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.