Waefeso 1
1 Paulo, n'tume wa Yesu Kristu kwa mapenzi gha K'yara, kwa bhabhatengibhu kwajia ya k'yara bhabhayele Efeso na ndo bhaaminifu kup'etela kristo Yesu.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to God's holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful in Christ Jesus.
2 Neema iyelai kwa yhomo ni amani yayihomela kwa K'yara Dadi wa yhoto na Bwana Yesu Kristu.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 K'yara na Dadi wa Bwana wa yhoto Yesu Kristu apelibhuayi sifa. Nando muene ya atubaliki kwa kila baraka sa kiroho, kup'etela sehemu sa kumbinguni mugati mwa Kristu.
May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
4 Kabula ya kubhombibhwa ulimwengu, K'yara atuchaguili tete yatiamini kup'etela kristu. Atuchaguili tete ili tubhwesyai kuya bhatakatifu na twatilaumika lepi palongolo pa muene.
God chose us in him from the beginning of the world, that we may be holy and blameless in his sight in love.
5 Ku'petela lipendo K'yara atuchaguili kamuandi kwa kututwaa kujo bhana munu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristu. Aketili naa kwa ndabha apendisibhu kuketa kela kaatamaniayi.
God chose us beforehand for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will.
6 Matokeo ghaki yakuwa K'yara itukusibhwa kwa neema ya utukufu bhuake. eke ndo kaatupelili bhuaka kwanjela ya mpendwa bhuake.
Our adoption results in the praise of his glorious grace that he has freely given us in the One he loves.
7 wa ndabha kup'etela mpendwa bhuake, tuyeni uleobubhosi kup'etela muasi wamuene, msamaa was thambi. Tu yenalu ele ndabha ya utajili wa neema sya muene.
In Jesus Christ we have redemption through his blood and the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
8 Aketili neema eye ujelai nyingi kwajia yhoto ndabha ya hekima ni kuyelebhwa.
He lavished this grace upon us with all wisdom and understanding.
9 K'yara aketili imanyikanai ukueli wa ujisighili wa mipango, kutokana ni hamu yaidhihilishi bhu mugati mwa Kristu.
God made known to us the hidden purpose of his will, according to what pleased him, and which he demonstrated in Christ,
10 Magono ghatimiliki utimilifu ki mpango wa muene, K'yara alasibheka kila khenu pamonga fya kumbinguni ni fya panani fya mund'ema mugati mwa Kristu.
with a view to a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things together, all things in heaven and on earth, under one head, even Christ.
11 Kup'etela kristu twamalili kuchagulibhwa na kusudi bhwa kabula ya magono. Eye yayele kubhonekana kwa mpango ya iketa fhenu fyoa kusudi la mapenzi gha muene.
In Christ we were appointed as heirs. We were decided on beforehand according to the plan of him who works out everything according to the purpose of his will.
12 K'yara aketili naa ili ndabha tubhwesya kuya ni noli sya utukufu bhuake. Tayele bhakuanza kuya ni ukifu mugati mwa Kristu.
God appointed us as heirs so that we might be the first to have a certain hope in Christ, so we would be for the praise of his glory.
13 yele kwanjela ya Kristu kujo mwapeliki lilobhila ukueli, injili ya bhuokovu bhuino kwa njela ya Kristu. Yayele kup'etela muene kabhele kujo mhamini ni kus'opibhwa mhuri wa Roho N'takatifu yaabhaahidi.
In Christ, you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, you believed in him and were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 Roho ndo zamana ya ulisi wa yhoto hadi umiliki pa wilota kupatikana. Eye yayele ndabha ya noli ya utukufu wa muene.
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we take full possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
15 Kwa ndabha eye, toka magono panap'elekai imani ya yhomo mugati mwa Bwana Yesu ni kup'etela lipenzi linhu kwa bhala bhoa yabhatengibhu kup'etela muene.
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's holy people,
16 Nilekili he kumshukuru K'yara kwajia ya yhomo ni kubhataja kup'etela maombi ghangu.
I have not stopped thanking God for you as I mention you in my prayers.
17 Nis'oma yandabha K'yara wa Bwana wa yhoto Yesu Kristu, Dadi wa utukufu, alabhapela roho ya hekima, mafunuo gha ufahamu bhuake.
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
18 Nis'oma yandabha mihu gha yhomo gha mmiteema ghasopi bhwa nulu kwa muenga ni kumanya bholoki ukifu wakukutibhwa kwa yhomo. Nis'oma ya kuwa mmanyai utajili wa utukufu wa ulisi bhuake mwa bhala yabhatengibhu ndabha ya muene.
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, that you may know the hope to which he has called you and the riches of his glorious inheritance among all God's holy people.
19 Nis'oma ndabha umanyai ubhaa wauzidili nghofo syaki mugati mwayomo yabhamwiamini. Ubhaa obho ni kubhonekana kubhomba mbhombho kup'etela nghofo syake.
In my prayers I ask that you may know the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great strength.
20 Eye ndo nghofo yaya fwanyai mbhombho mugati mwayomo Kristu magono K'yara paamfufulai kuhomela ku wafu ni kumtamika mkibhoko Kya muene Kya kulia kup'etela mahali pa kumbinguni.
This is the same power that God worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.
21 Atamiki Kristu panani ni patali ni utawala, mamlaka, nghofo, enzi, ni kila lihina lali tajibhwa. Atamika Yesu si kwa magono agha ni magono gha ghihida kabhele. (aiōn g165)
He seated Christ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named. Christ will rule, not only in this age, but also in the age to come. (aiōn g165)
22 K'yara afitishili fhenu fyoa pasi pa magolo gha Kristu. Amfwanyili muene mutu kunani mu fhenu fyoa mu likanisa.
God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as head over all things.
23 Ndo mulikanisa kujobhe ndo mbhele wa muene, ukamilifu wa muene kujaza fhenu fyoa kup'etela njela syoa.
The church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
