Efisa 1
1 Kai Pawl, Cathut e ngainae lahoi Khrih Jisuh e guncei lah kaawm e ni, Jisuh Khrih dawk yuemkamcu ni teh Efisa kho kaawm e tami kathoungnaw koe ca na patawn awh.
To Christ’s people at Ephesus who are faithful to him, from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God.
2 Jisuh Khrih hoi maimae Pa Cathut koe e lungmanae hoi lungmawngnae teh nangmouh koe awm lawiseh.
May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
3 Khrih dawk kalvanlae Muitha yawhawinae kaawm e puenghoi Khrih dawk yawhawinae na ka poe e maimae Jisuh Khrih e Pa Cathut teh pholen lah awm lawiseh.
Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.
4 Maimouh teh amae hmalah thoung awh teh tounnae ao hoeh nahan talaivan a sak hoehnahlan vah Khrih dawk na rawi awh toe.
For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, so that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.
5 Jisuh Khrih lahoi maimouh teh cacoungnae coe awh nahan, a pahrennae dawk a ngainae patetlah hmoun lah o awh toe.
From the first he destined us, in his goodwill towards us, to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ,
6 Hottelah na hmounnae teh maimouh koe na poe e ka lentoe poung, a pahrennae hah pholen awh nahane doeh.
and so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving kindness which he gave us in the one he loves;
7 Puk ka cawi lae a lungmanae lahoi yah, yon a ngaithoum teh a thipaling hoi na ratang awh.
for in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offences.
8 Hothateh lungangnae abuemlah, thaipanueknae abuemlah maimouh koe na poenae doeh.
All this accords with the loving kindness which God lavished on us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,
9 Cathut ni a ngainae lahoi Khrih dawk a noe e hrolawk hah maimouh koe na panue sak.
when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the goodwill which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,
10 Kuepnae tue a pha toteh kalvan kaawm e hoi talai van kaawm e abuemlah Khrih e rahim vah cungtalah o sak nahane doeh.
in view of that divine order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in heaven and on earth, centre in him.
11 Ama e ngainae patetlah bangpuengpa ka sak e ni pouknae a tawn e patetlah maimouh teh Jisuh Khrih lahoi râw kacoekung lah o awh.
In him, I say, for by our union with him we became God’s heritage, having from the first been destined for this in the intention of him who, in all that happens, is carrying out his own fixed purpose;
12 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Khrih dawk hmaloe ka ngaihawi e kaimouh ni a bawilennae hah pholen awh nahane doeh.
that we should enhance his glory – we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.
13 Nangmouh hai rungngangnae kamthang lawk kahawi, lawkkatang lawk hah na thai awh teh, hote Jisuh Khrih hah na yuem awh navah Kathoung Muitha hoi noutnae tacik na kin awh toe.
And you, too, by your union with him, after you had heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation – you believed in him and were sealed as his by receiving the holy Spirit, which he had promised.
14 Hote Kathoung Muitha teh a bawilennae pholen hanelah ama koe na ratang hoehroukrak, pang han kawi râw e lawkawm lah ao.
And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, foreshadowing the full redemption of God’s own people – to enhance his glory.
15 Hatdawkvah, nangmouh ni Jisuh Khrih na yuem awh e hoi tami kathoungnaw na lungpataw awh e hah ka thai hnukkhu teh:
And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ’s people,
16 Nangmouh hanelah Cathut koe lunghawinae lawk dei e hoi ratoumnae ka pâpout hoeh.
have never omitted to thank God on your behalf, whenever I make mention of you in my prayers.
17 Ouk ka ratoum e teh, maimae Bawipa Jisuh Khrih e Pa Cathut, ka lentoe poung e a ma panue thai nahanelah, lungangnae hoi thaipanueknae na poe awh nahan,
My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;
18 na kaw e dawk ngaihawinae teh bang hah maw tie hoi tami kathoungnaw ni a coe awh e râw teh banghloimaw a len ti e, hoi
that your minds may be so enlightened that you may realise the hope given by God’s call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ’s people,
19 maimouh ka yuem e naw koe na patue awh e thao thasainae teh banghloimaw a len tie hah nangmouh ni na panue awh nahanlah panuenae mit a ang sak nahan ouk ka ratoum.
and the transcendent greatness of the power which he is able to exercise in dealing with us who believe in him.
20 Hote bahu teh Khrih hah duenae koehoi a thaw sak teh Khrih dawk a sak e a thaonae patetlah ao.
The same mighty power was exerted on the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and “caused him to sit at his right hand” on high, exalting him above all angels and archangels of every rank,
21 Uknae abuemlah, kâtawnnae abuemlah, atu e tue dawk dueng tho laipalah hmalae tue dawk kaw lah kaawm e minnaw pueng e lathueng, kalvanlae amae aranglah a rasang poungnae koe Khrih teh tahungnae hmuen a poe toe. (aiōn g165)
and above every name that can be named, whether in the present age, or in the age to come. (aiōn g165)
22 Cathut ni a khok rahim hnocawngca pueng a ta pouh teh Kawhmoun hanelah hnocawngca e lathueng vah lû lah ao sak.
And God placed all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as its supreme head;
23 Hote amae tak hateh hnocawngca hah hnocawngca hoi ka kuep sak e ni a kuepnae Khrih e a tak lah ao.
for the church is Christ’s body, and is filled by him who fills all things everywhere with his presence.
