonke abangcwele, 5 ngenxa yokuthi lilethemba lokwamukela elikugcinelweyo ezulwini.+ Ithemba leli lezwa ngalo ngesikhathi lisizwa iqiniso elimayelana lezindaba ezinhle 6 esezifike kini. Njengoba nje izindaba ezinhle ziqhubeka zithela izithelo futhi zisabalala emhlabeni wonke,+ bezisenza njalo lakini kusukela ngosuku elezwa ngalo ngomusa omkhulu kaNkulunkulu futhi lakwazi mhlophe ukuthi utshoni sibili. 7 Lokhu yikho elakufundiswa ngu-Ephafrasi+ inceku ethandekayo esebenza lathi, eyisikhonzi esithembekileyo sikaKhristu esimele thina. 8 Wasitshela langothando elilalo ngenxa yomoya kaNkulunkulu.
9 Yikho singazange siyekele ukulithandazela+ kusukela ngelanga esakuzwa ngalo lokhu, sicela ukuthi libe lolwazi* oluqondileyo+ olumayelana lentando yakhe futhi lithole ukuhlakanipha lokuzwisisa elikuphiwa ngumoya kaNkulunkulu.+ 10 Lokhu kuzalenza liziphathe* ngendlela efaneleyo phambi kukaJehova* ukuze limthokozise kukho konke, njengoba liqhubeka lithela izithelo kuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle njalo likhula elwazini oluqondileyo ngoNkulunkulu.+ 11 Sengathi lingaqiniswa ngamandla wonke avela emandleni akhe akhazimulayo+ ukuze liqinisele kukho konke, libekezela futhi lithokoza, 12 limbonga uBaba owalenza lafanela ukuthi lani lithole ilifa labangcwele+ abasekukhanyeni.
13 Wasihlenga emandleni obumnyama+ wasisa embusweni weNdodana yakhe ayithandayo, 14 eyaba yinhlawulo eyenza sikhululwe njalo sithethelelwe izono zethu.+ 15 Ingumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongabonakaliyo+ futhi ilizibulo kukho konke okwadalwayo+ 16 ngoba kwasetshenziswa yona ukudala zonke ezinye izinto ezisezulwini lezisemhlabeni, izinto ezibonakalayo lezingabonakaliyo,+ kungaba yizihlalo zobukhosi loba ubukhosi loba ohulumende loba iziphathamandla. Zonke ezinye izinto zadalwa ngayo+ futhi zadalelwa yona. 17 Kanti njalo yaba khona zonke ezinye izinto zingakabi khona+ futhi zonke ezinye izinto zenziwa zabakhona ngayo 18 njalo iyinhloko yomzimba, ibandla.+ Iyikuqala kwakho konke futhi yaba lizibulo ekuvusweni kwabafileyo+ ukuze ibe ngeyokuqala kukho konke 19 ngoba uNkulunkulu wathokoza ngokuthi konke ukugcwala kuhlale kuyo+ 20 njalo ngayo abuyisane lazo zonke ezinye izinto+ ngokwenza ukuthi kube lokuthula ngegazi+ eyalichitha esigodweni sokuhlutshwa,* kungaba yizinto ezisemhlabeni kumbe ezisezulwini.
21 Lina sibili elalehlukaniswe loNkulunkulu futhi liyizitha ngenxa yokuthi ingqondo zenu zazicabanga imisebenzi emibi, 22 usebuyisane lani ngokufa kwalowo owanikela ngomzimba wakhe wenyama ukuze alethule lingcwele, lingelasici njalo lingelacala phambi kwakhe,+ 23 nxa nje liqhubeka lilokholo,+ limi liqinile phezu kwesisekelo,+ linganyikinyeki+ njalo lingasuswa ethembeni lalezozindaba ezinhle elazizwayo futhi ezatshunyayelwa kukho konke okudaliweyo okungaphansi kwezulu.+ Mina Phawuli ngaba yisikhonzi esitshumayela lezozindaba ezinhle.+
24 Khathesi ngiyathokoza lanxa ngilihluphekela.+ Ngiphakathi kokuhlupheka okunjengokukaKhristu njalo ngisazohlupheka enyameni yami ngenxa yomzimba wakhe+ olibandla.+ 25 Ngaba yisikhonzi sebandla leli ngoba uNkulunkulu wanginika umsebenzi wokuba ngumphathi+ ukuze lina lincedakale. Yikho ngitshumayela ilizwi likaNkulunkulu ngokupheleleyo, 26 imfihlo engcwele+ eyayifihliwe kusukela ezikhathini* zakudala+ lakuzizukulwane ezadlulayo kodwa khathesi esivezelwe abangcwele bakhe,+ 27 labo uNkulunkulu okwamthokozisayo ukubenza bayazi phakathi kwezizwe inotho ekhazimulayo yemfihlo le engcwele.+ Imfihlo le nguKhristu elimanyene laye, okutsho ukuthi lilethemba lokukhazinyuliswa laye.+ 28 Nguye esitshumayela ngaye sixwayisa bonke abantu njalo sifundisa bonke ngokuhlakanipha konke ukuze wonke umuntu omanyene loKhristu simethule ephelele.+ 29 Ngenxa yalokho ngisebenza nzima njalo ngilwisa ngawo wonke amandla ami ngincediswa ngamandla akhe asebenza phakathi kwami.+