Kwabase-Efese
ISAHLUKO1
1UPawulos,umpostilekaYesuKristungokuthanda kukaThixo,ubhalelaabangcweleabase-Efese, abakholwayokuKristuYesu;
2bathi,Makubelubabalokuni,noxolooluvelakuThixo uBawowethu,neNkosiyethuuYesuKristu
3MakabongweuThixo,uYiseweNkosiyethuuYesu Kristu,lowowasisikelelayongeentsikelelozonkezoMoya kwezasemazulwiniiindawo,sikuKristu;
4njengokubawathi,ngaphambikokusekwakwehlabathi, wasinyulelakuye,ukubasibengcwele,singabinakusoleka phambikwakhe;
5ethengenxaengaphambiliwasimiselangenxa engaphambili,ukubasenziweoonyanangoYesuKristu kuyengokwakhe,ngokwenkoleloyokuthandakwakhe; 6ukuzekudunyisweuzukolobabalolwakhe,awasibabala ngalosikuyeOthandiweyo;
7esinayosikuyeinkululekongokuhlawulelwangegazi lakhe,uxolelolwezono,ngokobutyebibobabalolwakhe;
8esiyewaphuphumelakuthingabobonkeubulumko nokuqonda;
9esazisilekeimfihleloyokuthandakwakhe, ngokokuthandakwakhe,awakumisayongokwakhe; 10ukuzengexeshalokuzalisekakwamaxesha, azihlanganiselezonkeizintokuyeuKristu,ezisemazulwini kwanezisemhlabeni;nakuye:
11Esathikuyenathisazuzailifa,simiwengenxa engaphambilingokwengqiboyozisebenzayozonkeezonto ngokwecebolokuthandakwakhe;
12ukuzesibengabokudumisauzukolwakhe,thinaaba sathembelakuKristukuqala.
13enikholosengayenani,emvenikokulivakwenuilizwi lenyaniso,iindabaezilungileyozosindisolwenu;enathi, nakholwakuye,natywinwanatywinwangayeuMoya oyiNgcwelewedinga;
14osisinyanisoselifalethu,ukudekugqibelele ukukhululekangentlawulelokwabobaziinqobokuye, ukubakudunyisweuzukolwakhe
15Ngokoke,ndakubandivilengokholoeninalokwiNkosi uYesu,nangothandoeninalokubobonkeabangcwele. 16andipheziukubulelangenxayenu,ndinikhumbula emithandazweniyam;
17ukuzeuThixoweNkosiyethuuYesuKristu,uYise wozuko,aninikeumoyawobulumkowokunityhilela, nimazikakuhle;
18Akhanyiselweamehloengqondoyakho;ukuzenilazi ithembalobizolwakhe,nokubabuyintoninaubutyebi bozukolwelifalakhephakathikwabangcwele; 19nokubabuyintoninaubukhuluobuncamisileyo bamandlaakhekuthibakholwayo,ngokokusebenza kwamandlaakheamakhulu; 20awayenzayoekuKristu,ekumvusenikwabafileyo, wammisangasekunenekwakhekwezasezulwiniiindawo; 21ngaphezukwabobonkeubulawuli,negunya,namandla, negunya,nalolonkeigamaelibizwayo,kungabikweli hlabathilodwa,kwanakwelolizayo;
22Wazaizintozonkewazithobelaphantsikweenyawo zakhe,wammisaukubaabeyintlokophezukweentozonke kuloibandla; 23elingumzimbawakhe,ukuzalakeokokozizalisayo izintozonkengakokonke
ISAHLUKO2
1Naniunidliseubomi,nifilenjeziziphosonazizono; 2enanifudulanihambakuzongokwenkquboyelihlabathi, ngokomphathiwegunyalesibhakabhaka,moyalowongoku osebenzakoonyanabokungathobeli; 3esasifudulasihambaphakathikwethusonke ngokweenkanukozenyamayethu,sifezaiinkanuko zenyamanezengqondo;kwayengemvelosasingabantwana bengqumbo,njengabanye
4KeyenauThixo,esisityebingenceba,uthengenxa yothandolwakheolukhuluawasithandangalo, 5sifilenjeezonweni,usidliseubomindawonyenoKristu, nisindiswengokubabalwa
6Wasivusanayendawonye,wasihlalisanaye kwezasemazulwiniiindawo,sikuKristuYesu;
7ukuzeubutyebiobuncamisileyobobabalolwakhe abubonakalaliseemaphakadeniazayo,ngokusenzela ububelengoKristuYesu
8Kubanisindiswengokubabalwanangaloukholo;nako okoakuphumikuni,kusisiphosikaThixo;
9akuphumimisebenzini,hlezekubekhobaniuqhayisayo 10Kubathinasingumsebenziwakhe,sidalelwekuKristu Yesu,ukuzesenzeimisebenzielungileyo,awayilungisayo uThixongenxaengaphambili,ukuzesihambekuyo 11Kungokondithi,khumbulaniukubaninanifudula niziintlanga ngokwenyama, kusithiwa ningabangabolwaluko,ngabokuthiwangabolwaluko enyameni,olwenziwengezandla;
12okokubangeloxeshanibeningenaKristu,ningazani nawoumziwakwaSirayeli,ningabasemzinikuyo iminqophisoyedinga,ningenathemba,ningenaThixo ehlabathini;
13KengokungoKristuYesu,nina,enibenifudulanikude, nithenabakufuphingaloigazilikaKristu.
