Efèz 2
1 Nou menm moun Efèz, nou te mouri poutèt mechanste ak peche nou yo.
You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
2 Se nan bagay sa yo nou t'ap viv nan tan lontan. Nou t'ap swiv move kouran ki nan lemonn, nou t'ap fè volonte chèf otorite yo ki nan lè a, move lespri k'ap travay koulye a nan moun k'ap dezobeyi Bondye yo. (aiōn g165)
in which you once walked according to the course of this age (aiōn g165), according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.
3 Lè sa a, nou menm jwif yo, nou te menm jan ak yo. Nou t'ap mennen lavi nou dapre egzijans lachè, nou t'ap fè kapris kò nou ak tout vye lide ki te vin nan tèt nou. Konsa, nou menm jwif, jan nou te ye a, nou te kondannen pou n' te tonbe anba kolè Bondye tankou lòt yo.
We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
4 Men, Bondye sitèlman gen kè sansib, li sitèlman renmen nou,
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
5 li ban nou lavi ankò ansanm ak Kris la, nou menm ki te mouri akòz peche nou yo. Se yon favè Bondye fè nou lè li delivre nou.
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
6 Ansanm ak Kris la, Bondye fè nou leve soti nan lanmò, li fè nou chita jouk anwo nan syèl la ansanm ak li tou.
and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 Li fè tou sa pou moutre pou tout tan ki gen pou vini yo jan li renmen nou anpil anpil, jan li aji byen avèk nou nan Jezikri. (aiōn g165)
that in the ages (aiōn g165) to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
8 Se paske li renmen nou kifè li delivre nou, nou menm ki mete konfyans nou nan li. Sa pa soti nan nou menm menm, se yon kado Bondye ban nou.
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 Non, nou pa fè anyen pou sa. Konsa, pesonn pa ka vante tèt yo.
not of works, that no one would boast.
10 Se Bondye ki fè nou. Nan Jezikri li kreye nou pou nou ka fè anpil bon zèv nan lavi nou, dapre sa li te pare davans pou nou te fè.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
11 Nou menm ki pa t' fèt nan ras jwif la, jwif yo te rele nou moun ki pa sikonsi, menm jan yo te rele tèt yo moun ki sikonsi. Yo t'ap gade sou mak lèzòm fè sou kò yo ak men yo. Wi, nou menm moun lòt nasyon yo, chonje sa nou te ye nan tan lontan.
Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),
12 Lè sa a, nou t'ap viv byen lwen Kris la, nou te tankou etranje, nou pa t' fè pati pèp Bondye te chwazi pou li a. Nou pa t' nan kontra Bondye te fè ak pèp li a dapre sa l' te pwomèt la. Nou t'ap viv sou latè san okenn espwa, san Bondye.
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 Men koulye a, nan Jezikri, nou menm ki yon lè t'ap viv lwen Bondye, nou vin toupre l', gremesi san Kris la ki koule lè li mouri pou nou an.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
14 Paske, se li menm k'ap fè nou byen yonn ak lòt, li fè moun lòt nasyon yo fè yon sèl pèp ansanm ak jwif yo. Avèk pwòp kò li, li kraze miray ki te separe yo epi ki te fè yo yonn lènmi lòt.
For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,
15 Li aboli lalwa Moyiz la ansanm ak kòmandman l' yo ak tout regleman l' yo. Li pran de pèp sa yo, li fè yo tounen yon sèl pèp tou nouvo k'ap viv ansanm nan li. Se konsa li fè nou byen yonn ak lòt.
having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,
16 Avèk lanmò Kris la sou kwa a, li wete sa ki t'ap fè de pèp sa yo yonn rayi lòt, li fè yo tou de vin byen ak Bondye, li mete yo ansanm yonn ak lòt nan yon sèl kò.
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.
17 Wi, Kris la te vini, li anonse bon nouvèl k'ap mete lapè a ni pou moun lòt nasyon yo ki te lwen Bondye, ni pou jwif yo ki te toupre Bondye.
He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
18 Paske, gremesi Kris la, nou tout, kit nou jwif kit nou pa jwif, nou ka pwoche bò kot Papa a, nan pouvwa yon sèl ak menm Sentespri a.
For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 Se sak fè, nou menm moun lòt nasyon yo, nou pa etranje ankò, ni moun ki depasaj. Men, se sitwayen nou ye ansanm ak tout moun nan pèp Bondye a, nou fè pati fanmi Bondye a.
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,
20 Nou menm moun lòt nasyon yo, nou se kay Bondye ap bati sou fondasyon apòt yo ak pwofèt yo te poze a, men se Jezikri menm ki gwo wòch ki kenbe kay la kanpe a.
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
21 Se li menm ki kenbe tout kò kay la kanpe byen fèm, ki fè l' grandi pou l' tounen yon sèl kay yo mete apa pou Bondye.
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 Konsa, nou menm tou avèk lavi n'ap mennen nan Kris la, nou antre nan batisman sa a pou nou fè ansanm ak lòt yo yon sèl kay kote Bondye ap viv ak pouvwa Sentespri li.
in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
