KwabaseKolose KwabaseKolose 1 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

1uPawulos, umpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, noTimoti umzalwana,

2ubhalela abaseKolose, abazalwana abangcwele abakholwayo kuKristu; uthi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.

3Sibulela kuye uThixo uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, sihlala sinithandazela;

4Njengoko seva ngokholo lwenu kuKristu Yesu, nothando eninalo kubo bonke abangcwele.

5Nangenxa yethemba enalibekela lona emazulwini, nalivayo ngenxa engaphambili ngelizwi lenyaniso leendaba ezilungileyo;

6Lowo ufikileyo kuni, njengokuba kunjalo kuwo wonke umhlaba; luxakatha isiqhamo, kwanjengoko lwenjenjalo nangaphakathi kuni, kususela kwimini enaluvayo, nalwazi ubabalo lukaThixo ngenyaniso;

7Njengoko nafundayo nakuEpafra, ongumkhonzi oyintanda kunye nathi, engumlungiseleli othembekileyo kaKristu ngenxa yenu;

8owasazisayo nokusazisa ngothando lwenu lwaseMoyeni.

9Ngenxa yoko nathi, kususela kwimini esakuvayo oko, asiyeki ukunithandazela, nokukhunga, ukuze nizaliswe kukukwazi kakuhle ukuthanda kwakhe, ninobulumko bonke, nangokuqonda koMoya;

10ukuze nihambe ngokuyifaneleyo iNkosi, nise kuko konke ukukholisa, nixakathe isiqhamo kuwo wonke umsebenzi olungileyo, nikhulela ekumazini uThixo;

11nisomelezwa ngokomelela konke, ngokokuqina kozuko lwakhe, nide nise kuko konke ukunyamezela, nokuzeka kade umsindo, kunye novuyo;

12nibulela kuye uYise, osenze sakulingana ukuba nesabelo kwilifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni;

13owasihlangulayo egunyeni lobumnyama, wasifudusela ebukumkanini boNyana wakhe oyintanda;

14esinayo sikuye inkululeko ngokuhlawulelwa ngegazi lakhe, uxolelo lwezono;

15Ungumfanekiselo kaThixo ongenakubonwa, owamazibulo kwindalo yonke.

16Ngokuba zadalelwa kuye zonke izinto, ezisemazulwini nezisemhlabeni, ezinokubonwa nezingenakubonwa, nokuba ziitrone, nokuba zibubukhosi, nokuba zizilawuli, nokuba ngamagunya; zonke izinto zidalwe nguye, zidalelwe yena.

17Yena ke ungaphambi kweento zonke, nazo zonke izinto zima zimi kuye.

18Yena ke uyintloko yomzimba, yebandla; oyingqalo, owamazibulo kubo abafileyo; ukuze ezintweni zonke abe ngovelela.

19Kuba kwakholeka kuye uYise ukuba kuhlale kuye konke ukuzaliseka;

20nokuthi ngaye azixolelanise naye zonke izinto, elwenzile uxolo ngalo igazi lomnqamlezo; ndithi ngaye, nokuba zizinto ezisemhlabeni, nokuba zezisemazulwini.

21Nani, enibe nifudula ningazani, niziintshaba ngengqondo yenu ngokwasemisebenzini engendawo, kungoku unixolelanisile;

22ngomzimba wenyama yakhe ngokufa ukuze animise phambi kwakhe ningcwele, ningenakusoleka, ningenakusoleka;

23Ukuba kaloku nihlala nihleli elukholweni, nisekelwe niqinile, ningashukunyiswa nimke ethembeni leendaba ezilungileyo ezi nazivayo, zona zashunyayelwayo kwindalo yonke ephantsi kwezulu; endaba ngumlungiseleli wazo, mna Pawulos;

24Ngoku ndiyavuya ezintlungwini zam ngenxa yenu, ndikuzalisa enyameni yam okusileleyo kwiimbandezelo zikaKristu, ngenxa yomzimba wakhe olilo ibandla;

25endithe ndaba ngumlungiseleli wawo ngokokugosisa kukaThixo, awandinikela ngako ngenxa yenu, ukuba ndilizalise ilizwi likaThixo;

26Kwanaloo mfihlelo, ibifihliwe kwasemaphakadeni nasezizukulwaneni, nakungokunje ibonakalalisiweyo kubo abangcwele bakhe;

27awathandayo uThixo ukubazisa bona into obuyiyo ubutyebi bozuko lwaloo mfihlelo phakathi kwazo iintlanga; nguKristu ke ongaphakathi kwenu, ithemba lozuko;

28Sazisa yena ke thina, siluleka wonke umntu, sifundisa wonke umntu ngabo bonke ubulumko; ukuze simise wonke umntu egqibelele ekuKristu Yesu;

29endibulalekela kona oko, ndizama ngokokusebenza kwakhe okusebenzayo kum ngamandla.