Ephesians 2
1 Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
Ma unu onwe unu, unu nwụrụ anwụ site na njehie ụzọ na mmehie unu.
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)
Nke unu biri ndụ nʼime ha mgbe unu na-agbaso ụzọ niile nke ụwa a, na ụzọ onye ọchịchị nke alaeze ikuku, bụ mmụọ ahụ na-arụ ọrụ ugbu a na ndụ ndị ahụ na-enupu isi. (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].
Anyị niile bikwara ndụ anyị nʼetiti ha, nʼoge gara aga, na-emejupụta agụụ nke anụ ahụ mmehie, ma na-agbaso ọchịchọ ya na ebumnuche ya. Nʼihi na site nʼọdịdị anyị, anyị na ndị ọzọ nọ nʼọmụma ikpe ya.
4 But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
Chineke onye jupụtara nʼobi ebere, maka oke ịhụnanya o nwere nʼebe anyị nọ,
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]
mere ka anyị soro Kraịst dịrị ndụ ọzọ; ọ bụladị mgbe anyị bụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ nʼime ajọ omume. Ọ bụ site nʼamara ya ka e ji zọpụta unu.
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,
Ọ kpọlitere anyị na ya, mee ka anyị nọdụ ọdụ nʼebe niile nke eluigwe nʼime Kraịst Jisọs.
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)
O mere nke a igosi ọgbọ nke na-abịa, ịdị ukwuu nke akụ amara ya, nke o sitere nʼobiọma ya gosi anyị nʼime Kraịst Jisọs. (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.
Nʼihi na ọ bụ site nʼamara ka e ji zọpụta unu site nʼokwukwe. Nke a abụghị ihe unu rụpụtara nʼonwe unu, ọ bụ onyinye nke Chineke.
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.
O siteghị nʼọrụ, ka onye ọbụla ghara ịnya isi.
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.
Nʼihi na anyị bụ akaọrụ ya, nke o kere nʼime Kraịst Jisọs nʼihi ịrụ ezi ọrụ. Ọ bụ otu a ka Chineke siri kwadoo na anyị kwesiri ibi ndụ ụbọchị niile.
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]).
Ya mere, chetanụ na nʼoge gara aga, unu bụ ndị mba ọzọ site nʼọmụmụ nke a mụrụ unu. Chetakwanụ na “ndị e biri ugwu” na-akpọkwa unu “ndị a na-ebighị ugwu” (nʼihi obibi ugwu nʼanụ ahụ nke eji aka bie).
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.
Nʼoge ahụ, ọ dịghị ihe jikọtara unu na Kraịst. E kewapụtara unu site na mmekọrịta nke Izrel, bụrụkwa ndị ọbịa nʼọgbụgba ndụ ahụ, na-enweghị olileanya na-enweghịkwa Chineke nʼime ụwa.
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].
Ma ugbu a nʼime Kraịst Jisọs, unu bụ ndị nọ nʼebe dị anya nʼoge gara aga, ka e mere ka unu bịaruo nso site nʼọbara Kraịst nke a wụsiri.
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].
Nʼihi na ya onwe ya bụ udo anyị, o mere ka ụzọ otu abụọ bụrụ otu ihe nʼime ahụ ya, site na ịkwatu mgbidi kewara ha na mgbe ochie, bụ mgbidi nke ịkpọ asị dị nʼetiti anyị.
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].
Ọ bụ nʼime anụ ahụ ya ka ọ mere ka iwu ahụ na ụkpụrụ ya niile ghara ịdị ire. Ebumnobi ya bụ i kee nʼime onwe ya otu onye ọhụrụ site na mmadụ abụọ ahụ, si otu a mee ka udo dịrị.
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]).
Nʼụzọ dị otu a ka ọ ga-esi kpeziere anyị na Chineke site nʼobe ya, wetakwa nʼisi ngwụcha, iro dị nʼetiti ha abụọ.
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].
Ya mere, ọ bịara kwusaa udo nye unu ndị nọ ebe dị anya na unu ndị nọ nso,
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].
Nʼihi na anyị abụọ sitere nʼaka ya nweta nnabata anyị ịbịa nʼihu Nna site nʼotu Mmụọ ahụ.
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].
Matakwanụ ugbu a na unu abụkwaghị ndị mba ọzọ na ndị ọbịa. Unu esorola ndị nsọ bụrụ diala na ndị so nʼezinaụlọ Chineke,
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
nke a rụkwasara nʼelu ntọala nke ndị ozi na ndị amụma, nke Kraịst Jisọs nʼonwe ya bụ nkume isi ntọala ya.
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].
Ọ bụkwa nʼime ya ka a na-ejikọta ụlọ ahụ niile nke ọma, na-aba ụba, too bụrụ ụlọnsọ, nʼime Onyenwe anyị.
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.
Onye a na-ewukọkwa unu onwe unu nʼotu nʼime ya, ka unu niile bụrụ ebe obibi Chineke nʼime Mmụọ.
