BaKolose1
1Imi Paulu, umpositoli waKristo Jesu nechido chaMwali, akale naTimoti mwanakwaina wedu.2Kubachena nabanakwaina banodimbwa muna Kristo muKolose.
Chipiwo nolunyalalo lwaMwali Tate bedu ngalube kunamwi.3Unshaji wose toboka Mwali, Tate baTezi wedu Jesu Kristo, patinomunamatila,4nokuti takawha kudimbwa kwenu munaKristo Jesu akale noludo lwamunanalo kubachena bose,5pezhulu polubimbo lwamunolondotelwa kudenga. Yezwi mwakazwiwha kale muwhi lyechokomende, indebo imbuya6yakezha kwamuli. Sezwimutikana mupasi lyose, indebo imbuya ikumuzwala unchelo akale imukubuka, pakati penu kuva nezhuba limwakawha akale mukawhisisa chipiwo chaMwali muchokomende chose,7sezwa mwakalayijwa naEpafulasi unshingikwaina unodikana. Iye unshingi ulobimbika munaKristo akamilila isu,8akale wakata kuti kuzibikane kwatili ludo lwenu muMpepo.9Nechisoko yechi, kuva izhuba litakazwiwha yezwi, isu atijakalekeja kumunamatila, tikumbila kuti Mwali emuzhaje noluzibo lwechido chiche, kundila mubuchenjevu bose boMpepo nokuwhisisa,10kuti mulalame bupenyu bunokwelela Tezi, buzhele kushantisa iye, buzwala unchelo mumishingo mibuya akale nokupamijika muluzibo lwaMwali.11Musimiswe namasimba ose, nokuda kokungaima kukulugulu, kunabo bose balo simatila akale nomwoyo ndefu, unalushanto12mupakuboka kunaTate, bakata kuti tikwelele kuwana unkobelo mufuma yabachena mulumuniko.13Iye wakatichija mubutongo bwenhilima akale akatisenga kubushe boMwananhulumyana uwe unodikana,14muna Iye tina lumunulo nokulekejelwa koluchinyo.15Kristo untojaniso waMwali usinoboneka, imbano yezwi bumbwa zwose,16nezwo muna iye zwinhu zwose zwakabumbwa, kudenga akale nopenyika, zwinoboneka nezwisinoboneka, zwigalo kana buchinda kana isimba zwose zwinhu zwakabumbwa pezhulu pape akale zwibumbilwa iye.17Upombeli pezwinhu zwose akale munaiye zwinhu zwose zwilobhatana pamwempela.18Iye ndiye unsholo wombili, igubungano, ndiye matangisilo, imbano kuva kubafi, kuti munaizwo zwose ndiye angaba umbuya.19Nokuti munaiye kose kuzhala kwaMwali kwakashantilwa kugala mwaali,20akale pezhulu pape wakakamujanisa zwinhu zwose naiye, zwopenyika kana zwokudenga, ebuza lunyalalo nelopa lyakakutuka panchinjikwa uwe.21Akale namwi, baka bakapambuka muli kule naye noumwe unshaji mulinolunyetelo mundangalilo jenu muta zwito zwibi,22koga ngweno iye wakamukamujanisa mumbili uwe nolufu lulwe, kutila kuti emupile imwi muli bachena akale musina chibi kana undandu mbeli kukwe,23chete mungogala mukudimbwa, mwakajikama akale mukasungwala musinobhuda mulubimbo lwendebo imbuya imwakawha, yakapupulwa kuchibumbwa chose pasi pedenga, akale chili icho chakatisa kuti imi, Paulu ndibe unshingili.24Ngweno ndoshanta mukujiila kwangu, pezhulu penu, akale mumbili wangu ndizhajikija zwikumushomopala mukuyabiswa kwaKristo mumbili uwe, lili igubungano,25zwakata kuti ndibe unshingili, sokuda konshingo wandakapilwa imwi, kuti iwhi lyaMwali lizibikane zwizhele,26isiswa lyakasisika kwamakole namakole akale nokwe zwizekululu zwinji koga ngweno zwatondejelwa kubachena babe.27Kwabali Mwali wakashala kuzibisa Bokuzhe bukulwana bwefuma yolukujo bwesiswa yeyi, eli Kristo munamwi, lubimbo lolukujo.28Iye watinopupula, tichenjeja unhu ose akale tilayija unhu ose buchenjevu bose, kuti tipile unhu ose ekakubuka munaKristo.29Nezwo ndizwo ndishingilila, ndifundumala nesimba lilye, lindinyungumula.
