From Death to Life
1 In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God. 2 You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God. 3 Once we were also ruled by the selfish desires of our bodies and minds. We had made God angry, and we were going to be punished like everyone else.
4-5 But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much he made us alive with Christ, and God's gift of undeserved grace is what saves you. 6 God raised us from death to life with Christ Jesus, and he has given us a place beside Christ in heaven. 7 God did this so in the future world he could show how truly good and kind he is to us because of what Christ Jesus has done. 8 You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. 9 It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about. 10 God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. This is why he sent Christ to make us what we are.
United by Christ
11 Don't forget that you are Gentiles. In fact, you used to be called “uncircumcised” by those who take pride in being circumcised. 12 At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God, 13 and you were far from God. But Christ offered his life's blood as a sacrifice and brought you near God.
14 Christ has made peace between Jews and Gentiles, and he has united us by breaking down the wall of hatred that separated us. Christ gave his own body 15 to destroy the Law of Moses with all its rules and commands. He even brought Jews and Gentiles together as though we were only one person, when he united us in peace. 16 On the cross Christ did away with our hatred for each other. He also made peace between us and God by uniting Jews and Gentiles in one body. 17 Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God. 18 And because of Christ, all of us can come to the Father by the same Spirit.
19 You Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens with everyone else who belongs to the family of God. 20 You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone. 21 Christ is the one who holds the building together and makes it grow into a holy temple for the Lord. 22 And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God's own Spirit to live.
Aasi taa ningi aanamwenyo muKristus
1 Nale omwa li mwa sa pambepo omolwokwaavulika kweni kuKalunga nomolwoondjo dheni. 2 Pethimbo ndiyaka omwa landula oondjila oombwinayi dhuuyuni mbuka. Omwa vulika komupangeli gwoonkondo dhombepo yomewangandjo, ombepo ndjoka tayi pangele ngashingeyi aantu mboka ihaa vulika kuKalunga. 3 Eeno, tseni atuheni osho twa li twe ya fa. Otwa landula uuhalu wuuntu wetu notwa longo shaa shoka sho opalela uuhalu womomalutu getu nowomadhiladhilo getu. Ngashika naanaa aantu yalwe ayehe, natse wo panshitwe yetu otwa li twi ilongela egeelo lyaKalunga.
4 Ihe Kalunga, nguka u udha esilohenda omolwohole ye onene, sho e tu hole, 5 okwe tu tula omwenyo pamwe naKristus. Okwe shi tu ningile, manga twa li twa sa pambepo omolwokwaavulika kwetu kuye. Ne omwa hupithwa kesilohenda lyaKalunga. 6 Muukumwe wetu naKristus Jesus, Kalunga okwe tu yumudha kuusi pamwe naKristus, opo tu wape okupangela pamwe naye megulu. 7 Oye okwe shi ningi, opo a holole sigo okomathimbo ngoka tage ke ya uuwindji wesilohenda lye nowohole ye ndjoka e yi tu hololele muJesus Kristus. 8 Oshoka omwa hupithwa kesilohenda lyaKalunga keitaalo. Ehupitho ndika inali za mune yene, aawe, olyo omagano gaKalunga. 9 Mpaka kape na sha shokwiitangela, oshoka shika inashi za moonkambadhala dheni. 10 Kalunga oye omushiti gwetu, onkee muukumwe naKristus Jesus oye okwe tu shiti, tu kale tu na iilonga iiwanawa mokukalamwenyo kwetu. Iilonga mbyoka Kalunga okwe yi tu uthila nale, tu yi longe.
Gumwe muKristus
11 One aapagani kevalo. Aajuda ohaa ti kutya inamu fukalekwa, manga yo haa iti, oya fukalekwa nokuulika kefukaleko ndyoka aalumentu yo yene haa li ningi niikaha yawo komalutu gawo. Dhimbulukweni shoka mwa li mwa tya omathimbo ngoka ga piti. 12 Pethimbo ndiyaka omwa li mwaa na Kristus. One omwa li aakwiilongo nokamwa li yomongundu yaahogololwa yaKalunga. One omwa li mwaa na oshitopolwa mehangano ndyoka lyi ikwatelela komauvaneko ngoka Kalunga e ga uvanekela aantu ye. One omwa li mwa kala muuyuni mbuka mwaa na etegameno nomwaa na Kalunga. 13 Ihe ngashingeyi muukumwe naKristus Jesus, ne mboka mwa kala shito yokokule, omwe etwa popepi omolweso lyaKristus. 14 Oshoka Kristus oye mwene e tu etele ombili, sho a hanganitha Aajuda naapagani, ya ninge oshigwana shimwe. Nolutu lwe mwene okwa kumuna po ekuma lya li pokati kawo, tashi ti, etondathano. 15 Oye okwa hanagula po ompango yAajuda pamwe niipango yawo, opo a shite momihoko ndhika adhihe mbali oshigwana shimwe oshipe muukumwe naye mwene moku ya paathanitha ombili. 16 Kristus sho a si komushigakano, okwa hanagula po etondathano. Koonkondo dhomushigakano gwe okwa hanganitha omihoko adhihe mbali, dhi ninge olutu lumwe. Osho ngeyi okwe ya galulile kuKalunga. 17 Onkee ano okwe ya noku uvithile aantu ayehe elaka etoye lyombili. Oye okwe li mu uvithile, ne aapagani mboka mwa li mwa kala shito kokule naKalunga nosho wo Aajuda mboka ya li shito popepi naye. 18 OmolwaKristus tseni atuheni, Aajuda naapagani, otu na ompito okuhedha koshipala shaTate Kalunga koonkondo dhOmbepo tuu ngoka gumwe.
19 Onkee ano ne aapagani, kamu shi we oondjendi nenge aakwiilongo, aawe, ngashingeyi omu na uukwashilongo umwe naantu yaKalunga nomwa ningi aanegumbo lye. 20 Nane wo omwa tungilwa kekankameno hoka ku na aayapostoli naahunganeki, naahoka Jesus Kristus mwene e li ko emanya lyokolonela. 21 Oye ta kwatakanitha etungo alihe kumwe note li kokeke, sigo tali ningi otempeli ondjapuki mOmuwa. 22 Muukumwe naKristus nane wo otamu tungilwa mumwe nooyakweni ayehe yalwe, mu ninge egumbo moka Kalunga ta kala mo nOmbepo ye.
