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, who by God's will is an apostle of Christ Jesus—
To God's people in Ephesus, who are faithful in their life in union with Christ Jesus:
2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world. 4 Even before the world was made, God had already chosen us to be his through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before him.
Because of his love 5 God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children—this was his pleasure and purpose. 6 Let us praise God for his glorious grace, for the free gift he gave us in his dear Son! 7 For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God, 8 which he gave to us in such large measure!
In all his wisdom and insight 9 God did what he had purposed, and made known to us the secret plan he had already decided to complete by means of Christ. 10 This plan, which God will complete when the time is right, is to bring all creation together, everything in heaven and on earth, with Christ as head.
11 All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning. 12 Let us, then, who were the first to hope in Christ, praise God's glory!
13 And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised. 14 The Spirit is the guarantee that we shall receive what God has promised his people, and this assures us that God will give complete freedom to those who are his. Let us praise his glory!
Paul's Prayer
15 For this reason, ever since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God's people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I remember you in my prayers 17 and ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you the Spirit, who will make you wise and reveal God to you, so that you will know him. 18 I ask that your minds may be opened to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his people, 19 and how very great is his power at work in us who believe. This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength 20 which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him at his right side in the heavenly world. 21 Christ rules there above all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; he has a title superior to all titles of authority in this world and in the next. 22 God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as supreme Lord over all things. 23 The church is Christ's body, the completion of him who himself completes all things everywhere.
