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1 Paulusi, mu apostola wa Kresite Jesu che ntato ya Ireza, ku vantu ve Ireza va jolola mwa Efesiyasi mi basepahala mwa Kreste Jesu.
Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, that is, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Chishemo kwenu ni nkozo kuzwa kwa Ireza ishetu ni Simwine Kreste Jesu.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.
3 Ireza nisi wa Simwine Jesu Kreste wetu a lumbekwe, ava tufuyoli ni mbuyoti zonse zo luhuho muzivaka ze wilu mwa kreste.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;
4 Ireza ava tuketi kuzwa ku matangilo e fasi, kuti tuve va jolola nikusava ni mulandu mu menso akwe.
just as He[F] chose us in Him[S] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him[F], in love,
5 Ireza avatulukisezi kale ku añulwa uvu vana chakuya ka Jesu Kreste, chokusaka kwe ntato yakwe.
having predestined us into an adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, into Him[S], according to the good pleasure of His[F] will,
6 Kuañulwa kwetu kuzwilira kukulumbwa kwe nkanya ye chishemo chakwe chatuha kokuva avo vasaka.
to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;
7 Mwa Jesu Kreste twina intukuluho cha malaha akwe ni nswalelo ye zivi, cho kuya ko bukando bwe chishemo chakwe.
in whom we have the redemption through His[S] blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His[F] grace,
8 Ava tuhi chishemo chikando ni vutali ni nkutwisiso.
that He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligent design,
9 Ireeza ava tondezi kwetu mulero wa vali ku patite che ntato yakwe, chokuya kecho chi mutavisa, mi chava vonahazi mwa kreste
having made known to us the ‘secret’ of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him[S],
10 Musevezi wa kreste ivali mulelo wo kwizula we nako, kuleta zintu zonse hamwina, zintu zonse mwi wulu ni hansi, hansi wo mutwi wonke, nanga Kreste.
with a view to administering the fullness of the times, so as to bring all things together under one head in Christ—those on the heavens and those on the earth—in Him[S],
11 Mwa Kreste tuva ketiwa kuva va jovoli. Tuva ketwa kwi ntazi muhupulo wakwe yo seveza zintu zonse cho kuya ko mulero wakwe.
in whom we were also assigned an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him[F] who works all things according to the decision of His will,
12 Ireza wa tu keta kuva va jovoli njokuti tuve va matangilo kuva ni nsepo mwa Kreste, mi tuve va lumba mwi nkanya yakwe.
so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in the Christ;
13 Mwa Kreste, inwe nanwe, hanu va zuwi lizwi lye nit, ivangeri ye mpuluso, mi muva zumini mwali mi muva vikwa chisupo chiva sepiswe cho Luho lu Jolola.
about whom, to be sure, we had heard the true Word—the Gospel of your salvation; by whom, since you also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 Luho lu Jolola chintu chi tometwe ko ku jovola haisi hatutwa ziwana zonse, ke ntumbo ye nkanya yakwe.
who is the down payment on our inheritance until the release of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
15 Kelyi vaka, kuzwa hani va zuwili ze ntumelo yenu mwa Simwine Jesu ne rato lyenu ku ve Reeza va chena,
Because of this, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
16 Kena niva siyi kuli tumela kwe Ireza kwenu ni mi wamba mwi ntapelo zangu.
I really do not stop giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
17 Nilapela kuti Ireza wa Simwine wetu Jesu Kreste, Isi we nkanya, kamihe luhuho lwa maano ni kunutu mwi nzivo yakwe.
that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the real knowledge of Himself,
18 Nilapela kuti menso ye nkulo yenu awole kuvona, kuti mwi zive vundume bwe nsepo kwa misumpila ni chifumu che nkanya yo ku jovola kwavo vantu va jovola va Ireza.
the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know 1) what is the hope of His[F] calling, and 2) what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 Mi mwintapelo zangu ni kumbila kuti mwi zive vukando bwe ziho mwetu va zumina, cho kuya ko kuseveza kwizi makando.
and 3) what the exceeding greatness of His power into us who are believing, according to the demonstration of the extent of His might
20 Aya nji mazi aswana awo Ireza ava sevezi mwa kreste hava muvusi kuva fwile niku mwi kazika kwi yanza lye chilyo lya mavaka e wilu.
which He exercised in the Christ when He raised Him[S] from among the dead and seated Him at His[F] right, in the heavenly realms,
21 Ava mwikaziki kule kuhita kuvusa konse ni vavusi ni nzivo ni kuyendisa, mi ni mazina ava kuvikitwe. Kreste keta yendise fela mweyi nako, kono ni mwi nako zi keza. (aiōn g165)
far above every ruler and authority and power and dominion—even every name that can be named, not only in this age but also in the next. (aiōn g165)
22 Ireza ava viki zintu zonse kunsi ya matende a Kreste ni kumuha inchechi kuvusa he wulu ye zintu zonse.
In short, He[F] placed everything under His[S] feet, and appointed Him to be Head over everything in the Church,
23 Ichechi muvili wakwe, vungi bwakwe yo wizula ni kuizula monse.
which is His body, the complement of Him who fills everything in every way.
