u-Efesu 3:1-21
3 Ngombana ngebangeli, mina Powula, isibotjhwa sakaKrestu Jesu bona kuzuze nina, bantu beentjhaba—
2 nangabe kwamambala, nezwa ngobuphathi bomusa omkhulu kaZimu obanikelwa mina ngebanga lenu,
3 bona ngaziswa ifihlo ecwengileko ngesambulo, njengombana ngitlolile phambilini ngokurhunyeziweko.
4 Nje-ke nanifunda lokhu, ningalemuka ukuzwisisa kwami ifihlo ecwengileko kaKrestu.
5 Kezinye iinzukulwana ifihlo le akhenge yambulwe emadodaneni wabantu njengombana nje yambulwa ngommoya ebapostolini bakhe abacwengileko nebaphorofidini,
6 ukuthi abantu beentjhaba kufuze ebunyeni noKrestu Jesu nangeendaba ezimnandi, babe ziindlalifa namalunga womzimba akunye nathi begodu badle nathi isithembiso.
7 Ngibe sisebenzi salokhu ngokuvumelana nesipho sesihle somusa omkhulu kaZimu enganikelwa sona ngokusebenza kwamandlakhe.
8 Kimi, umuntu omncani ngitjho nakomncani kinabo boke abacwengileko, nganikelwa umusa omkhulu lo, ukuze ngimemezele eentjhabeni iindaba ezimnandi ezimalungana nokunotha kwakaKrestu okungaphenyekiko
9 begodu kufuze ngenze woke umuntu abone ukunqotjhiswa kwefihlo ecwengileko ebeyifihleke isikhathi eside kuZimu, obumbe zoke izinto.
10 Lokhu kwaba njalo, bona nje, ngebandla, kwambulwe kiborhulumende nakubalawuli eendaweni zezulwini ukuhlakanipha kwakaZimu okubonakaliswa ngeendlela ezinengi ezihlukahlukeneko.
11 Lokhu kuvumelana nomnqopho waphakade awenza malungana noKrestu, uJesu iKosethu,
12 ngaye sinetjhaphuluko yokukhuluma begodu ngesibindi singatjhidela kuZimu ngokutjhaphulukileko ngokukholwa kwethu kuye.
13 Nje-ke nginibawa bona ningapheli amandla ngebanga lesizi engilifumana ngokusiza nina, ngombana lokhu kutjho idumo kini.
14 Ngombana ngebangeli ngiguqa ngamadolo kuBaba,
15 loyo yoke imindeni yezulwini neyephasini ethiyelelwe ngaye.
16 Ngithandazela ukuthi aninikele ngephazimulwakhe ekulu bona nenziwe nibe namandla emntwini eninguye ngaphakathi, ngamandla wommoyakhe,
17 begodu ngokukholwa kwenu uKrestu ahlale eenhliziyweni zenu ngethando. Kwangathi ningaba nemirabhu eqinileko, nidzimelele esisekelweni,
18 ukuze kunye nabo boke abacwengileko nikghone kuhle ukuzwisisa ngokuzeleko ububanzi, ubude, ukuphakama nokutjhinga kweqiniso,
19 nokwazi ithando lakaKrestu, elidlula loke ilwazi, ukuze nizaliswe ngakho koke ukugcwala uZimu akunikelako.
20 Nje-ke kiloyo okghona ukwenza ngokuphuphumako ngaphezu kwazo zoke izinto esizibawako namkha esizicabangako, ngokwamandlakhe asebenza kithi,
21 idumo alibe kuye ngebandla nangoKrestu Jesu kizo zoke iinzukulwana bekube phakade naphakade. Amen.
