Kwabase-Efesu 1

1 ¹UPhawuli, umphostoli kaKhristu uJesu ngentando kaBaba wethu, kwabangcwele base-Efesu, nabathembekileyo kuKhristu uJesu: ^a a v1 Imibhalo yakuqala kunayo yonke ayinawo amazwi athi “base-Efesu.” ²Umusa awube nani nokuthula okuvela kuBaba wethu nakuyo iNkosi uJesu Khristu.

Zonke Izibusiso Kothandekayo

³Makabongwe uBaba weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, owasibusisa kuKhristu ngaso sonke isibusiso somoya emazulwini. ^b b v3 Isibusiso sikaPhawuli sivula indumiso ende eqhubeka kuze kube sevesini le-14 — uBaba wethu usibusisa eNdodaneni, noMoya oNgcwele uyasiphawula. Umumo wonke wensindiso ungowomndeni. ⁴Njengoba wasikhetha kuye ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe, ukuba sibe ngcwele singenasici phambi kukaBaba wethu ngothando. ⁵Wasimisela ngaphambili ukuba sibe ngamadodana akhe ngoJesu Khristu, njengokwenjabulo yentando yakhe. ^c c v5 Injongo kaBaba wethu ephakade akusiyona ukusindiswa kuphela — ukubuyiselwa ebudodaneni. Wasukela ngaphambi kokuba izwe libe khona ukuze asilethe ekhaya njengabantwana bakhe ngoJesu. ⁶Kube ngukudunyiswa komusa wakhe okhazimulayo, asinika wona ngesihle kuye othandekayo—uJesu. ⁷Kuye, ngegazi lakhe, sinokuhlengwa—ukuthethelelwa kwezono zethu—ngokwengcebo yomusa kaBaba wethu, ⁸awuthululela phezu kwethu ngokuchichima, ngakho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda. ⁹Wasembulela imfihlakalo yentando yakhe, injabulo yakhe enhle ayihlelayo kuKhristu, ¹⁰icebo lokugcwaliseka kwezikhathi: ukuhlanganisa zonke izinto kuKhristu—izinto ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni—kuye. ¹¹Kuye nathi senziwa izindlalifa, samiselwa ngaphambili ngenjongo kaBaba wethu, osebenza konke ngokwesu lentando yakhe, ¹²ukuze thina esaqala ukubeka ithemba lethu kuKhristu silethe ukudunyiswa kwenkazimulo yakhe. ¹³Kuye nani, lapho nizwa izwi leqiniso—ivangeli lensindiso yenu—nakholwa kuye, naphawulwa ngoMoya oNgcwele othenjisiwe, ¹⁴oyisiqinisekiso sefa lethu, size silithole, kube ngukudunyiswa kwenkazimulo yakhe.

Ukukhulekela Ukuba Amehlo Abone

¹⁵Ngakho mina, ngizwa ngokholo lwenu eNkosini uJesu nangothando lwenu kubo bonke abangcwele, ¹⁶angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbula emikhulekweni yami, ¹⁷ukuze uBaba weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, uBaba wenkazimulo, aninike uMoya wokuhlakanipha nowesambulo, ukuze nimazi ngokugcwele uBaba wethu, ¹⁸amehlo ezinhliziyo zenu ekhanyiselwe, ukuze nilazi ithemba lokubizwa kwakhe, nengcebo yefa lakhe elikhazimulayo kubantu bakaBaba wethu, ¹⁹nobukhulu obungakanani bamandla akhe kithina esikholwayo, njengokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu, ²⁰awasebenza kuKhristu, lapho emvusa uJesu kwabafileyo wamhlalisa ngakwesokunene sakhe emazweni asezulwini. ²¹Phezu kakhulu kwakho konke ukubusa negunya namandla nobukhosi, nalo lonke igama eliphathwayo, kungekhona kulesi sikhathi kuphela kodwa nakuleso esizayo. ²²UBaba wethu wabeka konke ngaphansi kwezinyawo zikaKhristu, wamnika njengenhloko phezu kwakho konke kulo ibandla, ²³eliwumzimba wakhe, ukugcwala kwakhe ogcwalisa konke kukho konke.