Kwabase-Efesu 3

₁Ngenxa yalokho mina Pawulu ngiyisiboshwa sikaKristu Jesu ngenxa yenu nina bezizwe – ₂uma ngabe senizwile ngohlelo lomusa kaNkulunkulu engiwuphiweyo ngenxa yenu ₃ukuthi ngaziswa imfihlakalo ngesambulo, njengalokho sengaloba ngokufushane – ₄okungakho, nxa nikufunda, ningaqonda ukwazi kwami ngemfihlakalo kaKristu, ₅bengayaziswanga abantwana babantu ezizukulwaneni ezinye, njengalokhu isiyambuliwe manje kubaphostoli bakhe abangcwele nabaprofethi ngoMoya ₆ukuthi abezizwe bayizindlalifa kanye nathi, nokuthi bamzimba munye nathi, nokuthi bangabahlanganyeli besithembiso kanye nathi kuKristu Jesu ngevangeli; ₇engenziwa isikhonzi salo ngokwesipho somusa kaNkulunkulu engiwuphiwe ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe. ₈Mina engimncinyane kunabo bonke abangcwele ngaphiwa lowo musa wokushumayeza abezizwe ivangeli lengcebo kaKristu engaphenyekiyo ₉nokubakhanyisela ukuthi luyini uhlelo lwemfihlakalo ebifihliwe kwaphakade kuNkulunkulu owadala izinto zonke, ₁₀ukuze imibuso nabanamandla emazulwini baziswe manje ngebandla ukuhlakanipha okuninginingi kukaNkulunkulu, ₁₁ngokwecebo laphakade alenza ngoKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu; ₁₂okungaye sinesibindi ukungena ngokwethemba, ngokukholwa nguye. ₁₃Ngalokho ngiyacela ukuba ningadangali ngezinhlupheko zami ngenxa yenu, okuludumo lwenu.

₁₄Ngenxa yalokho ngiguqa ngamadolo ami kuYise, ₁₅eyethiwa ngaye imindeni yonke ezulwini nasemhlabeni, ₁₆ukuba ngokwengcebo yenkazimulo yakhe aninike ukuqiniseka emandleni ngoMoya wakhe kumuntu ongaphakathi; ₁₇uKristu ahlale ezinhliziyweni zenu ngokukholwa, ukuze nigxile, nisekelwe othandweni, ₁₈nibe namandla okuqonda kanye nabangcwele bonke okungububanzi, nobude, nokuphakama, nokujula, ₁₉nokulwazi uthando lukaKristu oludlula ukwazi konke, ukuze nigcwaliswe kube ngukugcwala konke kukaNkulunkulu.

₂₀Kepha yena onamandla okwenza okukhulu kakhulu kunakho konke esikucelayo nesikuqondayo ngokwamandla asebenza kithi, ₂₁makube kuye udumo ebandleni nakuKristu Jesu ezizukulwaneni zonke zaphakade naphakade. Amen.