Ba-Efeso 2
1 Bozalaki bakufi mpo na mabe mpe masumu na bino,
and also you, he filleth, who were dead in your sins, and in your offences,
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)
in the which ye before walked, according to the worldliness of this world, and according to the pleasure of the prince potentate of the air, that spirit which is active in the children of disobedience: (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.
in which deeds we also, formerly, were conversant, in the cravings of our flesh; and we did the pleasure of our flesh, and of our mind, and were altogether the children of wrath, like the rest.
4 Kasi mpo ete Nzambe atondi na mawa mpe alingaki biso na bolingo monene,
But God who is rich in his mercies, because of the great love with which he loved us,
5 atako tozalaki bakufi mpo na masumu na biso, akomisaki biso bato ya bomoi elongo na Klisto. Bobikisami nde na ngolu…
when we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, and rescued us by his grace;
6 Kati na Yesu-Klisto, Nzambe asekwisaki biso elongo na Klisto mpe avandisaki biso elongo na Ye na bisika ya Likolo
and resuscitated us with him, and seated us with him in heaven, in Jesus the Messiah:
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)
that he might show to the coming ages the magnitude of the riches of his grace, and his benignity towards us in Jesus the Messiah. (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 it is by his grace we are rescued, through faith; and this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God:
9 ezali na nzela ya misala na bino te mpo ete moko te akoka komikumisa.
not of works, lest any one glory.
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.
For we are his creation; who are created in Jesus the Messiah, for good works, which God hath before prepared for us to walk in.
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.
Wherefore be mindful, that ye formerly were carnal Gentiles; and ye were called the uncircumcision, by that which is called the circumcision, and which is the work of the hands in the flesh.
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.
And ye were, at that time, without the Messiah; and were aliens from the regulations of Israel; and strangers to the covenant of the promise; and were without hope, and without God, in the world.
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, by Jesus the Messiah, ye who before were afar off, have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
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,
For he is himself our peace, who hath made the two become one, and hath demolished the wall which stood in the midst, and the enmity, by his flesh;
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,
and by his prescriptions he hath abolished the law of ordinances; that, in himself, he might make the two to be one new man; and he hath made 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 hath reconciled both with God, in one body, and hath slain the enmity by his cross.
17 Ayaki mpe ateyaki kimia epai na bino oyo bozalaki mosika, mpe kimia epai na bato oyo bazalaki pene.
And he came, and proclaimed peace to you afar off, and to those near:
18 Pamba te na nzela na Ye, biso mpe bango tokotaka epai ya Tata kati na Molimo moko.
because, by him there is access for us both, by one Spirit, unto the Father.
19 Boye bozali lisusu te bapaya to baleki nzela, kasi bozali nde bankolo mboka elongo na basantu, bozali mpe bato ya libota ya Nzambe.
Wherefore, ye are not strangers, nor sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
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.
And ye are built upon the foundations of the legates and the prophets; and Jesus the Messiah hath become the head of the corner in the edifice.
21 Kati na Yesu-Klisto, ndako mobimba esangani malamu mpe ezali kokola mpo ete ekoma Tempelo ya bule kati na Nkolo.
And in him all the edifice is framed together, and groweth into a holy temple in 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.
while ye also are builded in him, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