14Kubayenauluxololwethu,yenalowowawenzaizinto zombini,wabanye,waluchithakeudongalothango oluphakathi,phakathikwethu;
15ewubhangisilengenyamayakheubutshaba,nomyalelo wemithethoemimiselwe;ukuzeabobabinibenze ngaphakathikwakhe,babemntumnye,mtsha,esenza uxolo;
16nokuzeabaxolelanisenoThixobobabini,mzimbeni mnyengawoumnqamlezo,ebubulalaubutshabangawo; 17Wezakewashumayelaiindabaezilungileyozoxolokuni abobakude,nakwabakufuphi;
18ngokubakungayeukungeniswakwethusobabini, siMoyamnyekuyeuYise 19Ngokoke,anisengabasemzini,nabasemzini; 20nakhelwephezukwesisekosabapostilenabaprofeti, inguYesuKristungokwakheilityelembombo; 21ekuyekuthisonkeisakhiwosihlanganiswekakuhle, sikhulesibeyitempileengcweleeNkosini.
22enithinaninakhelwendawonyekuye,ukuzenibe yindawoyokuhlalakaThixongayeuMoya
1Ngenxayoko,mnaPawulos,mbanjwakaYesuKristu ngenxayenuzintlanga;
2UkubanikuvileulungiselelolobabalolukaThixo, endababalwangalokuni;
3okokubawandazisaimfihleloleyongokotyhilelo; (njengokondibhalengaphambilingamagamaambalwa, 4enothingoko,nakulesa,nibenolwazilwamkwimfihlelo kaKristu;
5ababengathangakuzimbiizizukulwanabayaziswe oonyanababantu,njengokobayityhilelweyongoku abapostilebakheabangcwele,nabaprofetibakhe,ngaye uMoya;
6ukuzeiintlangazibeziindlalifakunye,zimzimbamnye, zibengamadlelanengedingalakheelikuKristu,ngazo iindabaezilungileyo;
7endithendabangumlungiseleliwalongokwesipho sobabalolukaThixo,endababalwangalongokusebenza kwamandlaakhe
8Mnalo,loungoyenamncinananakubobonke abangcwele,ndababalwangololubabalo,lokuba ndishumayelephakathikweentlangaiindabaezilungileyo zobutyebiobungalandekiyobukaKristu;
9ndibakhanyiselebonkeabantu,bayiboneintoobuyiyo ubudlelanebemfihleloebifihliwekwasemaphakadeni, ikuyeuThixoowazidalayozonkeizintongoYesuKristu;
10ukuzengokuizilawulinamandla,kwezasezulwini iindawo,zaziswengaloibandlaubulumkobukaThixo obuziintloboezininzi;
11ngokwengqiboyaphakade,awayenzayokuKristuYesu, iNkosiyethu;
12Esinekungafihlisikenokungenakuye,sikholosile, ngokukholwakuye;
13Kungokondicelayoukubaningethiamandla ziimbandezelozam,ezingenxayenu,zonaeziziluzuko lwenu.
