Ephesians 2
1 Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
Ahlana nangmi cun Ngmüimkhya lama nami thiki, isetiakyaküng, pyen käh ngja lü nami mkhyekata phäh ni.
2 You were acting in the same [evil] way as those who oppose Christ [MTY] act. That is, you were behaving in the [evil] ways [that Satan wanted you to behave]. He rules over evil spiritual beings that no person can see [MTY]. He is the spirit who now powerfully controls the people who disobey God. (aiōn g165)
Acuna kcün üng am dawkia khawmdeka lam kse läk lü khawlivaa veki ngmüimkhya johitea uknak nami jah kcangnaki. Acuna Ngmüimkhya naw Pamhnam käh kcangnak vaia khyange cun atuha jah pinmanki. (aiōn g165)
3 Formerly, we all used to disobey God as they do. We did the things that our self-centered nature wanted us to do. We habitually did those [evil] deeds that our bodies and our minds wanted to do. When we were acting like that, it was certain that [God] would punish [MTY] us, just like he will certainly punish all other [evil people].
Mimi pi amimi akba ve khawi lü ni mtisa hlüeia mimäta pumsae ja mlungkawea titänga mi xüng khawikie. Mi mtisa lama avana kba Pamhnama mlungsonak mi khamei khaiea mi ngkawihkie ni.
4 But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
Lüpi Pamhnama a jah mpyeneinak nungmja lü a jah kphyanak pi dämduhki,
5 As a result, even when we were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as] a corpse [MET] is) because we were habitually sinning, he enabled us to receive [spiritual]/[eternal] life because of our relationship with Christ. [Do not forget this: It is only] because God has acted so kindly toward you, in a way that you did not deserve, that you are saved {that [he] saved you} [from the guilt of your sin]
pyen käh ngja lü Ngmüimkhya lama mkhyea phäh mi thih k'um üng ani naw Khritaw am xünnaka a jah lawpüi ni. Pamhnama bäkhäknak am küikyannak nami yahki.
6 And [it is as though] God gave us spiritual life when he caused Christ Jesus to be alive again after he died [MET]. And [it is as though] God caused us to sit [and rule] [MTY] with him in heaven,
Khritaw Jesuh üng mi yümmatnak am ani naw jah mtho be lü ani am khankhaw pea atänga mi uk khai.
7 in order that he might show to everyone at all times in the future that he has acted toward us in an extremely kind way because of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. (aiōn g165)
Ahin a pawh cun law khai akcün tä üng mdan lü aktäa dämduhkia a bäkhäknak cun Khritaw Jesuh üng a kphyanak jah mdanki. (aiōn g165)
8 It is [only] by [God] acting [PRS] [toward you] in a way that you did not deserve that you have been saved {that he has saved you} as a result of your trusting [in Christ]. You did not save yourselves. His saving you was his gift to you.
Pamhnama bäkhäknak üng jumnak üngkhyüh küikyannak nami yahki. Ahin cun namimäta mtunkthaeinak am kya, lüpi Pamhnam naw ajüa aning jah yet ni, acuna kyase u pi käh camcah kawm.
9 He did not save any of you because of anything you yourselves did. Because you have done nothing [to save yourselves], you cannot be proud of your efforts to save yourselves.
10 It is God who has made us what we are now. Because of our relationship with Christ Jesus, he has enabled us to receive [spiritual/eternal] life in order that we should conduct our lives habitually doing the good deeds that God previously planned for us to do.
Mimi cun Pamhnama sepbeia mi kya lü Pamhnam naw Khritaw Jesuh üng yümmat lü akdaw mi pawh khaia a jah mhnünmceng päng ni, mi bilawh vai kunga a jah pitpyang pet päng ni.
11 You [Ephesians] have been non-Jews from the time that you were born. The Jews ([insult you/say that you are not God’s people]) [by] calling you ‘those who are not circumcised’. They [proudly] call themselves ‘we [(exc)] who are circumcised’. [They have allowed people to] circumcise [them to indicate that they are God’s people, but] that has [only] changed their bodies, [not their] ([inner beings/hearts]).
Nami ngtüi law üng khyangmjükcee, Judahe naw “vun am mawiki” aning jah tinak, amimäte naw ta vun mawikia ngsuikiea (Ahin cun khyang naw pumsa üng bilawhnak) ajana ihawkba nami ve khawiki ti cun süm ua.
12 You should constantly remember these things: Formerly you did not have any relationship with Christ. You did not belong to the people of Israel, [the people whom God chose]. You did not know about the things God promised in his agreements [with his people]. You did not confidently expect to go to heaven after you die (OR, [that God would save you]). You [lived] in this world without knowing God.
