Ovafi va ninga ovanamwenyo muKristus
1 Ndele Kalunga okwe mu tula omwenyo onye ava mwa li mwa fila momatauluko nomomatimba eni, 2 omu mwa endaenda nale panghedi yefimbo lounyuni eli noyomupangeli weenghonopangelo domomhepo nokutya, pamhepo yomupangeli ou ta longo paife movana vokuhadulika, 3 mokati kavo nafye yo atushe twa endaenda nale, omolwisho lombelela yetu twa shikula ouhalu wombelela noweendunge ndele twa li ovana vehandu paushitwe wetu nongaashi vamwe yo.
4 Ndelenee Kalunga ou a yada efilonghenda omolwohole yaye inene a kala e tu hole, 5 okwe tu tula yo omwenyo pamwe naKristus, ofye ava twa li twa fila moulunde, okonghenda mwa xupifwa, 6 ndele okwe tu nyumuna pamwe naye, nokwe tu tula mumwe naye moikwaulu muKristus Jesus, 7 opo a holole momafimbo okomesho oupuna wefilonghenda laye uhe nondjele mouwa waye kufye muKristus Jesus. 8 Osheshi mwa xupifwa konghenda omolweitavelo, lo inali dja munye vene, olo oshali yaKalunga, 9 hamolwoilonga, opo paha kale nande umwe te litange. 10 Osheshi ofye oshilonga shaye twa shitilwa muKristus Jesus oilonga iwa oyo ya longekidwa nale kuKalunga opo fye tu kale nokweenda muyo.
Nale ovakwanaluhepo, paife ovanelao
11 Onghee hano dimbulukweni kutya, onye ava mwa li nale ovapaani pambelela, omwa ifanwa muhe fi ovapititanda kwaava hava tiwa ovapititanda opapitifotanda olo tali longwa nomake mombelela, 12 mefimbo linya mwa li muhe na Kristus, omwa li muhe noukwashilongo waIsrael, ovanailongo komahangano eudaneko, muhe neteelelo nomuhe na Kalunga mounyuni; 13 ndelenee paife eshi mu li muKristus Jesus, nye ava mwa li vokokule mwa ninga vopopepi omohonde yaKristus.
14 Osheshi Oye ombili yetu, Oye ou ovo aveshe vavali e va ninga umwe, nokwa kumuna po ekuma la li pokati, nokutya, etondafano, 15 eshi mombelela yaye mwene a hanauna po omhango yoipango noyeenghedi, opo a shite ava vavali va ninge omunhu umwe mupe muye mwene nokuninga ombili, 16 naava vavali e va kwatakanife naKalunga molutu limwe momushiyakano nokufifa etondafano muye mwene. 17 Ndele Ye okwe uya oku mu udifila ombili, onye ava mwa li kokule, nombili kwaava vopopepi; 18 Osheshi omolwaye ofyeni atusheni tu nomhito kuTate mOmhepo imwe.
19 Osho hano paife nye kamu fi vali ovanailongo novaenda, ndelenee nye omwa ninga ovakwao vovayapuki novaneumbo vaKalunga, 20 omwa tungilwa momukangha wovayapostoli nowovaxunganeki omu mwa kala Kristus Jesus emanya lokokonela, 21 mwaau etungo alishe tali kwatafana kumwe ndele tali kulu, tali ningi otembeli iyapuki omOmwene; 22 ndele muye nanye yo otamu tungwa, mu ninge eumbo laKalunga omOmhepo.
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.