14NgenxayokondiwagobaamadoloamkuyeuYise weNkosiyethuuYesuKristu;
15Ekuthiywengayeyonkeimizalwaneesemazulwini nesemhlabeni,
16ukuzeaninike,ngokobutyebibozukolwakhe, ukomelezwangamandlangayeuMoyawakhe, ngokusingiseleemntwiniongaphakathi;
17ukuzeuKristuahlaleezintliziywenizenu ngokwaselukholweni;ukuzenina,nimiliselwenisekelwe eluthandweni;
18nibenakoukubuqiqa,ndawonyenabobonke abangcwele,intoobuyiyoububanzi,nobude,nobunzulu, nokuphakama;
19kwanokulwaziuthandolukaKristuoluncamiseukwazi; ukuzeniyenizalangakokonkeukuzalakukaThixo.
20Kuyekeonakoukwenzaokungaphezukweentozonke ngokugqithiseleyokakhulu,ngaphezukwesikucelayo nesinokukuqiqa,ngokokwamandlaasebenzayo ngaphakathikwethu; 21kuyemalubekhouzukoebandlenielikuKristuYesu, kusekuzozonkeizizukulwanazaloiphakade lasemaphakadeniAmen
ISAHLUKO4
1Ndiyanivuselelangoko,mnambanjwawaseNkosini, ukubanihambengokuwufaneleyoubizoenabizwangalo; 2ngakokonkeukuthobekakwentliziyo,nobulali, ninokuzekakadeumsindo,ninyamezelanangothando; 3nikhuthaleleukubugcinaubunyeboMoyangentambo yoxolo.
4Mnyeumzimba,mnyenoMoya,njengokubanabizwayo nokubizwa,nabanathembalinyelobizolwenu
5InyeiNkosi,lunyeukholo,lunyeubhaptizo, 6mnyeuThixo,uYisewabobonke,ophezukwabobonke, okubobonke,ophakathikwenunonke.
7Keelowokuthiwababalwangokomlinganisowesipho sikaKristu
8Kungokoathi,Enyukewayaenyangweni,wathimba intimbo,Wabaphaiziphoabantu
9Okokekuthi,wenyuka,kuyintonina,kungekwakukuthi, wehlanokuhlakuqala,wayakwezonazisezantsiiindawo zomhlaba?
10Lowowehlayoikwangulowowenyukayo,waya ngaphezukwawoonkeamazulu,ukuzeazalisezonkeizinto. 11Kwayewabanikaukubababengabapostile;abanyeke bangabaprofeti;inxenyeyabangabashumayelibeendaba ezilungileyo;inxenyekeyabangabalusinabafundisi; 12ukuzeabangcwelebagqibelele,kuseumsebenzi wolungiselelo,ukuzeuwakheumzimbakaKristu;
13sidethinasonkesifikekuboubunyebokholo, nobokumaziokuzeleyouNyanakaThixo,ebudodeni obupheleleyo,emlinganisweniwobukhulubokuzala kukaKristu;
14ukuzesingabisabangabantwana,sikhukuliswa, siphetshethwangumoyawonkewemfundiso, ngobuqhetsebababantu,ngobuqhetsebaobunobuqhetseba; 15Kesithethainyanisongothando,sikhulengeendawo zonkekuye,louyintloko,uKristu; 16ekuphumakuyeukuthi,umzimbawonkeuhlangane kakuhle,ubandakanywengakokonkeukuxhomekelelana kwamalungu,okusebenzangomlinganisowamalunguonke, ukhuliseumzimba,wakhekeeluthandweni.
17Kengoko,okundiyakutsho,ndikungqinela ngokwaseNkosini,ukubaningabisahambanjengoko zihambangakoezinyeiintlanga,ngamampungeengqiqo yazo;
18zenziwemnyamaiingqondo,zahlukanisiwenobomi bukaThixongenxayokungaziokukuzo,ngenxa yobumfamabentliziyo;
19abathe,bengaziva,bazinikelaeburheletyweni,ukuba basebenzekonkeukungcola,bebawa 20KeninaanimfundangangokunjalouKristu; 21ukubaokunenenimvile,nafundiswanguye,njengokuba inyanisoikuyeuYesu; 22yokubanithingakwihamboyangaphambilinimlahle umntuomdala,owonakaliswayongokokweenkanuko zokulukuhla; 23nihlaziywekekuwoumoyawengqiqoyenu; 24nimambatheumntuomtsha,othengokukaThixo wadalelwaebulungiseni,nasebungcwelenibenyaniso 25Kungokokendithi,lahlaniubuxoki,thethaniinyaniso elowonommelwanewakhe;ngokubasingamalungu, omnyeelelomnye
26Qumbani,ningoni;ilangamalingadelitshone nicaphukile;
27kananjalomusaniukumkhwelelaindawouMtyholilo Lowoubayomakangabiseba;kanyekemakabulaleke esebenzaokulungileyongezandlazakhe,ukuzeabenako ukwabelaosweleyo
29Makungaphuminanyeintethoebolileyoemlonyeni wenu;
30KanjalomusaniukumenzabuhlunguuMoya oyiNgcwelekaThixo,enathikuyenatywinwa, naqiniselelwaiminiyentlawulelo
31Mabukhweleliswekunibonkeubukrakra,nomsindo, nengqumbo,nengcolo,nonyeliso,ndawonyenolunyalonke;
32Keninayibaninobubeleomnyekomnye,nibe nemfesanekakhulu,nixolelane,njengokubanayeuThixo wanixolelayoekuKristu.
