Kwabase-Efesu 1:1 UPawulu, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, kubo abangcwele abase-Efesu nakubo abakholwayo kuKristu Jesu; 1:2 Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu UKristu. 1:3 Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, obusisile ngezibusiso zonke zomoya ezulwini kuKristu; 1:4 njengalokho wasikhetha kuye ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwe emhlabeni, ukuze sibe ngcwele, singasoleki phambi kwakhe othandweni; 1:5 Wasimisela ngaphambili ekuthathweni kwabantwana ngoJesu Kristu ngokwakhe, njengokwentando yakhe, 1:6 Ukuze kudunyiswe inkazimulo yomusa wakhe, lapho asenze khona wamukelekile kothandiweyo. 1:7 Esilokuhlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kwezono. ngokwengcebo yomusa wakhe; 1:8 Ngalokho uye waphuphuma kithi kukho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda; 1:9 Esazisa kithi imfihlakalo yentando yakhe, ngokulunga kwakhe intokozo azihlosileyo kuye. 1:10 Ukuze ekuhleleni ukuphelela kwezikhathi abuthe ndawonye zonke izinto kuKristu, kokubili ezisezulwini, kanye ezisemhlabeni; nakuye: 1:11 Kuye futhi siye sazuza ifa, njengoba simiselwe ngaphambili ngokwenhloso yalowo osebenza zonke izinto ngokwecebo ngentando yakhe: 1:12 Ukuze sibe yinkazimulo yenkazimulo yakhe, ngubani kuqala wathembela kuye UKristu. 1:13 enimethembayo nani, senizwile izwi leqiniso ivangeli lensindiso yenu, enakholwa kuye futhi wabekwa uphawu ngalowoMoya oNgcwele wesithembiso, 1:14 eyisibambiso sefa lethu kuze kube ukukhululwa kwabangcwele okuthengiwe, kube ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe. 1:15 Ngakho nami, ngemva kokuzwa ukholo lwenu eNkosini uJesu, futhi uthando kubo bonke abangcwele, 1:16 angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbula emikhulekweni yami; 1:17 Ukuze uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wenkazimulo, anikeze kini umoya wokuhlakanipha nokwambulelwa ekumazini yena. 1:18 Amehlo okuqonda kwakho akhanyiselwe; ukuze nazi ukuthi yini liyithemba lokubizwa kwakhe, lengcebo yenkazimulo yakhe ifa kwabangcwele, 1:19 Futhi buyini ubukhulu obudlulele bamandla akhe kithi esikholwayo? ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu. 1:20 Wasebenza kuKristu, lapho emvusa kwabafileyo, futhi ehlezi ngakwesokunene sakhe ezindaweni zasezulwini; 1:21 Ngaphezu kwakho konke ukubusa, namandla, namandla, nokubusa, kanye lonke igama elibizwayo, kungesikho kulomhlaba kuphela, kodwa nakulelo gama uyeza: 1:22 Futhi ubeke zonke izinto ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, futhi wamnika ukuba abe inhloko phezu konke ebandleni, 1:23 Okungumzimba wakhe, ukugcwala kwakhe ogcwalisa konke kukho konke.