¹Also you — being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

¹በበደላችሁና በኃጢአታችሁ ሙታን ነበራችሁ፤ በእነርሱም፥ በዚህ ዓለም እንዳለው ኑሮ፥ በማይታዘዙትም ልጆች ላይ አሁን ለሚሠራው መንፈስ አለቃ እንደ ሆነው በአየር ላይ ሥልጣን እንዳለው አለቃ ፈቃድ፥ በፊት ተመላለሳችሁባቸው።

²in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

³በእነዚህም ልጆች መካከል እኛ ሁላችን ደግሞ፥ የሥጋችንንና የልቡናችንን ፈቃድ እያደረግን፥ በሥጋችን ምኞት በፊት እንኖር ነበርን እንደ ሌሎቹም ደግሞ ከፍጥረታችን የቁጣ ልጆች ነበርን።

³among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath — as also the others,

⁴ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር በምሕረቱ ባለ ጠጋ ስለ ሆነ፥

⁴and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

⁵ከወደደን ከትልቅ ፍቅሩ የተነሣ በበደላችን ሙታን እንኳ በሆንን ጊዜ ከክርስቶስ ጋር ሕይወት ሰጠን፥ በጸጋ ድናችኋልና፥

⁵even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

⁶በሚመጡ ዘመናትም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ለእኛ ባለው ቸርነት ከሁሉ የሚበልጠውን የጸጋውን ባለ ጠግነት ያሳይ ዘንድ፥ ከእርሱ ጋር አስነሣን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስም በሰማያዊ ስፍራ ከእርሱ ጋር አስቀመጠን።

⁶and did raise [us] up together, and did seat [us] together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,

⁸ጸጋው በእምነት አድኖአችኋልና፤ ይህም የእግዚአብሔር ስጦታ ነው እንጂ ከእናንተ አይደለም፤

⁷that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

⁹ማንም እንዳይመካ ከሥራ አይደለም።

⁸for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you — of God the gift,

¹⁰እኛ ፍጥረቱ ነንና፤ እንመላለስበት ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ ያዘጋጀውን መልካሙን ሥራ ለማድረግ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ተፈጠርን።

⁹not of works, that no one may boast;

¹¹ስለዚህ እናንተ አስቀድሞ በሥጋ አሕዛብ የነበራችሁ፥ በሥጋ በእጅ የተገረዙ በተባሉት ያልተገረዙ የተባላችሁ፥ ይህን አስቡ፤

¹⁰for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

¹²በዚያ ዘመን ከእስራኤል መንግሥት ርቃችሁ ለተስፋውም ቃል ኪዳን እንግዶች ሆናችሁ በዚህም ዓለም ተስፋን አጥታችሁ ከእግዚአብሔርም ተለይታችሁ ያለ ክርስቶስ ነበራችሁ።

¹¹Wherefore, remember, that ye [were] once the nations in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,

¹³አሁን ግን እናንተ በፊት ርቃችሁ የነበራችሁ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ሆናችሁ በክርስቶስ ደም ቀርባችኋል።

¹²that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

¹⁴እርሱ ሰላማችን ነውና፤ ሁለቱን ያዋሐደ በአዋጅ የተነገሩትንም የትእዛዛትን ሕግ ሽሮ በመካከል ያለውን የጥል ግድግዳን በሥጋው ያፈረሰ፤ ይህም ከሁለታቸው አንድን አዲስን ሰው በራሱ ይፈጥር ዘንድ ሰላምንም ያደርግ ዘንድ፥

¹³and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,

¹⁶ጥልንም በመስቀሉ ገድሎ በእርሱ ሁለታቸውን በአንድ አካል ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ያስታርቅ ዘንድ ነው።

¹⁴for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down,

¹⁷መጥቶም ርቃችሁ ለነበራችሁ ለእናንተ ሰላምን፥ ቀርበው ለነበሩትም ሰላምን የምስራች ብሎ ሰበከ፤

¹⁵the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,

¹⁸በእርሱ ሥራ ሁላችን በአንድ መንፈስ ወደ አብ መግባት አለንና።

¹⁶and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,

¹⁹እንግዲያስ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ከቅዱሳን ጋር ባላገሮችና የእግዚአብሔር ቤተ ሰዎች ናችሁ እንጂ እንግዶችና መጻተኞች አይደላችሁም።

¹⁷and having come, he did proclaim good news — peace to you — the far-off and the nigh,

²⁰በሐዋርያትና በነቢያት መሠረት ላይ ታንጻችኋል፥ የማዕዘኑም ራስ ድንጋይ ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ነው፤

¹⁸because through him we have the access — we both — in one Spirit unto the Father.

²¹በእርሱም ሕንጻ ሁሉ እየተጋጠመ በጌታ ቅዱስ ቤተ መቅደስ እንዲሆን ያድጋል፤

¹⁹Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

²²በእርሱም እናንተ ደግሞ ለእግዚአብሔር መኖሪያ ለመሆን በመንፈስ አብራችሁ ትሠራላችሁ።

²⁰being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-[stone],

²¹in whom all the building fitly framed together doth increase to an holy sanctuary in the Lord,

²²in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.