¹For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

¹ስለዚህም አሕዛብ ስለ ሆናችሁ ስለ እናንተ የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስር የሆንሁ እኔ ጳውሎስ ለእግዚአብሔር እንበረከካለሁ።

²if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

²ለእናንተ ስለ ተሰጠኝ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ጸጋ መጋቢነት በእርግጥ ሰምታችኋል፤

³that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words] —

³አስቀድሜ በአጭሩ እንደ ጻፍሁ፥ ይህን ምሥጢር በመግለጥ አስታወቀኝ፤

⁴in regard to which ye are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

⁴ይህንም ስታነቡ የክርስቶስን ምሥጢር እንዴት እንደማስተውል ልትመለከቱ ትችላላችሁ፤

⁵which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit —

⁵ይህም፥ አሕዛብ አብረው እንዲወርሱ፥ በአንድ አካልም አብረው እንዲሆኑ፥ በወንጌልም መስበክ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በሆነ የተስፋ ቃል አብረው እንዲካፈሉ፥ ለቅዱሳን ሐዋርያትና ለነቢያት በመንፈስ አሁን እንደ ተገለጠ በሌሎቹ ትውልዶች ዘንድ ለሰው ልጆች አልታወቀም።

⁶that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

⁷እንደ ኃይሉ ሥራ እንደ ተሰጠኝም እንደ እግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ስጦታ መጠንየወንጌል አገልጋይ ሆንሁለት።

⁷of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

⁸ፍለጋ የሌለውን የክርስቶስን ባለ ጠግነት ለአሕዛብ እሰብክ ዘንድ፥ ሁሉንም በፈጠረው በእግዚአብሔር ከዘላለም የተሰወረው የምሥጢር ሥርዓት ምን እንደሆነ ለሁሉ እገልጥ ዘንድ ይህ ጸጋ ከቅዱሳን ሁሉ ይልቅ ለማንስ ለኔ ተሰጠ፤

⁸to me — the less than the least of all the saints — was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news — the untraceable riches of the Christ,

¹⁰ብዙ ልዩ ልዩ የእግዚአብሔር ጥበብ አሁን በቤተ ክርስቲያን በኩል በሰማያዊ ስፍራ ውስጥ ላሉት አለቆችና ሥልጣናት ትታወቅ ዘንድ፤

⁹and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

¹¹ይህም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በጌታችን የፈጸመው የዘላለም አሳብ ነበረ፥

¹⁰that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places], through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

¹²በእርሱም ዘንድ ባለ እምነታችን በኩል በመታመን ድፍረትና መግባት በእርሱ አለን።

¹¹according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

¹³ስለዚህ ስለ እናንተ ስላለ መከራዬ እንዳትታክቱ እለምናችኋለሁ፥ ክብራችሁ ነውና።

¹²in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

¹⁴ስለዚህ ምክንያት በሰማይና በምድር ያለ አባትነት ሁሉ ከሚሰየምበት ከአብ ፊት እንበረከካለሁ፤

¹³wherefore, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

¹⁶በመንፈሱ በውስጥ ሰውነታችሁ በኃይል እንድትጠነክሩ ክርስቶስም በልባችሁ በእምነት እንዲኖር እንደ ክብሩ ባለ ጠግነት መጠን ይስጣችሁ፤ የእናንተ ሥርና መሠረት በፍቅር ይጸና ዘንድ፥

¹⁴For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁸ከቅዱሳን ሁሉ ጋር ስፋቱና ርዝመቱ ከፍታውም ጥልቅነቱም ምን ያህል መሆኑን ለማስተዋል፥ ከመታወቅም የሚያልፈውን የክርስቶስን ፍቅር ለማወቅ ትበረቱ ዘንድ፥ እስከ እግዚአብሔርም ፍጹም ሙላት ደርሳችሁ ትሞሉ ዘንድ።

¹⁵of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

²⁰እንግዲህ በእኛ እንደሚሠራው ኃይል መጠን ከምንለምነው ወይም ከምናስበው ሁሉ ይልቅ እጅግ አብልጦ ሊያደርግ ለሚቻለው፥

¹⁶that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

²¹ለእርሱ በቤተ ክርስቲያን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስከ ትውልዶች ሁሉ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም ክብር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

¹⁷that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

¹⁸that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

¹⁹to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled — to all the fulness of God;

²⁰and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

²¹to Him [is] the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.