以弗所書 2
1 你們從前因著你們的過犯和罪惡是死的；
And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; (aiōn g165)
3 就連我們從前也都在這樣環境中生活過，放縱肉身的私慾，照肉身和心意所喜好的行事，且生來就是易怒之子，和別人一樣。
among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: —
4 然而富於慈悲的天主，因著祂愛我們的大愛，
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 竟在我們因過犯死了的時候，使我們同基督一起生活──可見你們得救，是由於恩寵──
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
6 且使我們同祂一起復活，在基督耶穌內使我們同祂一起坐在天上，
and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus:
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: (aiōn g165)
8 因為你們得救是由於恩寵，藉著信德，所以信德並不是出於你們自己，而是天主的恩惠；
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
9 不是出於功行，免得有人自誇。
not of works, that no man should glory.
10 原來我們是祂的化工，是在基督耶穌內受造的，為行天主所預備的各種善工，叫我們在這些善工中度日。
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
11 所以你們應該記得，你們從前生來本是外邦人，被那些受割損的人──割損本是人手在肉身上所行的──稱為未受割損的人；
Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
12 記得你們那時沒有默西亞，與以色列社團隔絕，對恩許的盟約是局外人，在這世界上沒有希望，沒有天主。
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 但是現今在基督耶穌內，你們從前遠離天主的人，藉著基督的血，成為親近的了。
But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
14 因為基督是我們的和平，祂使雙方合而為一；祂以自己的肉身，拆毀了中間阻隔的牆壁，就是隻方的仇恨，
For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,
15 並廢除了由規條命令所組成的法律，為把雙方在自己身上造成一個新人，而成就和平。
having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, [so] making peace;
16 祂以十字架誅滅了仇恨，也以十字架使雙方合成一體，與天主和好。
and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 所以祂來，向你們遠離的人傳布了和平的福音，也向那親近的人傳布了和平，
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:
18 因為藉著祂，我們雙方在一個聖神內，才得以進到父面前。
for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
19 所以你們已不再是外方人或旅客，而是聖徒的同胞，是天主的家人；
So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
20 已被建築在宗徒和先知的基礎上，而基督耶穌自己卻是這建築物的角石，
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
21 靠著祂，整個建築物結構緊湊，逐漸擴大，在主內成為一座聖殿；
in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 並且靠著祂，你們也一同被建築，因著聖神，成為天主的住所。
in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
