INCWA­DI KA­PA­WU­LI UMPHO­STO­LI

KWA­BA­SE-E­FE­SU

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UPa­wu­lia, umpho­sto­li ka­Je­su Kri­stu nge­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub, ku­bo aba­ngcwe­le aba­seE­fe­suc, la­ba­the­mbe­ki­le­yo ku­Kri­stu Je­sud:

2 Umu­sa ka­wu­be ki­ni lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba we­thu la­se­Nko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stue.

UPa­wu­li udu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu nge­nxa yo­ku­si­ndi­swa oku­ngo­Kri­stu

3 Ubu­si­si­wef uNku­lu­nku­lu lo­Yi­se we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stug, osi­bu­si­si­le­yo nga­so so­nke isi­bu­si­so so­mo­ya ezi­ntwe­ni ze­zu­lwi­ni ku­Kri­stuh;

4 nje­ngo­ba wa­si­khe­tha ku­yeij nga­pha­mbi ko­ku­se­ke­lwa ko­mhla­bak, uku­thi si­be ngcwe­le, nja­lo si­nga­so­le­ki pha­mbi kwa­khe etha­ndwe­nil,

5 ese­si­mi­se­lem nga­pha­mbi­li uku­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­na ku­ye ngo­Je­su Kri­stun, nje­ngo­ku­fi­sa oku­hle kwe­nta­ndo ya­kheo,

6 ku­be lu­du­mo lo­bu­kho­si bo­mu­sa wa­khe, asi­phe wo­nap nge­si­hle nga­ye oTha­ndi­we­yoq;

7 esi­lo­hle­ngo ku­yers nge­ga­zi la­khet, uthe­the­le­lo lwe­zi­pha­mbe­kou, nje­ngo­kwe­no­tho yo­mu­sa wa­khev,

8 awe­nge­ze­le­le ki­thiw ku­yo yo­nke inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qo­ndax,

9 ese­sa­zi­si­le imfi­hloy ye­nta­ndo ya­khe, nje­ngo­ku­fi­sa kwa­khe oku­hlez, aku­mi­sa ku­ye ngo­kwa­khea,

10 uku­ze, eku­pha­the­ni ko­ku­gcwa­li­se­ka kwe­zi­kha­thib, ahla­nga­ni­se nda­wo­nyec izi­nto zo­nke ku­Kri­stud, zo­mbi­li ezi­se­ma­zu­lwi­ni le­zi­se­mhla­be­nie;

11 ngi­tsho ku­ye, la­thi esa­be­lwa ili­fa ku­yef, esa­mi­se­lwa nga­pha­mbi­li nje­ngo­kwe­si­mi­so sa­kheg owe­nza­yo izi­nto zo­nke nje­ngo­kwe­ce­bo le­nta­ndo ya­kheh,

12 uku­ze si­be nga­bo­du­mo lo­bu­kho­si ba­khei, esa­the­mba ku­Kri­stu ku­qa­laj;

13 ese­lithe­mba ku­ye la­ni, se­li­zwi­lek ili­zwi le­qi­ni­sol, iva­nge­li lo­si­ndi­so lwe­nu; ku­ye se­li­kho­li­wem la­ni la­pha­wu­lwa ngu­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le we­si­the­mbi­son,

14 oyi­si­ba­mbi­soo se­li­fa le­thup, ku­be yi­ku­hle­ngwaq oku­zu­zi­we­yor, ku­du­mo lo­bu­kho­si ba­khes.

UPa­wu­li uce­le­la iba­ndla uku­ze la­zi izi­bu­si­so ezi­ve­la ngo­Kri­stu

15 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho la­mit se­ngi­zwi­le ngo­kho­lo lwe­nu eNko­si­ni uJe­suu lo­tha­ndo ku­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­le,

16 ka­ngi­ye­ke­livw uku­li­bo­nge­laxy, ngi­li­pha­tha emi­khu­le­kwe­ni ya­mi;

17 uku­ze uNku­lu­nku­lu we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuz, uYi­se wo­du­mo, ali­ni­ke umo­yaa we­nhla­ka­ni­phob lo­we­se­mbu­loc elwa­zi­ni lwa­khe;

18 ame­hlo engqo­ndo ye­nu akha­nyi­swed, uku­ze la­zi uku­thi li­yi­ni ithe­mba lo­bi­zo lwa­khee, lo­ku­thi iyi­ni ino­tho yo­du­mof lwe­li­fa la­khe kwa­ba­ngcwe­leg,

