1 Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, longumphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu. Iya kulabangcwele labase-Efesu labakholwa nguKhristu Jesu ngekwetsembeka.
2 Akube kini umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe wetfu, nakuJesu Khristu iNkhosi.
3 Akabongwe Nkulunkulu longuYise weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, ngobe usibusise kuKhristu ngato tonkhe tibusiso taMoya tasezulwini.
4 Kwatsi nemhlaba ungakasekelwa, Nkulunkulu wasikhetsa ngaKhristu, kuze sibe ngcwele, singabi nasici emehlweni akhe. Njengobe asitsandza,
5 Nkulunkulu wavele wasikhetsanchanti ngekwenjongo yentsandvo yakhe, wasenta emadvodzana akhe ngaJesu Khristu.
6 Ngako-ke akudvunyiswe umusa wakhe webukhosi, lasipha wona ngeNdvodzana yakhe letsandzekako.
7 Ngengati yaJesu sinekuhlengwa nekutsetselelwa kwetono, ngekwengcebo yemusa,
8 Nkulunkulu lasipha wona, waze waphuphuma. Ngekuhlakanipha nekucondza kwakhe
9 Nkulunkulu wakubona kufanele kutsi asatise imfihlakalo yentsandvo yakhe, labeyimisile ngaKhristu kwasekucaleni.
10 Wakubona kufanele kutsi lelisu alifeze ngesikhatsi lesingiso ngekutsi indalo yonkhe yalokusemhlabeni nalokusezulwini ayihlanganisele ndzawonye ngaJesu Khristu loyinhloko yako konkhe.
11 Nkulunkulu wasikhetsanchanti ngaye kutsi sibe lifa lakhe, yena lowenta konkhe ngekwentsandvo yakhe.
12 Tsine lesetsemba kuKhristu kucala sakhetselwa kutsi siphilele kudvumisa bukhosi baNkulunkulu.
13 Kwaba njalo-ke nakini futsi. Natsi kube nive livi leliciniso, liVangeli lekusindziswa kwenu, nakholwa nguye futsi, nani nabekwa luphawu lolunguMoya Longcwele labetsenjisiwe.
14 Yena usibambiso selifa leliyawuba letfu ngesikhatsi Nkulunkulu ahlenga lokukwakhe, kube ludvumo lwebukhosi bakhe.
15 Ngako-ke sengivile ngekukholwa lokukini eNkhosini Jesu, nangelutsandvo lwenu kubo bonkhe labangcwele,
16 ngibonga ngingakhawuli ngani, nginikhumbula njalo nje emikhulekweni yami.
17 Nkulunkulu weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, uYise lonebukhosi, aniphe umoya wekuhlakanipha nekwembulelwa ekumatini Yena.
18 Akakhanyise emehlo etinhlitiyo tenu, kuze nati lokulitsemba lanibitela kulo, nekutsi buhle kanganani bukhosi belifa lakhe kubo labangcwele,
19 nati nalokubukhulu lobumangalisako bemandla akhe kitsi, tsine lesikholwako.
20 Lamandla lamakhulu wawasebentisa nakavusa Khristu kulabafile, amhlalisa ngesekudla sakhe ezulwini,
21 ngetulu kwako konkhe kubusa, neligunya, nemandla, nebukhosi, nemagama onkhe laphatfwako, hhayi kuleli kuphela, kodvwa nakulelitako.
22 Nkulunkulu wabeka konkhe ngaphansi kwemandla akhe, wambeka kutsi abe yinhloko etikwako konkhe ebandleni.
23 Libandla lingumtimba waKhristu, lokuphelela kwakhe kuphelelisa konkhe kuko konkhe.
1 Univusile nani lebenifile ngenca yetiphambuko netono tenu,
2 lebenikadze nihamba kuto ngekwendlela yalomhlaba, ngekwembusi wemandla emkhatsi, umoya losasebenta kubantfu labangalaleli Nkulunkulu.
