2Colossians 2

1Ngoba ngithanda ukuthi lazi ukuthi kukhulu kangakanani ukulwa engilakho ngani labaseLawodikeya, njalo ngobunengi balabo abangabonanga ubuso bami enyameni,Select Colossians 2:1

2ukuze inhliziyo zabo ziduduzwe, behlanganiswe ethandweni, lenothweni yonke yokuqinisekiswa okupheleleyo kokuqedisisa, elwazini lwemfihlo kaNkulunkulu loBaba, lekaKristu,Select Colossians 2:2

3okufihlwe kuye izinto zonke eziligugu zenhlakanipho lezolwazi.Select Colossians 2:3

4Ngitsho lokhu-ke, ukuze kungabi lamuntu olikhohlisayo ngamazwi ayengayo.Select Colossians 2:4

5Ngoba lanxa ngingekho ngenyama, kanti ngilani ngomoya, ngithokoza ngibona ukuhlela kwenu, lokuqina kokholo lwenu kuKristu.Select Colossians 2:5

6Ngakho njengalokho limemukele uKristu Jesu iNkosi, hambani kuye,Select Colossians 2:6

7ligxilise impande lakhiwe kuye, njalo liqiniswe ekholweni, njengokufundiswa kwenu, lengeze kulo ekubongeni.Select Colossians 2:7

8Nanzelelani hlezi kube khona olithumbayo ngolwazi lwenhlakanipho langenkohliso eyize, njengokomkhuba wabantu, njengokwemfundiso zakuqala zomhlaba, njalo kungenjengokukaKristu;Select Colossians 2:8

9ngoba kuhlala kuye ukugcwala konke kobuNkulunkulu ngomzimba,Select Colossians 2:9

10njalo liphelelisiwe kuye, oyinhloko yakho konke ukubusa lamandla;Select Colossians 2:10

11elasokelwa kuye lani ngokusoka okungenziwanga ngezandla, ngokuhlubula umzimba wezono zenyama, ekusokeni kukaKristu,Select Colossians 2:11

12lingcwatshwe kanye laye ebhabhathizweni, elavuswa lani kanye laye kulo ngokholo lokusebenza kukaNkulunkulu, owamvusa kwabafileyo.Select Colossians 2:12

13Lani lifile eziphambekweni lokungasoki kwenyama yenu, ulenze laphila kanye laye, eselithethelele zonke iziphambeko,Select Colossians 2:13

14esesule incwadi yezimiso emelana lathi, ephambene lathi, wayisusa phakathi, eseyibethele esiphambanweni;Select Colossians 2:14

15ebahlubule ababusi lamandla, wabaveza obala, wathakazelela ukubanqoba ngaso.Select Colossians 2:15

16Ngakho kakungabi khona olilahla ekudleni kumbe ekunatheni, loba endabeni yomkhosi loba eyokuthwasa kwenyanga kumbe eyamasabatha;Select Colossians 2:16

17eziyisithunzi sezinto ezizayo, kodwa umzimba ungokaKristu.Select Colossians 2:17

18Kakungabi lamuntu olemuka umvuzo wenu ngobuqili, ethanda ukuzenza othobekileyo lokukhonza izingilosi, engena ezintweni angazibonanga, ezikhukhumeza ngeze ngengqondo yenyama yakhe,Select Colossians 2:18

19njalo engabambi iNhloko, umzimba wonke ngamalunga lemisipha usondliwa njalo uhlanganiswa ngayo, ukhula ngokukhula kukaNkulunkulu.Select Colossians 2:19

20Ngakho uba lafa kanye loKristu emfundisweni zakuqala zomhlaba, libophekeleni ngemikhuba ngokungathi liphila elizweni,Select Colossians 2:20

21(ungabambi, unganambithi, ungathinti,Select Colossians 2:21

22ezizaphela zonke ngokusetshenziswa) njengokwemilayo lezimfundiso zabantu?Select Colossians 2:22

23Ezilesimo senhlakanipho ekukhonzeni kokuzenzela lekuzithobeni lekuphatheni nzima umzimba, kakusizi lutho ukumelana lokusuthisa inyama.Select Colossians 2:23