19 lo­ku­thi bu­yi­ni ubu­khu­lu ba­ma­ndla akhe obu­dlu­la ama­la­wu­lo ki­thi esi­kho­lwa nje­ngo­ku­se­be­nza ko­bu­ni­ni­ma­ndla ba­ma­ndla akheh,

20 awa­se­be­nzi­sa ku­Kri­stu, emvu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yoi, nja­lo emhla­li­sa nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­khej enda­we­ni ze­zu­luk,

21 phe­zu­lu ka­khu­lu kwa­kho ko­nkel uku­bu­sa lo­bu­khu­lumn la­ma­ndlao lo­bu­kho­si, le­bi­zo lo­nke eli­bi­zwa­yop, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ku­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­phe­la, ko­dwa la­kwe­si­za­yo;

22 wa­se­be­ka ko­nke nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­kheq, wa­mni­ke­la uku­ba yi­nhlo­kor phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke ku­lo iba­ndla,

23 eli­ngu­mzi­mba wa­khes, uku­gcwa­la kwa­lo­wot ogcwa­li­sau ko­nke ku­kho ko­nkev.

Usi­ndi­so lu­yi­si­pho so­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

2Li­na-kea wa­li­vu­sab ela­li­fi­le nge­zi­pha­mbe­ko la­nge­zo­noc,

2 ela­li­ka­ded li­ha­mba ku­zoe nje­ngo­kwe­ndle­laf ya­lu­mhla­bag, nje­ngo­ko­mbu­si wa­ma­ndla omkha­thih, awo­mo­ya ose­be­nza­yo kha­the­si pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­nga­la­le­lii;

3 la­thi so­nke sa­ke sa­ha­mbaj pha­ka­thi kwa­bo enka­nu­kwe­ni ze­nya­ma ye­thuk, si­se­nza inta­ndo ze­nya­ma le­ze­mi­ca­ba­ngo, nja­lo ngo­kwe­mve­lolm sa­si­nga­ba­ntwa­na bo­la­kan, nje­nga­ba­nye la­bo;

4 ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu, eno­thi­le esi­ha­wi­nio, nge­nxa yo­tha­ndo lwa­khe olu­khu­lup asi­tha­nda nga­lo,

5 la­nxa sa­si­fi­le nge­zi­pha­mbe­koqrs, wasi­phi­li­sa ka­nye lo­Kri­stu (ngo­mu­sa li­si­ndi­si­we)t

6 nja­lo wasi­vu­sa ka­nye laye, wa­sesi­hla­li­sa ka­nye layeu enda­we­ni ze­zu­lwi­ni ku­Kri­stu Je­suv;

7 uku­ze abo­na­ka­li­se ezi­kha­thi­ni ezi­za­yo ino­tho yo­mu­sa wa­khe edlu­la ama­la­wu­low ngo­bu­be­le ki­thi ku­Kri­stu Je­sux;

8 ngo­ba ngo­mu­sa li­si­ndi­si­wey ngo­kho­loz, la­lo­khu ka­ku­ve­li ki­ni; yi­si­pho si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua;

9 kaku­ve­li emi­se­be­nzi­nib, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na ozi­nco­ma­yoc.

10 Ngo­ba si­ngu­mse­be­nzi wa­khed, ku­Kri­stu Je­su sa­da­le­lwae imi­se­be­nzi emi­hlef, uNku­lu­nku­lu ayi­lu­ngi­se­la nga­pha­mbi­lig, uku­ze si­ha­mbe ki­yoh.

UKri­stu we­nza ama­Ju­da la­be­zi­zwe ba­be mu­nye

11 Nga­kho khu­mbu­la­ni uku­thi li­na la­ke la­bai nga­be­zi­zwe enya­me­nij, aba­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi yi­ku­nga­so­ki nga­lo­khu oku­thi­wa yi­ku­so­ka enya­me­ni okwe­nzi­we nge­za­ndlak,

12 uku­thi nga­le­so­si­kha­thi la­li­nge­la­ye uKri­stu, abe­mzi­nil ku­bu­sa­kha­mu­zi ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nja­lo abe­zi­zwem ku­zi­vu­me­lwa­no ze­si­the­mbi­son, la­li­nge­la­the­mba, nja­lo li­nge­la­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu emhla­be­ni.

13 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke ku­Kri­stu Je­su li­nao ela­li­ka­dep li­kha­tsha­naq, se­li­se­du­ze nge­ga­zi li­ka­Kri­stur.

