Ephisus 1
1 Pathian deina bang in Jesus Christ i sawltak keima Paul in, Christ Jesus sung ah a thuman le Ephisa a om mithiangtho te:
Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, that is, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 I Pa Pathian le Topa Jesus Christ kung pan thuthiamna le thinnopna sia note tung ah hong om tahen.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.
3 Ih Topa Jesus Christ i Pa le Pathian tung ah lungdam ko tawng! Banghangziam cile Christ taw kipumkhatna sung ah ama in eite sia vantung ngam taw kisai thupha theampo hong pia hi.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;
4 Leitung a ki bitphua ma in hong it ahikom Amai ah a thiangtho le paubangngawl i hi thei natu in Christ sung ah hong teal zo hi:
just as He[F] chose us in Him[S] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him[F], in love,
5 Pathian in Ama deina le lungkimna bang in Jesus Christ tungtawn in ta i sua thei natu in hong tealkhol zo hi,
having predestined us into an adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, into Him[S], according to the good pleasure of His[F] will,
6 Ama thuthiamna manpha pok tu in a it a Tapa sung ah san thei a hi tu in hong vawt zo hi.
to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;
7 A dimlet thuthiamna bang in, Ama sung ah Christ thisan tungtawn in tatna le maw maisakna i nei hi;
in whom we have the redemption through His[S] blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His[F] grace,
8 Ama in eite tung ah pilna le heakna theampo hong khangsak zo hi;
that He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligent design,
9 Ama sung ah a ngealkhol na le a pha a lungkimna bang in, Ama deina thuku sia eite tung ah hong hesak hi.
having made known to us the ‘secret’ of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him[S],
10 Taciang hunkhenna hun te a cin ciang in vantung na theampo le leitung na theampo te sia a vekpi in Christ sung ah ki kaikhawm siat tu hi:
with a view to administering the fullness of the times, so as to bring all things together under one head in Christ—those on the heavens and those on the earth—in Him[S],
11 Na theampo sia Ama deina le a ngaisutna bang in vawt a, Ama ngealna bang in hong teal hi, tabang in Ama sung ah ngamh i lua zo hi:
in whom we were also assigned an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him[F] who works all things according to the decision of His will,
12 Tabang in Christ sung ah lametna amasabel a nei eite tungtawn in Pathian minthanna i pok tu hi.
so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in the Christ;
13 Ama na muang uh a, note tatna lungdamna thupha thuman kammal na zak zawk uh ciang, Ama na up uh ciang kamciam Tha Thiangtho taw hong ciamte zo hi,
about whom, to be sure, we had heard the true Word—the Gospel of your salvation; by whom, since you also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 Tua Tha Thiangtho sia Ama minthanna pok tu in a leisa na a tat kik mateng, i lua tu ngamh atu in vaukhaamna a hihi.
who is the down payment on our inheritance until the release of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
15 Tua ahikom keima zong Jesus Christ sung ah na upna uh le mithiangtho te theampo na itna uh thu ka zak zawkciang in,
Because of this, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
16 Note atu in Pathian tung ah lungdam ka ko tawntung hi, ka thungetna ah hong hel tawntung khi hi;
I really do not stop giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
17 Tabang in minthanna i Pa, i Topa Jesus Christ i Pathian in note tung ah pilna thaa le Ama heakna sung ah thu pualak na hong pia tahen.
that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the real knowledge of Himself,
18 Note in Ama sapna i lametna, mithiangtho te i a minthang ngamh le hauna na heak thei natu uh in, na thinsung mit hong vaksak hi,
the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know 1) what is the hope of His[F] calling, and 2) what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 Taciang Ama vangletna lian nasep ngeina bang in, a um eite tung ah Ama vangletna bangza in lian ziam,
and 3) what the exceeding greatness of His power into us who are believing, according to the demonstration of the extent of His might
20 Tua vangletna taw Christ sia thina pan thokiksak a, Ama ziatsang vantung ah a koi ciang in Christ sung ah a vawt a hihi,
which He exercised in the Christ when He raised Him[S] from among the dead and seated Him at His[F] right, in the heavenly realms,
21 Ama sia thunei na, vangletna, hatna le ukzawkna theampo ahizong, taciang tu hun le hongpai lai tu hun sung ah min theampo sang in ahizong, nasiatakin sang zaw hi: (aiōn g165)
far above every ruler and authority and power and dominion—even every name that can be named, not only in this age but also in the next. (aiōn g165)
22 Taciang peangnuai ah na theampo koi siat a, pawlpi i na theampo tung ah a lubel dinmun pia hi.
In short, He[F] placed everything under His[S] feet, and appointed Him to be Head over everything in the Church,
23 Tua ahikom Ama pumpi hi a, na theampo ah na theampo taw a dimsak tu Ama pilna a hihi.
which is His body, the complement of Him who fills everything in every way.
