Kwabase-Efese
2:1 Nani unidlise ubomi, nifile nje ziziphoso na zizono;
2:2 enanifudula nihamba kuzo ngokweli hlabathi;
ngokomphathi wegunya lesibhakabhaka, umoya wangoku
lusebenza koonyana bokungathobeli;
2:3 esasifudula sihamba phakathi kwethu sonke ngokweenkanuko
eyenyama yethu, esenza ukuthanda kwenyama nokwengqondo; kwaye
besingabantwana bengqumbo, njengabanye;
2:4 Ke yena uThixo, esisityebi ngenceba, uthe ngenxa yothando lwakhe olukhulu awasithanda ngalo.
2:5 sifile nje ezonweni, usidlise ubomi ndawonye noKristu;
nisindiswe ngokubabalwa;
2:6 Wasivusa kunye naye, waza wasihlalisa naye emazulwini
iindawo ezikuKristu Yesu:
2:7 ukuze ubutyebi obuncamisileyo bobabalo lwakhe abubonakalalise emaphakadeni azayo
ngobubele bakhe kuthi ngoKristu Yesu.
2:8 Kuba nisindiswe ngokubabalwa nangalo ukholo; nako oko akuphumi kuni
sisipho sikaThixo;
2:9 akuphumi misebenzini, hleze kubekho bani uqhayisayo.
2:10 Kuba thina singumsebenzi wakhe, sidalelwe kuKristu Yesu, ukuze senze imisebenzi elungileyo.
awathi uThixo wawamisela ngenxa engaphambili ukuba sihambe kuwo.
2:11 Kungoko khumbulani, ukuba nina, enifudula niziintlanga ngokwenyama;
abo kuthiwa ngabangaluki, ngabo kuthiwa ngabolwaluko
enyameni eyenziwe ngezandla;
2:12 Okokuba ngelo xesha, nibe ningenaKristu, ningabasemzini
isizwe sakwaSirayeli, nabasemzini eminqophisweni yedinga;
bengenathemba, kungekho Thixo ehlabathini.
2:13 Ke ngoku ngoKristu Yesu, nina, enibe nifudula nikude, nithe naba kufuphi
igazi likaKristu.
2:14 Kuba yena uluxolo lwethu, yena owathi zombini wazenza zaba nye, wayichitha
udonga oluphakathi olwahlula phakathi kwethu;
2:15 ewubhangisile ngenyama yakhe ubutshaba nomthetho wemithetho;
equlethwe kwimimiselo; ukuze babini enze ngaphakathi kwakhe umntu omnye, omnye omtsha, kube njalo
ukwenza uxolo;
2:16 nokuze abaxolelanise bobabini noThixo, babe mzimbeni mnye ngawo umnqamlezo.
ebubulele ngayo ubutshaba;
2:17 Weza ke washumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zoxolo kuni abo bakude, nakwabakubo
babekufuphi.
2:18 ngokuba kungaye ukungeniswa kwethu sobabini, siMoya mnye kuye uYise.
2:19 Ngoko ke, anisengabo abasemzini, nabasemzini;
amadlelane ndawonye nabangcwele, nabendlu kaThixo;
2:20 nakhelwe phezu kwesiseko sabapostile nabaprofeti, uYesu
UKristu ngokwakhe ilitye lembombo;
2:21 Esikuye sonke isakhiwo sihlangene, sikhule sibe ngcwele
itempile yeNkosi:
2:22 enithi nani nakhelwe ndawonye kuye, ukuze nibe yindawo yokuhlala kaThixo ngaye
uMoya.