3 Empeleni sonkhe sasinjengabo, sasiphila ngetinkhanuko tenyama yetfu, senta intsandvo yenyama neyengcondvo yetfu. Ngekwemvelo yetfu sasifanelwe lulaka lwaNkulunkulu njengabo bonkhe bantfu.
4 Kodvwa Nkulunkulu, locebile ngesihawu sakhe nangebukhulu belutsandvo lwakhe lasitsandza ngalo,
5 nome sase sifile ngetiphambuko tetfu, wasiphilisa kanye naKhristu. Nisindziswe ngemusa waNkulunkulu.
6 Wasivusa kanye naKhristu Jesu, wabuye wasihlalisa kanye naye sikuye, embusweni welizulu,
7 kuze kutsi etikhatsini letitako abonakalise kitsi ingcebo lenkhulu yemusa wakhe ngekusiphatsa ngebubele ngaKhristu Jesu.
8 Empeleni kusindziswa kwenu ngekukholwa kuya ngemusa, futsi loko akuveli kini, sipho nje saNkulunkulu.
9 Loko akuveli ngemisebenti, funa kube khona lotibongako.
10 Ngobe tsine singumsebenti waNkulunkulu. Sidalwe ngaJesu Khristu kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle, Nkulunkulu layilungisa kucala.
11 Ngako-ke khumbulani, nine betive ngekutalwa, kutsi emaJuda lasoke enyameni ngetandla abenibita ngekutsi ningulabangakasoki.
12 Nikhumbule nekutsi ngaleto tikhatsi benehlukanisiwe naKhristu, ningephandle kwembuso waka-Israyeli, nitihambi letite sabelo etivumelwaneni tesetsembiso, nite litsemba, nite naNkulunkulu emhlabeni.
13 Kodvwa nyalo nine lebenikadze nikhashane naNkulunkulu senimunye kuKhristu Jesu. Senisondzetwe ngengati yaJesu.
14 Ngobe yena ukuthula kwetfu, lowenta lokubili kwaba kunye, ngekufa kwakhe wabhidlita lubondza lwebutsa lolwalwehlukanisa.
15 Umtsetfo, nemiyalo, nemisimeto wakucitsa khona atewudala kabusha labo lababili: umJuda newetive, babe ngumuntfu munye kuye, kube kuthula.
16 Bobabili wabenta kutsi babuyisane naNkulunkulu emtimbeni munye ngesiphambano, ngaloko wacedza bonkhe butsa.
17 Weta washumayela liVangeli lekuthula kini lebenikadze nikhashane, yebo, kuthula nakubo labo lababesedvute.
18 Ngobe ngaye sobabili sinekungena ngaMoya munye kuYise.
19 Ngako-ke anisesito tihambi nemihambima, kodvwa nyalo seningumndeni munye nalabangcwele, senibendlu yaNkulunkulu.
20 Lendlu yakhelwa etikwesisekelo sebaphostoli nebaphrofethi; Jesu Khristu lucobo ulitje lelisimise lendlu.
21 Sakhiwo sonkhe sihlanganiselwe kuye, siyakhula, siyawudzimate sibe lithempeli lelingcwele leNkhosi.
22 Nani futsi nakhiwa kulo, kuze nibe yindlu yekuhlala Nkulunkulu ngaMoya.
1 Ngalesizatfu ngiyanithandazela mine, Pawula, lengisiboshwa saKhristu Jesu ngenca yenu, nine betive.
2 Empeleni senivile kutsi Nkulunkulu, ngemusa wakhe, unginike lomsebenti kutsi ngiwetfwale kuze nisitakale.
3 Nkulunkulu wangatisa imfihlakalo ngekungembulela, njengobe sengike ngatsintsa nje ekubhaleni kwami.
4 Nanifundza loku, nitawubona kwati kwami ngemfihlakalo yaKhristu.
5 Bonkhe bantfu abazange bayatiswe etitukulwaneni letinye, njengaloku nyalo seyembulwe ngaMoya kubaphostoli bakhe labangcwele nakubaphrofethi.
