Kwebe-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 Kwezinye 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+ bona 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 ongapheliko 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 anivumele ngephazimulwakhe ekulu bona nenziwe nibe namandla emuntwini eninguye ngaphakathi,+ ngamandla wommoyakhe
17 begodu ngokukholwa kwenu uKrestu ahlale eenhliziyweni zenu ngethando.+ Kwangathi ningaba nemirabhu eqinileko,+ nidzimelele esisekelweni+
18 bona kunye nabo boke abacwengileko nikghone kuhle ukuzwisisa ngokuzeleko ububanzi, ubude, ukuphakama nokutjhinga kweqiniso,
19 nokwazi ithando lakaKrestu,+ elidlula loke ilwazi bona nizaliswe ngalo kufikela esilinganisweni sakho koke ukuphelela kwakaZimu.
20 Nje-ke kiloyo okghona ukwenza ngokwamandlakhe asebenza kithi,+ akenze okukhulu ngokungalinganisekiko ngaphezu kwazo zoke izinto esizibawako namkha esizicabangako,+
21 idumo alibe kuye ngebandla nangoKrestu Jesu kizo zoke iinzukulwana bekube ngokungapheliko. Amen.
