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2 Ngombana ngifuna nilemuke ukuthi ngikurakura khulu kangangani ngebanga lenu, ngebanga lalabo abaseLawodikeya+ nangebanga labo boke abangakhenge khebangibone.* 2 Bona iinhliziyo zabo ziduduzeke,+ zibe yinyanda yinye ethandweni+ nokuthi zibe nabo boke ubunjinga obumphumela wesiqinisekiso esizeleko sokuzwisisa kwabo bona bazuze ilwazi elinembileko lefihlo ecwengileko kaZimu, okunguKrestu.+ 3 Kuye kufihlwe ngobuthakgha woke amagugu wokuhlakanipha nelwazi.+ 4 Ngitjho lokhu bona kungabi namuntu onikhohlisa ngamezwi wobuqili. 5 Ngitjho nanyana ngingasinani ngokomzimba, nginani ngommoya, ngithabela ukubona ukuziphatha ngokuhleleka+ nangokuqina kokukholwa kwenu kuKrestu.+
6 Nje-ke njengombana namukele uKrestu Jesu iKosi, ragelani phambili nikhamba ebunyeni naye, 7 nidzimelele, nakhelwe kuye,+ niqine ekukholweni+ njengombana nafundiswa begodu niphuphuma ngokuthokoza.+
8 Tjhejani bona kungabi namuntu onithumba* ngefundiso yamala nangekohliso elilize+ ngokwesiko labantu, ngokwezinto ezisisekelo zephasi, ingasi ngokukaKrestu 9 ngombana boke ubuntu bakaZimu obupheleleko buhlezi kuye.+ 10 Nje-ke nifumene ukuphelela ngaye, loyo oyihloko yabo boke aborhulumende nabalawuli.+ 11 Ngetjhebiswano lenu naye nani nasokwa ingasi ngokusokwa okwenziwa ngezandla zabantu ngokususa umzimba wenyama+ kodwana ngokusoka okwenziwa nguKrestu.+ 12 Ngombana nibulungwe naye ekubhajadisweni kwakhe+ nangetjhebiswano lenu naye nani navuswa+ noke ngokukholwa kwenu emsebenzini wamandla kaZimu, owamvusa kwabafileko.+
13 Ukungezelela kilokho nanyana benifile ezonweni zenu nebujamwenu bokungasokwa kwenyamenu, uZimu unenze naphila kunye naye.+ Ngomusa usilibalele soke izono zethu,+ 14 wasula nencwadi ebeyitlolwe ngesandla+ ebeyinemithetho+ begodu iphikisana nathi.+ Uyisuse endleleni ngokuyibethela esigodweni sokuhlunguphazwa.*+ 15 Ngaso* uhlubulise aborhulumende nabalawuli, wakhangisa ngabo phambi kwabo boke abantu, wenza kwaziwe ukuthi ubahlulile+ begodu wabadosa njengeembotjhwa.
16 Nje-ke, ningavumeli nanyana ngubani anahlulele ngenikudlako nenikuselako+ namkha ngokugidinga umnyanya namkha ukuthwasa kwenyanga+ namkha isabatha.+ 17 Izintwezo zisithunzi sezinto ezisezako+ kodwana okungokwamambala nguKrestu.+ 18 Akungabi namuntu onithathela umtlomelo,+ othatjiswa kuthobeka kwamala nehlobo lokulotjha leengilozi. Abantu abanjalo bakatelela ezintweni abazibonileko begodu umkhumbulwabo wenyama ubenza bakhukhumale ngokuzikhakhazisa ngaphandle kwebanga, 19 kukulapho bangabambeleli ehloko,+ kiloyo okondliwa ngaye woke umzimba begodu uhlanganiswe ngokuvumelana ngamalunga nemisipha, uragele phambili ukhula ngokukhula okunikelwa nguZimu.+
20 Nangabe nafa noKrestu malungana nezinto ezisisekelo zephasi,+ kubayini niphila ngasuthi niseseyingcenye yephasi ngokuragela phambili nizithoba emiyalweni ethi:+ 21 “Ningabambi namkha ninambithe namkha nithinte”? 22 Imiyalo le iqaliselwe ezintweni ezitjhatjalaliswako ngemva kokusetjenziswa. Le miyalo efundiswa babantu.+ 23 Izintwezi zibonakala zihlakaniphile. Kodwana labo abazenzako bazikhethela indlela abafuna ukulotjha ngayo. Baphatha imizimbabo makghwakghwa+ ngombana bafuna abantu bathi bathobekile. Kodwana izintwezo azisizi ngalitho ekulweni neemfiso zenyama.