Eph 1 | Ndebele | STEP | UPawuli , umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu , kubo abangcwele abaseEfesu , labathembekileyo kuKristu Jesu :

1 UPawuli ^a, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu ^b, kubo abangcwele abaseEfesu ^c, labathembekileyo kuKristu Jesu ^d: 2 Umusa kawube kini lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu laseNkosini uJesu Kristu ^e.

UPawuli udumisa uNkulunkulu ngenxa yokusindiswa okungoKristu

3 Ubusisiwe ^f uNkulunkulu loYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu ^g, osibusisileyo ngaso sonke isibusiso somoya ezintweni zezulwini kuKristu ^h; 4 njengoba wasikhetha kuye ^{i
,} ^j ngaphambi kokusekelwa komhlaba ^k, ukuthi sibe ngcwele, njalo singasoleki phambi kwakhe ethandweni ^l, 5 esesimisele ^m ngaphambili ukuma kwabantwana kuye ngoJesu Kristu ⁿ, njengokufisa okuhle kwentando yakhe ^o, 6 kube ludumo lobukhosi bomusa wakhe, asiphe wona ^p ngesihle ngaye oThandiweyo ^q; 7 esilohlengo kuye ^{r
,} ^s ngegazi lakhe ^t, uthethelelo lweziphambeko ^u, njengokwenotho yomusa wakhe ^v, 8 awengezelele kithi ^w kuyo yonke inhlakanipho lokuqonda ^x, 9 esesazisile imfihlo ^y yentando yakhe, njengokufisa kwakhe okuhle ^z, akumisa kuye ngokwakhe ^aa, 10 ukuze, ekuphatheni kokugcwaliseka kwezikhathi ^ab, ahlanganise ndawonye ^ac izinto zonke kuKristu ^ad, zombili ezisemazulwini lezisemhlabeni ^ae; 11 ngitsho kuye, lathi esabelwa ilifa kuye ^af, esamiselwa ngaphambili njengokwesimiso sakhe ^ag owenzayo izinto zonke njengokwecebo lentando yakhe ^ah, 12 ukuze sibe ngabodumo lobukhosi bakhe ^ai, esathemba kuKristu kuqala ^aj; 13 eselithemba kuye lani, selizwile ^ak ilizwi leqiniso ^al, ivangeli losindiso lwenu; kuye selikholiwe ^am lani laphawulwa nguMoya oNgcwele wesithembiso ^an, 14 oyisibambiso ^ao selifa lethu ^ap, kube yikuhlengwa ^aq okuzuziweyo ^ar, kudumo lobukhosi bakhe ^as.

UPawuli ucelela ibandla ukuze lazi izibusiso ezivela ngoKristu

15 Ngenxa yalokho lami ^at sengizwile ngokholo lwenu eNkosini uJesu ^au lothando kubo bonke abangcwele, 16 kangiyekeli ^{av
,} ^aw ukulibongela ^{ax
,} ^ay, ngiliphatha emikhulekweni yami; 17 ukuze uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu ^az, uYise wodumo, alinike umoya ^ba wenhlakanipho ^bb lowesambulo ^bc elwazini lwakhe; 18 amehlo engqondo yenu akhanyiswe ^bd, ukuze lazi ukuthi liyini ithemba lobizo lwakhe ^be, lokuthi iyini inotho yodumo ^bf lwelifa lakhe kwabangcwele ^bg, 19 lokuthi buyini ubukhulu bamandla akhe obudlula amalawulo kithi esikholwa njengokusebenza kobuninimandla bamandla akhe ^bh, 20 awasebenzisa kuKristu, emvusa kwabafileyo ^bi, njalo emhlalisa ngakwesokunene sakhe ^bj endaweni zezulu ^bk, 21 phezulu kakhulu kwakho konke ^bl ukubusa lobukhulu ^{bm
,} ^bn lamandla ^bo lobukhosi, lebizo lonke elibizwayo ^bp, kungeyisikho kulesisikhathi kuphela, kodwa lakwesizayo; 22 wasebeka konke ngaphansi kwenyawo zakhe ^bq, wamnikela ukuba yinhloko ^br phezu kwakho konke kulo ibandla, 23 elingumzimba wakhe ^bs, ukugcwala kwalowo ^bt ogcwalisa ^bu konke kukho konke ^bv.