Ephisa 2
1 Nangmih khaw tholhdalhnah neh na tholhnah ah aka duek la na om uh.
At one time you were dead in your sins and evil actions,
2 Hnukbuet ah khaw ta kumhal kah Diklai khosing neh yilh dongkah saithainah boei banglam ni te dongah te na pongpa uh. Althanah kah a ca rhoek te a khuiah mueihla a tueng pah coeng. (aiōn g165)
living your lives according to the ways of the world, under the control of the devil, whose spirit is at work in those who disobey God. (aiōn g165)
3 Hnukbuet ah mamih boeih khaw pumsa hoehhamnah neh amih taengah kho n'sak uh. Pumsa neh kopoek kah kongaih te n'saii uh dongah a tloe rhoek kah a coengnah bangla kosi kah ca rhoek la n'om uh.
All of us were once like that, our behavior determined by the desires of our sinful human nature and our evil way of thinking. Like everyone else, in our nature we were children of anger.
4 Tedae rhennah neh kuirhang la aka om Pathen tah a lungnah a cungkuem dongah ni mamih n'lungnah.
But God in his generous mercy, because of the amazing love he had for us
5 Mamih he tholhdalhnah ah duek la aka om rhoek pataeng Khrih neh n'thoh sak tih lungvatnah lamloh khang la na om uh coeng.
even while we were dead in our sins, has made us alive together with Christ. Trusting in him has saved you!
6 Amah neh n'thoh tih Khrih Jesuh rhangneh vaan ah n'ngoltun sak.
He raised us up with Christ, and in Christ Jesus seated us with him in heaven,
7 Te daengah ni Khrih Jesuh lamloh mamih taengah rhennah neh aka thoeng ham a lungvatnah khuehtawn te a baetawt la kumhal ah a tueng eh. (aiōn g165)
so that in all eternity to come he could demonstrate the amazing extent of his grace in showing us kindness through Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)
8 Lungvatnah neh tangnah lamloh khang la na om uh coeng. Te te namamih kah moenih Pathen kah kutdoe ni.
For you've been saved by grace through trusting in him—it's not through yourselves, it's the gift of God!
9 Khoboe kah moenih. Te dongah pakhat khaw hoemdam boel saeh.
This has nothing to do with human effort, so don't be proud of yourselves.
10 Mamih tah Jesuh Khrih ah a suen a kutngo la n'om uh. Tekah khoboe then te Pathen loh a hmoel pai tih ni a soah m'pongpa pai eh.
We're the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do.
11 Te dongah pumsa ah nangmih namtom loh hnukbuet kah te poek uh. Pumdul la a khue rhoek tah pumsa neh kutsai lamloh yahvinrhetnah te ni a thui.
So you who are “foreigners” humanly-speaking, called “uncircumcised” by those who are “circumcised” (which is only a procedure carried out by human beings), you need to remember
12 Te vaeng tue ah Khrih mueh la na om uh te ta. Israel kah khokung khomah te na hai uh tih olkhueh kah paipi te na kholong tak uh. Ngaiuepnah om pawt bangla Diklai ah na dalrha uh.
that once you had no relationship to Christ. You were barred as foreigners from being citizens of Israel, strangers to the agreement God had promised. You had no hope and you lived in the world without God.
13 Tedae nangmih hnukbuet kah Khrih Jesuh ah lakhla la aka om te Khrih thii dong lamloh rhep na om uh coeng.
But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were once a long way off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 Amah tah mamih kah rhoepnah la om. Panit pakhat la aka saii amah loh a pumsa dongkah thunkha la aka om vongtung pangbueng te khaw a phil coeng.
Christ is our peace. Through his body he made the two into one, and broke down the separating wall of hostility that divided us,
15 Oltloek dongkah olpaek kah olkhueng te a hmil coeng. Te daengah ni panit te amah ah hlang thai pakhat la a suen vetih rhoepnah khaw a saii pai eh.
freeing us from the law with its requirements and regulations. He did this so he could create in himself one new person out of the two and so make peace,
16 Te daengah ni thunkha te thinglam lamloh a ngawn vetih panit te Pathen taengah pum pakhat la a moeithen sak eh.
and completely reconcile both of them to God through the cross as if they were just one body, having destroyed our hostility towards each other.
17 Ha pawk vaengah lakhla kah nangmih taengah khaw rhoepnah, a yoei rhoek taengah khaw rhoepnah a phong.
He came and shared the good news of peace with those of you who were far away, and those who were nearby,
18 Amah lamloh pa taengah mueihla thikat neh boktlap la kunnah te n'dang uh.
because through him we both gain access to the Father through the same Spirit.
19 Te dongah kholong neh yinlai la na om uh voel tangloeng pawh. Tedae hlangcim rhoek kah pilnam neh Pathen kah imkhuikho la na om uh coeng.
That means you're no longer strangers and foreigners; you are fellow citizens of God's people and belong to God's family
20 Caeltueih rhoek neh tonghma rhoek kah khoengim te a tlingtlawn thil uh coeng tih Khrih Jesuh amah he imkil la om.
that's being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone.
21 Amah dongah im pum te kiba tih Boeipa ah bawkim cim la rhoeng.
In him the whole building is joined together, growing to form a holy temple for the Lord.
22 Nangmih khaw Mueihla ah Khrih amah dongah Pathen kah khosaknah hmuen la n'dun.
You too are being built together in him as a place for God to live by the Spirit.