ISAHLUKO5
1NgokoyibaningabaxelisauThixo,ngokwabantwana abaziintanda;
2nihambeeluthandweni,kwanjengokubanayeuKristu wasithandayo,wazinikelangenxayethu,ukubaabe ngumnikelonedinikuyeuThixo,ukubaabelivumba elimnandi.
3Keumbulo,nakokonkeukungcola,nokubawa, makungakhekukhankanywephakathikwenu,njengoko kubafaneleyoabangcwele;
4kwanamanyala,nentethoyobuyatha,nobuhiba,izintoezo ezingafanelekileyoMakubekokukhonaninemibulelo
5Kubaokunikwazi,ukubawonkeumenziwombulo, nomntuongcolileyo,nolibawa,engumkhonziwezithixo, akanalifaebukumkaninibukaKristunoThixo
6Makungabikhonamnyeunilukuhlayongamazwi alambathayo;kubaizangenxayezozintoingqumbo kaThixophezukwabangevayo 7Ngokomusaniukubangamahlulelananabo.
8Kubaninanayenifudulanibubumnyama,kengoku nikukukhanya,niseNkosininje;hambanike ngokwabantwanabokukhanya; 9KubasonaisiqhamosoMoyasikukokonkeukulunga, nobulungisa,nenyaniso; 10nicikidaukubayintoninaekholekileyokakuhle kwiNkosi
11Kanjalomusaniukunxulumananemisebenzi yobumnyamaengenasiqhamo; 12Kubaizintoezenziwakuboemfihlekwenikulihlazo nokuzithetha.
13Kezonkeezizinto,zakohlwaywa,ziyabonakalaliswa kukukhanya;kubakonkeokubonakalaliswayokukukhanya 14Kungokoathi,Vukawenauleleyo,uvukekwabafileyo; uKristuwokukhanyisela.
15Khangelaningoko,ukubaningathinina,ukuze kucokisekeukuhambakwenu;ningabinjengabaswele ubulumko,yibaninjengezilumko; 16nizongelaixeshaeli,ngokubalemihlaayindawo Ngenxayokomusaniukubaziintsweli-kuqonda;yibani ngabakuqondayointookuyiyoukuthandakweNkosi
18Kanjalomusaniukunxilayiwayini,ekukhoyokuloonto ukuzibhubhisa;kodwanizaliswenguMoya;
19nithethaomnyenomnyengeendumiso,neengoma, nezangoezizezomoya,nivuma,nibethauhadientliziyweni yenukuyoiNkosi; 20nimananibulelangenxayeentozonke,egamenileNkosi yethuuYesuKristu,kuyeuThixouYise; 21nilulamelanangokoyikauThixo
22Ninabafazi,walulameleniawenuamadoda, ngokokululamelaiNkosi; 23ngokubaindodaleiyintlokoyomfazi,njengokubanaye uKristueyintlokoyebandla,eli;wayeyenangokwakhe enguMsindisiwawoumzimba
24Ke,kwanjengokubaibandlaelilimlulamelauKristu, mabathingokunjalonabafazibawalulameleawabo amadodaezintwenizonke
25Ninamadoda,bathandeniabafazibenu,njengokuba nayeuKristuwalithandayoibandla,wazinikelangenxa yalo;
26ukuzealingcwalise,asihlambululengokuhlamba kwamanzingelizwi;
27ukuzealimisephambikwakhelinobuqaqawuli, lilibandlaelingenabala,elingenamibimbinanyeintoenjalo; kodwaukuzeibengcwele,ingabinasiphako.
