KWABASE-EFESE 1

₁Mna Pawulos, *umthunywa kaKrestu Yesu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, ndibhalela abantu bakaThixo [abahlala e-Efese,]abakholwayo kuYesu Krestu. ₂Ndithi: Wanga uThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi uYesu Krestu, anganenzela isisa, aniphe uxolo.

₃Makabongwe uThixo, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu osibabale ngazo zonke izipho zoMoya zasezulwini, sakuba simanywe noKrestu. ₄UThixo wasinyula ngoKrestu kwangaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi, ukuze sibe ngabantu bakhe abangenasiphako ngenxa yothando. ₅UThixo akuba ethandile wagqiba kwangaphambili ukuba asenze oonyana bakhe ncakasana ngoYesu Krestu. ₆Ngoko ke masimdumise uThixo ngenxa yesisa sakhe esisodwa asenzele sona ngoNyana wakhe oyintanda!

₇Sikhululwe sazixolelwa izono zethu ngegazi likaKrestu. Siyaphuphuma kuthi isisa ₈asenzele sona uThixo ngokusazelelela. ₉Kaloku kwakholeka kuThixo ukusityhilela icebo lakhe athande ukulifezekisa ngoKrestu. ₁₀Eli cebo lithwasisa ukufezekiswa kwamaxesha ngenjongo yokubandakanya kuKrestu zonke izinto, ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni. ₁₁Ngenene sifumene isabelo selifa lethu ngokumanywa noKrestu. UThixo owenza zonke izinto ngokwezigqibo necebo lakhe wasinyulela elo lifa kwantlandlolo. ₁₂Kuba kaloku yintando yakhe ukuba kuthi ngenxa yethu, thina sathembela kuKrestu kuqala, kuvakaliswe indumiso yesidima sakhe. ₁₃Nani ke, nimanywe noKrestu nje, nizivile iindaba ezimnandi, ezichaza ngenyaniso yosindiso, nazamkela. Ke ngoko uThixo waniphawula ngoMoya oyiNgcwele owathenjiswayo. ₁₄Lo Moya ke usisiqinisekiso selifa lethu esiya kulifumana lakufika ixesha lenkululeko yemilowo yakhe, ukuze kubongwe kudunyiswe isidima nesithozela sikaThixo!

₁₅Ngenxa yezi zinto ke, ndakuba ndivile ngokholo eninalo kuYesu iNkosi yethu, nangendlela eniluthanda ngayo lonke usapho lukaThixo, ₁₆andiphezi ukumbulela uThixo ngenxa yenu, xa ndinikhumbulayo emthandazweni. ₁₇Ndiyamcela uThixo weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, uSosidima, ukuba aniphe uMoya wobulumko, anityhilele uThixo, ukuze nimazi. ₁₈Ndiyamcela ukuba anikhanyisele nibe nokuqonda, khon' ukuze nilazi ithemba anibizele kulo, niziqonde iintsikelelo ezingaka ezililifa lemilowo yakhe, ₁₉nikuve ukongama kwawo amandla akhe ngakuthi, thina bathembele kuye. La mandla ikwangalawa ₂₀wavusa ngawo uKrestu ekufeni, waza wamthwesa ubukhosi ezulwini. ₂₁Ngenxa yobo bukhosi wongamele lonke ulawulo, negunya, nawo onke amandla nobukhosi. Ubukhosi bakhe bungaphezu kwawo onke amawonga obungangamsha nawo onke amagama anokukhankanywa kweli lizwe nakwelizayo. ₂₂Izinto zonke uThixo uzibeke phantsi kolawulo lukaKrestu, waza wammisela wayintloko yezinto zonke ebandleni. ₂₃Ibandla ke lingumzimba kaKrestu, liphuphuma bubukho bakhe lowo uphuphuma ubukho bukaThixo.