Ba-Efeso 1
1 Polo, ntoma ya Yesu-Klisto, kolanda mokano ya Nzambe; Epai ya basantu mpe bandimi ya Yesu-Klisto, oyo bazali kati na Efeso:
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
2 Tika ete ngolu mpe kimia epesamela bino kowuta na Nzambe, Tata na biso, mpe na Nkolo Yesu-Klisto!
May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Tika ete lokumu epesamela Nzambe mpe Tata ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, oyo apesi biso kati na bisika ya Likolo, mapamboli nyonso ya Molimo kati na Klisto.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;
4 Pamba te, kati na Klisto, apona biso liboso ete akela mokili, mpo ete tozala bato ya bule mpe bazanga pamela na miso na Ye. Kati na bolingo na Ye,
even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.
5 abongisa biso wuta kala mpo ete tozwa makoki ya kokoma bana na Ye na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto, kolanda bolamu mpe mokano na Ye moko,
For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--
6 mpo ete tosanzola nkembo ya ngolu na Ye, oyo akabeli biso kati na Molingami na Ye.
to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
7 Kati na Klisto, tozwi lisiko na nzela ya makila na Ye, mpe bolimbisi ya masumu, kolanda bomengo ya ngolu ya Nzambe
It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--so abundant was God's grace,
8 oyo akabolelaki biso yango na bofuluki, na kopesa biso bwanya mpe bososoli nyonso,
the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
9 mpe na kolakisa biso mabombami ya mokano na Ye, mabombami oyo abongisa kati na Klisto kolanda bolamu na Ye,
when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
10 mpo na kokokisa yango na tango ya suka: kosangisa kati na Klisto bikelamu nyonso oyo ezali kati na Likolo mpe oyo ezali na mabele.
for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.
11 Kati na Klisto, Nzambe aponaki biso lisusu mpo ete tokitana na libula na biso, kolanda mabongisi ya Ye oyo akokisaka nyonso, kolanda makanisi ya mokano na Ye,
In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
12 mpo ete tosanzola nkembo na Ye, biso ba-oyo tozalaki bato ya liboso mpo na kotia elikya na biso kati na Klisto.
so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.
13 Bino mpe, sima na bino koyoka Liloba ya solo, Sango Malamu ya lobiko na bino, bondimelaki Klisto; mpe Nzambe apesaki bino Molimo Mosantu oyo alakaki mpe, na nzela ya Molimo yango, abetaki bino kashe
And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit;
14 lokola ndanga ya libula na biso kino basikolami na Ye bakangolama mpo na kosanzola nkembo na Ye.
that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.
15 Yango wana, wuta tango nayokaki sango ya kondima na bino kati na Nkolo Yesu mpe bolingo na bino mpo na basantu nyonso,
For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,
16 nazongisaka tango nyonso matondi epai ya Nzambe mpo na bino, nakanisaka bino na mabondeli na ngai
offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
17 mpe nasengaka ete Nzambe ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, Tata ya nkembo, apesa bino Molimo ya bwanya mpe ya emoniseli mpo ete bokoka koyeba Ye malamu.
For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,
18 Nasambelaka ete angengisa miso ya mitema na bino mpo ete bokoka kososola elikya oyo ezali kati na kobengama na bino, bomengo ya nkembo ya libula na Ye, oyo akopesa bino elongo na basantu,
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,
19 mpe monene makasi ya nguya na Ye mpo na biso oyo tozali na kondima. Abimisaki nguya yango na makasi na yango nyonso
and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
20 mpe asalelaki yango kati na Klisto tango asekwisaki Ye kati na bakufi mpe avandisaki Ye na ngambo ya loboko na Ye ya mobali kati na Likolo,
when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 na likolo ya milimo nyonso, ya bokonzi nyonso, ya nguya nyonso, ya bokasi nyonso, mpe ya kombo nyonso oyo bato bakoki kotanga, na tango oyo kaka te kasi mpe na tango oyo ekoya. (aiōn g165)
high above all other government and authority and power and dominion, and every title of sovereignty used either in this Age or in the Age to come. (aiōn g165)
22 Nzambe atia nyonso na se ya matambe ya Yesu mpe apona Yesu mpo ete akonza nyonso lokola Mokonzi ya Lingomba
God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
23 oyo ezali nzoto na Ye. Nzambe oyo atondisaka nyonso kati na bato nyonso amimonisaka kati na Yesu, na mobimba ya bonzambe na Ye.
the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
