Kwabase-Efese
4:1 Ndiyanivuselela ngoko, mna mbanjwa waseNkosini, ukuba nihambe ngokufanelekileyo
wobizo enabizwa ngalo;
4:2 ngako konke ukuthobeka kwentliziyo, nobulali, ninomonde, ninyamezelana
omnye ngothando;
4:3 nikhuthalele ukubugcina ubunye boMoya ngentambo yoxolo.
4:4 Mnye umzimba, mnye noMoya, njengokuba nabizelwa thembeni linye nina
ubizo lwakho;
4:5 Inye iNkosi, lunye ukholo, lunye ubhaptizo,
4:6 mnye uThixo, uYise wabo bonke, ophezu kwabo bonke, okubo bonke, ophakathi kwenu
zonke.
4:7 Ke elowo kuthi wababalwa ngokomlinganiselo
isipho sikaKristu.
4:8 Kungoko athi, Enyuke waya phezulu, wathimba intimbo
abathinjwa, wabanika izipho abantu.
4:9 (Ngoku ke, ukuba wenyuka, kuyintoni na, kungekuko nokuthi wehla kuqala kuye?
iindawo eziphantsi komhlaba?
4:10 Lowo wehlayo ikwangulowo wenyukayo, waya ngaphezu kwabo bonke;
amazulu, ukuze azalise zonke izinto.)
4:11 Waza wabanika abanye ukuba babe ngabapostile; abanye ke bangabaprofeti; inxenye yaba ngabashumayeli beendaba ezilungileyo;
inxenye ke yaba ngabalusi nabafundisi;
4:12 ukuze abangcwele bagqibelele, kuse lomsebenzi wolungiselelo, kuphele
ukwakhiwa komzimba kaKristu:
4:13 side thina sonke sifike kubo ubunye bokholo, nobokwazi uThixo
Nyana kaThixo, endodeni egqibeleleyo, esilinganisweni sobukhulu bomoya
inzaliseko kaKristu:
4:14 ukuze singabi saba ngabantwana, sikhukuliswe, sisiwa ngapha nangapha
ngawo wonke umoya wemfundiso, ngobuqhophololo babantu, nangobuqhokolo
ngobuqhetseba abalahlekisa ngabo ukuze balahlekise;
4:15 Ke sithetha inyaniso ngothando, sikhule ngeendawo zonke kuye;
oyintloko ke yena uKristu;
4:16 ekuvela kuye ukuthi, umzimba wonke uhlangane kakuhle, ubandakanywe ngako
elibonelela idlelane ngalinye ngokokusebenza kwentliziyo
umlinganiselo wawo wonke amalungu ukhulisa umzimba, ukuze wakheke
ngokwayo eluthandweni.
4:17 Ke ngoko, oku ndiyakutsho, ndingqina ndiseNkosini, ukuba nihambe ngoku
kungabi njengabahamba beentlanga, ngamampunge engqiqo yabo;
4:18 ingqiqo yenziwe mnyama, yahlukanisiwe nobomi bukaThixo
ngokungazi okukubo, ngenxa yobumfama babo
intliziyo:
4:19 abathe, bethe khubekile, bazinikela eburheletyweni;
ukuba asebenze bonke ukungcola ebawa.
4:20 Ke nina animfundanga ngokunjalo uKristu;
4:21 ukuba okunene nimvile, nafundiswa nikuye, njengoko nimvileyo
Inyaniso ikuYesu:
4:22 yokuba nithi ngakwihambo yangaphambili nimlahle umntu omdala, ongulo ke;
konakala ngokweenkanuko zokulukuhla;
4:23 nihlaziyeke kuwo umoya wengqiqo yenu;
4:24 nimambathe umntu omtsha, othe ngokukaThixo wadalelwa kubo
ubulungisa nobungcwele benyaniso.
4:25 Kungoko ke ndithi, lahlani ubuxoki, thethani inyaniso elowo nommelwane wakhe;
ngokuba singamalungu, omnye elelomnye.
4:26 Qumbani, ningoni; ilanga malingade litshone nicaphukile.
4:27 kananjalo musani ukumkhwelela indawo uMtyholi lo.
4:28 Lowo ubayo makangabi seba; kanye ke makabulaleke esebenza
ngezandla zakhe oko kulungileyo, ukuba ube nako ukumnika
efunekayo.
4:29 Makungaphumi nanye intetho ebolileyo emlonyeni wenu;
ilungele ukwakhiwa, ukuze kulungiselele ubabalo kuni
abaphulaphuli.
4:30 Kanjalo musani ukumenza buhlungu uMoya oyiNgcwele kaThixo, enathi kuye natywinwa kuye
umhla wentlawulelo.
4:31 Mabubuyeke bonke ubukrakra, nomsindo, nengqumbo, nengcolo, nobubi
ukuthetha, makube kude kuni, nalo lonke ulunya.
4:32 Ke nina yibani nobubele omnye komnye, nibe nemfesane kakhulu, nixolelane;
njengokuba naye uThixo wanixolelayo ngenxa kaKristu.