Kolose 3

¹Ngakho uma navuswa kanye noKristu, funani okwaphezulu, lapho ekhona uKristu, ehlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu;

²nakani okwaphezulu, ninganaki okusemhlabeni.

³Ngokuba nafa, ukuphila kwenu kufihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu;

⁴nxa ebonakaliswa uKristu ongukuphila kwethu, khona-ke nani niyakubonakaliswa kanye naye ekukhazimuleni.

⁵Ngakho-ke bulalani amalungu enu asemhlabeni, ubufebe, nokungcola, nokuhuheka, nokukhanuka, nesangabe, okungukukhonza izithombe,

⁶okuza ngakho ulaka lukaNkulunkulu,

⁷ekade nihamba kukho nani, lapho nisahlezi kukho;

⁸kepha kalokhu nani manilahle konke lokho, ulaka, nokuthukuthela, nobubi, nokuhlambalaza, nokukhuluma amahlazo aphuma emlonyeni wenu;

⁹ningaqambelani amanga, lokhu nikhumule umuntu omdala kanye nezenzo zakhe,

¹⁰nembethe omusha, owenziwa musha abe nokwazi ngokomfanekiso walowo owamdalayo,

¹¹lapho kungekho mGreki namJuda, ukusoka nokungasoki, owezizwe noma umSkithe, isigqila noma okhululekileyo, kepha uKristu uyikho konke, ukubo bonke.

¹²Ngakho-ke njengabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, abangcwele nabathandekayo, yembathani ububele benhliziyo, nesisa, nokuzithoba, nobumnene, nokubheka kade,

¹³nibekezelelane, nithethelelane, uma umuntu enensolo komunye; njengokuba neNkosi yanithethelela, yenzani njalo nani.

¹⁴Kepha phezu kwakho konke lokho yembathani uthando oluyisibopho sokuphelela.

¹⁵Ukuthula kukaKristu makubuse ezinhliziyweni zenu, enabizelwa futhi kukho emzimbeni munye; futhi yibani ngababongayo.

¹⁶Izwi likaKristu alihlale phakathi kwenu, livame, nifundisane ngokuhlakanipha konke, niyalane ngamahubo, nangezihlabelelo, nangamaculo okomoya, nimhubele uNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu ngokubonga.

¹⁷Konke enikwenzayo, noma kungezwi noma kungomsebenzi, kwenzeni konke egameni leNkosi uJesu, nimbonge uNkulunkulu uYise ngaye.

¹⁸Bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu njengokufanele eNkosini.

¹⁹Madoda, thandani omkenu, ningabacasukeli.

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

²¹Boyise, ningabathukuthelisi abantwana benu ukuba bangadangali.

²²Zinceku, lalelani ezintweni zonke labo abangamakhosi enu ngokwenyama, kungengokuthenga amehlo njengabathokozisa abantu kodwa ngobuqotho benhliziyo, niyesabe iNkosi.

²³Konke enikwenzayo kwenzeni ngenhliziyo, kungathi kwenzelwa iNkosi, qha abantu,

²⁴nazi ukuthi niyakwamukela umvuzo wefa eNkosini. Khonzani iNkosi uKristu.

²⁵Ngokuba lowo owenza ukungalungi uyakwamukeliswa ukungalungi akwenzileyo; akukho ukukhetha umuntu.