KWABASE-EFESU 1

₁UPawulu, umphostoli kaKristu Jesu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, kubo abangcwele abase-Efesu nakubo abakholwa nguKristu Jesu:

₂Makube-kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.

₃Makabongwe uNkulunkulu, uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu osibusisile ezulwini kuKristu ngesibusiso sonke sokomoya,

₄njengalokho asikhethela kuye ngothando ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe ukuba sibe-ngcwele, singabi-nakusolwa phambi kwakhe;

₅wasimisela ngaphambili ukuba sibengabantwana kuye ngoJesu Kristu, njengalokho kwaba-kuhle kuye ngentando yakhe,

₆ukuze kutuswe inkazimulo yomusa wakhe asiphé wona ngesihle ngaye oThandiweyo;

₇esinokuhlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kwezono ngokwengcebo yomusa wakhe

₈awuvamisa kithi ngakho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda,

₉esazisa imfihlakalo yentando yakhe njengokuzibonela kwakhe azimisela khona ngaphambili,

₁₀kuze kube-yihlelo lokuphelela kwezikhathi lokuba kuhlanganiselwe ndawonye kuKristu konke okusezulwini nokusemhlabeni;

₁₁kuyena esabelwa futhi ifa kuye, esakumiselwa ngaphambili ngokwesimiso salowo osebenza izinto zonke ngokunquma kwentando yakhe,

₁₂ukuze sibe-ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe, thina esethemba ngaphambili kuKristu;

₁₃kuye nani esenizwile izwi leqiniso, ivangeli lokusindiswa kwenu, enakholwa nguye futhi, nani nabekwa uphawu olunguMoya oNgcwele wesithembiso

₁₄oyisibambiso sefa lethu, kube-ngukuhlengwa kokungokwakhe, ukuze kutuswe inkazimulo yakhe.

₁₅Ngalokho nami, sengizwile ngokukholwa okukini eNkosini uJesu nothando kubo bonke abangcwele,

₁₆angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbula emikhulekweni yami,

₁₇ukuze uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wenkazimulo, aniphe umoya wokuhlakanipha nokwambulelwa ekumazini yena;

₁₈ekhanyisiwe amehlo enhliziyo yenu, nize nazi okuyithemba lobizo lwakhe nokuyingcebo yenkazimulo yefa lakhe kubo abangcwele,

₁₉nokungubukhulu obumangalisayo bamandla akhe kithina esikholwayo, ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu

₂₀asebenzé ngawo kuKristu emvusa kwabafileyo, wamhlalisa ngakwesokunene sakhe ezulwini,

₂₁ngaphezu kwakho konke ukubusa, negunya, namandla, nobukhosi, namagama onke aphathwayo, kungekulelizwe lodwa kepha nakulo elizayo;

₂₂wakubeka konke phansi kwezinyawo zakhe, wammisa abe-yinhloko phezu kwakho konke kulo ibandla,

₂₃elona lingumzimba wakhe, ukugcwala kwakhe ogcwalisa konke kubo bonke.