Kwabase-Efesu
3:1 Ngenxa yalokhu, mina Pawulu, isiboshwa sikaJesu Kristu ngenxa yenu bezizwe.
3:2 Uma nizwile ngesabelo somusa kaNkulunkulu esiwuphiweyo
mina kuwe-ward:
3:3 ukuthi wangazisa imfihlakalo ngesambulo; (njengoba ngibhalile
ngaphambili ngamagama ambalwa,
3:4 Ngalokho, nxa nifunda, nize niqonde ukwazi kwami emfihlakalweni
Kristu)
3:5 Okwathi kwezinye izinkathi akuzange kwaziswe amadodana abantu, njengoba kunjalo
manje wembulwa kubaphostoli bakhe abangcwele nabaprofethi ngoMoya;
3:6 Ukuze abezizwe babe izindlalifa kanye, futhi umzimba ofanayo, futhi
abahlanganyeli besithembiso sakhe kuKristu ngevangeli;
3:7 Engaba isikhonzi salo, ngokwesipho somusa kaNkulunkulu
ngiphiwe ukusebenza kwamandla akhe.
3:8 Kimi engimncinyane kunomncinyane kubo bonke abangcwele, lomusa ngiwuphiwe.
ukuze ngishumayele phakathi kwabezizwe ingcebo engaphenyisisekiyo
uKristu;
3:9 Nokwenza bonke abantu babone ukuthi iyini inhlanganyelo yemfihlakalo, okuyinto
kusukela ekuqaleni komhlaba kwakufihlwe kuNkulunkulu owadala konke
izinto ngoJesu Kristu:
3:10 ukuze manje kubo izikhulu namandla asezulwini
izindawo zingaziwa yibandla ngokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu okuhlukahlukene,
3:11 ngokwenjongo yaphakade ayinqumayo kuKristu Jesu wethu
Nkosi:
3:12 Kuye sinesibindi futhi ukufinyelela ngokuqiniseka ngokholo kuye.
3:13 Ngakho-ke ngifuna ukuba ningapheli amandla ngenxa yosizi lwami ngenxa yenu
yinkazimulo yakho.
3:14 Ngenxa yalokhu ngiyaguqa ngamadolo ami kuYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.
3:15 Okubizwe ngaye umkhaya wonke wasezulwini nasemhlabeni.
3:16 Ukuze anikeze wena, ngokuvumelana nengcebo yenkazimulo yakhe, ukuba
liqiniswe ngamandla ngoMoya wakhe kumuntu ongaphakathi;
3:17 Ukuze uKristu ahlale ezinhliziyweni zenu ngokukholwa; ukuthi nina, nigxilile futhi
osekelwe othandweni,
3:18 Angase akwazi ukuqonda nabo bonke abangcwele ukuthi buyini ububanzi, futhi
ubude, nokujula, nokuphakama;
3:19 Futhi ukwazi uthando lukaKristu, oludlula ulwazi, ukuze nibe
nigcwaliswe ngakho konke ukugcwala kukaNkulunkulu.
3:20 Manje kuye okwazi ukwenza okukhulu kakhulu kunakho konke esinakho
cela noma ucabange ngokwamandla asebenza kithi.
3:21 Makube kuye udumo ebandleni ngoKristu Jesu ezizukulwaneni zonke.
umhlaba ongenasiphelo. Amen.