Kwabase-Efese
1:1 UPawulos, umpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, ubhalela abangcwele aba
e-Efese, kubo abakholwayo kuKristu Yesu;
1:2 bathi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu
UKrestu.
1:3 Makabongwe uThixo, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, osikeleleyo
sinazo zonke iintsikelelo zoMoya kwezasemazulwini iindawo, sikuKristu;
1:4 njengokuba wasinyulelayo kuye, kwangaphambi kokusekwa kweNkosi
ihlabathi, ukuze sibe ngcwele, singabi nakusoleka phambi kwakhe, ngothando;
1:5 wasimisela ngenxa engaphambili ukuba senziwe oonyana ngoYesu Kristu
ngokwakhe, ngokokuthanda kwakhe,
1:6 ukuze kudunyiswe uzuko lobabalo lwakhe, awasenza ngalo
owamkelekileyo kwintanda.
1:7 esinayo sikuye inkululeko ngokuhlawulelwa ngegazi lakhe, uxolelo lwezono;
ngokobutyebi bobabalo lwakhe;
1:8 athe kuyo waphuphumela kuthi kubo bonke ubulumko nokuqonda;
1:9 esazisile imfihlelo yokuthanda kwakhe, ngokokulunga kwakhe
umnqweno wakhe ngokwakhe.
1:10 ukuze ngexesha lokulawula ekuzaliseka kwamaxesha, awabuthele ndawonye
zonke izinto zonke zikuKristu, ezisemazulwini kwanezisemazulwini
ezisemhlabeni; nakuye:
1:11 Esathi kuye sadla ilifa, simiwe ngenxa engaphambili;
ngokwengqibo yalowo uzisebenzayo zonke ezo nto ngokwecebo
ngokuthanda kwakhe:
1:12 ukuze sibe ngabo uzuko lozuko lwakhe, thina aba sathembela kuye kuqala
UKrestu.
1:13 enikholose ngaye nani, emveni kokuba nilivile ilizwi lenyaniso
Iindaba ezimnandi zosindiso lwenu, enakholwa kuye, nakholwa kuye
watywinwa ngaloo Moya oyiNgcwele wedinga,
1:14 osisinyaniso selifa lethu, kude kube yintlawulelo yokukhululwa komntu
Sithengwe kubo, ukuze kubongwe uzuko lwakhe.
1:15 Ngoko ke nam, ndakuba ndivile ngokholo lwenu eNkosini uYesu,
uthando kubo bonke abangcwele,
1:16 andiphezi ukubulela ngenxa yenu, ndinikhumbula emithandazweni yam;
1:17 ukuze uThixo weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, uYise wozuko, aphe
kuni, umoya wobulumko, nesityhilelo, ngokumazi;
1:18 Akhanyiselwe amehlo engqondo yakho; ukuze nazi ukuba yintoni na
bunjani na ubizo lwakhe, nobutyebi bozuko lwakhe
ilifa kwabangcwele,
1:19 nokuba buyintoni na ubukhulu bamandla akhe kuthi bakholwayo;
ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu.
1:20 awayisebenzayo kuKristu, ekumvuseni kwabafileyo, wamisa
yena ngasekunene kwakhe kwezasezulwini iindawo;
1:21 ngaphezu kwabo bonke ubulawuli, negunya, nobugorha, nolawulo, negunya
igama ngalinye elibizwayo, kungekhona kweli hlabathi lodwa, kodwa kwakwelo likulo
uyeza:
1:22 Waza izinto zonke wazithobela phantsi kweenyawo zakhe, wammisa ukuba abe yintloko phezu kwakhe
izinto zonke ebandleni;
1:23 elingumzimba wakhe ke, ukuzala ke oko kozizalisayo izinto zonke ngako konke.