14 Ngo­ba ye­na uyi­ku­thu­la kwe­thus, owe­nza ko­ku­bi­li kwa­ba ku­nyet, lo­wa­bhi­dli­za umdu­li opha­ka­thi owe­se­hlu­ka­ni­sou,

15 echi­thi­lev ubu­tha enya­me­ni ya­khewx, umla­yo we­mi­the­tho ezi­mi­swe­niyz, uku­ze ku­ye la­bo aba­bi­li aba­da­le ba­be ngu­mu­ntu mu­nye omu­tshaa, enze uku­thu­lab,

16 nja­lo enze uku­thi bo­ba­bi­li ba­bu­yi­sa­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­luc emzi­mbe­ni mu­nye nge­si­pha­mba­nod, ese­bu­le­leef ubu­thag nga­soh1;

17 nja­lo we­za wa­tshu­ma­ye­la uku­thu­lai ki­ni ela­li­kha­tsha­naj, la­ku­la­bo aba­be­se­du­zek;

18 ngo­ba nga­yel so­ba­bi­li si­lo­ku­nge­nam ngo­Mo­ya mu­nye ku­Ba­ban.

19 Nga­kho-ke ka­li­se­yi­bo abe­mzi­niop le­zi­ha­mbiqr, ko­dwa iza­kha­mi­zi ka­nye la­ba­ngcwe­les nja­lo abe­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut,

20 la­khi­we phe­zu kwe­si­se­ke­lou sa­ba­pho­sto­livw la­ba­pro­fe­thix, uJe­su Kri­stuy uqo­bo eyi­li­tshe eli­yi­nhlo­ko ye­ngo­nsiz,

21 oku­hla­nga­ni­se­lwe ku­ye isa­khi­wo so­nkea si­khu­le si­be li­the­mpe­li eli­ngcwe­le eNko­si­nib,

22 ela­khi­wa ku­ye la­ni ka­nye laba­nyec li­be yi­ndlu yo­ku­hla­la ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­Mo­yad.

UPa­wu­li umi­se­lwe ukwe­mbu­la imfi­hlo ka­Kri­stu

3Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu mi­na Pa­wu­li, isi­bo­tshwaa si­ka­Kri­stu Je­su nga­nib abe­zi­zwec,

2 uba ka­mbe se­li­zwi­le ngo­ku­pha­thwad ko­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue enga­wu­phi­we­lwa li­naf,

3 uku­thig nje­nge­sa­mbu­le­loh wa­nga­zi­sa imfi­hloi (nje­nga­lo­khu nga­bha­la nga­pha­mbi­li nga­ma­fi­tsha­nej,

4 oku­nga­lo­khu, nxa li­fu­nda, li­nga­zi ulwa­zi lwa­mik emfi­hlwe­ni ka­Kri­stul);

5 yo­na enga­zi­swa­nga ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­nim ezi­nye eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntu, nje­nga­lo­khu isi­ye­mbu­li­we kha­the­si ku­ba­pho­sto­li ba­khe aba­ngcwe­le la­ba­pro­fe­thi ngo­Mo­yan;

6 uku­thi abe­zi­zwe ba­be yi­zi­ndla­li­fao aba­hla­nga­nye­li lo­mzi­mba ofa­na­na­yop la­ba­hla­nga­nye­liq be­si­the­mbi­so sa­khe ku­Kri­stur, nge­va­nge­li,

7 enge­nzi­wa nga­los isi­kho­nzit nje­ngo­kwe­si­pho so­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu engi­wu­phi­we ngo­ku­se­be­nza kwa­ma­ndla akhev.

8 Ki­mi, engi­mnci­nya­ne ku­lo­mnci­nya­ne wa­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­lew, lo­wo­mu­sa nga­wu­phi­wax, uku­thi ngi­tshu­ma­ye­le kwa­be­zi­zwey iva­nge­li le­no­tho ka­Kri­stu enge­la­ku­li­nga­ni­swaza,

9 lo­ku­kha­nyi­se­la bo­nke uku­thi bu­yi­ni ubu­dle­lwa­no be­mfi­hlob, ebi­fi­hli­we ku­su­ke­la endu­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­luc owa­da­la izi­nto zo­nke ngo­Je­su Kri­stud,

10 uku­ze kha­the­sie emi­bu­swe­ni le­ma­ndle­nif enda­we­ni ze­zu­lug ya­zi­swe li­ba­ndla inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh ezi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bo,

11 nje­ngo­kwe­ce­bo la­pha­ka­dei ale­nza ngo­Kri­stu Je­su iNko­si ye­thu;

12 esi­le­si­bi­ndi ku­yej lo­ku­nge­nak nge­the­mbal, ngo­kho­lom lwa­khe.

