Kwabase-Efese 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹UPawulos, umpostile kaKrestu uYesu ngokuthanda kukaBawo wethu, ubhalela abangcwele abaseEfese, nabathembekileyo bakuKrestu uYesu: ^a a v1 Imibhalo-ngqangi yakudala ayinawo amazwi athi “baseEfese.” ²Makube lubabalo kuni noxolo oluvela kuBawo wethu naseNkosini uYesu Krestu.

Zonke Iintsikelelo Kuye Intanda

³Makabongwe uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, owasisikelelayo kuKrestu ngazo zonke iintsikelelo zomoya ezisemazulwini. ^b b v3 Intsikelelo kaPawulos ivula indumiso ende ehamba ide iye kundinyana 14 — uBawo wethu usisikelela kuNyana, aze uMoya oyiNgcwele asitywine. Isakhelo sonke sosindiso lusapho. ⁴Njengoko wasinyulayo kuye ngaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi, ukuze sibe ngcwele singqibelele phambi kukaBawo wethu eluthandweni. ⁵Wasimisela ngaphambili ukuba sibe ngoonyana bakhe ngoYesu Krestu, ngokokukholeka kokuthanda kwakhe. ^c c v5 Injongo kaBawo wethu engunaphakade asikokuhlangula kuphela — kukubuyisela ebunyaneni. Wasuka kwangaphambi kokubakho kwehlabathi ukuba asizise ekhaya sibe ngabantwana bakhe ngoYesu. ⁶Kube kukudunyiswa kobabalo lwakhe oluzukileyo, awasibabala ngalo ngesisa kuye Intanda—uYesu. ⁷Kuye, ngegazi lakhe, sinentlawulelo—uxolelo lwezono zethu—ngobutyebi bobabalo lukaBawo wethu, ⁸awaluphuphuma phezu kwethu, ngabo bonke ubulumko nengqiqo. ⁹Wasityhilela imfihlelo yokuthanda kwakhe, ukukholeka kwakhe awakucebayo kuKrestu, ¹⁰icebo lokuzaliseka kwamaxesha: ukuhlanganisa zonke izinto kuKrestu—izinto ezisemazulwini nasemhlabeni—kuye. ¹¹Kuye kananjalo senziwa iindlalifa, samiselwa ngaphambili ngenjongo kaBawo wethu, osebenza zonke izinto ngokwecebo lokuthanda kwakhe, ¹²ukuze thina esabeka ithemba kuqala kuKrestu sizise indumiso kubuqaqawuli bakhe. ¹³Kuye nani, xa naliva ilizwi lenyaniso—ivangeli yosindiso lwenu—nakholwa kuye, natywinwa ngaye uMoya oyiNgcwele owathenjiswayo, ¹⁴oyisiqinisekiso selifa lethu side silizuze, kube kukudunyiswa kobuqaqawuli bakhe.

Ukuthandazela Amehlo Abonayo

¹⁵Ngako oko nam, ndakuva ngokholo lwenu eNkosini uYesu nangothando lwenu kubo bonke abangcwele, ¹⁶andiyeki ukunibulelela, ndinikhankanya emithandazweni yam, ¹⁷ukuze uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, uYise wobuqaqawuli, aninike uMoya wobulumko nowotyhilelo, ukuze nimazi uBawo wethu ngokupheleleyo, ¹⁸amehlo eentliziyo zenu ekhanyiselwe, ukuze nilazi ithemba lokubizwa kwenu, nobutyebi belifa lakhe eliqaqambileyo kubantu bakaBawo wethu, ¹⁹nobukhulu obumangalisayo bamandla akhe kuthi bakholwayo, obuhambelana nokusebenza kwamandla akhe omelezileyo, ²⁰awawasebenzayo kuKrestu, evusa uYesu kwabafileyo, emhlalisa ngasekunene kwakhe ezindaweni zasezulwini. ²¹Ngaphezu lee konke ukulawula negunya namandla nobukhosi, nakulo lonke igama elakha lathiywa, kungekuphela nje kweli xesha, kodwa nakwelo lizayo. ²²Waza uBawo wethu wazibeka phantsi kweenyawo zikaKrestu zonke izinto, wamnika njengentloko phezu kwazo zonke izinto kwibandla, ²³elingumzimba wakhe, inzaliseko yalowo uzalisa konke kuko konke.