Kwabase-Efese
3:1 Ngenxa yoko, mna Pawulos, mbanjwa kaYesu Kristu ngenxa yenu zintlanga.
3:2 ukuba nikuvile ulungiselelo lobabalo lukaThixo
ndize kuwe:
3:3 okokuba wandazisa imfihlelo leyo ngokotyhilelo; (njengoko ndibhale
ngaphambili ngamagama ambalwa,
3:4 enithi ngoko, nakulesa, nibe nolwazi lwam emfihlekweni
Krestu)
3:5 ababengathanga kuzimbi izizukulwana bayaziswe oonyana babantu, njengoko injalo
ngoku utyhilelwe kubapostile bakhe abangcwele nabaprofeti bakhe ngoMoya;
3:6 ukuze iintlanga zibe ziindlalifa kunye naye, zibe zimzimba mnye, kwaye
ababelana ngedinga lakhe ngoKristu ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo;
3:7 endiye ndenziwa umlungiseleli wawo ngokwesipho sobabalo lukaThixo
endinikiwe ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe.
3:8 Mna lo, ndingoyena ungoyena mncinanana kwabo bangcwele bonke, olu lubabalo lubabalweyo;
ukuze ndishumayele ubutyebi obungalandekiyo phakathi kweentlanga
uKristu;
3:9 nokuba ndibakhanyisele bonke, bawubone ubudlelane obunayo imfihlelo leyo;
kwasekuqalekeni kwehlabathi kwakufihlwe kuye, owadala zonke izinto
izinto ngoYesu Kristu:
3:10 oku ke ngoku kuse izilawuli, namandla asemazulwini
iindawo ezinokwaziwa libandla ubulumko bukaThixo obuziintlobo ngeentlobo,
3:11 ngokwengqibo yaphakade, awayenzayo kuKristu Yesu wethu
Nkosi:
3:12 Esinako kuye ukungafihlisi, nokufikelela, sikholose ngokholo kuye.
3:13 Kungoko ndicelayo ukuba ningethi amandla ziimbandezelo zam, ezingenxa yenu
bubuqaqawuli bakho.
3:14 Ngenxa yoko ndiwagoba amadolo am kuye uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu,
3:15 eyathiywa ngaye yonke imizalwane esemazulwini nesemhlabeni,
3:16 ukuze aninike, ngokobutyebi bozuko lwakhe, ukuba nibe
womelezwa ngamandla ngoMoya wakhe emntwini ongaphakathi;
3:17 ukuze uKristu ahlale ezintliziyweni zenu ngokwaselukholweni; ukuba nina, nintshulwe kwaye
zisekelwe eluthandweni,
3:18 abe nako ukubuqiqa into obuyiyo ububanzi, kunye nabangcwele bonke
ubude, nobunzulu, nokuphakama;
3:19 kwanokulwazi uthando lukaKristu oluncamise ukwazi, ukuze nibe nako
nizaliswe kuko konke ukuzala kukaThixo.
3:20 Ke kaloku, kulowo unako ukwenza okungaphezu kweento zonke ngokugqithiseleyo kakhulu;
celani, nicinge ngokwamandla asebenzayo ngaphakathi kwethu;
3:21 kuye malubekho uzuko ebandleni elikuKristu Yesu, kuse kuzo zonke izizukulwana.
ihlabathi elingenasiphelo. Amen.