Colossians 3

1 If, therefore, ye have been raised together with the Christ, the things on high, be seeking, where, the Christ, is—on the right hand of God, sitting;

Ngakho uba livuswe loKristu, dingani okwaphezulu, lapho akhona uKristu ehlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu.

2 The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:

Nakanani ngezinto eziphezulu, kungeyisikho ngezinto ezisemhlabeni.

3 For ye have died, and, your life, is hid, together with the Christ, in God, —

Ngoba lifile, lempilo yenu ifihlwe loKristu kuNkulunkulu.

4 As soon as, the Christ, shall be made manifest—our life, then, ye also, together with him, shall be made manifest in glory;

Nxa ebonakaliswa uKristu, oyimpilo yethu, ngalesosikhathi lani lizabonakaliswa laye enkazimulweni.

5 Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth—as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry, —

Ngakho bulalani amalunga enu asemhlabeni, ukuphinga, ukungcola, inkanuko embi, ukufisa okubi, lomhawu, oyikukhonza izithombe,

6 On account of which things cometh the anger of God, —

okwehla ngalezizinto ulaka lukaNkulunkulu phezu kwabantwana bokungalaleli;

7 Wherein, ye also, walked, at one time, when ye were living in these things;

elake lahamba kuzo lani, lapho lalihlezi phakathi kwazo.

8 But, now, do, ye also, put them all away, —anger, wrath, baseness, defamation, shameful talk out of your mouth:

Kodwa khathesi lani khuphani konke lokhu, ulaka, ukuthukuthela, inzondo, inhlamba, ukukhuluma amanyala emlonyeni wenu;

9 Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices,

lingaqambelani amanga, lokhu selimhlubule umuntu omdala lezenzo zakhe,

10 And having put on the new—who is being moulded afresh unto personal knowledge, after the image of him that hath created him, —

selembethe omutsha, owenziwa kutsha elwazini njengomfanekiso walowo owamdalayo;

11 Wherein there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, bond, free, —but, all things and in all, Christ:

okungekho umGriki lomJuda, ukusoka lokungasoki, owezizweni, umSikethiya, isigqili, okhululekileyo; kodwa uKristu uyikho konke lakukho konke.

12 Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

Ngakho yembathani, njengabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, abangcwele labathandekayo, imihelo yesihawu, ububele, ukuzithoba, ubumnene, ukubekezela;

13 Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint, —according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

libekezelelane, lithethelelane uba umuntu elensolo komunye; njengoba loKristu walithethelela, ngokunjalo lani;

14 And, over all these things, love, which is a uniting-bond of completeness;

phezu kwakho konke-ke yembathani uthando, oluyisibopho sokuphelela.

15 And let, the peace of Christ, act as umpire in your hearts, unto which ye have been called in [one] body, and be thankful:

Lokuthula kukaNkulunkulu kakubuse enhliziyweni zenu, elibizelwa kukho lani emzimbeni munye; futhi banini ngababongayo.

16 Let, the word of the Christ, dwell within you richly, —in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with gratitude, raising song with your hearts unto God:

Ilizwi likaKristu kalihlale phakathi kwenu ngokwenotho enhlakanipheni yonke; lifundisane lilayane, ngezihlabelelo, lamahubo odumo, lengoma zomoya, lihlabelela lilomusa enhliziyweni zenu eNkosini.

17 And whatsoever ye may be doing, in word, or in work, all things, [do] in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto the Divine Father through him: —

Njalo konke loba yini eliyenzayo, elizwini loba esenzweni, konke kwenzeni ebizweni leNkosi uJesu, libonge uNkulunkulu loBaba ngaye.

18 Ye wives! be submitting yourselves unto your husbands, as is becoming in the Lord;

Bafazi, zehliseleni ngaphansi kwawenu amadoda, njengokufanele eNkosini.

19 Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;

Madoda, thandani omkenu, lingabi lokubaba kubo.

20 Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;

Bantwana, lalelani abazali ezintweni zonke; ngoba lokhu kuyayithokozisa iNkosi.

21 Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened;

Bobaba, lingabathukuthelisi abantwana benu, ukuze bangadani.

22 Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, —not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, —

Zisebenzi, lalelani ezintweni zonke labo abangamakhosi njengokwenyama, kungeyisikho ngenkonzo yamehlo njengabathokozisa abantu, kodwa ngobuqotho benhliziyo, lisesaba uNkulunkulu;

23 Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men, -

njalo yonke loba yini eliyenzayo, yenzeni ngenhliziyo, njengeNkosini, njalo kungeyisikho ebantwini;

24 Knowing that, from the Lord, ye shall duly receive the recompense of the inheritance, —unto the Lord Christ, are ye in service;

lisazi ukuthi eNkosini lizakwemukela umvuzo welifa; ngoba likhonza iNkosi uKristu.

25 For, he that acteth unrighteously, shall get back what he had unrighteously done, and there is no respect of persons;

Kodwa owenza okubi uzazemukelela okubi akwenzileyo; njalo kakukho ukubandlulula umuntu.