Efésios 2
1 E vos vivificou, estando vós mortos pelas ofensas e pecados,
You yourselves were once dead because of your offenses and sins.
2 Em que de antes andastes segundo o curso deste mundo, segundo o príncipe da potestade do ar, do espírito que agora opera nos filhos da desobediência. (aiōn g165)
For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the powers of the air – the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient. (aiōn g165)
3 Entre os quais todos nós também de antes andavamos nos desejos da nossa carne, fazendo a vontade da carne e dos pensamentos; e éramos por natureza filhos da ira, como os outros também.
And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our nature exposed us to the divine wrath, like the rest of humanity.
4 Porque Deus, que é riquíssimo em misericórdia, pelo seu muito amor com que nos amou,
Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,
5 Estando nós ainda mortos em nossas ofensas, nos vivificou juntamente com Cristo (pela graça sois salvos),
even though we were dead because of our offenses, gave life to us in giving life to the Christ. (By God’s loving kindness you have been saved.)
6 E nos resuscitou juntamente, e nos fez assentar juntamente nos céus, em Cristo Jesus;
And, through our union with Christ Jesus, God raised us with him, and caused us to sit with him on high,
7 Para mostrar nos séculos vindouros as abundantes riquezas da sua graça, pela sua benignidade para conosco em Cristo Jesus. (aiōn g165)
in order that, by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus, he might display in the ages to come the boundless wealth of his loving kindness. (aiōn g165)
8 Porque pela graça sois salvos, por meio da fé; e isto não vem de vós; é dom de Deus
For it is by God’s loving kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God’s.
9 Não vem das obras, para que ninguém se glorie.
It is not due to obedience to Law, so that no one can boast.
10 Porque somos feitura sua, criados em Cristo Jesus para as boas obras, as quais Deus preparou para que andássemos nelas.
For we are God’s handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.
11 Portanto, lembrai-vos de que vós de antes éreis gentios na carne, e chamados incircuncisão pelos que na carne se chamam circuncisão feita pela mão dos homens;
Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called ‘the Uncircumcised’ by those who were called ‘the Circumcised’ – circumcised only by human hands!
12 Que naquele tempo estaveis sem Cristo, separados da comunidade de Israel, e estranhos aos concertos da promessa, não tendo esperança, e sem Deus no mundo.
Remember that you were at that time far from Christ; you were shut out from the citizenship of Israel; you were strangers to the covenants founded on God’s promise; you were in the world without hope and without God.
13 Mas agora em Cristo Jesus, vós, que de antes estaveis longe, já pelo sangue de Cristo chegastes perto.
But now, through your union with Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have, by the shedding of the blood of the Christ, been brought near.
14 Porque ele é a nossa paz, o qual de ambos os povos fez um; e, derrubando a parede de separação que estava no meio,
He it is who is our peace. He made the two divisions of humanity one, broke down the barrier that separated them,
15 Na sua carne desfez a inimizade, a saber, a lei dos mandamentos, que consistia em tradições, para criar em si mesmo os dois em um novo homem, fazendo a paz,
and in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them – the Law with its injunctions and ordinances – in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one new humanity and so make peace.
16 E pela cruz reconciliar com Deus a ambos em um corpo, matando nela as inimizades.
And when, on the cross, he had destroyed their mutual enmity, he sought by means of his cross to reconcile them both to God, united in one body.
17 E, vindo, ele evangelizou a paz, a vós que estaveis longe, e aos que estavam perto;
He came with the good news of peace for you who were far off, and of peace for those who were near;
18 Porque por ele ambos temos acesso em um mesmo espírito ao Pai.
for it is through him that we, the Jews and the Gentiles, united in the one Spirit, are now able to approach the Father.
19 Assim que já não sois estrangeiros, nem forasteiros, mas concidadãos dos santos e domésticos de Deus;
It follows, then, that you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellow citizens with Christ’s people and members of God’s household.
20 Edificados sobre o fundamento dos apóstolos e dos profetas, de que Jesus Cristo é a principal pedra da esquina;
You have been built up on the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
21 No qual todo o edifício, bem ajustado, cresce para templo santo no Senhor.
United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.
22 No qual também vós juntamente sois edificados para morada de Deus em espírito.
And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a place where God lives through the Spirit.
