इफिषिणः 2
1 पुरा यूयम् अपराधैः पापैश्च मृताः सन्तस्तान्याचरन्त इहलोकस्य संसारानुसारेणाकाशराज्यस्याधिपतिम् (aiōn g165)
You yourselves were once dead because of your offenses and sins.
2 अर्थतः साम्प्रतम् आज्ञालङ्घिवंशेषु कर्म्मकारिणम् आत्मानम् अन्वव्रजत।
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 तेषां मध्ये सर्व्वे वयमपि पूर्व्वं शरीरस्य मनस्कामनायाञ्चेहां साधयन्तः स्वशरीरस्याभिलाषान् आचराम सर्व्वेऽन्य इव च स्वभावतः क्रोधभजनान्यभवाम।
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 किन्तु करुणानिधिरीश्वरो येन महाप्रेम्नास्मान् दयितवान्
Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,
5 तस्य स्वप्रेम्नो बाहुल्याद् अपराधै र्मृतानप्यस्मान् ख्रीष्टेन सह जीवितवान् यतोऽनुग्रहाद् यूयं परित्राणं प्राप्ताः।
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 स च ख्रीष्टेन यीशुनास्मान् तेन सार्द्धम् उत्थापितवान् स्वर्ग उपवेशितवांश्च।
And, through our union with Christ Jesus, God raised us with him, and caused us to sit with him on high,
7 इत्थं स ख्रीष्टेन यीशुनास्मान् प्रति स्वहितैषितया भावियुगेषु स्वकीयानुग्रहस्यानुपमं निधिं प्रकाशयितुम् इच्छति। (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 यूयम् अनुग्रहाद् विश्वासेन परित्राणं प्राप्ताः, तच्च युष्मन्मूलकं नहि किन्त्वीश्वरस्यैव दानं,
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 तत् कर्म्मणां फलम् अपि नहि, अतः केनापि न श्लाघितव्यं।
It is not due to obedience to Law, so that no one can boast.
10 यतो वयं तस्य कार्य्यं प्राग् ईश्वरेण निरूपिताभिः सत्क्रियाभिः कालयापनाय ख्रीष्टे यीशौ तेन मृष्टाश्च।
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 पुरा जन्मना भिन्नजातीया हस्तकृतं त्वक्छेदं प्राप्तै र्लोकैश्चाच्छिन्नत्वच इतिनाम्ना ख्याता ये यूयं तै र्युष्माभिरिदं स्मर्त्तव्यं
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 यत् तस्मिन् समये यूयं ख्रीष्टाद् भिन्ना इस्रायेललोकानां सहवासाद् दूरस्थाः प्रतिज्ञासम्बलितनियमानां बहिः स्थिताः सन्तो निराशा निरीश्वराश्च जगत्याध्वम् इति।
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 किन्त्वधुना ख्रीष्टे यीशावाश्रयं प्राप्य पुरा दूरवर्त्तिनो यूयं ख्रीष्टस्य शोणितेन निकटवर्त्तिनोऽभवत।
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 यतः स एवास्माकं सन्धिः स द्वयम् एकीकृतवान् शत्रुतारूपिणीं मध्यवर्त्तिनीं प्रभेदकभित्तिं भग्नवान् दण्डाज्ञायुक्तं विधिशास्त्रं स्वशरीरेण लुप्तवांश्च।
He it is who is our peace. He made the two divisions of humanity one, broke down the barrier that separated them,
15 यतः स सन्धिं विधाय तौ द्वौ स्वस्मिन् एकं नुतनं मानवं कर्त्तुं
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 स्वकीयक्रुशे शत्रुतां निहत्य तेनैवैकस्मिन् शरीरे तयो र्द्वयोरीश्वरेण सन्धिं कारयितुं निश्चतवान्।
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 स चागत्य दूरवर्त्तिनो युष्मान् निकटवर्त्तिनो ऽस्मांश्च सन्धे र्मङ्गलवार्त्तां ज्ञापितवान्।
He came with the good news of peace for you who were far off, and of peace for those who were near;
18 यतस्तस्माद् उभयपक्षीया वयम् एकेनात्मना पितुः समीपं गमनाय सामर्थ्यं प्राप्तवन्तः।
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 अत इदानीं यूयम् असम्पर्कीया विदेशिनश्च न तिष्ठनतः पवित्रलोकैः सहवासिन ईश्वरस्य वेश्मवासिनश्चाध्वे।
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 अपरं प्रेरिता भविष्यद्वादिनश्च यत्र भित्तिमूलस्वरूपास्तत्र यूयं तस्मिन् मूले निचीयध्वे तत्र च स्वयं यीशुः ख्रीष्टः प्रधानः कोणस्थप्रस्तरः।
You have been built up on the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
21 तेन कृत्स्ना निर्म्मितिः संग्रथ्यमाना प्रभोः पवित्रं मन्दिरं भवितुं वर्द्धते।
United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.
22 यूयमपि तत्र संग्रथ्यमाना आत्मनेश्वरस्य वासस्थानं भवथ।
And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a place where God lives through the Spirit.
