¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

¹በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ የሆነ ጳውሎስ፥ በኤፌሶን ላሉት ቅዱሳን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስም ላሉት ምእመናን፤

²Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

²ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

³በክርስቶስ በሰማያዊ ስፍራ በመንፈሳዊ በረከት ሁሉ የባረከን የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክና አባት ይባረክ።

⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

⁴ዓለም ሳይፈጠር፥ በፊቱ ቅዱሳንና ነውር የሌለን በፍቅር እንሆን ዘንድ በክርስቶስ መረጠን።

⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

⁵በበጎ ፈቃዱ እንደ ወደደ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሥራ ለእርሱ ልጆች ልንሆን አስቀድሞ ወሰነን።

⁶To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

⁶በውድ ልጁም እንዲያው የሰጠን የጸጋው ክብር ይመሰገን ዘንድ ይህን አደረገ።

⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

⁷በውድ ልጁም፥ እንደ ጸጋው ባለ ጠግነት መጠን፥ በደሙ የተደረገ ቤዛነታችንን አገኘን እርሱም የበደላችን ስርየት።

⁸Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

⁸ጸጋውንም በጥበብና በአእምሮ ሁሉ አበዛልን።

⁹Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

⁹በክርስቶስ ለማድረግ እንደ ወደደ እንደ አሳቡ፥ የፈቃዱን ምሥጢር አስታውቆናልና፤

¹⁰That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

¹⁰በዘመን ፍጻሜ ይደረግ ዘንድ ያለው አሳቡም በሰማይና በምድር ያለውን ሁሉ በክርስቶስ ለመጠቅለል ነው።

¹¹In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

¹¹እንደ ፈቃዱ ምክር ሁሉን የሚሠራ እንደ እርሱ አሳብ፥ አስቀድመን የተወሰንን በክርስቶስ ደግሞ ርስትን ተቀበልን።

¹²That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

¹²ይኸውም፥ በክርስቶስ አስቀድመን ተስፋ ያደረግን እኛ ለክብሩ ምስጋና እንሆን ዘንድ ነው።

¹³In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

¹³እናንተም ደግሞ የእውነትን ቃል፥ ይኸውም የመዳናችሁን ወንጌል፥ ሰምታችሁ ደግሞም በክርስቶስ አምናችሁ፥ በተስፋው መንፈስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ታተማችሁ፤

¹⁴Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

¹⁴እርሱም የርስታችን መያዣ ነው፥ ለእግዚአብሔር ያለውን ሁሉ እስኪዋጅ ድረስ፥ ይህም ለክብሩ ምስጋና ይሆናል።

¹⁵Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

¹⁵ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ በእናንተ ዘንድ ስለሚሆን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስለ ማመንና ለቅዱሳን ሁሉ ስለሚሆን መውደድ ሰምቼ፥

¹⁶Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

¹⁶ስለ እናንተ እያመሰገንሁ ስጸልይ ስለ እናንተ ማሳሰብን አልተውም፤

¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

¹⁷የክብር አባት የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክ እርሱን በማወቅ የጥበብንና የመገለጥን መንፈስ እንዲሰጣችሁ እለምናለሁ።

¹⁸The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

¹⁸ይህም የልባችሁ ዓይኖች ሲበሩ የመጥራቱ ተስፋ ምን እንዲሆን በቅዱሳንም ዘንድ ያለው የርስት ክብር ባለ ጠግነት ምን እንዲሆን ለምናምን ከሁሉ የሚበልጥ የኃይሉ ታላቅነት ምን እንዲሆን ታውቁ ዘንድ ነው፤

¹⁹And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

²⁰ክርስቶስንም ከሙታን ሲያስነሣው ከአለቅነትና ከሥልጣንም ከኃይልም ከጌትነትም ሁሉ በላይና በዚህ ዓለም ብቻ ሳይሆን ነገር ግን ሊመጣ ባለው ዓለም ደግሞ ከሚጠራው ስም ሁሉ በላይ በሰማያዊ ስፍራ በቀኙ ሲያስቀምጠው በክርስቶስ ባደረገው ሥራ የብርታቱ ጉልበት ይታያል፤

²⁰Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

²²ሁሉንም ከእግሩ በታች አስገዛለት ከሁሉ በላይም ራስ እንዲሆን ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ሰጠው።

²¹Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

²³እርስዋም አካሉና ሁሉን በሁሉ የሚሞላ የእርሱ ሙላቱ ናት።

²²And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

²³Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.