Umbuliso
1UPawulos noTimoti, abakhonzi bakaYesu Kristu, babhalela bonke abangcwele abakuKristu Yesu, abaseFilipi, ndawonye nabaveleli nabalungiseleli; 2bathi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo, oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
Umbulelo novuyo lukaPawulos
3Ndihlala ndibulela kuye uThixo wam, ekunikhumbuleni kwam konke 4(ekukhungeni kwam konke ndikhunga ngenxa yenu nonke, ndivuyile), 5ngenxa yobudlelane benu obubhekisele kuzo iindaba ezilungileyo, kususela kwimini yokuqala kude kube ngoku; 6ekubeni ndikholose ngayo le nto, yokuba lowo wawuqalayo ngaphakathi kwenu umsebenzi olungileyo, wowufeza, ide ibe yiloo mini kaYesu Kristu; 7njengokuba ndilungisa ukucinga oko ngani nonke, ngenxa yokuba nikum entliziyweni, nithe, nasezintanjeni zam, nasekuziphenduleleni kwam, nasekuziqiniseni kwam iindaba ezilungileyo, naba ngamadlelana nam ngobabalo olu, nina nonke. 8Kuba uThixo ulingqina lam lokuba kukhulu ukunilangazelela kwam nonke, ndineemfesane zikaYesu Kristu.
UPawulos uthandazela abafunda le ncwadi
9Nako oku ndiya kuthandazela, ukuba uthando lwenu lube kukhona luphuphuma ngokuphuphuma ukwazi okukhulu, nako konke ukuqonda, 10ukuze nizicikide izinto eziziincamisa, ukuze nibe nokusulungeka, ningabi nasiwo, nide nise kwimini kaKristu; 11nizelé ziziqhamo zobulungisa ezingoYesu Kristu, nikhangelisé ekuzukiseni nasekudumiseni uThixo.
Iziqhamo zokuvalelwa kukaPawulos entolongweni
12Ke kaloku ndinga ningázi, bazalwana, ukuba izinto ezindihleleyo, zibethe kwakukhona zihambayo iindaba ezilungileyo; 13ngokokude iintambo zam ezi zibonakale kuyo yonke indlu yomkhosi nakwabanye bonke, ukuba zikuKristu; 14baze abona bazalwana baninzi bathi, beseNkosini, bekholose ngeentambo zam ezi, babe kukhona benobuganga bokulithetha ilizwi, bengenakoyika.
UPawulos uvuyiswa kukushunyayelwa kukaKristu
15Okunene abathile bamvakalisa uKristu ngomona neenkani, abanye ke bamvakalisa ngokokuzithandela. 16Abeyelenqe abo bamazisa uKristu ngokungenyulu, beba baya kongezelela imbandezelo kwiintambo zam; 17ke aba, bénziwa luthando, bamazisa uKristu besazi ukuba ndimiselwe ukuziphendulela iindaba ezilungileyo.
18Ibe yini ke? Noko kunjalo, ngeendlela zonke, nokuba kungokunyhwalaza, nokuba kungenyaniso, kwaziswa uKristu. Ndiyavuya kuko oko, ndaye ndisaya kuvuya. 19Kuba ndiyazi ukuba oku kuya kuphumelela ekusindisweni kwam, ngako ukundikhungela kwenu, nangoncedo loMoya kaYesu Kristu; 20kuye ngokulangazelela nangokuthemba kwam, ukuba andiyi kudaniswa nganto; úya kusuka ngako konke ukungafihlisi, njengokwamaxesha onke, athi nangoku enziwe mkhulu uKristu emzimbeni wam, nokuba na kungobomi, nokuba kungokufa.
Ubomi nokuba kukufa, kulunge yiphi kunenye?
21Kuba kum mna, ukudla ubomi kunguKristu, ukufa kuyinzuzo. 22Ke ukuba ukudla ubomi ndisenyameni kusisiqhamo somsebenzi kum oko, into ke endonyula yona andiyazi. 23Kuba ndixinekile phakathi kwezinto ezimbini; ndinawo umnqweno wokunga ndingánduluka, ndiye kuba noKristu; kuba kokona kulungileyo kakhulu oko; 24kodwa ukuhlala ndihleli ndisenyameni, yeyona nto ifunekayo ngenxa yenu. 25Kananjalo, ndikholose ngoko nje, ndiyazi ukuba ndiya kuhlala ndihlale, ndihleli nani nonke, ukuze nihambele phambili, nivuyiswe lukholo; 26ukuze iqhayiya lenu kuKristu Yesu ngam liye lisanda ngokwanda, ngako ukubuya ndibekho kuni.
Isiyalo sokukhaliphisa
27Kodwa ke ukuhlala kwenu makube kokuzifaneleyo iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu, ukuze, nokuba ndifikile ndanibona, nokuba andifikanga, ndizive iindaba zenu, ukuba nimi moyeni mnye, ngamphefumlo mnye, nilwela inkolo yeendaba ezilungileyo, 28ningòthuswa nantweni-nye ngabo bachasayo; into ke leyo engumbonakalaliso wentshabalalo okunene kubo, kodwa ingumbonakalaliso wosindiso kuni, kube ke oko kuvela kuThixo. 29Ngokuba nábabalwa ukuthi, ngenxa kaKristu, ninganeli kukholwa kuye; nábabalwa nokuva ubunzima ngenxa yakhe, 30ninawo umzamo onjengalowo nawubonayo kum, nangoku niwuvayo ukuba ukho kum.
