Kwabase-Efesu 1:3-21

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, angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbula emikhulekweni yami; ukuze uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wenkazimulo, aninike umoya wokuhlakanipha nokwambulelwa ekumazini yena; Amehlo okuqonda kwakho akhanyiselwe; ukuze nazi ukuthi liyini ithemba lokubizwa kwakhe, nokuthi iyini ingcebo yenkazimulo yefa lakhe kwabangcwele; futhi buyini ubukhulu obudlulele bamandla akhe kithi esikholwayo ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu; awenza kuKristu, lapho emvusa kwabafileyo, wammisa ngakwesokunene sakhe emazulwini, phezu kwabo bonke ubukhosi, lamandla, lamandla, lobukhosi, lalo lonke ibizo elibizwayo, kungeyisikho kulomhlaba kuphela, kodwa lakulowo ozayo