Kwabase-Efesu 1
1 UPhawuli, umpostoli kaKhristu uJesu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, Lakwabangcwele bakaNkulunkulu abase-Efesu, abathembekileyo kuKhristu uJesu:
Njame Paulo, mutumwa wa Klistu mwakuyanda kwa Lesa. Ndalembelenga bantu ba Lesa bali ku Efenso bashomeka mubuyumi bwabo bwekatana ne Klistu.
2 Umusa lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba leNkosini uJesu Khristu kakube kini.
Kwinamoyo ne lumuno bibe nenjamwe kufuma kuli Lesa, Bata ne Mwami wetu Yesu Klistu.
3 Udumo kalube kuNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, osibusise ebukhosini basezulwini ngezibusiso zonke zakomoya kuKhristu.
Katulumbaishani Lesa baishi Mwami wetu Yesu Klistu. Pakwinga mukwikatana pamo ne Klistu, Lesa walatupa colwe ciliconse ca mushimu kufuma Kwilu kupitila mu Mushimu Uswepa.
4 Ngoba wasikhetha umhlaba ungakadalwa ukuthi sibe ngcwele lokuthi singabi lasici ebusweni bakhe. Ngothando
Lesa katanalenga cishi walatusalila limo cebo cakwikatana pamo ne Klistu kwambeti tukabe bantu bakendi baswepa babula kampenda. Cebo ca lusuno lwakendi.
5 wasimisela ukuba senziwe amadodana akhe ngoJesu Khristu, ngokwentokozo yakhe kanye lentando yakhe,
Lesa walabambilalimo kwambeti tukabe banabendi kupitila muli Yesu Klistu, pakwinga ecalamukondwelesha kayi encalikuyanda mwine.
6 ukuze kudunyiswe umusa wakhe omangalisayo asiphe wona ngesihle kuLowo amthandayo.
Katulumbaishani Lesa cebo ca bulemeneno ne kwina moyo kwakendi nkwalatupa kupitila mu Mwanendi ngwasuni.
7 Kuye silokuhlengwa ngegazi lakhe lokuthethelelwa kwezono ngokwenotho yomusa kaNkulunkulu
Kupitila mu lufu lwakendi, Yesu walatusungulula kayi tukute kulekelelwa bwipishi. Cakubinga kwinamoyo kwa Lesa nikunene,
8 awuthululele phezu kwethu ngenhlakanipho yonke langokuqedisisa.
nkwalatupa kupitila mu mano ne lwinshibo lwakendi.
9 Wasazisa imfihlakalo yentando yakhe mayelana lentokozo yakhe elungileyo ayiceba kuKhristu,
Lesa walensa ciliconse ncalikuyanda ne kuyubulula kuli njafwe bubambo bwakendi bwalikuba bwasolekwa mucindi cakunyuma mbwalikuba wasalilalimo kwambeti bukwanilishiwe muli Klistu.
10 ukuba kuhlanganiswe ndawonye zonke izinto ezisezulwini lasemhlabeni ngaphansi kwenhloko yinye enguKhristu.
Lino cakashika cindi celela ca bubambo ubu, Lesa nakabike pamo bintu byonse mubwendeleshi bwa Klistu, bintu bya kwilu ne bintu bya pacishi capanshi.
11 Sakhethwa kuye, simiselwe lokho ngokwecebo lakhe yena osebenza izinto zonke ngokuvumelana lenjongo yentando yakhe,
Bintu byonse nibikenshike kwelana ne mwine Lesa ncalayeyenga, kayi Lesa ewalatusala kuba bantu bakendi pakwikatana pamo ne Klistu kwelana ne kuyanda kwakendi kufuma pacitatiko.
12 ukuze kuthi thina esaba ngabokuqala ukubeka ithemba lethu kuKhristu sibe ngabokubonga udumo lwakhe.
Neco, afwe twalatanguna kuba ne kupembelela kulico muli Klistu, katulumbaishani bulemeneno bwa Lesa.