13 Nga­kho ngi­ya­ce­la uku­thi li­nga­la­hli ithe­mban enhlu­phe­kwe­ni za­mio nga­nip, ezi­lu­du­mo lwe­nuq.

UPa­wu­li ukhu­le­ke­la iba­ndla uku­thi li­khu­le ekwa­zi­ni utha­ndo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

14 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khur ngi­gu­qa nga­ma­do­los ku­Yi­se we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu,

15 oku­bi­zwa nga­ye use­ndo lo­nket olu­se­ma­zu­lwi­ni lo­lu­se­mhla­be­niuv,

16 uku­ze ali­ni­ke, nje­ngo­kwe­no­tho yo­bu­kho­si ba­khew, li­qi­ni­swe nga­ma­ndla ngo­Mo­ya wa­khex emu­ntwi­ni onga­pha­ka­thiy,

17 uku­ze uKri­stu ahla­le ngo­kho­lo enhli­zi­ywe­ni ze­nuz; li­gxi­li­lea li­se­ke­lwe etha­ndwe­nib,

18 uku­ze li­be la­ma­ndla si­bi­li oku­qe­di­si­sac ka­nye la­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­le, uku­thi ku­yi­ni ubu­ba­nzi lo­bu­de lo­ku­tsho­nad lo­ku­pha­ka­ma,

19 lo­kwa­zi utha­ndo lu­ka­Kri­stu olwe­dlu­la ulwa­zi, uku­ze li­gcwa­li­swee ngo­ku­gcwa­la ko­nke ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf.

20 Nja­lo ku­ye, ola­ma­ndlag phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke okwe­nza okwe­dlu­la ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo kwe­si­ku­ce­la­yo ku­mbe esi­ku­na­ka­na­yo, nje­nga­ma­ndla ase­be­nza ki­thih,

21 ku­ye ka­ku­be udu­moi eba­ndle­ni ku­Kri­stu Je­su, ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni zo­nke za­pha­ka­de la­pha­ka­de. Ame­ni.

Ukwe­hlu­ka­na kwe­zi­pho zi­ka­Mo­ya lo­bu­nye bo­kho­lo

4Nga­kho ngi­ya­li­nce­nga, mi­na isi­bo­tshwa eNko­si­niab, uku­thi li­ha­mbe ngo­ku­fa­ne­lec ubi­zod ela­bi­zwa nga­lo,

2 ka­nye lo­ku­tho­be­ka ko­nkeef lo­bu­mne­neg, lo­ku­be­ke­ze­lahi, li­be­ke­ze­le­la­ne etha­ndwe­nij,

3 li­khu­tha­le uku­gci­na uku­hla­nga­na ko­Mo­ya nge­si­bo­pho so­ku­thu­lak.

4 Mu­nye umzi­mbal nja­lo mu­nye uMo­yam, nje­nga­lo­khu la­ni la­bi­zwan ethe­mbe­ni li­nye lo­bi­zo lwe­nuo;

5 yi­nye iNko­sip, lu­nye ukho­loq, lu­nye ubha­bha­thi­zo,

6 mu­nye uNku­lu­nku­lu lo­Yi­se wa­bo bo­nker, ophe­zu kwa­bo bo­nkes, la­nga­bo bo­nket, la­ki­ni lo­nke.

7 Ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­thuu wa­phi­wa umu­sav nje­ngo­kwe­si­li­nga­ni­so se­si­pho si­ka­Kri­stuw.

8 Nga­kho uthi: Ekwe­nyu­ke­le­ni kwa­khe phe­zu­lux wa­thu­mba uku­thu­njway, wa­ni­ka aba­ntu izi­phoz.

9 Lo­khu-ke uku­thi: We­nyu­kaa, ku­yi­ni nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi la­ye we­hle­la ku­qa­la ku­ngxe­nye ezi­nga­pha­nsi zo­mhla­bab?

10 Owe­hla­yo, ngu­ye owe­nyu­ke­lac fu­thi kha­tsha­na nga­phe­zu­lu kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nked, uku­zee agcwa­li­se izi­nto zo­nkef.

