¹بولس رسول يسوع المسيح بمشيئة الله الى القديسين الذين في افسس والمؤمنون في المسيح يسوع

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:

²نعمة لكم وسلام من الله ابينا والرب يسوع المسيح

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

³مبارك الله ابو ربنا يسوع المسيح الذي باركنا بكل بركة روحية في السماويات في المسيح

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,

⁴كما اختارنا فيه قبل تأسيس العالم لنكون قديسين وبلا لوم قدامه في المحبة

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

⁵اذ سبق فعيّننا للتبني بيسوع المسيح لنفسه حسب مسرة مشيئته

⁵having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

⁶لمدح مجد نعمته التي انعم بها علينا في المحبوب

⁶to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

⁷الذي فيه لنا الفداء بدمه غفران الخطايا حسب غنى نعمته

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

⁸التي اجزلها لنا بكل حكمة وفطنة

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

⁹اذ عرّفنا بسر مشيئته حسب مسرته التي قصدها في نفسه

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

¹⁰لتدبير ملء الازمنة ليجمع كل شيء في المسيح ما في السموات وما على الارض في ذاك

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;

¹¹الذي فيه ايضا نلنا نصيبا معيّنين سابقا حسب قصد الذي يعمل كل شيء حسب رأي مشيئته

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,

¹²لنكون لمدح مجده نحن الذين قد سبق رجاؤنا في المسيح.

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

¹³الذي فيه ايضا انتم اذ سمعتم كلمة الحق انجيل خلاصكم الذي فيه ايضا اذ آمنتم ختمتم بروح الموعد القدوس

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,

¹⁴الذي هو عربون ميراثنا لفداء المقتنى لمدح مجده

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

¹⁵لذلك انا ايضا اذ قد سمعت بايمانكم بالرب يسوع ومحبتكم نحو جميع القديسين

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

¹⁶لا ازال شاكرا لاجلكم ذاكرا اياكم في صلواتي

¹⁶do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

¹⁷كي يعطيكم اله ربنا يسوع المسيح ابو المجد روح الحكمة والاعلان في معرفته

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,

¹⁸مستنيرة عيون اذهانكم لتعلموا ما هو رجاء دعوته وما هو غنى مجد ميراثه في القديسين

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,

¹⁹وما هي عظمة قدرته الفائقة نحونا نحن المؤمنين حسب عمل شدة قوته

¹⁹and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

²⁰الذي عمله في المسيح اذ اقامه من الاموات واجلسه عن يمينه في السماويات

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],

²¹فوق كل رياسة وسلطان وقوة وسيادة وكل اسم يسمى ليس في هذا الدهر فقط بل في المستقبل ايضا

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;

²²واخضع كل شيء تحت قدميه واياه جعل راسا فوق كل شيء للكنيسة

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

²³التي هي جسده ملء الذي يملأ الكل في الكل

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