6 Imfihlakalo ngulokutsi betive nabo sebatindlalifa kanye natsi, nekutsi sebangumtimba munye kanye natsi, futsi sebabahlanganyeli besetsembiso kanye natsi kuJesu Khristu ngeliVangeli.
7 Ngentiwa sisebenti seliVangeli ngesipho semusa waNkulunkulu, lengiwuphiwe ngekusebenta kwemandla akhe.
8 Mine, nome ngingulomncane kunabo bonkhe labangcwele, ngaphiwa lowo musa wekushumayela kubetive liVangeli lemcebo waKhristu longenawuphenyeka.
9 Ngaphiwa nekutsi ngibakhanyisele bonkhe bantfu kutsi lisebenta njani lisu lemfihlakalo, lebeyifihlakele kwaphakadze kuNkulunkulu lowadala tintfo tonkhe,
10 kuze babusi nalabanemandla emazulwini batiswe nyalo ngelibandla kuhlakanipha lokukhulu kwaNkulunkulu.
11 Loku wakwenta ngekwenjongo yaphakadze layifeza ngaKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
12 Ngaye sinekuciniseka nesibindzi sekusondzela kuNkulunkulu ngekukholwa kwetfu.
13 Ngako-ke ngiyanincenga kutsi ningadzinwa kuhlupheka kwami ngenca yenu, lokungukona kuludvumo lwenu.
14 Ngenca yalesizatfu-ke, ngiguca ngemadvolo embikwaBabe,
15 leyetsiwa ngaye yonkhe imindeni yasezulwini neyasemhlabeni,
16 kuze ngekwengcebo yebukhosi bakhe aniphe kuciniseka emandleni kumuntfu wangekhatsi ngaMoya wakhe.
17 Khristu akahlale etinhlitiyweni tenu ngekukholwa, kuze nisime, nisekeleke elutsandvweni,
18 nibe nemandla ekucondzisisa kanye nalabangcwele bonkhe lokububanti, nebudze, nekuphakama, nekujula kwelutsandvo lwaKhristu,
19 yebo, nekulwati lutsandvo lwakhe lolwendlula konkhe kwati, kuze ngigcwaliswe kube kuphelela konkhe kwaNkulunkulu.
20 Kuye lonemandla ekwenta lokukhulu kakhulu kunako konkhe lesikucelako nome lesikucabangako, ngekwemandla lasebenta kitsi,
21 akube ludvumo ebandleni nakuKhristu Jesu etitukulwaneni tonkhe, phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
1 Ngako-ke mine siboshwa eNkhosini, ngiyanincenga kutsi nihambe ngalokufanele kubitwa lenabitwa ngako.
2 Nikhombise lutsandvo lwenu ngekubeketelelana ngekutfobeka konkhe, nangebumnene, nangekucinisela.
3 Nibokukhutsalela kugcina bunye baMoya ngesibopho sekuthula.
4 Munye umtimba, munye naMoya, njengobe lilinye nelitsemba lenabitelwa kulo.
5 Yinye iNkhosi, kunye kukholwa, munye umbhabhatiso;
6 munye Nkulunkulu, longuBabe wetfu sonkhe, longetulu kwabo bonkhe, nalongekhatsi kwabo bonkhe, nakubo bonkhe.
7 Kepha ngulowo nalowo emkhatsini wetfu uphiwe umusa ngekwesilinganiso sesipho saKhristu.
8 Ngaloko kutsiwa: “Watsi nakenyukela etulu, watfumba titfunjwa letinyenti; wapha bantfu tipho.”
9 Pho, lokutsi: “Wenyuka”, kusho kutsini, nangabe akusho kona kutsi wake wehla, waya phansi ematfunjini emhlaba?
10 Ngako-ke lowo lowehla, nguye futsi lowenyuka, waba ngetulu kwemazulu onkhe, kuze agcwalise konkhe.
11 Nguye futsi lowapha labanye kutsi babe baphostoli, labanye babe baphrofethi, labanye babe bavangeli, labanye babe belusi, labanye babe bafundzisi.
