Incwadi ka‐Paulusi kuma‐Efese 2

₁NANI nifile nje ngeziposo nangezono, — ₂enibe nifudula nihamba kuzo ngokwesiko lelizwe eli, ngokwompati wobukosi basesibakabakeni, womoya osebenzayo kaloku elusatsheni lwokungeva; ₃esasite kwa tina sonke safudula sinokuhlala kwetu pakati kwalo ezinkanukweni zenyama yetu, sisenza inqweno zenyama nezenkumbulo, saye sibe singabantwana bomsindo ngemvelo, kwa njengabo nabanye: ₄kodwa utixo, etyebile etaṙwini nje, ngenxa yotando lwake olukulu owasitanda ngalo, ₅kwa okuya sibe sifile ngeziposo zetu, wasipilisa kunye no‐Kristu, (nisindiswe lufefe,) ₆wasivusa kunye naye, wasihlalisa kunye naye kwezasezulwini indawo, ku‐Kristu Yesu; ₇ukuze ati emaxesheni azayo abonakalise ubutyebi obudluliseleyo bofefe lwake ebubeleni ngakuti ku‐Kristu Yesu. ₈Ngokuba nisindiswe lufefe ngalo ukolo; kungaveli nje oku ngokwenu, kusisipo sikatixo; ₉kungengemisebenzi, ukuze kungaqa̔yiswa mntu: ₁₀ngokuba sisisenzwa sake, sidalelwe imisebenzi elungileyo ku‐Kristu Yesu, eyabilungiselelwa pambili ngutixo, ukuze sihambe kuyo.

₁₁Ngako oko kumbulani, ukuba nina fudula ningabaheyideni enyameni nje, e‐kutiwa ningabanokungaluki ngabo kutiwa bangabanokwaluka okwenziwayo ngezandla enyameni, ₁₂ukuba ke ngeloxesha nibe ningenaye u‐Kristu, nahlukene nobuzwe bo‐Sirayeli, ningazani nazo ingcebano zedinga, ningenalo itemba, ningenaye utixo elizweni; ₁₃kodwa kaloku ku‐Kristu Yesu, nina enibe nifudula nikude senizisiwe kufupi ngegazi lika‐Kristu. ₁₄Ngokuba yena eluxolo lwetu, owabenza bobabini babe banye, nodonga lwapakati lwesahlukaniso waluci̔ta, ₁₅ubutshaba ebutshabalalisile nje enyameni yake, kwa umteto wemiyalelo isemimiselweni; ukuze abo babini abadale babe ngumntu omtsha emnye kwa kuye yena, esenza uxolo nje; ₁₆nokuba abaxolisane notixo bobabini emzimbeni mnye ngayo ikuruse, ebubulele ubutshaba nje kwa kuyo: ₁₇waza weza washumayela uxolo kuni enibe nikude, nakubo abo babekufupi: ₁₈kuba ngaye yena sinokungeniswa sobabini ngomoya emnye kuye uyise. ₁₉Ngako ke, anisengabasemzini nabapambukeli, ningabobuzwe bunye kunye nabangcwele, nabendlu katixo, ₂₀nakelwe nje pezu kwokuseka kwabapostile nabaprofite, yena u‐Yesu Kristu ngokwake elilitye eliyintloko yegumbi; ₂₁esiti kuye sonke isakiwo silinganiswa sihlanganiselwa kunye sikule sibe yitempile engcwele enkosini; ₂₂eniti kuyo nani nakiwe kunye nibe yindawo yokuhlala katixo kuye umoya.