Kwabase-Efesu
4:1 Ngakho mina, isiboshwa eNkosini, ngiyanincenga ukuba nihambe ngokufanele
obizo enabizwa ngalo.
4:2 Ngakho konke ukuthobeka nobumnene, ngokubekezela, ngokubekezela
omunye othandweni;
4:3 nikhuthalele ukugcina ubunye bukaMoya ngesibopho sokuthula.
4:4 Munye umzimba, munye uMoya, njengalokho nabizelwa ethembeni linye
ubizo lwakho;
4:5 Yinye iNkosi, yinye inkolo, munye umbhapathizo,
4:6 munye uNkulunkulu, uYise wabo bonke, ophezu kwabo bonke, okubo bonke, ophakathi kwenu
konke.
4:7 Kodwa yilowo nalowo kithi uphiwe umusa ngokwesilinganiso
isipho sikaKristu.
4:8 Ngakho uthi, Lapho enyukela phezulu, wathumba abathunjwa
izithunjwa, wapha abantu izipho.
4:9 (Manje ukuthi wenyuka, kuyini, ngaphandle kokuthi futhi wehlela kukho kuqala?
izindawo eziphansi zomhlaba?
4:10 Lowo owehlayo nguye futhi lowo wenyukela phezulu kakhulu kunabo bonke
ezulwini, ukuze agcwalise zonke izinto.)
4:11 Futhi wanika abanye ukuthi babe ngabaphostoli; labanye abaprofethi; labanye, abavangeli;
labanye bangabelusi labafundisi;
4:12 Ukuze abangcwele bapheleliswe, emsebenzini wokukhonza, nakwabangcwele
ukwakhiwa komzimba kaKristu:
4:13 size sifike sonke ebunyeni bokholo, nobolwazi lweNkosi
Ndodana kaNkulunkulu, kumuntu opheleleyo, esilinganisweni sobukhulu bomoya
ukugcwala kukaKristu:
4:14 Ukuze singabe sisaba abantwana, sijikijelwa ngapha nangapha, sithwalwa
nangawo wonke umoya wezifundiso, ngobuqili babantu, nangobuqili
ubuqili abaqamekela ukudukisa;
4:15 Kodwa sikhuluma iqiniso ngothando, singakhulela kuye ezintweni zonke.
oyinhloko, uKristu;
4:16 Okuvela kuye umzimba wonke uhlanganiswe ngokufaneleyo futhi uhlanganiswe ngakho
eliphakelwa yilelo nalelo lungu ngokokusebenza okusebenzayo kwe
isilinganiso sazo zonke izitho senza ukukhula komzimba kuze kwakhiwe
uqobo lwakhe othandweni.
4:17 Ngakho-ke lokhu ngiyakusho, futhi ngifakaza eNkosini, ukuthi niqhubeke nihamba
kungabi njengabanye abezizwe behamba ebuze bengqondo yabo;
4:18 Ukuba ukuqonda kwaba mnyama, behlukanisiwe nokuphila kukaNkulunkulu
ngokungazi okukubo, ngenxa yobumpumputhe babo
inhliziyo:
4:19 abathi sebephelelwe yimizwa bazinikele emanyaleni.
ukwenza konke ukungcola ngokuhuheka.
4:20 Kodwa animfundanga kanjalo uKristu;
4:21 Uma-ke nimuzwile, nafundiswa nguye, njengalokho enizwile
iqiniso likuJesu:
4:22 ukuthi nikhumule mayelana nenkambo yangaphambili umuntu omdala, okungukuthi
bonakalisa ngezinkanuko zenkohliso;
4:23 nenziwe basha emoyeni wengqondo yenu;
4:24 Futhi ukuba nigqoke umuntu omusha, okuyinto wadalwa uNkulunkulu
ukulunga nobungcwele beqiniso.
4:25 Ngakho lahlani amanga, nikhulume iqiniso, kube yilowo nalowo kumakhelwane wakhe;
ngoba singamalungu omunye komunye.
4:26 Thukuthelani, ningoni; ilanga malingashoni nisathukuthele.
4:27 Futhi ningamniki uSathane indawo.
4:28 Owebayo makangabe eseba, kodwa kunalokho makasebenze kanzima
ngezandla zakhe into enhle, ukuze abe nokumnika
lokho okudingayo.
4:29 Makungaphumi nkulumo eyonakele emlonyeni wenu, kuphela lokho
lihle ekusetshenzisweni kokwakha, ukuze linikeze umusa ebantwini
abezwayo.
4:30 Futhi ningamdabukisi uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu, enabekwa uphawu ngaye kuye
usuku lokuhlengwa.
4:31 Ake konke ukufutheka, nolaka, nentukuthelo, futhi ukuklabalasa, nobubi
ukukhuluma, kudediswe kini, nakho konke okubi;
4:32 Futhi yibani nomusa omunye komunye, nihawukele, nithethelelane.
njengalokho uNkulunkulu wanithethelela ngenxa kaKristu.