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.