11 Ye­na wa­se­ni­ka aba­nye ba­be nga­ba­pho­sto­lig, la­ba­nye ba­be nga­ba­pro­fe­thihi, la­ba­nye ba­be nga­ba­va­nge­lij, la­ba­nye ba­be nga­be­lu­sik la­ba­fu­ndi­sil,

12 eku­phe­le­li­swe­nim kwa­ba­ngcwe­le, emse­be­nzi­ni we­nko­nzo, ekwa­khi­we­nin ko­mzi­mba ka­Kri­stuo;

13 si­ze si­fi­ke so­nke ebu­nye­ni bo­kho­lo, lo­bo­lwa­zip lwe­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, endo­de­ni ephe­le­le­yoq, esi­li­nga­ni­swe­ni se­si­mo1 so­ku­gcwa­la ku­ka­Kri­stur;

14 uku­ze si­nga­be si­sa­ba zi­nsa­nes, ezi­zu­li­swat nga­ma­ga­ga­si nja­lo ezi­thwa­le­lwa le la­leu yi­wo wo­nke umo­ya we­mfu­ndi­sov, nge­nko­hli­so ya­ba­ntu, ngo­bu­qi­liw be­ce­bo lo­ku­pha­mbu­kax;

15 ko­dwa si­khu­lu­me iqi­ni­so2 etha­ndwe­niy si­khu­lez ku­kho ko­nke ku­ye, oyi­nhlo­koab, uKri­stu,

16 oku­ve­la ku­ye umzi­mba wo­nkec, ohla­nga­ni­swe ku­hled nja­lo uba­mbe­nee, ngo­kwe­le­ke­le­la­na kwa­lo lo­nke ilu­nga, nje­ngo­ku­se­be­nza esi­li­nga­ni­swe­ni sa­le­so la­le­so isi­tho, we­nza uku­khu­la ko­mzi­mba eku­za­khe­ni kwa­wo etha­ndwe­ni.

Isi­mo esi­da­la le­si­mo esi­tsha

17 Nga­kho ngi­tsho lo­kho ngi­fa­ka­za eNko­si­ni, uku­thi li­nga­be li­sa­ha­mba la­nje­nga­ba­nye abe­zi­zwe be­ha­mbaf ebu­ze­ni be­ngqo­ndo ya­bog,

18 be­fi­pha­zi­we engqo­ndwe­nih, be­nzi­we abe­mzi­nii empi­lwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­nga­zij oku­ki­bo, ngo­bu­lu­khu­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ya­bok;

19 aba­thi se­be­ntu­nyi­lel, ba­zi­ni­ke­lam ema­nya­le­nin, ekwe­nze­ni ko­ku­ngco­lao ko­nke ngo­mha­wu.

20 Ko­dwa li­na ka­li­mfu­nda­nga ngo­ku­nja­lo uKri­stu,

21 uba-ke li­mzwi­lep la­fu­ndi­swa ku­ye, nje­ngo­ba iqi­ni­so li­ku­Je­su;

22 uku­thi li­la­hleq ma­ye­la­na lo­ha­mbo lo­ku­qa­lars, umu­ntu omda­lat, owo­na­ka­lau ma­ye­la­na le­zi­fi­so ze­nko­hli­sov;

23 nja­lo le­nzi­we ba­tsha emo­ye­ni we­ngqo­ndo ye­nuw,

24 nja­lo le­mba­the umu­ntu omu­tshax, oda­lwe nje­ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luyz eku­lu­nge­nia le­bu­ngcwe­le­ni be­qi­ni­sob.

25 Nga­kho li­la­hla ama­ngac, khu­lu­ma­ni iqi­ni­so ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khed; ngo­ba si­yi­zi­tho omu­nye ko­mu­nyee.

26 Thu­ku­the­la­ni li­ngo­nif; ila­nga ka­li­nga­tsho­ni phe­zu ko­la­ka lwe­nugh;

27 fu­thi li­nga­mni­ki inda­wo udi­ya­bho­lai.

28 Owe­ba­yo ka­nga­be ese­ba; ko­dwa ku­la­lo­khu ka­khu­tha­lej, ase­be­nze oku­hle nge­za­ndla za­khe, uku­ze abe la­kho ukwa­be­lak ole­nswe­lol.

29 Ka­ku­nga­phu­mi emlo­nye­ni we­nu la­li­nye ili­zwi eli­bo­li­le­yom, ko­dwa ku­phe­la oku­hle oku­lu­nge­le ukwa­khan nje­ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yo, uku­ze ku­ni­ke umu­sao ku­bo abe­zwa­yo.

30 Nja­lo li­nga­mda­bu­ki­sipq uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le ka­Nku­lu­nku­lurs, ela­pha­wu­lwa nga­yet ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku lo­hle­ngou.