Acuna kcün üng Khritaw üngkhyüh nami thuki. Nangmi cun khyangmjükcea kya lü Pamhnama a jah xü khyanga pi am kya uki. Pamhnam naw Isarele üng khyütam a jah pet ngthupet üng pi am sängei lü Pamhnam jah äpeinak käh ta lü khawmdeka nami xüng khawiki.
13 But now, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, God has brought you, who had no relationship with him [MET], into his family [MET]. He did that because [you trusted in what Christ accomplished when] his blood [MTY] [flowed from his body when he died on the cross].
Tuh ta, ajana thuk khawi uki lüpi Khritawa thisen naw ning jah law püi lü Khritaw Jesuh üng nami yümmat law beki.
14 Christ himself [has caused us Jewish and non-Jewish believers] to have peace [with each other]. He has made both [of our groups] to become one [group]. [Just like people] (tear down/demolish) a wall that separates [groups of people] [MET], he has destroyed the hatred [between Jews and non-Jews].
Khritaw amät naw dim’yenak law püi lü Judahe ja khyangmjükcee cun khyangmjü mata a jah pyan. Yea jah thawnsaki ja jah mkhyakia kpang cun amäta pumsa üng a kcimpyak ni.
15 By dying [MTY] [for us on the cross] he made it no longer [necessary for us to obey] all the [Jewish] laws and rituals [in order to be saved]. He did that in order to enable the two [groups] to become one new group because of our relationship with him. The result was that he has caused us to have peace [with each other].
Ani naw Judahea Thum, ngthupet ja ningsawe jah kpyakki, isetiakyaküng, khyangmjü nghngih cun khyang kthai mata kya lü a nih üng a jah yümmatsak. Ahikba va dimdeihnak a bi law.
16 By [dying on] the cross [MTY] he caused both Jews and non-Jews to have a peaceful relationship with God. That is how he caused us to no longer be [MET] enemies [with God] (OR, [with each other]).
Ani kutlamtunga a thiha phäh üng am ami ngkhawtnak mkhyüh lü kutlamtunga phäh üng khyangmjü nghngih cun pumsa mat üng jah ngkhawsak lü Pamhnama vei a jah law püi be.
17 He came [to earth] and proclaimed that you [non-Jews], who did not have a relationship with [MET] [God], and [us(exc) Jews], who [considered that we(exc) belonged to] [MET] God’s [family], can [all] now have peace [with God].
Acuna kyase Khritaw cun law lü dimdeihnaka Thangkdaw cun ami vana vei — Pamhnam am thuki khyangmjükce ja Pamhnam am cähki Judahe vei sangki.
18 [We know that he has done that] because we both, [Jews and non-Jews], are [now] able to approach God the Father in prayer by the help of his Spirit, because of what Christ [has done].
Khritaw üngkhyüh khyangmjükce jah Judah mi van cun Ngmüimkhya mat am Pa Pamhnama maa mi law khawhki.
19 So [God no longer treats] you [non-Jews] as [people treat] [MET] foreigners and strangers [who live among them] [MET]. Instead, along with all God’s people, [it is as though] you have become citizens of a country that he rules over, and [as though you have become] members of the family [of which he is the father] [MET].
Acuna kyase, nangmi khyangmjükcee cun pe kce khyanga ja khina am kya ti u ki, nangmi cun Pamhnama khyange am atänga khankhaw khyanga thawn u lü Pamhnama canaa nami kyaki.
20 [Just like] a building is built {[as someone] builds a building} on a foundation, [God has joined you into one group that originated/began] from what the apostles and prophets [taught]. Christ Jesus is the [most important one in that group, just like a] cornerstone [is the most important part of a building]. And
Khritaw Jesuh amät cun tüneinak lunga kya lü nangmi cun tüneinaka khana ngsä he ja sahmae naw aning jah sawngsak ua kyaki.
21 just like [a builder might] join together all the parts of a building to make it a temple that [people will] dedicate to the Lord [MET], [Christ is continually causing all of] you who have a relationship with [him to be united, in order that you will become one holy group].
Ani naw im avan cun kcüng lü Pamhnam üng pet vaia dawki temple ngcima dämduhsak lü Bawipa üng a ap ni.
22 And because of your relationship with Christ, [God] is joining you [non-Jews] together with [Jewish believers] to be [like] one building [MET] in which his Spirit lives.
Ani üng yümmat lü Pamhnam cun a Ngmüimkhya üng a ve vaia nangmi cun khyang kcee am atänga ning jah sawngsaka nami kyaki.
