Ukulotjhisa
1UPowula noThimothi, iinceku zakaKrestu Jesu, kibo boke abacwengileko kuKrestu Jesu abaseFilipi, bakanye nabaphathi namagosa:
2Akube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuZimu uBaba wethu neKosini uJesu Krestu.
UPowula uthandazela abaseFilipi
3Ngihlala ngithokoza uZimu njalo nanginikhumbulako. 4Kiyo yoke imithandazwami, nginithandazela ngethabo, 5ngebanga lokuhlanganyela kwenu evangelini ukusuka ngelanga lokuthoma bekube gadesi. 6Ngineqiniso bona loyo owathoma umsebenzi omuhle phakathi kwenu, uzawuraga abe awuqedelele bekube lilanga lakaKrestu Jesu. 7Kuhle kimi ukuzizwela ngalendlela ngani noke ngombana nginithwele ehliziyweni yami! Iye ngombana nihlanganyele nami emseni kaZimu, ekubotjhweni kwami nekuvikeleni kanye nekuqiniseni ivangeli. 8UZimu ungufakazi wami bona nginihlulukela kangangani noke ngesirhawu sakaKrestu Jesu.
9Nginithandazela bona ithando lenu lihlale liphuphuma njalo, elwazini nelemukweni loke 10ukuze nikwazi ukuhlolisisa okulungileko, nibe msulwa beningasoleki bekube lilanga lakaKrestu. 11Niveze iinthelo zokulunga eziza ngoJesu Krestu, kube yiphazimulo nedumo kuZimu.
Ukuphila ngoJesu
12Ngithanda bona nazi bazalwana bonyana izinto ezenzekileko kimi eqinisweni zaba lisizo ekuthuthukiseleni phambili ivangeli. 13Ngalokho-ke, sele kwazeka kibo boke abalindi besigodlo nakiwo woke umuntu bonyana ngibotjhwe ngebanga lakaKrestu. 14Nje-ke inengi labazalwana sele linesibindi eKosini ngebanga lokubotjhwa kwami, sele batjhumayela ngesibindi nangaphandle kokwesaba.
15Iye, abanye batjhumayela uKrestu ngomona nangombango, kodwana abanye batjhumayela ngommoya omuhle. 16Laba besibili bakwenza ngethando, basazi bonyana ngibekwe lapha kobana ngivikele ivangeli. 17Kodwana laba bokuthoma batjhumayela uKrestu ngomrhobholo, ingasi ngokwethembeka, bahlose ukwengeza amatshwenyeko wami ekubotjhweni kwami.
18Alo, kutshwenya ngani nje lokho? Okuqakathekileko kukobana uKrestu utjhunyayelwa ngazo zoke iindlela nanyana ngeenhloso zamanga namkha ngeqiniso; mina ngiyathokoza ngalokho. Iye ngizokuragela phambili ngithokoze 19ngombana ngiyazi bona ngemithandazo yenu nesizo elivela kuMoya kaJesu Krestu, lokhu kuzakuba kukhululeka kwami. 20Kuyitjisakalo yerhuluphelwami kanye nethemba lokobana angizukurhubutjhwa ngitjho nanyana kungaba ngayiphi indlela, kodwana ukukhuluma kwami ngesibindi, uKrestu uzakuphakanyiswa gadesi njengombana kunjalo ngemihla emzimbenami, nanyana kungaba ngokuphila namkha ngokufa. 21Ngambala, kimi ukuphila nguKrestu, ukufa yinzuzo. 22Nakube ngimele ngiphile emzimbeni, lokho kutjho bona kuzakuba msebenzi oneenthelo kimi, nje-ke angazi bona ngikuphi engikwenyulako. 23Ngiphakathi kokubili: Isifiso sami kukobana ngemuke ngiyokuba noKrestu ngombana lokho kungcono khulu. 24Kodwana ukuphila emzimbeni kuqakatheke khulu ngebanga lenu. 25Njengombana ngineqiniso ngalokhu nje, ngiyazi bonyana ngizakuhlala ngingakhambi ngiragele phambili nani noke ngebanga lokuragela phambili kanye nethabo lenu ekukholweni. 26Ngalokho ngizazibandakanya ngokungapheliko ekuzikhakhaziseni kwenu kuKrestu Jesu lokha nangiza kini godu.
27Kwaphela philani ngendlela efanele ivangeli lakaKrestu ukuze kuthi nanyana ngiyabuya ngizonibona namkha ngingekho phakathi kwenu, nangizwa ngani, ngizakwazi bonyana nijamile begodu nidzimelele nimunye, nilwela ukukholwa kwevangeli nibambisene ngomkhumbulo owodwa. 28Yeke ningethuswa ngabajamelene nani ngombana kibo, lokho kusibonakaliso sokubhubha kwabo. Kodwana kini kukusindiswa kwenu. Lokhu kusisenzo sakaZimu. 29Yena uniphe ithuba ingasi lokulotjha uKrestu kwaphela kodwana nelokuhlupheka ngebanga lakhe, 30njengombana ninomtjhikatjhika ofana nalowo enangibona ngiphakathi kwawo, nagadesi nizwa bonyana ngisesenawo.
