Efisa 1
1 Sithaw koehhaih rang hoiah Jesu Kri mah patoeh ih kami, Pawl mah, Efisa vangpui ah kaom kaciim kaminawk hoi Kri Jesu ah oepthok kaminawk khaeah ca tarik:
I, Paul, am an apostle whom God appointed (to represent/to proclaim the message about) Christ Jesus because that is what God wanted. [I am writing this letter] to you who are the people of God in Ephesus [city. You are people who] (faithfully/continue to) trust in Christ Jesus and who have a close relationship with him.
2 Angraeng Jesu Kri, aicae Ampa Sithaw khae hoiah tahmenhaih hoi monghaih nangcae khaeah om nasoe.
[I pray that] God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to have [inner] peace.
3 Kri rang hoiah van prae Muithla tahamhoihaih aicae han kapaek Sithaw hoi aicae Angraeg Jesu Kri ampa khaeah tahamhoihaih om nasoe,
Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of our relationship with Christ, he has blessed us spiritually in every way by giving us blessings that come from heaven.
4 amlunghaih rang hoiah Sithaw hmaa ah ciimcai moe, coek koi kaom ai ah a oh o thai hanah, aicae loe Anih mah long om ai naah Kri ah qoih boeh,
Before God created the world, he chose us to be his people because of our (relationship with/union with) Christ, in order that [God could consider] us to be completely holy [DOU]. Because [God] loves [us],
5 a koehhaih baktih toengah, Jesu Kri rang hoiah Angmah khaeah a caa ah ohsak hanah, aicae kawng to canghnii hoiah a thuih coek boeh,
he decided long ago that he would adopt us to be [as though we were] his own children because of what Jesus Christ [has done]. He decided to do that because it pleased him to do that.
6 A tahmenhaih hoi lensawkhaih pakoeh hanah, palung ih a Capa rang hoiah aicae to talawk boeh.
He did it in order that we would praise him for acting very kindly toward us in a wonderful way that we did not deserve. He did it because of our relationship with his beloved Son {[one, who is also God, whom he] loves}.
7 Kathuk a tahmenhaih baktih toengah, anih ih athii rang hoiah angmah ah akranghaih hoi zae tahmenhaih to a hnuk o;
When the blood of Christ [flowed when he died] [MTY], [it was as though] he paid a price to free/save us [from the guilt of our sins]. [That] ([provided a way/made it possible]) [for] God to act very kindly toward us to forgive us for having sinned.
8 A tahmenhaih, palunghahaih hoi panoekhaihnawk to paawt ai ah aicae nuiah a kraih boih.
He acted very kindly toward us and enabled us to become wise about many [HYP] things and to understand his truth.
9 A koehhaih hoi angmah ah khokhanhaih baktih toengah, kathuk angmah ih atimhaih to aicae hanah amtuengsak boeh:
He has enabled us to know the things that he had planned secretly (OR, that he had not revealed to anyone yet). He did that because he wanted to do that, and because he planned to do that by means of the things Christ would do.
10 dung kroekhaih akoep naah, Anih mah van ih hmuen hoi long ih hmuennawk boih, Kri ah maeto omsak tih:
God planned that at the time that [he appointed], he would unite all things/beings in heaven and all things/beings on earth (OR, all beings in heaven and all things on earth), and cause Christ to be the one who will rule them [MET].
11 hmuennawk boih a koehhaih baktiah sahkung loe, atimhaih a tawnh baktih toengah, aicae loe anih rang hoiah qawk a hnuk o boeh, tiah canghnii hoiah a thuihcoek boeh.
Because of our close relationship with Christ, God has also chosen us [(inc)] (OR, us [(exc)] Jews) to receive what he has promised [to give] us. He decided long ago to do that. It was exactly what he planned. He accomplishes everything exactly as he plans and desires,
12 Kri ah oephaih tawn hmaloe aicae loe a lensawkhaih pakoeh kami ah a om o tih.
in order that we(exc) Jews, who confidently expected the Messiah to do great things for us before the non-Jews expected such things (OR, we [(inc)] who were already confidently expecting Christ [to do great things for us]) will praise him for his greatness.
