 Home IBhayibheli Epistles Pauls Letter to Philemon1:1 Paul, isiboshwa sikaKristu Jesu, noThimothewu, umzalwane, kuFilemoni, abathandekayo esikanye zesisebenzi yethu,1:2 futhi kuApifiya, iningi sister othandekayo, futhi Arkiphu, isosha esikanye nalo, futhi ibandla elisendlini yakho.1:3 Makube kini umusa nokuthula kini, okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.1:4 I ukumbonga uNkulunkulu wami, ukugcina njalo lapho nginikhumbula emithandazweni yami,1:5 ngoba engiwuzwayo sa nokholo lwenu, lapho une eNkosini uJesu futhi kanye nabo bonke abangcwele1:6 ukuze iqhaza ukholo lwakho kungase kubonakale by ukuqashelwa yonke imisebenzi emihle esikuwe kuKristu Jesu.1:7 Ngokuba ngithola injabulo enkulu nenduduzo yakho charity, ngoba izinhliziyo zabangcwele aye beqabulekile wena, umfowabo.1:8 Ngenxa yalokhu, Nginethemba eyanele kuKristu Jesu ukuze ngakho ngezinto ezithile,1:9 kodwa ngiyanincenga esikhundleni, ngenxa charity, kusukela wena kakhulu kangaka njengoPawulu: ixhegu manje futhi ngiyisiboshwa sikaKristu Jesu.1:10 Ngiyancenga, egameni indodana yami, engibathandayo yodwa ngamaketanga ami, Onesimu.1:11 Ezikhathini ezidlule, yena akusizi ngalutho kini, kodwa manje unosizo kokubili kimi futhi kini.1:12 Ngakho ngimthumela emuva kuwe. Futhi kwangathi ungangihaqa bamamukele like inhliziyo yami siqu.1:13 Mina wayefuna ukuba agcine kuye nami, ukuze akwazi ukuba bangikhonze, egameni lakho, ngisekhona kuleli ngamaketanga iVangeli.1:14 Kodwa mina wayezimisele ukwenza lutho ngaphandle iseluleko sakho, ukuze ngingabangi ukusetshenziswa isenzo sakho esihle sengathi ngenxa yesidingo, kodwa ngokuzithandela kuphela.1:15 Ngakho mhlawumbe, ke, wamuka kuwe isikhathi, ukuze zithole khona phakade,1:16 ayisekho njengenceku, kodwa, esikhundleni inceku, umzalwane othandekayo kakhulu, ikakhulukazi kimi: kodwa kangakanani ukuze kuwe, nasenyameni naseNkosini!1:17 Ngakho, uma ubamba ngibe umngane, mamukele njengoba obuyongamukela.1:18 Kodwa uma uye yokulinyazwa nangayiphi indlela, noma uma onecala yakho, ukushaja kimi.1:19 I, Paul, ngikuloba ngesandla sami siqu: Ngizobuyisela. Futhi mina akudingeki ngithi kini, ukuthi wena futhi ezikweletini wena, kimi.1:20 Ngakho kuba, umfowabo. Kwangathi Ngiyathanda nawe eNkosini! Vuselela inhliziyo yami kuKristu.1:21 I nginilobele, iyethemba ukulalela kwakho, azi, too, ukuthi uzokwenza ngisho nangaphezu kwezinto engizishoyo.1:22 Kodwa futhi, ngesikhathi esisodwa, ukulungiselela indawo kimi. Ngokuba ngithemba, ngemikhuleko yenu, ukwethula Ngiyozibonakalisa kuwe.1:23 Khonzani esikanye, esikanye kuKristu Jesu,1:24 noMarku, Aristarku, UDema, futhi Luka, abasizi yami.1:25 Umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu mawube nomoya wenu. Amen.Ephreli 24, 2019Kwangathi 23, 2019 