Afisawa 2
1 Amma da ku matattu ne cikin zunubanku da laifofinku.
Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
2 A cikinsu kuka yi rayuwa bisa ga al'amuran duniyan nan. Kuka biye wa mai sarautar ikokin sararin sama, wannan ruhun ne da ke aiki cikin kangararrun 'ya'ya. (aiōn g165)
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)
3 Da can dukanmu muna cikin wadannan marasa bada gaskiya. Muka biye wa mugun burin jikinmu. Muna aikata halin mutuntaka da na tunaninmu. Bisa ga dabi'a 'ya'ya ne wadanda sun cancanci fushin Allah, kamar wadansu.
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].
4 Amma Allah mai yalwar jinkai ne, sabili da matukar kauna da ya kaunace mu.
But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
5 Sa'anda muke matattu cikin zunubai, ya kawo mu cikin sabon rai tare da Almasihu. Ta wurin alheri aka cece mu.
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]
6 Allah ya tashe mu tare ya kuma sa muka zauna tare a matsayi guda cikin Almasihu Yesu.
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,
7 Ya yi wannan domin a zamanai masu zuwa ya nuna mana matukar yalwar arzikin alherinsa ta wurin Yesu. Yana nuna mana wannan ta wurin alherinsa. (aiōn g165)
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)
8 Domin ta wurin alheri aka cece ku ta wurin bangaskiya, wannan ba daga gare ku ba ne, kyauta ce ta Allah.
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.
9 Ba daga ayyuka ba, Saboda wannan dalili kada kowa ya yi fahariya.
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 Gama mu aikin hannuwansa ne, halitattu cikin Almasihu Yesu domin mu yi kyawawan ayyuka, wadanda tun da Allah ya tanada, mu yi rayuwa a cikinsu.
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.
11 Saboda haka ku tuna da ku al'ummai ne a dabi'ar jiki. Ana kiranku “marasa kaciya”, abin da ake kira kaciya cikin jiki wadda hannayen mutane ke yi.
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]).
12 Gama a lokacin nan a rabe kuke da Almasihu. Ku bare ne ga mutanen Isra'ila. Ku baki ne ga wa'adodi na al'kawarai. Ba ku da tabbaci a kan gobe. Ba ku da Allah a cikin duniya.
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.
13 Amma yanzu a cikin Almasihu Yesu ku da da kuke nesa da Allah, an kawo ku kusa da shi ta wurin jinin Almasihu.
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].
14 Gama shine salamar mu. Domin ya mai da biyun daya. Cikin jikinsa ne ya rushe katangar gaba da ta raba mu da juna.
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].
15 Wato ya kawar da shari'a mai umarnai da sharudda, domin ya halitta sabon mutum daya a cikinsa. Yin haka ya kawo salama.
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].
16 Ya yi haka domin ya sulhunta mutum biyu cikin jiki daya ga Allah ta wurin gicciye. Ta wurin gicciye ya kashe gabar da ke tsakaninsu.
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]).
17 Yesu ya zo ya yi maku shelar salama ku da kuke nesa da ku na kusa.
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].
18 Domin ta wurin Yesu dukanmu biyu cikin Ruhu daya muna da hanya zuwa wurin Uba.
[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].
19 Sabo da haka yanzu ku al'ummai, ko daya, ba bare ba ne. Maimakon haka ku abokai ne tare da kebabbun Allah, abokan aiki.
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].
20 Wadanda an gina su bisa tushen manzanni da annabawa. Almasihu Yesu da kansa shine mafificin dutsen ginin.
[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
21 A cikinsa dukan ginin ya hade tare, suna kuma girma kamar haikali cikin Ubangiji.
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].
22 A cikinsa ne kuma ake gina ku gaba daya kun zama mazaunin Allah a cikin Ruhu.
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.
