¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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

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

²ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

³Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

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

⁴according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

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

⁵having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through 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, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

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

⁷in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

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

⁸in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

⁸ጸጋውንም በጥበብና በአእምሮ ሁሉ አበዛልን።

⁹having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

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

¹⁰in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth — in him;

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

¹¹in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

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

¹²for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,

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

¹³in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth — the good news of your salvation — in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

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

¹⁴which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

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

¹⁵Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the saints,

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

¹⁶do not cease giving 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 the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

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

¹⁸the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing 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 the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

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 the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set [him] at His right hand in the heavenly [places],

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

²¹far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

²³እርስዋም አካሉና ሁሉን በሁሉ የሚሞላ የእርሱ ሙላቱ ናት።

²²and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him — head over all things to the assembly,

²³which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,