Kwabase-Efesu 1

1UPawulu, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, kubo abangcwele abase-Efesu nakubo abakholwayo kuKristu Jesu:

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

3Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu osibusisile ngezibusiso zonke zomoya ezulwini kuKristu.

4Njengalokho wasikhetha kuye ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe, ukuze sibe ngcwele, singasoleki phambi kwakhe othandweni;

5esimisele ngaphambili ukuthi sibe ngabantwana kuye ngoJesu Kristu, njengokwakufisa kwentando yakhe;

6kube yinkazimulo yenkazimulo yomusa wakhe asenze ngawo umusa ngothandiweyo.

7Esilokuhlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kwezono ngokwengcebo yomusa wakhe;

8okukhona uye waphuphuma kithi ngokuhlakanipha konke nokuqonda;

9esesazisile imfihlo yentando yakhe, njengokufisa kwakhe okuhle akuhlosileyo kuye;

10ukuze ekuhleleni kokuphelela kwezikhathi abuthele ndawonye zonke izinto kuKristu, ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni; nakuye:

11kuye futhi sazuza ifa kuye, esamiselwa ngaphambili ngokwenjongo yalowo osebenza zonke izinto ngokwecebo lentando yakhe;

12ukuze sibe ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe, thina esathemba kuqala kuKristu.

13Enimethembayo nani, seselizwile izwi leqiniso, ivangeli lokusindiswa kwenu;

14okuyisibambiso sefa lethu, kuze kuhlengwe lokho okwathengwayo, kube ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe.

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

16angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbula emikhulekweni yami;

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

18Amehlo okuqonda kwakho akhanyiselwe; ukuze nazi ukuthi liyini ithemba lokubizwa kwakhe, nokuthi iyini ingcebo yenkazimulo yefa lakhe kwabangcwele;

19futhi buyini ubukhulu obudlulele bamandla akhe kithi esikholwayo ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu;

20awenza kuKristu, lapho emvusa kwabafileyo, wammisa ngakwesokunene sakhe emazulwini,

21phezu kwabo bonke ubukhosi, lamandla, lamandla, lobukhosi, lalo lonke ibizo elibizwayo, kungeyisikho kulomhlaba kuphela, kodwa lakulowo ozayo;

22Futhi ubeke zonke izinto ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, futhi wammisa abe yinhloko phezu kwakho konke ebandleni.

23Ongumzimba wakhe, ukugcwala kwakhe ogcwalisa konke kukho konke.

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