Ukulotjhisa
1UPowula umpostoli kaKrestu Jesu ngokwentando kaZimu, kibo abacwengileko abase-Efesu nabathembekileko kuKrestu Jesu:
2Akube kini ukuthula nomusa ovela kuZimu uBaba neKosi uJesu Krestu.
Iimbusiso zakaMoya ngoKrestu
3Akadunyiswe uZimu nonguYise weKosethu uJesu Krestu, osibusisileko embusweni wezulu ngazo zoke iimbusiso zakaMoya kuKrestu. 4Wasikhethela kuye ngaphambi kokudalwa kwephasi kobana sibe ngabacwengileko nabamsulwa ebusweni bakhe. Ngethando 5waqunta ngaphambilini bona sithathwe njengabantwana bakhe ngoJesu Krestu, ukuya ngokuthanda kwakhe nangentando yakhe, 6kiyo indumiso yomusa wakhe ophazimulako asinikele wona ngesihle ngaloyo amthandako! 7Kuye sinesihlengo ngeengazi zakhe, ukucolelwa kwezono, ukuya ngomusa omkhulu kaZimu 8awuthela phezu kwethu ngokuhlakanipha koke nangokuzwisisa. 9Wasazisa ngokuhlakanipha koke nangokulemuka iimangaliso zentando yakhe, ukuya ngokomnqopho wakhe awuveza ngoKrestu 10njengehlelo lokupheleliswa kweenkhathi, ukuhlanganisa zoke izinto kuye, iye, izinto ezisezulwini nezisephasini.
11Kuye godu sakhethwa, saquntelwa ngaphambilini ukuya ngehlelo laloyo owenza koke ngokukhambisana nehloso yentando yakhe, 12ukuze kuthi thina ebesingebokuthoma ukwethemba kuKrestu, sidumise iphazimulwakhe.
13Nani-ke nafakwa kuKrestu lokha nanizwa ilizwi leqiniso, ivangeli lesindiso yenu. Senikholiwe, nabekwa kuye itshwayo ngesigibo, ekunguMoya oCwengileko owathenjiswako. 14Yena osibambiso esiqinisa ilifa lethu bekufike ukuhlengwa kwalabo abaselifeni lakaZimu, kilo idumo lephazimulwakhe.
Umthandazo kaPowula
15Ngalokho-ke, soloko ngezwa ngokukholwa kwenu eKosini uJesu kanye nethando lenu kibo boke abacwengileko, 16azange ngilise ukunithokoza, ngihlala nginikhumbula emithandazwenami. 17Ngihlala ngikhombela bona uZimu weKosethu uJesu Krestu, uBaba wephazimulo, aniphe uMoya wokuhlakanipha nesambulo ukuze nimazi ngcono. 18Godu ngithandazela bona inga amehlo weenhliziyo zenu angavuleka ukuze nazi ithemba anibizela kilo, umnono welifa lakhe eliphazimulako kabacwengileko 19namandla wakhe angalinganisekiko ngobukhulu, kithi abakholwako. Amandla lawo afana nokusebenza kwesiphanga sakhe, 20iye, amandla avusa ngawo uKrestu kabafileko, wambeka ngesigomeni sakhe embusweni wezulu, 21ngaphezu kwakho koke ukubusa kanye negunya, amandla nobukhosi kanye namabizo woke angabizwa ngawo, ingasi esikhathinesi kwaphela kodwana nakileso esizako. 22UZimu wabeka koke ngaphasi kweenyawo zakaKrestu, wambeka bona abe yihloko phezu kwakho koke kwebandla, 23elimzimba wakhe nelikuzaliseka kwakhe ozalisa koke ngazo zoke iindlela.