28Ngokoamelweamadodaukubathandaabawoabafazi, njengokubabeyimizimbayawoLowoumthandayo umkakhe,uyazithanda;
29kubaakukhonamnyewakhawayithiyaeyakheinyama; usukaayondle,ayigcine,njengokubanayoiNkosi ilenjenjaloibandla.
30Ngokubasingamalunguomzimbawayo,singabenyama yayo,singabamathamboayo
31Ngenxayokoke,umntuwomshiyauyisenonina, anamathelekuyeumkakhe,bazeabobabinibabenyamanye
32Loomfihleloinkulu;kemnandithethandisingisele kuKristu,ndisingiselekuloibandla
33Kodwakemanithinaningabanye,elowoamthande umkakhe,njengokoazithandangako;Umfazike makayoyikeindoda
ISAHLUKO6
1Ninabantwana,baveniabazalibenungokwabaseNkosini; kubaokokububulungisa.
2Bekauyihlononyoko;wonalowongumthethowokuqala onedinga;
3ukuzekulungekuwe,ubenexeshaelideemhlabeni. Naniboyise,musaniukubacaphukisaabantwanabenu; bondleleniekuqeqesheninasekululekenikweNkosi.
5Ninabakhonzi,baveniabaziinkosizenungokwenyama, ninokuzoyikelanokugubha,ningenakumbiezintliziyweni zenu,ningenivauKristungokwakhe
6kungabingankonzoyamehlo,ngathiningabakholisibantu;makubenjengabakhonzibakaKristu,nikwenza ukuthandakukaThixongokwasentliziyweni;
7nisebenzangentumekelelo,ngathikukwiNkosi,akukhona kubantu;
8nisazinjeukubaintoesukubailungile,atheulowo wayenza,uyakwamkeliswakwayonayiNkosi,nokuba ungumkhonzinokubaungokhululekileyo
9Nanibaziinkosizabo,yenzanikwaezozintokubo, nikuyekeukusongela;kananjaloakukhokukhethabuso kuye
10Elokugqiba,bazalwanabam,ndithi,Yomelelani eNkosini,nasekuqinenikokomelelakwayo.
11XhobanisonkeisikrweqesikaThixo,ukuzenibenako ukumisanibuchaseubuqhingaboMtyholi.
12Kubaumzamowethuasingowokuzamananegazi nenyama;
13Ngenxayoko,qubulanisonkeisikrweqesikaThixo, ukuzenibenakoukuchasangomhlaombi,nithinikufezile konke,nimenimi
14Yimaningoko,nibhinqeinyanisoesinqenisenu,ninxibe isigcina-sifubasobulungisa;
15nibopheezinyawenizenuulungiselelolweendaba ezilungileyozoxolo;
16Ngaphezukweentozonke,thabathaniikhakalokholo, enothingalonibenakoukuzicimazonkeiintoloezinomlilo zongendawo.
17Yamkelaniisigcina-ntlokososindiso,naloikrele loMoya,elililizwilikaThixo; ngakokonkeukuthandazanokukhunga,nithandaza amaxeshaonkenikuyeuMoya,niyiphaphameleloonto ngakokonkeukuzingisanokukhunga,ngenxayabobonke abangcwele;
19nakum,ukuzendilinikweilizwilokubandivuleumlomo wamngokungafihlisiyo,ukuyazisaimfihleloyeendaba ezilungileyoezi,
20ekungenxayazoendisisigidimiesisezintanjeni;ukuze ndithethengakoukungafihlisi,njengokondimelwe kukuthethangako.
21Kekaloku,ukuzenaninikwaziokukokwam,ukuba ndinjanina,wonazisakonkeuTikiko,umzalwana oyintanda,umlungiseleliothembekileyongokwaseNkosini; 22endimthumelekhonaokukuni,ukuzenizaziiindawo zethu,nokuzeazithuthuzeleiintliziyozenu
23Makubeluxolokuboabazalwana,nothando,ndawonye nokholooluvelakuThixouYise,neNkosiyethuuYesu Kristu
24UbabalomalubenabobonkeabayithandayoiNkosi yethuuYesuKristungokungenakonakalaAmen (Ibhalelwakwabase-EfeseeseRoma,nguTikiko)