Kwabase-Efesu 1:1-15

UPawulu, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, kubo abangcwele abase-Efesu nakubo abakholwayo kuKristu Jesu: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu. Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu osibusisile ngezibusiso zonke zomoya ezulwini kuKristu. Njengalokho wasikhetha kuye ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe, ukuze sibe ngcwele, singasoleki phambi kwakhe othandweni; esimisele ngaphambili ukuthi sibe ngabantwana kuye ngoJesu Kristu, njengokwakufisa kwentando yakhe; kube yinkazimulo yenkazimulo yomusa wakhe asenze ngawo umusa ngothandiweyo. Esilokuhlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kwezono ngokwengcebo yomusa wakhe; okukhona uye waphuphuma kithi ngokuhlakanipha konke nokuqonda; esesazisile imfihlo yentando yakhe, njengokufisa kwakhe okuhle akuhlosileyo kuye; ukuze ekuhleleni kokuphelela kwezikhathi abuthele ndawonye zonke izinto kuKristu, ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni; nakuye: kuye futhi sazuza ifa kuye, esamiselwa ngaphambili ngokwenjongo yalowo osebenza zonke izinto ngokwecebo lentando yakhe; ukuze sibe ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe, thina esathemba kuqala kuKristu. Enimethembayo nani, seselizwile izwi leqiniso, ivangeli lokusindiswa kwenu; okuyisibambiso sefa lethu, kuze kuhlengwe lokho okwathengwayo, kube ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe. Ngalokho nami, sengizwile ngokukholwa kwenu eNkosini uJesu, nothando kubo bonke abangcwele