Ba Efeso 2
1 Alimwi kulindinywe, mwakalifwide mumilandu yenu azibi.
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2 Mwakali kupona kwindila kumuzuluzi wamulawu wamuuya, muuya oyo ulikubeleka mubana batakwe lulayo. (aiōn g165)
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. (aiōn g165)
3 Eelyo toonse twalikupona akati kabantu aba, kuzuzikizya makanze asiluuni wamibili yesu, akubweza makanze eenyama alimwi amiyeyo. Twakali kwindilila mubwiime bwabana babukali, mbuli bumwi bwabuntu. Twakali abuntu bwabwana babisya mbuli kuchita bamwi.
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
4 Pesi Leza ulabuvubi muluzyalo nkambo kaluyando lwakwe lupati oolo ndwakatuyandisya swe.
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
5 Nikuba twakalifwide mumilandu, wakatuchita bawumi antomwe muli Kkilisito aluzyalo mwakafutulwa.
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
6 Leza wakatubusya antomwe a Kkilisito, alimwi Leza wakatuchita kuti tukkale a Kkilisitu, alimwi Leza wakatuchita kuti tukkale antomwe mumyenya yakujulu muli Kkilisitu Jesu.
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 Kuchitila kuti muminyaka iza akatondezya kulindiswe kulindiswe buvubi bwakwe bupati buteleki kwa luzyalo lwakwe lutondezegwe mulwetelelo lwakwe kulindiswe muli Kkilisitu Jesu. (aiōn g165)
in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)
8 Nkambo a luzyalo mwakafutulwa kwindila mulusyomo, alimwi echi techakazwa kulindinywe, nchipo cha Leza.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 Pepe kuzwa kumilimo, kuchitila kuti takwe atakali kankayizye.
not by works, so that no one can boast.
10 Nkambo tuli basimilimo ba Leza, bakalongezegwa muli Kkilisito Jesu kukuchita milimu mibotu eyo Leza njakatubambila kalekale, kuchitila kuti tukeende mulinjiiyo.
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
11 Nkiinkako amuyeeye kuti bamaasi munyama mwiitwa kuti “chitapalwidwe” acheecho chitegwa a “kupalulwa. munyama chakuchitwa amaboko amuntu.
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
12 Nkambo kachecho chiindi mwakalanzanisizigwe kuli Kkilisitu kamuli bazwakule kuchisi chamu Izilayeli, batuba kuzizuminano zyachisyomezyo, kamutakwe bulangizi alimwi nkakutakwe Leza munyika.
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
13 Pele lino muli Kkilisitu Jesu inywe nimwakali kule loko kuzwa kuli Leza mwakaboozegwa afwifwi kwindila mugaze lya Kkilisitu.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
14 Nkambo ngonguwe lumuuno lwesu. Wakachita kuti kubili baabe umwi. Kwinda kunyama yakwe wakanyonyoona bulambo bwankoondo bwakatwanzanisizye.
For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
15 Nkinkako, wakalobya mulawu wamilawu amalayilile kuchitila kuti alenge muntu omwe mupya mulinguwe, nkokuti kube lumuuno.
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
16 Kkilisito wakababoozya amwi bantu bobile mumubili omwe kuli Leza kwinda muchiingano, kukujaya nkondo yakali akati kabo.
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
17 Jesu wakasika akukambawuka makani mabotu aluumuno kulindinywe nimwakali kule alumuno kuli aabo bakali afwifwi.
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
18 Eelyo kwindilila muli Jesu toonse mutujana luswano mumuuya omwe kuli Taata.
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19 Nkambo kaako, lino inywe nobamaasi tamuchili batuuba amazwakule pe. Nkokuti muli benyika yomwe abantu ba Leza basalala abantu bamung'anda ya Leza.
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
20 Chamba kuti mwakayakilwa entalisyo yabatumwa abasinsim, alimwi Kkilisito Jesu lwakwe ngonguwe bbwe lyachooko.
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
21 Mulinguwe ing'anda yoonse ikkwana oobotu antoomwe alimwikikkomena kabotu mbuuli tempele iisalala mu Mwami.
In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
22 Mulinguwe omo mumulikuyakwa kabiyo antomwe mbuli chikkalilo cha-Jesu mu Muuya.
And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
