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.