Chipiwo nolunyalalo lwaMwali Tate bedu ngalube kunamwi.3Unshaji wose toboka Mwali, Tate baTezi wedu Jesu Kristo, patinomunamatila,4nokuti takawha kudimbwa kwenu munaKristo Jesu akale noludo lwamunanalo kubachena bose,5pezhulu polubimbo lwamunolondotelwa kudenga. Yezwi mwakazwiwha kale muwhi lyechokomende, indebo imbuya6yakezha kwamuli. Sezwimutikana mupasi lyose, indebo imbuya ikumuzwala unchelo akale imukubuka, pakati penu kuva nezhuba limwakawha akale mukawhisisa chipiwo chaMwali muchokomende chose,7sezwa mwakalayijwa naEpafulasi unshingikwaina unodikana. Iye unshingi ulobimbika munaKristo akamilila isu,8akale wakata kuti kuzibikane kwatili ludo lwenu muMpepo.9Nechisoko yechi, kuva izhuba litakazwiwha yezwi, isu atijakalekeja kumunamatila, tikumbila kuti Mwali emuzhaje noluzibo lwechido chiche, kundila mubuchenjevu bose boMpepo nokuwhisisa,10kuti mulalame bupenyu bunokwelela Tezi, buzhele kushantisa iye, buzwala unchelo mumishingo mibuya akale nokupamijika muluzibo lwaMwali.11Musimiswe namasimba ose, nokuda kokungaima kukulugulu, kunabo bose balo simatila akale nomwoyo ndefu, unalushanto12mupakuboka kunaTate, bakata kuti tikwelele kuwana unkobelo mufuma yabachena mulumuniko.13Iye wakatichija mubutongo bwenhilima akale akatisenga kubushe boMwananhulumyana uwe unodikana,14muna Iye tina lumunulo nokulekejelwa koluchinyo.15Kristo untojaniso waMwali usinoboneka, imbano yezwi bumbwa zwose,16nezwo muna iye zwinhu zwose zwakabumbwa, kudenga akale nopenyika, zwinoboneka nezwisinoboneka, zwigalo kana buchinda kana isimba zwose zwinhu zwakabumbwa pezhulu pape akale zwibumbilwa iye.17Upombeli pezwinhu zwose akale munaiye zwinhu zwose zwilobhatana pamwempela.18Iye ndiye unsholo wombili, igubungano, ndiye matangisilo, imbano kuva kubafi, kuti munaizwo zwose ndiye angaba umbuya.19Nokuti munaiye kose kuzhala kwaMwali kwakashantilwa kugala mwaali,20akale pezhulu pape wakakamujanisa zwinhu zwose naiye, zwopenyika kana zwokudenga, ebuza lunyalalo nelopa lyakakutuka panchinjikwa uwe.21Akale namwi, baka bakapambuka muli kule naye noumwe unshaji mulinolunyetelo mundangalilo jenu muta zwito zwibi,22koga ngweno iye wakamukamujanisa mumbili uwe nolufu lulwe, kutila kuti emupile imwi muli bachena akale musina chibi kana undandu mbeli kukwe,23chete mungogala mukudimbwa, mwakajikama akale mukasungwala musinobhuda mulubimbo lwendebo imbuya imwakawha, yakapupulwa kuchibumbwa chose pasi pedenga, akale chili icho chakatisa kuti imi, Paulu ndibe unshingili.24Ngweno ndoshanta mukujiila kwangu, pezhulu penu, akale mumbili wangu ndizhajikija zwikumushomopala mukuyabiswa kwaKristo mumbili uwe, lili igubungano,25zwakata kuti ndibe unshingili, sokuda konshingo wandakapilwa imwi, kuti iwhi lyaMwali lizibikane zwizhele,26isiswa lyakasisika kwamakole namakole akale nokwe zwizekululu zwinji koga ngweno zwatondejelwa kubachena babe.27Kwabali Mwali wakashala kuzibisa Bokuzhe bukulwana bwefuma yolukujo bwesiswa yeyi, eli Kristo munamwi, lubimbo lolukujo.28Iye watinopupula, tichenjeja unhu ose akale tilayija unhu ose buchenjevu bose, kuti tipile unhu ose ekakubuka munaKristo.29Nezwo ndizwo ndishingilila, ndifundumala nesimba lilye, lindinyungumula.
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