¹And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

¹Ninyi mlikuwa mmekufa kwa sababu ya makosa na dhambi zenu.

²Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

²Wakati ule mliishi kufuatana na mtindo mbaya wa ulimwengu huu, mkawa mnamtii mtawala wa pepo wenye nguvu wa anga, pepo ambao huwatawala sasa watu wasiomtii Mungu.

³Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

³Na hata sisi sote tulikuwa kama wao; tuliishi kufuatana na tamaa zetu za kidunia na kufanya tu mambo yale yaliyoipendeza miili na akili zetu. Kidunia, sisi kama vile pia wao, tulistahili ghadhabu ya Mungu.

⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

⁴Lakini Mungu ni mwenye huruma nyingi. Alitupenda kwa mapendo yasiyopimika,

⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

⁵hata, ingawa tulikuwa tumekufa kwa sababu ya dhambi, alitufanya hai pamoja na Kristo. Kwa neema ya Mungu ninyi mmeokolewa.

⁶And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

⁶Kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, Mungu alitufufua pamoja naye, tukatawale pamoja naye mbinguni.

⁷That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

⁷Ndivyo alivyopenda kuonyesha kwa watu wa nyakati za baadaye, ukuu wa neema yake aliyotujalia kwa ukarimu katika kuungana kwetu na Kristo Yesu.

⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

⁸Maana, kwa neema ya Mungu mmekombolewa kwa njia ya imani. Jambo hili si matokeo ya juhudi zenu, bali ni zawadi ya Mungu.

⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast.

⁹Wala halitokani na matendo yenu wenyewe, asije mtu akajivunia kitu.

¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

¹⁰Sisi ni viumbe vyake Mungu, na kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, alituumba kwa ajili ya kuishi maisha ya matendo mema aliyotutayarishia tuyatende.

¹¹Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

¹¹Ninyi mlio kwa asili watu wa mataifa mengine--mnaoitwa, "wasiotahiriwa" na Wayahudi ambao hujiita, "Waliotahiriwa," (kwa sababu ya kile wanachoifanyia miili yao) --kumbukeni mlivyokuwa zamani.

¹²That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

¹²Wakati ule ninyi mlikuwa bila Kristo; mlikuwa nje ya jamii ya Israeli; mlikuwa wageni na hamkuwa na sehemu yoyote katika lile agano la zile ahadi. Mlikuwa bila matumaini Mungu hapa duniani.

¹³But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

¹³Lakini sasa, kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, ninyi ambao hapo awali mlikuwa mbali, mmekaribishwa kwa njia ya damu yake Kristo.

¹⁴For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

¹⁴Maana Kristo mwenyewe ametuletea amani kwa kuwafanya Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine kuwa jamii moja. Kwa mwili wake yeye mwenyewe aliubomoa ule ukuta uliowatenganisha na kuwafanya maadui.

¹⁵Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

¹⁵Aliiondoa ile Sheria ya Wayahudi pamoja na amri zake na kanuni zake, ili kutokana na jamii hizo mbili aumbe jamii moja mpya katika umoja naye na hivyo kuleta amani.

¹⁶And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

¹⁶Kwa mwili wake, Kristo aliuangamiza uadui wao; kwa msalaba wake aliziunganisha jamii hizo kuwa moja na kuzipatanisha na Mungu.

¹⁷And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

¹⁷Basi, Kristo alikuja akahubiri Habari Njema ya amani kwenu ninyi watu wa mataifa mengine mliokuwa mbali na Mungu, na pia kwa Wayahudi ambao walikuwa karibu na Mungu.

¹⁸For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

¹⁸Hivyo, kwa njia yake, sisi sote, Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine, tunaweza kumwendea Baba katika Roho mmoja.

¹⁹Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

¹⁹Basi, ninyi si wageni tena, wala si watu wa nje; ninyi ni raia pamoja na watu wa Mungu, na ni watu wa jamaa ya Mungu.

²⁰And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

²⁰Mmejengwa juu ya msingi uliowekwa na mitume na manabii, naye Kristo mwenyewe ndiye jiwe kuu la msingi.

²¹In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

²¹Yeye ndiye mwenye kulitengeneza jengo lote na kulikuza hata liwe hekalu takatifu kwa ajili ya B wana.

²²In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

²²Katika kuungana naye, ninyi pia mnajengwa pamoja na wote wengine, muwe makao ya Mungu kwa njia ya Roho wake.