Ephesians 2
1 Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
Shi me ma hirzashi ataye sa yazi mu kize usuro ticukum teshime nan nu cara a bange a shime.
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)
Andesa datti warani anu tarsa, ana ni ge sawatursi Ugomo u ma cico memani bi be buzenzen me nanshi anu zatu tarsa Asere an desa wa haki nan nipum. (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].
Vat oro datti ta cukuno nan we ta tarsi uni rusa umeme ine ini Uhomo Asere ma izi ucore iriba imeme.
4 But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
Ugomo Asere mazin ni ni iriba ishew barki memani ma hem in hanu.
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]
Barki atiyeme salazi mu kizzi memani hirzan duru urusa unize ni ugomo Asere asuro ushew umeme ma suson duru ani rere.
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,
Anyumo Ugomo Asere Yesu memani hirzan duro nigome manno ma yan duro ahira ati cukun abirko anyimo Asesere.
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)
Ugomo Asere ma uyi ina nu barki ma bezi ubare umeme usuro uniza nu Ugomo Asere Yesu. (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.
Usuro imumu iriri ya wu ma suson duro anyimo ani rere me sa ta rebine akagino katuma ka Asere kani.
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.
Da barki kashi ba barki ani me kati uye ma tari bigiri.
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.
Haru katuma kame kani ma kuri mabarkan duru anyimo niza ne Yesu Ugomo Asere barki ti wuzi katuma ka ririn kaga sa Ugomo Asere mamu inkondaru kani.
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]).
Barki dati utanda ushime anigura wadi tarsishi anu zoti ni gura wemi waruse nigura nu weme nini ta tarani.
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.
Rusane uganiya yahar uzina nan nu Ugomo Asere.
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].
Anime anyimo Ugomo Asere datti yezi piit anami barki uponku uma ye na Yesu Ugomo Asere mayene shi mamu.
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].
Barki anime Ugomo Asere mimani una unu nati iriba idesa mazeki a Yahudawa ana inde wani makuri ma tuburko utura ugesa wa hari ticukun tuwa nan ni lenu.
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].
Ma e makarti ubezi utize tiburi nan uwito ini ce nimime usuro ahira ami ani akim vana Asere usuro anaware wewan adumu nan aji.
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]).
Makure ma ore ace awe ana waremi anyumo aniza ni Yesu wa cukuno a inde usuro ukotiko umime azere utete.
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].
Yesu ma e unu boo tize ta Asere, nan nu bezizi iriba irum a hira an desa wa ra piit nan iriba irum a hira desa wa zi mamu cangi.
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].
Makure ma ace ma bezeze una urereni ana pepet nan na namamu. Barki memani takim urosa vana nannu Ugomo Asere usuro bibeu bi inde.
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].
Barki memani takem urosa vannu Ugomo Asere anuro bibeu bi inde.
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
Shime a zu agene wani shi anare waniba shi yakim ukaba ahere Ugomo ya cukuno ahana Ugomo Asere.
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].
Andese a kabi we usuro urusa utize ti Ugomo Asere Yesu memani ni po ni dandang niginome.
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.
Andesa abari we gusi tidinge anyumo aweme wewani ti denge tiririn ti Ugomo Asere.
