¹Pavel, apoštol Ježiša Krista, vôľou Božou, svätým, ktorí sú v Efeze, a verným v Kristu Ježišovi:

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:

²milosť vám a pokoj od Boha, našeho Otca, a od Pána Ježiša Krista.

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

³Požehnaný Bôh a Otec našeho Pána Ježiša Krista, ktorý nás požehnal každým požehnaním duchovným v ponebeských oblastiach v Kristovi,

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,

⁴tak, ako si nás v ňom vyvolil pred založením sveta, aby sme boli svätí a bezvadní pred ním, v láske,

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

⁵predurčiac nás k synovstvu skrze Ježiša Krista cieľom neho podľa ľúbosti svojej vôle

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

⁶na chválu slávy svojej milosti, ktorou nás omilostil v tom Milovanom,

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

⁷v ktorom máme vykúpenie skrze jeho krv, odpustenie hriechov podľa bohatstva jeho milosti,

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

⁸ktorú rozhojnil oproti nám v každej múdrosti a rozumnosti

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

⁹oznámiac nám tajomstvo svojej vôle podľa svojej ľúbosti, ktorú si preduložil v sebe

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

¹⁰cieľom správy plnosti časov dovedna sobrať všetko v Kristovi, to, čo je na nebesiach, i to, čo je na zemi,

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;

¹¹v ňom, v ktorom sme sa stali aj dedičstvom Božím predurčení súc podľa preduloženia toho, ktorý pôsobí všetko podľa rady svojej vôle,

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,

¹²aby sme boli na chválu jeho slávy, my, ktorí sme sa prv nadejali v Kristovi,

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

¹³v ktorom aj vy počujúc slovo pravdy, evanjelium svojho spasenia, v ktorom aj, uveriac, zapečatení ste Svätým Duchom zasľúbenia,

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,

¹⁴ktorý je závdavkom nášho dedičstva na vykúpenie Božieho nadobudnutého vlastníctva, na chválu jeho slávy.

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

¹⁵Preto i ja, keď som počul o viere u vás, o viere v Pánu Ježišovi, a o láske naproti všetkým svätým,

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

¹⁶neprestávam ďakovať za vás zmieňujúc sa o vás na svojich modlitbách,

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

¹⁷žeby Bôh nášho Pána Ježiša Krista, Otec slávy, ráčil vám dať ducha múdrosti a zjavenia pravým poznaním jeho,

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,

¹⁸osvietené oči vašej mysle, aby ste vedeli, čo a jaká je to nádeja jeho povolania a čo a jaké bohatstvo slávy jeho dedičstva medzi svätými

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,

¹⁹a čo tá nesmierna veľkosť jeho moci, vzhľadom na nás veriacich podľa pôsobenia sily jeho vlády.

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

²⁰ktorú spôsobil v Kristovi vzkriesiac ho z mŕtvych a posadiac po svojej pravici v ponebeských oblastiach

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],

²¹nad každé kniežatstvo a nad každú vrchnosť a moc a nad každé panstvo a nad každé meno, ktoré sa menuje nie len v tomto veku, ale i v budúcom.

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;

²²A všetko poddal pod jeho nohy a jeho dal za hlavu nado všetko cirkvi,

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

²³ktorá je jeho telom, plnosťou toho, ktorý si naplňuje všetko vo všetkom.

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