Ephesians 2
1 and you, being dead in your offences and sins —
Kunena za inu, kale munali akufa chifukwa cha zolakwa zanu ndi machimo anu,
2 in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience: (aiōn g165)
mmene inu munkakhalamo pamene munkatsatira njira za dziko lapansi ndi za ulamuliro waufumu wa mlengalenga, mzimu umene ukugwira ntchito tsopano mwa amene samvera. (aiōn g165)
3 among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
Nthawi ina tonsefe tinalinso ndi moyo wonga wawo, tinkachitanso zilizonse zimene matupi ndi maganizo athu ankafuna. Mwachibadwa chathu, tinali oyenera chilango monga anthu ena onse.
4 but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
Koma chifukwa cha chikondi chake chachikulu pa ife, Mulungu amene ndi olemera mʼchifundo,
5 (we too being dead in offences, ) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace, )
anatipanga kukhala amoyo ndi Khristu ngakhale pamene ife tinali akufa mu zolakwa zathu. Koma tinapulumutsidwa mwachisomo.
6 and has raised [us] up together, and has made [us] sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
Ndipo Mulungu anatiukitsa pamodzi ndi Khristu ndi kutikhazika pamodzi ndi Iye mmwamba mwa Khristu Yesu,
7 that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)
ndi cholinga chakuti mʼnthawi imene ikubwera, Iyeyo adzaonetse chuma choposa cha chisomo chake, choonetsedwa mwa kukoma mtima kwake kwa ife mwa Khristu Yesu. (aiōn g165)
8 For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:
Pakuti mwapulumutsidwa mwachisomo, kudzera mʼchikhulupiriro ndipo izi sizochokera mwa inu eni, koma ndi mphatso ya Mulungu,
9 not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.
osati ndi ntchito, kuti wina aliyense asadzitamandire.
10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.
Pakuti ndife ntchito ya Mulungu, olengedwa mwa Khristu Yesu kuti tichite ntchito zabwino, zimene Mulungu anazikonzeratu kale kuti tizichite.
11 Wherefore remember that ye, once nations in [the] flesh, who [are] called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in [the] flesh done with the hand;
Chifukwa chake kumbukirani kuti poyamba inu amene munali anthu a mitundu ina mwachibadwa ndipo munkatchedwa “osachita mdulidwe” ndi amene amadzitcha okha “a mdulidwe” (zimene zinachitika mʼthupi ndi manja a anthu).
12 that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Kumbukirani kuti nthawi imene inu munali wopanda Khristu, simunkawerengedwa ngati nzika za Israeli ndipo munali alendo pa pangano la lonjezo, wopanda chiyembekezo ndi opanda Mulungu mʼdziko lapansi.
13 but now in Christ Jesus ye who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
Koma tsopano mwa Khristu Yesu, inu amene nthawi ina munali kutali, mwabweretsedwa pafupi kudzera mʼmagazi a Khristu.
14 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,
Pakuti Iye mwini ndiye mtendere wathu, amene anachita kuti awiri akhale mmodzi ndipo anagumula chotchinga, khoma la udani lotilekanitsa,
15 having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
pothetsa mʼthupi lake lamulo pamodzi ndi zolamulira zake ndi malangizo. Cholinga chake chinali chakuti alenge mwa Iye mwini, munthu mmodzi watsopano kuchokera kwa abwino, motero nʼkupanga mtendere,
16 and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;
ndi kuyanjanitsa onse awiriwa mʼthupi lake kwa Mulungu, kudzera pa mtanda, umene Iye anaphapo udani wawo.
17 and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.
Iye anabwera ndipo analalikira mtendere kwa inu amene munali kutali ndi mtendere ndiponso kwa iwonso amene anali pafupi.
18 For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father.
Pakuti mwa Iye, ife tonse titha kufika kwa Atate mwa Mzimu mmodzi.
19 So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
Kotero kuti, inu sindinunso alendo ndi adani, koma nzika pamodzi ndi anthu a Mulungu ndiponso a mʼbanja la Mulungu.
20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
Ndinu okhazikika pa maziko a atumwi ndi a aneneri, pamodzi ndi Khristu Yesu mwini ngati mwala wa pa ngodya.
21 in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
Mwa Iyeyo, nyumba yonse yalumikizidwa pamodzi ndipo yakwezedwa kukhala Nyumba yoyera mwa Ambuye.
22 in whom ye also are built together for a habitation of God in [the] Spirit.
Ndipo mwa Iye, inunso mukamangidwa pamodzi ndi ena onse kukhala nyumba yokhalamo imene Mulungu amakhala mwa Mzimu wake.