12 Loko wakwentela kutsi labangcwele bahlonyiselwe umsebenti wabo wekukhonta, kuze kwakheke umtimba waKhristu,
13 size sifinyelele sonkhe ebunyeni bekukholwa, nasekuyatini iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, ebudvodzeni lobuphelele kuKhristu.
14 Ngako-ke ngeke sisaba bantfwana, sigujuteliswe ngemagagasi, sipheshulwe ngimimoya yonkhe yetimfundziso tekukhohlisa kwebantfu labanebucili bekudukisa.
15 Kodvwa asikhulume liciniso ngelutsandvo, kuze sikhule ngako konkhe kuye, longuyena ayinhloko, Khristu.
16 Umtimba wonkhe uhlanganiswe ngaye, ubambene ngekwelekelelana kwemalunga onkhe awo, njengekusebenta lokulinganiselwe lelo nalelo lunga kukhuliswe umtimba, wakhelwe elutsandvweni.
17 Ngako-ke ngiyasho, ngifakaza eNkhosini ngitsi, ningabe nisahamba njengalabanye betive labanemicondvo lengacabangi.
18 Bahlwelwe engcondvweni yabo, bakhashane nekuphila kwaNkulunkulu, ngobe abati lutfo, ngenca yebulukhuni benhlitiyo.
19 Batsi kantsi babutfuntfu, batinikela emanyaleni, basebenta kungcola konkhe ngekuhungeka.
20 Kepha nine anizange nimfundze Khristu kanjalo,
21 nangabe-ke nimvile nafundziswa futsi kuye, njengobe liciniso likuJesu.
22 Khumulani umuntfu lomdzala wesimilo sakucala, lose onakala ngetinkhanuko tenkhohliso,
23 nentiwe nibe basha emoyeni nasengcondvweni yenu.
24 Yembatsani umuntfu lomusha, lowadalwa wafuta Nkulunkulu ngekulunga nangebungcwele beliciniso.
25 Ngako-ke lahlani emanga, akube ngulowo nalowo akhulume liciniso kumzalwane wakhe, ngobe sonkhe singemalunga lomunye kulomunye emtimbeni munye.
26 Tfukutselani, kodvwa ningoni; lilanga lingashoni solomane nitfukutsele.
27 Ningamniki Sathane litfuba.
28 Lisela alingabe liseba, kepha kunaloko alikhutsale, lisebente lokuhle ngetandla talo, khona litewuba nako lelingahle likwabele labadzingako.
29 Akungabe kusaphuma nalinye livi lelibolile emlonyeni wenu, kodvwa kube ngulelilungele kwakha njengalokuswelekile, kuze libavetele umusa labevako.
30 Ningamdzabukisi Moya Longcwele waNkulunkulu lenabekwa luphawu ngaye kudzimate kube lilanga lekuhlengwa.
31 Konkhe lokubabako, nelulaka, nekutfukutsela, nemsindvo, nekuhlambalata akususwe kini, kanye nako konkhe lokubi.
32 Kodvwa phatsanani ngebumnene, nihawukelane, nitsetselelane, njengobe naNkulunkulu wanitsetselela ngaKhristu.
1 Njengobe nibantfwana baNkulunkulu, futsi naye anitsandza, yetamani kutsi nibe njengaye.
2 Niphile imphilo yelutsandvo, njengobe naKhristu asitsandza watinikela ngenca yetfu, waba ngumnikelo nemhlatjelo loliphunga lelimnandzi kuNkulunkulu.
3 Kepha bugwadla nebuphingi, nako konkhe kungcola, nome kungeneliswa, kungaphatfwa ngisho nangeligama emkhatsini wenu, njengobe labangcwele bafanele kwenta.
