Efesios 1
1 PABLO, apóstol de Jesu-Cristo por la voluntad de Dios, á los santos y fieles en Cristo Jesus, que están en Efeso:
To Christ’s People at Ephesus who are faithful to him, from Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God.
2 Gracia [sea] á vosotros, y paz de Dios Padre nuestro, y del Señor Jesu-Cristo.
May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
3 Bendito el Dios y Padre del Señor nuestro Jesu-Cristo, el cual nos bendijo con toda bendicion espiritual en [lugares] celestiales en Cristo;
Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.
4 Segun nos escogió en él ántes de la fundacion del mundo, para que fuésemos santos y sin mancha delante de él en amor;
For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.
5 Habiéndonos predestinado para ser adoptados hijos por Jesu-Cristo en sí mismo, segun el puro afecto de su voluntad,
From the first he destined us, in his good-will towards us, to be adopted as Sons through Jesus Christ,
6 Para la alabanza de la gloria de su gracia, con la cual nos hizo aceptos en el amado:
and so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving-kindness which he gave us in The Beloved;
7 En el cual tenemos redencion por su sangre, la remision de pecados, por las riquezas de su gracia,
for in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offences.
8 Que sobreabundó en nosotros en toda sabiduría é inteligencia;
All this accords with the loving-kindness which God lavished upon us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,
9 Descubriéndonos el misterio de su voluntad, segun su beneplácito, que se habia propuesto en sí mismo,
when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the good-will which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,
10 De reunir todas las cosas en Cristo en la dispensacion del cumplimiento de los tiempos, así las que [están] en los cielos, como las que [están] en la tierra:
in view of that Divine Order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in Heaven and on earth, centre in him.
11 En él [digo, ] en quien asimismo tuvimos suerte, habiendo sido predestinados conforme al propósito del que hace todas las cosas segun el consejo de su voluntad,
In him, I say, for by our union with him we became God’s Heritage, having from the first been destined for this in the intention of him who, in all that happens, is carrying out his own fixed purpose;
12 Para que seamos para alabanza de su gloria nosotros, que ántes esperamos en Cristo.
that we should enhance his glory — we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.
13 En el cual [esperasteis] tambien vosotros en oyendo la palabra de verdad el Evangelio de vuestra salud: en el cual tambien desde que creisteis, fuisteis sellados con el Espíritu Santo de la promesa,
And you, too, by your union with him, after you had heard the Message of the Truth, the Good News of your Salvation — you believed in him and were sealed as his by receiving the holy Spirit, which he had promised.
14 Que es las arras de nuestra herencia, para [el dia de] la redencion de la posesion adquirida para alabanza de su gloria.
And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, fore-shadowing the full redemption of God’s own People — to enhance his Glory.
15 Por lo cual tambien yo, habiendo oido de vuestra fé en el Señor Jesus, y amor para con todos los santos,
And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ’s People,
16 No ceso de dar gracias por vosotros, haciendo memoria de vosotros en mis oraciones;
have never omitted to thank God on your behalf, whenever I make mention of you in my prayers.
17 Que el Dios del Señor nuestro Jesu-Cristo, el Padre de gloria, os dé espíritu de sabiduría y de revelacion para su conocimiento;
My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;
18 Alumbrando los ojos de vuestro entendimiento, para que sepais cuál sea la esperanza de su vocacion, y cuales las riquezas de la gloria de su herencia en los santos,
that your minds may be so enlightened that you may realise the hope given by God’s Call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ’s People,
19 Y cual aquella supereminente grandeza de su poder para con nosotros los que creemos, por la operacion de la potencia de su fortaleza,
and the transcendent greatness of the power which he is able to exercise in dealing with us who believe in him.
20 La cual obró en Cristo, resucitándole de los muertos, y colocándole á su diestra en los cielos,
The same mighty power was exerted upon the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and ‘caused him to sit at his right hand’ on high, exalting him above all Angels and Archangels of every rank,
21 Sobre todo principado y potestad, y potencia, y señorío, y todo nombre que se nombra, no solo en este siglo, mas aun en el venidero: (aiōn g165)
and above every name that can be named, whether in the present age, or in the age to come. (aiōn g165)
22 Y sometió todas las cosas debajo de sus piés, y dióle por cabeza sobre todas las cosas á la iglesia,
And God placed ‘all things under Christ’s feet,’ and gave him to the Church as its supreme Head;
23 La cual es su cuerpo, la plenitud de aquel que hinche todas las cosas en todo.
for the Church is Christ’s Body, and is filled by him who fills all things everywhere with his presence.