31 Ko­nke uku­ba­bav le­ntu­ku­the­low lo­la­kax lo­msi­ndo lo­ku­nye­yayz ka­ku­su­swe ki­ni, ka­nye la­yo yo­nke inzo­ndoab;

32 ko­dwa li­be mne­nec omu­nye ko­mu­nye, li­le­si­ha­wud, li­the­the­le­la­neef, nje­nga­lo­khu uNku­lu­nku­lu la­ye wa­li­the­the­le­la ku­Kri­stug.

Uku­xwa­yi­sa nge­mi­se­be­nzi yo­bu­mnya­ma; uku­ha­mba eku­kha­nye­ni

5Nga­kho ba­ni­ni nga­ba­la­nde­li ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua, nje­nga­ba­ntwa­na aba­tha­nde­ka­yo;

2 nja­lo li­ha­mbe etha­ndwe­nib, nje­nga­lo­khu uKri­stu la­ye wa­si­tha­ndac, wa­zi­ni­ke­le­la thi­nad abe ngu­mni­ke­lo lo­mhla­tshe­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lue uku­ba lu­qha­tshi olu­mna­ndif.

3 Ko­dwa ubu­fe­begh la­kho ko­nke uku­ngco­lai ku­mbe umha­wuj ka­ku­nga­pha­thwa la­ka­nye pha­ka­thi kwe­nuk, nje­ngo­ba ku­fa­ne­le aba­ngcwe­le;

4 la­ma­nya­lal, lo­ku­khu­lu­ma oku­yi­ze, ku­mbe uku­so­ma oku­le­nhla­mba, oku­yi­zi­nto ezi­nga­fa­ne­la­ngam; ko­dwa ku­la­lo­khu, uku­bo­nga.

5 Ngo­ba lo­khu li­ya­kwa­zi, uku­thi so­nke isi­fe­ben, ku­mbe ongco­li­le­yo, ku­mbe olo­mha­wu, ongu­mkho­nzi we­zi­tho­mbeo, ka­la­li­fap embu­swe­ni ka­Kri­stu lo­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

6 Ka­ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu oli­kho­hli­sa­yo nga­ma­zwi ayi­zeq; ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­le­zi­zi­ntor ula­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus lu­ye­hle­la phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­nga­la­le­lit.

7 Nga­kho li­nga­bi nga­ba­hla­nga­nye­li la­bou.

8 Ngo­ba la­ke la­bav ngu­mnya­maw, ko­dwa kha­the­si li­yi­ku­kha­nya eNko­si­nix; ha­mba­niy nje­nga­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­kha­nya,z

9 ngo­ba isi­the­lo si­ka­Mo­yaa si­ku­bo bo­nke ubu­hle lo­ku­lu­nga le­qi­ni­sob,

10 li­hlo­li­si­sec oku­tho­ko­zi­sa­yo eNko­si­nid;

11 nja­lo li­nga­hla­nga­nye­lie le­mi­se­be­nzi yo­bu­mnya­ma enge­la­zi­the­lofg, ko­dwa-ke ku­la­lo­kho so­la­nih;

12 ngo­ba izi­nto eze­nzi­wa yi­bo eku­si­the­ke­ni, ku­the­le­la inhlo­nii ngi­tsho uku­khu­lu­ma nga­zo.

13 Ko­dwa ko­nke oku­so­lwa­yo yi­ku­kha­nya ku­ya­bo­na­ka­li­swa; ngo­ba ko­nke oku­bo­na­ka­li­swa­yoj ku­yi­ku­kha­nya,

14 nga­kho uthi1: Pha­pha­ma we­na ole­le­yokl uvu­ke kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, nja­lo uKri­stu uza­ku­kha­nyi­se­lam.

15 Nga­kho qa­phe­la­ni uku­thi li­ha­mban nja­ni ngo­na­nze­le­lo, ku­nga­bi nje­nge­zi­thu­tha, ko­dwa nje­nga­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoo,

16 li­hle­ngap isi­kha­thiq, ngo­ba insu­ku zi­mbir.

17 Nga­kho li­nga­bi yi­zi­thu­thas, ko­dwa li­qe­di­si­sa oku­yi­nta­ndo ye­Nko­sit.

18 Nja­lo li­nga­da­kwa li­wa­yi­niu, oku­ku­lo umsi­ndo, ko­dwa gcwa­li­swa­ni ngu­Mo­yav,

19 li­khu­lu­mi­sa­naw nge­zi­hla­be­le­lox la­nga­ma­hu­boy oku­du­mi­sa la­nge­zi­ngo­ma zo­mo­yaz, li­hla­be­le­le li­cu­le eNko­si­ni enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nua,

20 li­mbo­nga nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu lo­Ba­ba nga­zo zo­nke izi­ntobc ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stud,

21 li­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi omu­nye ko­mu­nye eku­me­sa­be­ni uNku­lu­nku­lue.

