Colossians 3— 2023

¹Ngakho-ke uma navuswa kanye noKristu, funani okwaphezulu, lapho ehlezi khona uKristu ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu.

²Nakani okwaphezulu, ningacabangi okusemhlabeni.

³Ngokuba nafa, nokuphila kwenu kufihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu.

⁴Nxa uKristu ongukuphila kwethu esebonakala, khona nani nizakubonakala kanye naye enkazimulweni.

⁵Ngakho bulalani amalungu enu asemhlabeni; ubufebe, ukungcola, inkanuko, inkanuko embi, lokuhaha, okuyikukhonza izithombe;

⁶Ngenxa yalezozinto ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwehlela phezu kwabantwana bokungalaleli;

⁷enanike nahamba kuzo nani, nisahlezi kukho.

⁸Kepha manje nani lahlani zonke lezi; ulaka, nolaka, nenzondo, nokuhlambalaza, nokukhuluma amanyala emlonyeni wenu.

⁹Ningaqambelani amanga, lokhu nikhumule umuntu omdala kanye nezenzo zakhe;

¹⁰sembathe umuntu omusha, owenziwa musha ekwazini ngokomfanekiso walowo owamdalayo;

¹¹lapho kungekho khona umGreki nomJuda, ukusoka nokungasoki, owezizwe, umSkithe, isigqila noma okhululekile, kepha uKristu uyikho konke, ukubo bonke.

¹²Ngakho-ke njengabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, abangcwele nabathandekayo, yembathani izinhliziyo zesihe, umusa, ukuthobeka, ubumnene, nokubekezela;

¹³nibekezelelana, nithethelelane, uma umuntu enensongo komunye;

¹⁴Phezu kwakho konke lokho yembathani uthando, oluyisibopho sokuphelela.

¹⁵Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu makubuse ezinhliziyweni zenu, enabizelwa kukho futhi emzimbeni munye; futhi nibonge.

¹⁶Izwi likaKristu malihlale kini ngokucebile kukho konke ukuhlakanipha; nifundisana, niyalane ngamahubo, nangezihlabelelo, nangamaculo okomoya, nihubele ngomusa ezinhliziyweni zenu iNkosi.

¹⁷Nanoma yini eniyenzayo, ngezwi noma ngomsebenzi, kwenzeni konke egameni leNkosi uJesu, nimbonge uNkulunkulu uYise ngayo.

¹⁸Bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu, njengokufanele eNkosini.

¹⁹Madoda, thandani omkenu, ningabazondi.

²⁰Bantwana, lalelani abazali benu ezintweni zonke, ngokuba lokho kuyathandeka eNkosini.

²¹Boyise, ningabathukuthelisi abantwana benu, funa badangale.

²²Nina zinceku, lalelani ezintweni zonke amakhosi enu ngokwenyama; kungabi ngokukhonza kwamehlo njengabathokozisa abantu; kodwa ngobuqotho benhliziyo, ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu;

²³Konke enikwenzayo kwenzeni ngenhliziyo, kungathi kwenzelwa iNkosi, hhayi abantu;

²⁴nazi ukuthi niyakwamukela umvuzo wefa eNkosini, ngokuba nikhonza iNkosi uKristu.

²⁵Kepha owenza okubi uyakwamukeliswa okubi akwenzileyo; akukho ukukhetha komuntu.