Ephesians 4

Ukwehlukana kwezipho zikaMoya lobunye bokholo

1Ngakho ngiyalincenga, mina isibotshwa eNkosini a , b, ukuthi lihambe ngokufanele c ubizo d elabizwa ngalo, 2kanye lokuthobeka konke e , f lobumnene g, lokubekezela h , i, libekezelelane ethandweni j, 3likhuthale ukugcina ukuhlangana koMoya ngesibopho sokuthula k. 4Munye umzimba l njalo munye uMoya m, njengalokhu lani labizwa n ethembeni linye lobizo lwenu o; 5yinye iNkosi p, lunye ukholo q, lunye ubhabhathizo, 6munye uNkulunkulu loYise wabo bonke r, ophezu kwabo bonke s, langabo bonke t, lakini lonke. 7Kodwa ngulowo lalowo wethu u waphiwa umusa v njengokwesilinganiso sesipho sikaKristu w. 8Ngakho uthi: Ekwenyukeleni kwakhe phezulu x wathumba ukuthunjwa y, wanika abantu izipho z. 9Lokhu-ke ukuthi: Wenyuka aa, kuyini ngaphandle kokuthi laye wehlela kuqala kungxenye ezingaphansi zomhlaba ab? 10Owehlayo, nguye owenyukela ac futhi khatshana ngaphezulu kwamazulu wonke ad, ukuze ae agcwalise izinto zonke af. 11Yena wasenika abanye babe ngabaphostoli ag, labanye babe ngabaprofethi ah , ai, labanye babe ngabavangeli aj, labanye babe ngabelusi ak labafundisi al, 12ekuphelelisweni am kwabangcwele, emsebenzini wenkonzo, ekwakhiweni an komzimba kaKristu ao; 13size sifike sonke ebunyeni bokholo, lobolwazi ap lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, endodeni epheleleyo aq, esilinganisweni sesimo
 isimo: kumbe,  ubudala.
sokugcwala kukaKristu as;
14ukuze singabe sisaba zinsane at, ezizuliswa au ngamagagasi njalo ezithwalelwa le lale av yiwo wonke umoya wemfundiso aw, ngenkohliso yabantu, ngobuqili ax becebo lokuphambuka ay; 15kodwa sikhulume iqiniso
 sikhulume iqiniso: kumbe,  sithembeke.
ethandweni ba sikhule bb kukho konke kuye, oyinhloko bc , bd, uKristu,
16okuvela kuye umzimba wonke be, ohlanganiswe kuhle bf njalo ubambene bg, ngokwelekelelana kwalo lonke ilunga, njengokusebenza esilinganisweni saleso laleso isitho, wenza ukukhula komzimba ekuzakheni kwawo ethandweni.

Isimo esidala lesimo esitsha

17Ngakho ngitsho lokho ngifakaza eNkosini, ukuthi lingabe lisahamba lanjengabanye abezizwe behamba bh ebuzeni bengqondo yabo bi, 18befiphaziwe engqondweni bj, benziwe abemzini bk empilweni kaNkulunkulu ngokungazi bl okukibo, ngobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo bm; 19abathi sebentunyile bn, bazinikela bo emanyaleni bp, ekwenzeni kokungcola bq konke ngomhawu.

20Kodwa lina kalimfundanga ngokunjalo uKristu, 21uba-ke limzwile br lafundiswa kuye, njengoba iqiniso likuJesu; 22ukuthi lilahle bs mayelana lohambo lokuqala bt , bu, umuntu omdala bv, owonakala bw mayelana lezifiso zenkohliso bx; 23njalo lenziwe batsha emoyeni wengqondo yenu by, 24njalo lembathe umuntu omutsha bz, odalwe njengokukaNkulunkulu ca , cb ekulungeni cc lebungcweleni beqiniso cd.

25Ngakho lilahla amanga ce, khulumani iqiniso ngulowo lalowo lomakhelwane wakhe cf; ngoba siyizitho omunye komunye cg. 26Thukuthelani lingoni ch; ilanga kalingatshoni phezu kolaka lwenu ci , cj; 27futhi lingamniki indawo udiyabhola ck. 28Owebayo kangabe eseba; kodwa kulalokhu kakhuthale cl, asebenze okuhle ngezandla zakhe, ukuze abe lakho ukwabela cm olenswelo cn. 29Kakungaphumi emlonyeni wenu lalinye ilizwi elibolileyo co, kodwa kuphela okuhle okulungele ukwakha cp njengokufaneleyo, ukuze kunike umusa cq kubo abezwayo. 30Njalo lingamdabukisi cr , cs uMoya oyiNgcwele kaNkulunkulu ct , cu, elaphawulwa ngaye cv kuze kube lusuku lohlengo cw. 31Konke ukubaba cx lentukuthelo cy lolaka cz lomsindo lokunyeya da , db kakususwe kini, kanye layo yonke inzondo dc , dd; 32kodwa libe mnene de omunye komunye, lilesihawu df, lithethelelane dg , dh, njengalokhu uNkulunkulu laye walithethelela kuKristu di.

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