Ephisa 2

1 Nangmih khaw tholhdalhnah neh na tholhnah ah aka duek la na om uh.

And you were once dead in your sins and offenses,

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)

in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust. (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.

And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.

4 Tedae rhennah neh kuirhang la aka om Pathen tah a lungnah a cungkuem dongah ni mamih n'lungnah.

Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved 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 when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ, by whose grace you have been saved.

6 Amah neh n'thoh tih Khrih Jesuh rhangneh vaan ah n'ngoltun sak.

And he has raised us up together, and he has caused us to sit down together in the heavens, in Christ Jesus,

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 he may display, in the ages soon to arrive, the abundant wealth of his grace, by his goodness toward us in 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 by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.

9 Khoboe kah moenih. Te dongah pakhat khaw hoemdam boel saeh.

And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

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.

For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.

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.

Because of this, be mindful that, in times past, you were Gentiles in the flesh, and that you were called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised in the flesh, something done by man,

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 takuh. Ngaiuepnah om pawt bangla Diklai ah na dalrha uh.

and that you were, in that time, without Christ, being foreign to the way of life of Israel, being visitors to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and being without God in this world.

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 in times past far away, 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.

For he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,

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.

emptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peace

16 Te daengah ni thunkha te thinglam lamloh a ngawn vetih panit te Pathen taengah pum pakhat la a moeithen sak eh.

and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.

17 Ha pawk vaengah lakhla kah nangmih taengah khaw rhoepnah, a yoei rhoek taengah khaw rhoepnah a phong.

And upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.

18 Amah lamloh pa taengah mueihla thikat neh boktlap la kunnah te n'dang uh.

For by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.

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.

Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,

20 Caeltueih rhoek neh tonghma rhoek kah khoengim te a tlingtlawn thil uh coeng tih Khrih Jesuh amah he imkil la om.

having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.

21 Amah dongah im pum te kiba tih Boeipa ah bawkim cim la rhoeng.

In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.

22 Nangmih khaw Mueihla ah Khrih amah dongah Pathen kah khosaknah hmuen la n'dun.

In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.