Kwabase-Efese
6:1 Nina bantwana, baveni abazali benu ngokwabaseNkosini; kuba oko kububulungisa.
6:2 Beka uyihlo nonyoko; wona lowo ngumthetho wokuqala
isithembiso;
6:3 ukuze kulunge kuwe, ube nexesha elide emhlabeni.
6:4 Nani boyise, musani ukubacaphukisa abantwana benu;
ekukhuliseni nasekululekeni kweNkosi.
6:5 Nina bakhonzi, baveni abaziinkosi zenu ngokomthetho
inyama, ninokoyika nokugubha, ningenakumbi ezintliziyweni zenu, ninge nitsho
uKristu;
6:6 kungabi ngankonzo yamehlo, ngathi ningabakholisi-bantu; kodwa njengabakhonzi bakaKristu.
ukwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo ngokusuka entliziyweni;
6:7 nisebenza ngentumekelelo, ngathi kukwiNkosi, akukhona kubantu;
6:8 nisazi nje ukuba into yonke elungileyo athe ubani uyayenza, uya kwayenza kwanjalo
Yamkelani eNkosini, nokuba ungumkhonzi nokuba ungokhululekileyo.
6:9 Nani baziinkosi zabo, yenzani kwaezo zinto kubo, nikuyeke ukusongela;
nisazi nje ukuba kwaneNkosi yenu isemazulwini; kananjalo akukho ntlonipho
abantu naye.
6:10 Elokugqiba, bazalwana bam, ndithi, Yomelelani eNkosini, nasekuqineni kwayo
amandla.
6:11 Xhobani sonke isikrweqe sikaThixo, ukuze nibe nako ukumelana nabo
amaqhinga kaMtyholi.
6:12 Kuba umzamo wethu asingowokuzamana negazi nenyama;
nawo amagunya, nazo iziphatha-hlabathi zobumnyama balo eli phakade.
nxamnye nenkohlakalo yomoya kwiindawo eziphakamileyo.
6:13 Ngenxa yoko, qubulani sonke isikrweqe sikaThixo, ukuze nibe nako
nichase ngomhla ombi, nithi, nikufezile konke, nime.
6:14 Yimani ngoko, nibhinqe inyaniso esinqeni senu, nibhinqe inyaniso
isigcina-sifuba sobulungisa;
6:15 nibophe ezinyaweni zenu ulungiselelo lweendaba ezilungileyo zoxolo;
6:16 Ngaphezu kweento zonke, thabathani ikhaka lokholo, enithi ngalo nibe nako
cimani zonke iintolo ezinomlilo zongendawo.
6:17 Yamkelani isigcina-ntloko sosindiso, nalo ikrele loMoya;
ilizwi likaThixo:
6:18 ngako konke ukuthandaza nokukhunga, nithandaza amaxesha onke nikuye uMoya
niyiphaphamele loo nto ngako konke ukuzingisa nokukhunga, ngenxa yabo bonke
abangcwele;
6:19 Nam, ukuze ndinikwe ilizwi, ukuze ndivule eyam
ngomlomo ngokungafihlisiyo ukuyazisa imfihlelo yeendaba ezilungileyo,
6:20 ekungenxa yazo endisisigidimi esisezintanjeni; ukuze ndingafihlisi ukuthetha kuzo;
njengoko ndimelwe kukuthetha ngako.
6:21 Ke ukuze nani nikwazi okukokwam, ukuba ndinjani na, uTikiko oyintanda.
Uya kunazisa ke umzalwana, umlungiseleli othembekileyo ngokwaseNkosini
izinto:
6:22 endimthumele khona oku kuni, ukuze nazi iindaba zethu
nokuze azithuthuzele iintliziyo zenu.
6:23 Makube luxolo kubo abazalwana, nothando, ndawonye nokholo oluvela kuThixo uYise
iNkosi uYesu Kristu.
6:24 Ubabalo malube nabo bonke abayithandayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu ngokungenakonakala.
Amen.