Uku­pha­tha­na kwa­ba­tha­the­ne­yo

22 Ba­fa­zif, ze­hli­se­le­ni nga­pha­nsi kwa­we­nu ama­do­dag, nje­nge­Nko­si­nih,

23 ngo­ba indo­da iyi­nhlo­ko yo­mfa­zii, nje­ngo­ba uKri­stu la­ye eyi­nhlo­ko ye­ba­ndlajk, nja­lo ye­na ungu­Msi­ndi­si wo­mzi­mbal.

24 Ko­dwa nje­ngo­ba-ke iba­ndla le­hli­se­lwe nga­pha­nsi ku­ka­Kri­stu, ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ba­fa­zi kwa­wa­bo ama­do­da ku­yo yo­nke intom.

25 Ma­do­dan, tha­nda­ni abe­nu aba­fa­zi, nje­ngo­Kri­stu la­ye wa­li­tha­nda iba­ndla, wa­se­zi­ni­ke­le­la lo­nao;

26 uku­ze azi­ngcwe­li­se­lep lo­na, eseli­hla­mbu­lu­leq nge­si­hla­mbo sa­ma­nzir nge­li­zwis,

27 uku­ze azi­mi­se­le lo­na, iba­ndla eli­le­nka­zi­mu­lot, eli­nge­la­cha­thau, ku­mbe umxhe­le ku­mbe oku­nye nje, ko­dwa uku­ze li­be ngcwe­le li­nge­la­ca­lav.

28 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ama­do­da afa­ne­le uku­tha­nda aba­wo aba­fa­zi nje­nge­ya­wo imi­zi­mbaw. Otha­nda owa­khe umfa­zi, uya­zi­tha­nda ye­na;

29 ngo­ba ka­kho owa­ke wa­zo­nda eya­khe inya­ma, ko­dwa uyayo­ndlax ayi­pha­the ku­hle, nje­nga­lo­khu le­Nko­si ise­nza ku­ba­ndla;

30 ngo­ba si­yi­zi­tho zo­mzi­mba wa­khey, okwe­nya­ma ya­khe lo­kwa­ma­tha­mbo akhe.

31 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu umu­ntu uza­tshi­ya uyi­se lo­ni­na ana­ma­the­le ku­mka­khez, nja­lo la­ba aba­bi­li ba­za­ku­ba nya­ma­nyea.

32 Inku­lu le imfi­hlo; ko­dwa mi­na ngi­khu­lu­mab ngo­Kri­stu le­ba­ndlac.

33 Nga­lo­kho lo­nke ngo­ku­khe­the­ki­le­yo la­ni-ke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ka­tha­nde ngo­ku­nja­lo owa­khe umfa­zi nje­nga­yede; lo­mfa­zi uku­ze ahlo­ni­phef indo­da.

Ize­lu­le­ko ku­ba­ntwa­na la­ba­za­li

6Ba­ntwa­naa, la­le­la­ni aba­za­li be­nu eNko­si­ni; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­lu­ngi­le.

2 Hlo­ni­pha uyi­hlo lo­nyo­kob, oku­ngu­mla­yo wo­ku­qa­la ole­si­the­mbi­so,

3 uku­ze ku­be ku­hle ku­we, nja­lo uphi­le isi­kha­thi esi­de emhla­be­nic.

4 La­ni bo­ba­bad, li­nga­ba­thu­ku­the­li­si aba­ntwa­na be­nu, ko­dwae li­bo­ndle emla­ywe­ni le­mfu­ndi­swe­ni ye­Nko­sif.

Ize­lu­le­ko ku­zi­gqi­li la­ma­kho­si

5 Zi­se­be­nzig, la­le­la­ni ama­kho­si enu ngo­kwe­nya­mah, ngo­kwe­sa­ba la­ngo­ku­thu­thu­me­lai, ebu­qo­thwe­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ze­nujk, nje­nga­ku­Kri­stul;

6 ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­nko­nzo ya­me­hlom nje­nga­ba­tho­ko­zi­sa aba­ntun, ko­dwa nje­nge­zi­se­be­nzi zi­ka­Kri­stuo, zi­se­nza inta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­nhli­zi­yop,

7 li­se­be­nza nge­nhli­zi­yo enhleq ku­nga­thi ku­se­Nko­si­ni nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho eba­ntwi­ni;

8 li­sa­zi uku­thi lo­ba yi­ni enhle ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo anga­ye­nza, enja­lo uza­ye­mu­ke­la eNko­si­nir, lo­ba eyi­si­gqi­li, lo­ba engo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yos.

