KWABASEFILIPI 1

₁OPawulu noThimothewu, izinceku zikaKristu Jesu, kubo bonke abangcwele kuKristu Jesu abaseFilipi, kanye nababonisi namadiyakoni*:

₂Makube-kini umusanok uthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.

₃Ngiyambonga uNkulunkulu wami ekunikhumbuleni kwami konke

₄ngezikhathi zonke ekunxuseni kwami konke ngani nonke, nginxusa ngokuthokoza,

₅ngenxa yokuhlanganyela kwenu evangelini, kusukela osukwini lokuqala kuze kube-manje;

₆ngethembile ngempela yona lento ukuthi owaqala umsebenzi omuhle kinina uyakuwufeza kuze kube-lusuku lukaKristu Jesu,

₇njengalokhu kufanele ukuba ngibenomqondo onjalo ngani nonke, njengokuba nginithwele enhliziyweni yami, lokhu ekuboshweni kwami nasekulivikeleni nasekuliqiniseni ivangeli nina nonke nihlanganyele nami emseni.

₈Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ungufakazi wami wokuthi nginilangazelela kangakanani nonke ngesihe sikaJesu Kristu.

₉Ngikhulekela lokhu ukuba uthando lwenu luvame kakhulu njalo ekwazini nasekuqondeni konke,

₁₀ukuze nikwazi ukwahlukanisa, nize nibe-mhlophe nabangakhubekisiyo kuze kube-lusuku lukaKristu,

₁₁nigcwaliswe ngezithelo zokulunga ezingaye uJesu Kristu, kube-yinkazimulo nodumo kuNkulunkulu.

₁₂Kepha ngithanda ukuba nazi, bazalwane, ukuthi lokho okwangehlelayo kugciné kwaveza ukuqhubeka kwevangeli,

₁₃kwaze kwathi izibopho zami zabonakala enqabeni yonke nakubo bonke abanye ukuthi zingenxa kaKristu

₁₄nokuthi iningi labazalwane eNkosini betholile ithemba ngezibopho zami bazuzile kakhulu isibindi sokukhuluma izwi likaNkulunkulu ngokungesabi.

₁₅Abanye kambe bashumayela uKristu ngomhawu nangombango kepha abanye ngenhliziyo enhle;

₁₆laba bashumayela ngothando, bazi ukuthi ngimiselwe ukuvikela ivangeli,

₁₇kepha labo bamemezela uKristu ngombango kungenganhliziyo emhlophe, bethi bazakungivusela ukukhathazeka ekuboshweni kwami.

₁₈Kunani pho? Nokho uKristu uyamenyezelwa ngezindlela zonke, noma ngokuzenzisa noma ngesiminya; kulokho-ke ngiyathokoza, yebo, ngiyakuthokoza,

₁₉ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu kuyakungenzela ukusindiswa ngokunxusa kwenu nangokusiza kukaMoya kaJesu Kristu,

₂₀njengokulangazela nokwethemba kwami ukuthi ayikho into engizakujabhiswa kuyo, kepha ngesibindi sonke, njengasezikhathini zonke namanje, uKristu uyakwenziwa-mkhulu emzimbeni wami, nokuba kungokuphila nokuba kungokufa.

₂₁Ngokuba kimina ukuphila kunguKristu, ukufa kuyinzuzo.

₂₂Kepha uma ukuphila enyameni kuyisithelo somsebenzi kimi, angisakwazi engizakukukhetha.

₂₃Kepha ngiphakathi kokubili; nginesifiso sokumuka ngibe-noKristu, ngokuba yikhona okuhle kakhulu;

₂₄kanti-ke ukuhlala enyameni kuswelekile kakhulu ngenxa yenu.

₂₅Lokhu nginalo lelithemba, ngiyazi ukuthi ngiyakuhlala, yebo, ngihlale nani nonke, kube-ngukuqhubeka nokuthokoza kwenu ekukholweni,

₂₆ukuze ukuzibonga kwenu ngami kuvame kuKristu Jesu ngokufika kwami futhi kini.

₂₇Kuphela hambani ngokufanele ivangeli likaKristu, kuze kuthi, noma ngiza nginibona noma ngingekho, ngizwe izindaba zenu zokuthi nimi niqinile emoyeni munye, nangomphefumulo munye nilwela inkolo yevangeli,

₂₈ningethuswa ngalutho ngabamelene nani, okuyisiboniso sokubhubha kubona kepha ngesokusindiswa kwenu; lokhu-ke kuvela kuNkulunkulu.

₂₉Ngokuba ngenxa kaKristu nina nabelwa ngomusa, angisho ukukholwa kuye kuphela kepha nokuhlupheka ngenxa yakhe,

₃₀nikukho khona lokhokulwa enakubona kimina, nakalokhu nizwa ukuthi kukimina.