Ekundifo
1 Paulus, omuyapostoli waKristus Jesus okehalo laKalunga okovayapuki ava ve li muEfeso ovaitaveli muKristus Jesus. 2 Efilonghenda kunye nombili yaKalunga Tate yetu noyOmwene Jesus Kristus.
Oshilonga shaKalunga shefilonghenda
3 Kalunga naXe yOmwene wetu Jesus Kristus na hambelelwe, Oye ou e tu nangeka noupuna nomapuniko aeshe opamhepo moikwaulu omuKristus, 4 ngaashi e tu hoolola muye fimbo ounyuni inau shitwa, tu kale ovayuki notuhe noshipo koshipala shaye mohole, 5 eshi e tu nunina nale tu ninge ovana vaye muye omolwaJesus Kristus pahokwe yehalo laye, 6 okupandulifa efimano longhenda yaye e i tu pa mOmuholike.
7 Muye otu nekulilo omolwohonde yaye, edimepo lomanyonauno okoupuna wonghenda yaye, 8 oyo tuu oyo e i tu pa ihapu ihapu mounongo aushe nomeendunge adishe, 9 eshi e tu shiivifila oshiholekwa shehalo laye opahokwe yaye iwa ei, e i pangela muKristus, 10 omolwelelo leumbo, te ke li wanifa pakufika komafimbo, nokutya ta ka kwatakanifa muKristus aishe oyo yomeulu naai yokombada yedu.
11 Omuye nafye yo twa pewa oshipewa shefyuululo, osho twe shi nuninwa nale opamhangela yaye, Oye ou ta longo aishe payukifo lehalo laye mwene, 12 opo tu kale ehambelelo lefimano laye, fye ava twa tula etimaumbwile muKristus. 13 Nanye yo eshi mwa uda muye ondjovo yoshili, evaengeli lexupifo leni, eshi mwa itavela yo, omwa didilikwa muye noshilimbo shOmhepo Iyapuki, ou a udanekwa, 14 Oye ou a ninga ombabyona yefyuululo letu okukulila Omona waye nokuhambelelifa efimano laye.
Omuyapostoli ta ilikanene eongalo
15 Onghee hano naame yo, eshi nda uda eitavelo leni mOmwene Jesus nohole yeni yokuhola ovayapuki aveshe, 16 ihandi dimbuka okupandula Kalunga omolweni moku mu dimbulukwa momailikano ange, 17 nokwiindila opo Kalunga wOmwene wetu Jesus Kristus, Xe yefimano, e mu pe ngeno omhepo younongo noyehololo moku mu shiiva, 18 Ye a minikile omesho eni omomutima, opo mu shiive eteelelo olo mwe li ifanenwa, noupuna wefimano lefyuululo laye apa u fike movayapuki vaye, 19 nouneneyadi ndoondoo weenghono daye apa u fike kufye ava hatu itavele opakulonga kweenghono daye dinene, 20 odo e di holola muKristus, eshi e mu nyumuna movafi ndele e mu tula omutumba kolulyo laye momaulu, 21 kombada yomapangelo aeshe nomauhamba meenghonopangelo neenghono noumwenepangelo nakeshe tuu edina hali tumbulwa hamefimbo eli alike lopaife lounyuni ou, ndelenee nomulinya tali uya, 22 ndele aishe okwe i tula koshi yeemhadi daye, ndele okwe mu pa a kale omutwe waaishe keongalo, 23 olo olutu laye nouyadi waau ta yadifa aishe mwaaishe.
1 From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus.
To God's people who live in Ephesus and are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.
2 I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
Christ Brings Spiritual Blessings
3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for the spiritual blessings that Christ has brought us from heaven! 4 Before the world was created, God had Christ choose us to live with him and to be his holy and innocent and loving people. 5 God was kind and decided that Christ would choose us to be God's own adopted children. 6 God treated us with undeserved grace because of the Son he dearly loves, and so we should praise God.
7-8 Christ sacrificed his life's blood to set us free, which means our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because of God's gift of undeserved grace to us. God has great wisdom and understanding, 9 and by what Christ has done, God has shown us his own mysterious ways. 10 Then when the time is right, God will do all he has planned, and Christ will bring together everything in heaven and on earth.
11 God always does what he plans, and this is why he appointed Christ to choose us. 12 He did this so we Jews would bring honor to him and be the first ones to have hope because of him. 13 Christ also brought you the truth, which is the good news about how you can be saved. You put your faith in Christ and were given the promised Holy Spirit to show you belong to God. 14 The Spirit also makes us sure we will be given what God has stored up for his people. Then we will be set free, and God will be honored and praised.
Paul's Prayer
15 I have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people. 16 So I never stop being grateful for you, as I mention you in my prayers. 17 I ask the glorious Father and God of our Lord Jesus Christ to give you his Spirit. The Spirit will make you wise and let you understand what it means to know God. 18 My prayer is that light will flood your hearts and you will understand the hope given to you when God chose you. Then you will discover the glorious blessings that will be yours together with all God's people.
19 I want you to know about the great and mighty power that God has for us followers. It is the same wonderful power he used 20 when he raised Christ from death and let him sit at his right side in heaven. 21 There Christ rules over all forces, authorities, powers, and rulers. He rules over all beings in this world and will rule in the future world as well. 22 God has put all things under the power of Christ, and for the good of the church he has made him the head of everything. 23 The church is the body of Christ and is filled with Christ who completely fills everything.
