Efezským 2
1 I vás obživil mrtvé vinami a hříchy,
To you Gentiles also, who were dead through your offences and sins,
2 V nichž jste někdy chodili podle obyčeje světa tohoto a podle knížete mocného v povětří, ducha toho, kterýž nyní dělá v synech zpoury. (aiōn g165)
which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience--to you God has given Life. (aiōn g165)
3 Mezi nimižto i my všickni žili jsme někdy v žádostech těla našeho, činivše to, což se líbilo tělu a mysli, a byli jsme z přirození synové hněvu jako i jiní.
Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
4 Ale Bůh, bohatý jsa v milosrdenství pro velikou lásku svou, kteroužto zamiloval nás,
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,
5 Když jsme my ještě mrtví byli v hříších, obživil nás spolu s Kristem, jehož milostí jste spaseni,
caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ--it is by grace that you have been saved--
6 A spolu s ním vzkřísil, i posadil na nebesích v Kristu Ježíši,
raised us with Him from the dead, and enthroned us with Him in the heavenly realms as being in Christ Jesus,
7 Aby ukázal v věku budoucím nepřevýšené bohatství milosti své, z dobroty své k nám v Kristu Ježíši. (aiōn g165)
in order that, by His goodness to us in Christ Jesus, He might display in the Ages to come the transcendent riches of His grace. (aiōn g165)
8 Nebo milostí spaseni jste skrze víru, a to ne sami z sebe: darť jest to Boží,
For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--
9 Ne z skutků, aby se někdo nechlubil.
so that it may be impossible for any one to boast.
10 Jsme zajisté jeho dílo, jsouce stvořeni v Kristu Ježíši k skutkům dobrým, kteréž Bůh připravil, abychom v nich chodili.
For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.
11 Protož pamatujte, že vy byli někdy pohané podle těla, kteříž jste slouli neobřízka od těch, kteříž slouli obřízka na těle, kteráž se působí rukama,
Therefore, do not forget that formerly you were Gentiles as to your bodily condition. You were called the Uncircumcision by those who style themselves the Circumcised--their circumcision being one which the knife has effected.
12 A že jste byli za onoho času bez Krista, odcizeni od společnosti Izraele, a cizí od úmluv zaslíbení, naděje nemající, a bez Boha na světě.
At that time you were living apart from Christ, estranged from the Commonwealth of Israel, with no share by birth in the Covenants which are based on the Promises, and you had no hope and no God, in all the world.
13 Ale nyní v Kristu Ježíši vy, kteříž jste někdy byli dalecí, blízcí učiněni jste skrze krev Kristovu.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were so far away have been brought near through the death of Christ.
14 Nebo onť jest pokoj náš, kterýž učinil oboje jedno, zbořiv hradbu dělící na různo,
For He is our peace--He who has made Jews and Gentiles one, and in His own human nature has broken down the hostile dividing wall,
15 A nepřátelství, totiž Zákon přikázání, záležející v ustanoveních, vyprázdniv skrze tělo své, aby dvoje vzdělal v samém sobě v jednoho nového člověka, tak čině pokoj,
by setting aside the Law with its commandments, expressed, as they were, in definite decrees. His design was to unite the two sections of humanity in Himself so as to form one new man,
16 A v mír uvodě oboje v jednom těle Bohu skrze kříž, vyhladiv nepřátelství skrze něj.
thus effecting peace, and to reconcile Jews and Gentiles in one body to God, by means of His cross--slaying by it their mutual enmity.
17 A přišed, zvěstoval pokoj vám, dalekým i blízkým.
So He came and proclaimed good news of peace to you who were so far away, and peace to those who were near;
18 Neboť skrze něho obojí máme přístup v jednom Duchu k Otci.
because it is through Him that Jews and Gentiles alike have access through one Spirit to the Father.
19 Aj, již tedy nejste hosté a příchozí, ale spoluměšťané svatých a domácí Boží,
You are therefore no longer mere foreigners or persons excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's people and are members of His family.
20 Vzdělaní na základ apoštolský a prorocký, kdežto jest gruntovní úhelný kámen sám Ježíš Kristus,
You are a building which has been reared on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus Himself,
21 Na němžto všecko stavení příslušně vzdělané roste v chrám svatý v Pánu;
in union with whom the whole fabric, fitted and closely joined together, is growing so as to form a holy sanctuary in the Lord;
22 Na kterémžto i vy spolu vzděláváte se v příbytek Boží, v Duchu svatém.
in whom you also are being built up together to become a fixed abode for God through the Spirit.
