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።

¹and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins --

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

²in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:

⁴ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር በምሕረቱ ባለ ጠጋ ስለ ሆነ፥

³among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:

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

⁴but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,

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

⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)

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

⁶and has raised [us] up together, and has made [us] sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,

⁹ማንም እንዳይመካ ከሥራ አይደለም።

⁷that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

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

⁸For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:

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

⁹not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.

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

¹⁰For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.

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

¹¹Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in [the] flesh, who [are] called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in [the] flesh done with the hand;

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፥

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

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

¹³but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.

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

¹⁴For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

¹⁸በእርሱ ሥራ ሁላችን በአንድ መንፈስ ወደ አብ መግባት አለንና።

¹⁵having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

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

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

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

¹⁷and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

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

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

²²በእርሱም እናንተ ደግሞ ለእግዚአብሔር መኖሪያ ለመሆን በመንፈስ አብራችሁ ትሠራላችሁ።

¹⁹So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

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

²¹in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;

²²in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in [the] Spirit.