Efesotɔwo 1
1 Nye Paulo, ame si Mawu tia be manye Yesu Kristo ƒe apostolo la gbɔe agbalẽ sia tso, Na ame kɔkɔewo kple xɔsetɔwo le Kristo Yesu me le Efeso:
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
2 Amenuveve kple ŋutifafa si tso Mawu, mía Fofo kple Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo gbɔ la nanɔ anyi kpli mi.
May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Míetsɔ kafukafu na Mawu, míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo Fofo, ame si tsɔ gbɔgbɔmeyayra ɖe sia ɖe si le dziƒonutowo me la kɔ ɖe mía dzi le Kristo me.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;
4 Etia mí le eya amea me hafi wɔ xexea me be míanye ame kɔkɔewo kple ame siwo ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o la le eƒe ŋkume.
even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.
5 Le lɔlɔ̃ me la, ewɔ ɖoɖo tɔxɛ ɖe mía ŋu be míanye ye viwo to Yesu Kristo dzi. Mawu wɔ esia, esi wòɖo Yesu Kristo ɖa be wòaku ɖe mía ta. Ewɔ ɖoɖo sia to eya ŋutɔ ƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ kple lɔlɔ̃nu me!
For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--
6 Azɔ la, mitsɔ kafukafu na Mawu ɖe eƒe dɔmenyo gã sia ta. Mikafui ɖe eƒe amenuveve sɔgbɔ si wòkɔ ɖe mía dzi la ta, ɖe esi míenye Via lɔlɔ̃a tɔ ta.
to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
7 Eƒe dɔmenyo la gbã go ɖe mía dzi ale gbegbe be wòɖe míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo katã ɖa to Via ƒe ʋu la me, ame si dzi wòto ɖe mí,
It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--so abundant was God's grace,
8 eye wòtsɔ eƒe amenuveve xɔasi la kɔ ɖe mía dzi, elabena ekɔ nunya kple gɔmesese ɖe mía dzi.
the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
9 Mawu gblɔ eƒe susu ɣaɣla si ta wòɖo Kristo ɖa la na mí. Ewɔ ɖoɖo sia ɖe nublanuikpɔkpɔ na mí ta.
when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
10 Eƒe taɖodzinue nye be ne ɣeyiɣi si wòɖo la de la, aƒo nuwo katã nu ƒu tso afi sia afi, eɖanye dziƒo alo anyigba dzi o, ɖe Kristo te, tso mavɔ me yi mavɔ me.
for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.
11 Gawu la, le nu si Kristo wɔ ɖe mía nu ta la, míezu nunana xɔasi siwo ŋuti Mawu kpɔa dzidzɔ le la, elabena abe ɖoɖo si Mawu wɔ la ƒe akpa aɖe ene la, etia mí tso gɔmedzedzea me ke be míanye ye tɔwo, eye nu siawo katã le eme vam pɛpɛpɛ abe ale si wòɖoe tso blema ke ene.
In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
12 Mawu ƒe ɖoɖo le nu sia mee nye be mí ame siwo nye ame gbãtɔ siwo dze si Kristo la, míakafui, atsɔ ŋutikɔkɔe nɛ ɖe dɔ gã siwo katã wòwɔ na mí la ta.
so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.
13 Eye ɖe dɔ si Kristo wɔ ta la, mi ame siwo se nyateƒe la ƒe nya la, eye miexɔ Kristo dzi se la, Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe si ŋugbe wòdo na mí kristotɔwo la de dzesi mi be mienye kristotɔwo.
And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit;
14 Eƒe mía me nɔnɔ nye kpeɖodzi tso Mawu gbɔ be awɔ nu sia nu si ŋugbe wòdo na mí la godoo. Gbɔgbɔ la ƒe mía me nɔnɔ fia be Mawu ƒle mí xoxo, eye wòɖo kpe edzi be yeakplɔ mí ava eɖokui gbɔe hena eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ƒe kafukafu.
that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.
15 Esia ta tso ɣeyiɣi si mese xɔse si le mia si le Aƒetɔ Yesu me kple lɔlɔ̃ si le mia me na ame kɔkɔewo katã la,
For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,
16 nyemedzudzɔ akpedada na Mawu ɖe mia ta o, eye meɖoa ŋku mia dzi ɖaa le nye gbedodoɖawo me.
offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
17 Mebiaa míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe Mawu si nye ŋutikɔkɔe Fofo la be wòana Gbɔgbɔ la ƒe nunya kple ɖeɖefia mi be miaganyae ɖe edzi wu.
For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,
18 Medoa gbe ɖa be miaƒe gbɔgbɔmeŋkuwo naʋu, eye dzi nyanu nanɔ mia si be míade dzesi mɔkpɔkpɔ si wòyɔ mí na, eƒe kesinɔnu, ŋutikɔkɔe ƒe domenyinyi si wòna ame kɔkɔewo,
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,
19 kple eƒe ŋusẽ gã triakɔ si wona mí ame siwo xɔ edzi se la. Ŋusẽ triakɔ sia le abe eƒe ŋusẽ gã la ƒe dɔwɔwɔ ene.
and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
20 Ŋusẽ triakɔ siae fɔ Kristo ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome, eye wòtsɔe ɖo bubuteƒe le Mawu ƒe nuɖusime le dziƒo.
when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 Teƒe si kɔ wu dziɖulawo tɔ kple ŋusẽ kple ŋutete kple aƒetɔnyenye ɖe sia ɖe tɔ, kpakple ŋkɔ si kɔ wu ŋkɔ siwo katã le xexe sia me kple xexe si gbɔna la me. (aiōn g165)
high above all other government and authority and power and dominion, and every title of sovereignty used either in this Age or in the Age to come. (aiōn g165)
22 Mawu tsɔ nuwo katã de eƒe afɔ te, eye wòwɔe hame la ƒe tatɔ gãtɔe.
God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
23 Hame sia nye eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋutilã. Eyɔ hame la fũu, eye eƒe nɔnɔme le nu sia nu me.
the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