13 Loktang lok ah kaom, nangcae pahlonghaih kahoih tamthanglok na thaih o pacoengah ni, nangcae mah doeh anih tanghaih to na tawnh o: anih to na tang o boeh pongah, nangcae loe lokkamhaih kacai Muithla hoiah catui daeng boeh,
You [Ephesians] also heard the true message, the good message about how God saves you. [People] put their seal on something to show that [it belongs to them]. Similarly, when you believed [in Christ], God [showed that you also belong to him by sending you] the Holy Spirit as he promised to do [MET].
14 A lensawkhaih pakoeh hanah, lokkam ih Kacai Muithla loe, a qan ih hmuen akranghaih pha ai karoek to, aicae qawktoephaih caksakung ah oh.
The Holy Spirit is [like] [MET] a (deposit/down payment). That is, he (guarantees/assures us) that [we will receive] all that God has promised to give us, at the time when God will give to those who belong to him [MET] everything that [Christ] freed us to receive. [God also assures you that you belong to him], in order that you would praise him for his greatness.
15 To pongah Angraeng Jesu tanghaih rang hoiah kaciim kaminawk boih na palung o ti, tiah ka thaih naah,
Because of [what God has done for you], and because [people] told me that you continue to trust in the Lord Jesus and that you love all those who belong to God,
16 nangcae han boeng ai ah kawnhaih lawk ka thuih, nangcae han lawkthuih ka pahnet ai.
I thank God for you constantly [LIT, HYP]. I (mention/pray for) you constantly, whenever I pray.
17 Aicae Angraeng Jesu Kri ih Sithaw, lensawk Ampa mah, anih panoekhaih hoi palunghahaih muithla ang paek o thai hanah, lawk ka thuih:
[I pray] that God, who is the glorious/wonderful Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, may cause his Spirit to make you wise, and that his Spirit will reveal [God to you] so that you may fully know him.
18 oep kaom anih kawkhaih to na panoek o thaih han, nangcae ih palung mik aangsak moe, kaciim kaminawk mah toep han ih lensawk qawk to na panoek o thai han hoi,
And I pray that God would enable you to understand [MTY] his truth, in order that in your (inner beings/hearts) you may know the things that we believers should confidently expect to receive because he chose us [to be his people]. And I pray that you will know how God will bless his people in a very wonderful way [when we finally receive] all that he has promised to give us.
19 kalen a thacakhaih hoiah toksak baktih toengah, aicae tangcaanawk khaeah kalen parai a thacakhaih amtuengsak hanah,
And [I pray that] you will know how very powerfully [God helps] us who continue to trust [in Christ]. He works powerfully for us
20 to thacakhaih mah Kri ah toksak naah, Anih to duekhaih thung hoiah pathawk moe, Anih to van prae ah Angmah ih bantang bangah anghnutsak:
just like he acted powerfully for Christ when he caused Christ to become alive again after he died, and put him in the place of highest/greatest honor [MTY] in heaven.
21 Anih loe hmuennawk boih ranui ah angraenghaih, akaa tawnhaih, thacakhaih hoi ukhaih to tawnh, hae long nuiah khue ai, angzo han koi long ah doeh ahmin paek ih ahminnawk boih ranui ah oh, (aiōn g165)
[There], Christ is the supreme ruler over every powerful spirit of every level of authority. His rank is much higher than any powerful spirit can receive, not only now, but forever. (aiōn g165)
22 hmuennawk boih a khok tlim ah a suek moe, kricaabu boih ih lu ah ohhaih to anih khaeah paek boeh,
God has caused all beings to be subject to Christ [MTY], and he has also appointed Christ, who rules over all things, to rule [MET] over all believers.
23 to kricaabu loe tih boih boih, hmuennawk boih hoiah kakoi anih akoephaih angmah ih takpum ah oh.
We believers [relate to Christ like the parts of a person’s] body [MET] [relate to its head]. Christ uses all [his power among us] just like he uses his power throughout the whole universe.