4 Akubete kungcola, nekwedzelela, nekuhhalatisa, lokutintfo letingakafaneli. Esikhundleni saloko banini nekubonga.
5 Nifanele nati, futsi nicondze kahle, kutsi kute umuntfu loyingwadla nome losiphingi nome longcolile, nalobukhali, lokusho kutsi ukhonta tithico, longabuye abe nelifa embusweni waKhristu naNkulunkulu.
6 Ningakhohliswa ngumuntfu ngemavi lalite, ngobe ngenca yaleto tintfo lulaka lwaNkulunkulu lwehlela etikwalabangamlaleli.
7 Ngako-ke ningahlanganyeli nabo.
8 Ngobe kucala nanibumnyama, kepha nyalo senikukhanya eNkhosini. Hambani njengebantfwana bekukhanya.
9 Ngobe lapho kunekukhanya khona ngulapho kuvela khona konkhe lokuhle, nalokulungile, nalokuliciniso.
10 Yetamani kufundza lokutfokotisa iNkhosi.
11 Ningahlanganyeli emisebentini yebumnyama, lete titselo, kunaloko niboyeneka ebaleni.
12 Kulihlazo lelikhulu ngisho nekukhuluma ngaleto tintfo labatenta emasitseleni.
13 Kepha lokwenekwe ebaleni kuvela kukukhanya,
14 ngobe konkhe lokuvetwa kukhanya kuyabonakala. Ngako-ke kutsiwa: “Phaphama, wena lolele, uvuke kulabafile, naKhristu utakukhanyisa.”
15 Ngako-ke caphelani kutsi nitiphatsa njani. Ningatiphatsisi kwebantfu labangakahlakaniphi, kepha njengalabahlakaniphile.
16 Nibambisise ematfuba, ngobe emalanga mabi.
17 Ngako-ke ningabi tilima, kodvwa yatini loko lokuyintsandvo yeNkhosi.
18 Ningadzakwa, ngobe kuvela kuko inkhanuko, kodvwa gcwaliswani ngaMoya.
19 Niphendvulane ngemahubo, nangemaculo, nangetingoma takaMoya; nihlabele nidvumise iNkhosi ngenhlitiyo yenu yonkhe.
20 Nimbonge njalo Nkulunkulu uYise ngako konkhe egameni leNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu.
21 Nitfobelane ngenca yekwesaba Khristu.
22 Bafati, tfobelani emadvodza enu kungatsi kuseNkhosini.
23 Ngobe indvodza iyinhloko yemfati, njengobe naKhristu ayinhloko yelibandla, yena unguMsindzisi welibandla lelingumtimba wakhe.
24 Ngako-ke njengobe libandla litfobela Khristu, kanjalo nebafati abatfobele emadvodza abo kuko konkhe.
25 Madvodza, tsandzani bafati benu, njengobe naKhristu alitsandza libandla. Wanikela ngekuphila kwakhe ngenca yalo,
26 kuze atelingcwelisa alihlambulule ngesigezo semanti, ngelivi,
27 khona atetimisela libandla lelinebukhosi, lingabi nabala nome sici nome yini lokunjalo; kodvwa libe ngcwele lingabi nacala.
28 Emadvodza kufanele atsandze bafati bawo, njengobe atsandza imitimba yawo. Indvodza letsandza umfati wayo ititsandza yona.
29 Phela kute umuntfu lowake watondza umtimba wakhe, kepha uyawondla, awunakekele, njengobe naKhristu enta ebandleni,
30 ngobe singemalunga emtimba wakhe.
