Efesofoɔ 2

1 Mo deɛ, na moawuwu wɔ mo amumuyɛ ne mo bɔne a

He[F] raised you up as well, when you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

2 na anka mote mu, ɛberɛ a na modi ewiase ne ewiem sodifoɔ ahennie akyi no ne honhom a seesei ɛreyɛ adwuma wɔ wɔn a wɔyɛ asoɔden mu no. (aiōn g165)

in which you once walked, according to the Aeon of this world, the ruler of the domain of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of the disobedience; (aiōn g165)

3 Ɛberɛ bi, yɛn nyinaa ne wɔn tena dii honam akɔnnɔ akyi yɛɛ ɔhonam apɛdeɛ ne ne nsusuiɛ. Yɛn nso na ɛsɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn abufuo ba yɛn so.

among whom all of us also used to conduct ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, just like the rest.

4 Nanso, ɛsiane nʼadɔyɛ a ɛdɔɔso ma yɛn enti, Onyankopɔn a nʼahummɔborɔ dɔɔso no

But God—being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

5 maa yɛn nkwa wɔ Kristo mu, wɔ ɛberɛ a anka yɛawuwu wɔ amumuyɛ mu mpo; adom enti na wɔagye mo nkwa.

even when we were dead in our transgressions—made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)

6 Onyankopɔn nyanee yɛn ne Kristo, na ɔde yɛn ne Kristo atena ɔsoro ahemman mu

and raised us up together and seated us together in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

7 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a nna a ɛreba no mu, ɔbɛda nʼadom ahonya a ɛboro so no adi; nʼadɔeɛ a ɔnam Kristo Yesu so yɛɛ yɛn no. (aiōn g165)

in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, through His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

8 Ɛyɛ adom no enti na wɔnam gyidie so agye mo nkwa. Ɛmfiri mo ankasa, ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn akyɛdeɛ.

For by grace you have been saved, through the Faith—and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God—

9 Ɛmfiri nnwuma mu, na obi de ahoahoa ne ho.

not by works, so that no one may boast.

10 Onyankopɔn na wayɛ yɛn sɛdeɛ yɛteɛ yi. Ɔnam Kristo so bɔɔ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛyɛ nnwuma pa a wasiesie ato hɔ no.

You see, we are His ‘poem’, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance in order that we should walk in them.

11 Afei, monkae sɛ mo a na anka kane no wɔwoo mo amanamanmufoɔ, na wɔn a wɔfrɛ wɔn ho twetiatwafoɔ, (deɛ wɔde nsa ayɛ wɔ honam mu) frɛ mo momonotofoɔ,

So then, remember that once you physical Gentiles—called ‘uncircumcision’ by the so-called ‘circumcision’ (that made in flesh with hands)—

12 monkae sɛ saa ɛberɛ no, na moate mo ho afiri Kristo ho, na wɔnnkane mo mfra Israelfoɔ, na moyɛ ahɔhoɔ a monka bɔhyɛ apam no ho, na monni anidasoɔ ɛna monni Onyankopɔn nso wɔ ewiase.

that at that time you were apart from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13 Nanso, afei mo a na anka mowɔ akyirikyiri no, wɔnam Kristo mogya no so atwe mo abɛn Onyankopɔn.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have come to be near through the blood of the Christ.

14 Ɛfiri sɛ, Kristo no ankasa nam baako a wama Yudafoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ ayɛ no so de asomdwoeɛ aba. Ɔnam ɔno ankasa ne honam so bubuu ɔfasuo a na ɛtwa wɔn ntam ma wɔyɛ atamfoɔ no.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one and broken down the barrier of separation—the law with its commandments and ordinances—

15 Ɔnam ne onipadua so asɛe Mose Mmara ne nʼahyɛdeɛ tumi no. Ne botaeɛ ne sɛ ɔbɛma Yudafoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ ayɛ baako na ɔde asomdwoeɛ aba.

having abolished the enmity through His ‘flesh’, so as to mold the two [Jew and Gentile] into one new man in Himself (thus making peace),

16 Ɔnam asɛnnua a ɔde sɛee nitan a ɛwɔ wɔn ntam no so aka wɔn abom ayɛ onipadua baako na wapata wɔne Onyankopɔn ntam.

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross (by which He killed the enmity).

17 Enti, Kristo ba bɛkaa Asɛmpa a ɛyɛ asomdwoesɛm no kyerɛɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri ne wɔn a wɔbɛn nyinaa.

He came and proclaimed peace to us, being both far and near,

18 Ɔno enti yɛwɔ Honhom baako a yɛnam no so kɔ Agya no nkyɛn.

because through Him we both have access to the Father, by one Spirit.

19 Enti seesei, monnyɛ ahɔhoɔ ne amanfrafoɔ bio, na mmom mo ne Onyankopɔn nkurɔfoɔ no yɛ nnipa korɔ na mofra Onyankopɔn abusuafoɔ no mu,

So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,

20 na wɔato mo asi asomafoɔ no ne adiyifoɔ no fapem a Kristo Yesu no ankasa yɛ ne tweatiboɔ no so.

built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;

21 Ɔno na ɔma ɛdan mu no nyinaa yɛ baako na ɛbɛyɛ asɔredan kronkron wɔ Awurade mu.

in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

22 Ne mu na wɔresiesie mo na mo abɔ mu abɛyɛ efie a Onyankopɔn nam ne Honhom so tena mu.

in whom you also are being built together to become a habitation of God in spirit.