Ephesians 1— 2020

¹UPawula, umphostoli kaKhristu uJesu ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu, kubo abangcwele abase-Efesu nakubo abakholwa nguKhristu uJesu:

²makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu, naseNkosini uJesu Khristu.

³Makabongwe uNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, osibusisile ezulwini kuKhristu ngaso sonke isibusiso sokomoya;

⁴njengalokhu asikhetha kuye ngothando ungakasekelwa umhlaba ukuba sibe ngcwele, singabi nasici phambi kwakhe.

⁵Wakumisa phambilini ukuba sibe ngabantwana kuye ngoJesu Khristu, njengalokhu kwaba kuhle kuye ngentando yakhe,

⁶ukuze kudunyiswe inkazimulo yomusa wakhe asinike wona ngesihle ngothandiweyo,

⁷esinokuhlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kweziphambeko ngokwengcebo yomusa wakhe,

⁸asiphe wona ngokwedlulele kukho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda,

⁹esazisa imfihlakalo yentando yakhe ayimisile kuye ngokuthanda kwakhe,

¹⁰azokuphelelisa ngesikhathi esifanele, ukuhlanganisa konke kuKhristu, konke okusezulwini nokusemhlabeni;

¹¹kuye futhi sabelwa ifa, njengokuba sasikumiselwe ngaphambilini ngokwecebo lalowo owenza konke ngokwentando yakhe,

¹²ukuze thina esethembele kuKhristu ngaphambilini, sibe ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe.

¹³Kuye, nani senilizwile izwi leqiniso, ivangeli lokusindiswa kwenu, nakholwa nguye futhi, nabekwa uphawu ngoMoya oNgcwele wesethembiso

¹⁴oyisibambiso sefa lethu, kube ngukuhlengwa kwabangabakhe, ukuze kutuswe inkazimulo yakhe.

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

¹⁶angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbula emikhulekweni yami,

¹⁷ukuba uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, uYise wenkazimulo, aniphe umoya wokuhlakanipha nokwambulelwa, ukuze nimazi kangcono Yena,

¹⁸esekhanyisiwe amehlo enhliziyo yenu, ukuze nikwazi lokho okuyithemba lobizo lwakhe nokuthi iyini ingcebo yenkazimulo yefa lakhe kubo abangcwele,

¹⁹nokuthi makhulu kangakanani amandla akhe kithina esikholwayo, njengokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu,

²⁰asebenze ngawo kuKhristu emvusa kwabafileyo, wamhlalisa ngakwesokunene sakhe emazulwini,

²¹ngaphezu kakhulu kwakho konke ukubusa, negunya, namandla, nobukhosi, namagama wonke aphathwayo, kungekulesi sikhathi kuphela, kepha nakwesizayo.

²²Wakubeka konke phansi kwezinyawo zakhe, wammisa ukuba abe yinhloko phezu kwakho konke kulo ibandla,

²³lona elingumzimba wakhe, ukuphelela kwakhe okuphelelisa konke, kubo bonke.