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.