31 UmBhalo utsi: “Ngenca yaloko indvodza iyawushiya uyise nenina inamatsele kumkayo; labo bobabili bayawuba nyamanye.”
32 Lemfihlakalo yinkhulu, mine ngiyitsatsa ngekutsi isho Khristu nelibandla.
33 Noko-ke, akube ngulowo nalowo atsandze umkakhe, njengobe atitsandza yena, nemfati ahloniphe indvodza yakhe.
1 Bantfwana, hloniphani batali benu eNkhosini, ngobe loko kulungile.
2 “Hlonipha uyihlo nenyoko;” lowo ngumyalo lobalulekile nalonesetsembiso lesitsi:
3 “Kuze kube kuhle kuwe, ube nemphilo lendze emhlabeni.”
4 Boyise ningabaphatsi kabi bantfwabenu, badzimate babe nenzondo, kodvwa bakhuliseni ngekubayala nangekubacondzisa ngemphilo yebuKhristu.
5 Tisebenti, labangemakhosi enu ngekwelive, bahlonipheni ngekwesaba nangekutfutfumela; loko nikwente ngebucotfo benhlitiyo yenu, kungatsi nentela Khristu.
6 Loko ningakwenti ngekutsenga emehlo njengalabajabulisa bantfu, kodvwa njengetisebenti taKhristu, nente intsandvo yaNkulunkulu ngenhlitiyo.
7 Ngako-ke yentani umsebenti wenu ngekujabula, kube sengatsi nisebentela iNkhosi, hhayi bantfu nje.
8 Nati kutsi, konkhe lokuhle lakwentako umuntfu uyakwemukela lokunjalo eNkhosini, nome usigcili nome ukhululekile.
9 Baphatsi, nani yentani njalo kuto tisebenti tenu, niyekele kutisongela, nati kutsi iNkhosi yenu neyato isezulwini, nekutsi yona ayikhetsi muntfu.
10 Kwekugcina, cinani eNkhosini nasemandleni ayo lamakhulu.
11 Hlomani tonkhe tikhali taNkulunkulu, khona nitewuba nemandla ekumelana nebucili baSathane.
12 Ngobe asilwi nebantfu, kodvwa silwa netikhulu temimoya, nemandla, nebabusi bendalo yalobumnyama, nemabutfo abomoya lababi labasemkhatsini.
13 Ngako-ke hlomani tikhali tonkhe taNkulunkulu, khona nitewuba nemandla ekulwa ngelilanga lelibi, nitsi nome senicedzile kulwa, nigcine nincobile.
14 Ngako-ke manini tinkhalo tenu tiboshwe ngeliciniso, nifake sivikelo sesifuba lesikulunga,
15 tinyawo tenu tigcokiswe kulungela kushumayela liVangeli lekuthula.
16 Kunako konkhe, nitsatse lihawu lelikukholwa, lenitawuba nemandla ekucima ngalo tonkhe tikhali letivutsako taLomubi.
17 Nitsatse impantitje leyinsindziso, nenkemba yaMoya lelivi laNkulunkulu.
18 Khulekani ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi nikuMoya ngekukhuleka konkhe nekuncenga. Nilindzele ngesineke sonkhe, nangekuncusela labangcwele bonkhe.
19 Ningithandazele nami, khona ngitewuphiwa livi, ngitsi nangivula umlomo wami ngiyishumayele ngaso sonkhe sibindzi imfihlakalo yeliVangeli.
20 Ngikhulekeleni-ke, kutsi mine lengilincusa lelisetinketaneni ngenca yeliVangeli, ngilikhulume ngesibindzi njengobe kungifanele.
21 Thikhikhusi, umzalwane wetfu lotsandzekako nalosisebenti lesetsembekile emsebentini weNkhosi, utanatisa konkhe ngami, khona nitekwati kutsi ngichubeka njani.
22 Ngiko nje ngimtfumele kini atenitjela kutsi sichubeka njani, khona atenikhutsata etinhlitiyweni.
23 Kuthula akube kubazalwane, nelutsandvo, kanye nekukholwa lokuvela kuNkulunkulu, longuBabe, naseNkhosini yetfu Jesu Khristu.
24 Umusa awube nabo bonkhe labatsandza iNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu ngelutsandvo lolungapheli.