Ba-Efeso 2
1 Bozalaki bakufi mpo na mabe mpe masumu na bino,
At one time you were dead in your sins and evil actions,
2 oyo bozalaki kosala na kala mpo na kobika bomoi na bino tango bozalaki kotambola kolanda baposa ya mokili oyo, mpe tango bozalaki kolanda mokonzi ya milimo mabe, molimo oyo ezali kosala sik’oyo kati na bato oyo bazangi botosi epai ya Nzambe. (aiōn g165)
living your lives according to the ways of the world, under the control of the devil, whose spirit is at work in those who disobey God. (aiōn g165)
3 Biso nyonso mpe, na kala, tozalaki elongo na bango, tozalaki kotambola kolanda baposa na biso ya nzoto, tozalaki kokokisa nyonso oyo nzoto mpe makanisi na biso ezalaki kotinda biso kosala. Lokola bato mosusu, kanda ya Nzambe esengelaki kokweyela biso mpo na mabe ya bomoto na biso.
All of us were once like that, our behavior determined by the desires of our sinful human nature and our evil way of thinking. Like everyone else, in our nature we were children of anger.
4 Kasi mpo ete Nzambe atondi na mawa mpe alingaki biso na bolingo monene,
But God in his generous mercy, because of the amazing love he had for us
5 atako tozalaki bakufi mpo na masumu na biso, akomisaki biso bato ya bomoi elongo na Klisto. Bobikisami nde na ngolu…
even while we were dead in our sins, has made us alive together with Christ. Trusting in him has saved you!
6 Kati na Yesu-Klisto, Nzambe asekwisaki biso elongo na Klisto mpe avandisaki biso elongo na Ye na bisika ya Likolo
He raised us up with Christ, and in Christ Jesus seated us with him in heaven,
7 mpo na kotalisa na bato ya bikeke oyo esengeli koya na sima, bomengo monene ya ngolu na Ye, oyo alakisaki kati na Yesu-Klisto na nzela ya boboto na Ye epai na biso. (aiōn g165)
so that in all eternity to come he could demonstrate the amazing extent of his grace in showing us kindness through Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)
8 Pamba te bobikisami nde na ngolu, na nzela ya kondima—mpe yango ewuti na bino te, kasi ezali nde likabo kowuta na Nzambe—
For you've been saved by grace through trusting in him—it's not through yourselves, it's the gift of God!
9 ezali na nzela ya misala na bino te mpo ete moko te akoka komikumisa.
This has nothing to do with human effort, so don't be proud of yourselves.
10 Solo, tozali mbuma ya mosala ya Nzambe: Akelaki biso kati na Yesu-Klisto mpo ete tosala misala ya malamu oyo Nzambe abongisa wuta kala mpo ete tokokisa yango.
We're the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do.
11 Yango wana, bobosanaka te ete na kala, bozalaki Bapagano kolanda mbotama na bino; mpe bato oyo bamibengaka « bato bakatama ngenga » bazalaki kobenga bino « bato bakatama ngenga te, » atako bazalaki bato bakatama ngenga kati na banzoto na bango na nzela ya mosala ya maboko ya bato.
So you who are “foreigners” humanly-speaking, called “uncircumcised” by those who are “circumcised” (which is only a procedure carried out by human beings), you need to remember
12 Bobosanaka mpe te ete na tango wana, bozalaki ya kokabwana na Klisto, bozangaki makoki ya bana mboka kati na Isalaele, bozalaki bapaya liboso ya boyokani oyo Nzambe alakaki, bozalaki bato bazanga elikya mpe bazanga Nzambe kati na mokili.
that once you had no relationship to Christ. You were barred as foreigners from being citizens of Israel, strangers to the agreement God had promised. You had no hope and you lived in the world without God.
13 Kasi sik’oyo, kati na Yesu-Klisto, bino oyo na kala bozalaki mosika, bokomi pene na nzela ya mbeka ya makila ya Klisto.
But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were once a long way off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 Solo, azali Ye moko kimia na biso: atiaki bomoko kati na Bayuda mpe bato ya bikolo ya bapaya, akweyisaki mir ya bonguna oyo ezalaki kokabola bango,
Christ is our peace. Through his body he made the two into one, and broke down the separating wall of hostility that divided us,
15 alongolaki Mobeko elongo na mitindo mpe malako na yango mpo na kokela, kati na Ye moko, moto ya sika na nzela ya Bayuda mpe bato ya bikolo ya bapaya, na kotia kimia,
freeing us from the law with its requirements and regulations. He did this so he could create in himself one new person out of the two and so make peace,
16 mpe mpo na koyokanisa, kati na nzoto se moko, masanga nyonso mibale elongo na Nzambe na nzela ya ekulusu oyo abomaki na yango bonguna oyo ezalaki kati na bango.
and completely reconcile both of them to God through the cross as if they were just one body, having destroyed our hostility towards each other.
17 Ayaki mpe ateyaki kimia epai na bino oyo bozalaki mosika, mpe kimia epai na bato oyo bazalaki pene.
He came and shared the good news of peace with those of you who were far away, and those who were nearby,
18 Pamba te na nzela na Ye, biso mpe bango tokotaka epai ya Tata kati na Molimo moko.
because through him we both gain access to the Father through the same Spirit.
19 Boye bozali lisusu te bapaya to baleki nzela, kasi bozali nde bankolo mboka elongo na basantu, bozali mpe bato ya libota ya Nzambe.
That means you're no longer strangers and foreigners; you are fellow citizens of God's people and belong to God's family
20 Nzambe akotisi bino kati na ndako oyo moboko na yango ezali bantoma mpe basakoli, mpe Ye moko Yesu-Klisto azali libanga na yango ya motuya mpo na kosimba ndako mobimba.
that's being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone.
21 Kati na Yesu-Klisto, ndako mobimba esangani malamu mpe ezali kokola mpo ete ekoma Tempelo ya bule kati na Nkolo.
In him the whole building is joined together, growing to form a holy temple for the Lord.
22 Mpe kati na Ye, bino mpe bozali kotongama lisanga mpo ete bokoma Ndako oyo Nzambe avandaka kati na yango na nzela ya Molimo na Ye.
You too are being built together in him as a place for God to live by the Spirit.