9 La­ni ma­kho­sit, ye­nza­ni izi­nto ezi­fa­na­na­yo ku­zo, li­ye­ke­le1 uku­zi­so­nge­lau; li­sa­zi uku­thi le­ye­nu iNko­si ise­ma­zu­lwi­nivw, nja­lo uku­ba­ndlu­lu­la umu­ntux ka­ku­kho ku­yo.

Izi­kha­li za­ma­Kri­stu

10 Elo­ku­ci­na, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, qi­na­ni eNko­si­niy, le­bu­ni­ni­ma­ndle­ni ba­ma­ndla ayoz.

11 Hlo­ma­nia izi­kha­li zo­nke zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub, uku­ze li­be la­ma­ndla oku­me­la­na lo­bu­qi­li bu­ka­di­ya­bho­lac;

12 ngo­ba ka­si­bi­nda­nid le­ga­zi le­nya­ma, ko­dwa le­mi­bu­soe, la­ma­ndlaf, la­ba­bu­si ba­lu­mhla­ba wo­bu­mnya­magh ba­le­si­si­kha­thi, le­mi­mo­ya ya­ma­bu­tho obu­bi ezi­nda­we­ni za­ma­zu­lu.

13 Nga­kho hlo­ma­ni izi­kha­li zo­nke zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui, uku­ze li­be la­ma­ndla oku­gxi­la osu­kwi­ni olu­bij, lo­ku­ze ku­thi la­pho se­li­qe­de ko­nke, li­mek.

14 Nga­kho ma­ni­ni, inka­lo ze­nu zi­bo­tshi­we nge­qi­ni­sol, li­fa­ke isi­vi­ke­lo se­si­fu­ba so­ku­lu­ngam,

15 nja­lo li­gqo­ki­se inya­won ze­nu ngo­ku­lu­nga kwe­va­nge­li lo­ku­thu­lao;

16 phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke se­li­the­the isi­hla­ngu so­kho­lop, eli­za­ku­ba la­ma­ndla oku­ci­tsha nga­so yo­nke imi­tsho­ko evu­tha­yoq yo­mu­bir.

17 Nja­lo tha­tha­ni ikho­wa lo­si­ndi­sos, le­nke­mba ka­Mo­yat, eyi­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu,

18 nga­wo wo­nke umkhu­le­ko lo­nxu­so li­khu­le­ka isi­kha­thi so­nkev ku­Mo­yaw, la­ku­lo­khu li­li­ndex nge­si­ne­key so­nke lo­nxu­so nga­ba­ngcwe­le bo­nkez,

19 la­nga­mia, uku­ze ngi­phi­we ili­zwi eku­vu­le­ni umlo­mo wa­mib nge­si­bi­ndic uku­ze nga­zi­se imfi­hlo ye­va­nge­lid,

20 engi­yi­si­thu­nywae nga­lo esi­se­ma­ke­ta­ne­nif2, uku­ze ngi­khu­lu­me nge­si­bi­ndig ku­lo, nje­ngo­ba ku­ngi­fa­ne­le uku­thi ngi­khu­lu­me.

Isi­ci­no

21 Ko­dwa uku­ze la­ni la­zi izi­nto ezi­qo­nda­na la­mih, engi­kwe­nza­yo, uza­li­tshe­la ko­nke uTi­ki­koi umza­lwa­ne otha­nde­ka­yo le­si­kho­nzi esi­the­mbe­ki­le­yo eNko­si­nij;

22 engi­mthu­ma ki­ni nga­kho­na lo­khu, uku­ze la­zi izi­nto ezi­qo­nda­na la­thi, lo­ku­thi adu­du­ze inhli­zi­yo ze­nuk.

23 Uku­thu­lal ka­ku­be ku­ba­za­lwa­ne, lo­tha­ndo ka­nye lo­kho­lo olu­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uBa­ba le­Nko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stu.

24 Umu­sa ka­wu­be ku­bo bo­nke aba­tha­nda iNko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ngo­ku­ngo­na­ka­li­yom. Ame­ni.