13 Lani labalwa kanye loKhristu lapho selizwe ilizwi leqiniso, levangeli lokusindiswa kwenu. Selikholwe kuye, labekwa uphawu, uMoya oNgcwele owathenjiswayo,
Kayi nenjamwe mwalaba bantu ba Lesa kufuma pa cindi ncomwalanyumfwa mulumbe wancinencine, Mulumbe Waina walamuletela lupulusho. Mwalashoma muli Klistu, nendi Lesa walasuminisha pakubikapo cando cakendi palinjamwe ca Mushimu Uswepa ngwalamulaya,
14 oyisibambiso esiyisiqiniselo selifa lethu kuze kufike ukuhlengwa kwalabo abangabakaNkulunkulu ukuba kudunyiswe udumo lwakhe.
Pakwinga Mushimu Uswepa engwalabenga Lesa, ecitondesho ca kwambeti nitukatambule colwe ico ncalalaya kupa bantu bakendi, lino tukute kwamba mu lushomo kwambeti Lesa nakalubule bantu bakendi. Neco katulumbaishe bulemeneno bwakendi.
15 Ngenxa yalokhu, sekulokhu ngezwa ngokukholwa kwenu eNkosini uJesu kanye lothando lwenu kubo bonke abantu bakaNkulunkulu abangcwele,
Pacebo ici, kufuma pacindi ncendalanyumfwa sha lushomo lwenu muli Yesu Mwami wetu kayi ne lusuno ndomukute ku bantu ba Lesa.
16 angikaze ngiyekele ukulibongela lokulikhumbula emikhulekweni yami.
Cindi conse ndalumbanyanga Lesa pacebo canjamwe mu mipailo yakame, nkankute kuluba kwambapo sha njamwe sobwe.
17 Ngiyaqhubeka ngicela ukuba uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, uYise oyinkazimulo, alinike uMoya wokuhlakanipha lokwambulelwa ukuze limazi ngcono.
Ndapailinga ne kusengeti Lesa wa Mwami wetu Yesu Klistu, Ishetu wabulemeneno amupe mushimu kwambeti mube ne mano ne kunyumfwishisha cena bintu mbyalayubululunga Lesa kwambeti mumwishibe cena.
18 Ngikhulekela njalo lokuthi amehlo ezinhliziyo zenu akhanyiselwe ukuze lilazi ithemba alibizela kulo, inotho yelifa lakhe elimangalisayo kwabangcwele,
Ndapailingeti myoyo yenu icaluke ibone cena mumuni, kwambeti mukenshibe cena kwambeti kupembelela nkwalamukwili Lesa nicani, ne kwinshiba kwina kwabulemu ne colwe ico Lesa ncalashomesha bantu bakendi.
19 lamandla akhe amakhulu angelakulinganiswa kithi thina esikholwayo. Amandla lawo afana lokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu
Kayi nicakubingeti mwinshibe ngofu shakendi shabula cakwelanikako isho shilasebensenga muli njafwe otwashoma. Ishi ningofu shabula cakwelanikako.
20 awasebenzisa evusa uKhristu kwabafileyo, emhlalisa esandleni sakhe sokunene ebukhosini basezulwini
Isho Lesa nshalasebensesha pakumupundusha Klistu kubafu nekumwikalika ku cikasa cakendi cakululyo Kwilu.
21 phezu kokubusa konke lobukhosi, amandla kanye lombuso, lamabizo wonke angatshiwo, kungayisikho kwalesisikhathi kuphela kodwa lakuleso esizayo. (aiōn g165)
Klistu Wekala pacipuna cabulemu capita bendeleshi bonse bamu makumbi, batangunishi bonse bakute ngofu kayi ne bami bonse. Ukute lina lyalemekwa kupita maina onse alipo pacino cindi nambi eti akabeko cindi cilesanga kuntangu. (aiōn g165)
22 UNkulunkulu wabeka izinto zonke ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe wamkhetha ukuba abe yinhloko yezinto zonke zebandla,
Lesa walakoma bintu byonse nekubibika panshi pa bwendeleshi bwa Klistu kayi walamubika pelu pa bintu byonse kwambeti abe mutwi wa mubungano.
23 lona elingumzimba wakhe, ukuphelela kwakhe yena ophelelisa izinto zonke ngezindlela zonke.
Mubungano emubili wa Klistu, kayi ewesulilwa ne Klistu, uyo ukute kwisusha bintu byonse cakupwililila.
