Ephesians 3
1 Ngenxa yalokhu mina Pawulu, isiboshwa sikaKristu Jesu ngenxa yenu bezizwe,
2 Uma nizwile ngokwesimiso somusa kaNkulunkulu engiwuphiwe kini;
3 ukuthi wangazisa imfihlakalo ngesambulo; (njengoba ngibhale ngaphambili ngamagama ambalwa),
4 okungalokho, nxa nifunda, nibe nokuqonda ukwazi kwami emfihlakalweni kaKristu;
5 Okwathi kwezinye izikhathi okungakaziswanga kubantwana babantu, njengalokhu sekubonakalisiwe kubaphostoli bakhe abangcwele labaprofethi ngoMoya;
6 ukuze abezizwe babe yizindlalifa kanye nami, futhi babe umzimba ofanayo, futhi abahlanganyeli sesithembiso sakhe kuKristu ngevangeli.
7 engaba khona isikhonzi sakho ngokwesipho somusa kaNkulunkulu engiwuphiweyo ngokusebenza kwamandla akhe.
8 Mina engingomncinyane kunomncinyane kubo bonke abangcwele, ngiphiwe lomusa, ukuthi ngitshumayele phakathi kwabezizwe ingcebo kaKristu engaphenyisisekiyo;
9 nokwenza bonke babone ukuthi iyini inhlanganyelo yemfihlakalo ebifihliwe kuNkulunkulu kusukela kwasekuqaleni, owadala izinto zonke ngoJesu Kristu;
10 ukuze khathesi kwababusi lamandla embusweni wezulu kwaziwe ngebandla ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu okunengi okwehlukeneyo;
11 njengokwenjongo yaphakade ayimisayo kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu;
12 esilesibindi kuye lokungena ngesibindi ngokholo lwakhe.
13 Ngakho-ke ngiyathanda ukuba ningadangali ngokuhlushwa kwami ngenxa yenu, okungudumo lwenu.
14 Ngalokho ngiyaguqa kuYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu;
15 okuqanjwe ngaye umndeni wonke wasezulwini nasemhlabeni.
16 ukuze aninike ngokwengcebo yenkazimulo yakhe ukuba niqiniswe ngamandla ngoMoya wakhe kumuntu ongaphakathi;
17 ukuze uKristu ahlale ezinhliziyweni zenu ngokukholwa; ukuze nina, nigxilile, nisekelwe othandweni;
18 Kambe likwazi kanye labo bonke abangcwele ukuthi buyini ububanzi, lobude, lokujula, lokuphakama;
19 Nokwazi uthando lukaKristu oludlula ukwazi, ukuze nigcwaliswe ngakho konke ukugcwala kukaNkulunkulu.
20 Kuye yena onamandla okwenza okukhulu kakhulu kunakho konke esikucelayo nesikucabangayo ngokwamandla asebenza kithi.
21 Makube kuye udumo ebandleni ngoKristu Jesu ezizukulwaneni zonke zaphakade naphakade. Amen.