¹Mimi Paulo, mtume wa Kristo Yesu kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, nawaandikia ninyi watu wa Mungu huko Efeso, mlio waaminifu katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu.

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:

²Nawatakieni neema na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.

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

³Atukuzwe Mungu na Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo! Maana, katika kuungana na Kristo ametubariki kwa kutujalia zawadi zote za kiroho mbinguni.

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,

⁴Kabla ya kuumbwa ulimwengu, Mungu alituteua tuwe wake katika kuungana na Kristo ili tuwe watakatifu na bila hitilafu mbele yake. Kwa sababu ya upendo wake,

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

⁵Mungu alikuwa ameazimia tangu zamani kutuleta kwake kama watoto wake kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo. Ndivyo alivyopenda na kunuia.

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

⁶Basi, tumsifu Mungu kwa sababu ya neema yake tukufu katika Mwanae mpenzi!

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

⁷Maana kwa damu yake Kristo sisi tunakombolewa, yaani dhambi zetu zinaondolewa. Ndivyo ulivyo ukuu wa neema yake

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

⁸aliotukirimia bila kipimo! Kwa hekima na ujuzi wake wote

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

⁹Mungu alitekeleza kile alichonuia, akatujulisha mpango wake uliofichika, ambao alikuwa ameazimia kuutekeleza kwa njia ya Kristo.

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

¹⁰Mpango huo ambao angeutimiza wakati utimiapo ni kukusanya pamoja viumbe vyote, kila kitu mbinguni na duniani, chini ya Kristo.

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;

¹¹Kila kitu hufanywa kufuatana na mpango na uamuzi wa Mungu; naye Mungu ametuteua sisi tuwe watu wake kwa mapenzi yake katika kuungana na Kristo, kufuatana na azimio alilofanya tangu mwanzo.

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,

¹²Basi, sisi tuliotangulia kumtumainia Kristo tunapaswa kuusifu utukufu wa Mungu!

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

¹³Nanyi pia watu wa mataifa mengine, mliusikia ujumbe wa kweli yaani Habari Njema iliyowaletea wokovu, mkamwamini Kristo; naye Mungu, ili kuonyesha kuwa ninyi ni wake, akawapiga mhuri kwa kuwapeni yule Roho Mtakatifu aliyetuahidia.

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,

¹⁴Huyu Roho ni dhamana ya kurithi yote yale Mungu aliyowaahidia watu wake, na jambo hili latuhakikishia kwamba Mungu atawakomboa kabisa wote walio wake. Tuusifu utukufu wake!

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

¹⁵Kwa sababu hiyo, tangu niliposikia juu ya imani yenu kwa Bwana Yesu na mapendo yenu kwa watu wa Mungu,

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

¹⁶sijaacha kamwe kumshukuru Mungu kwa ajili yenu. Ninawakumbuka katika sala zangu

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

¹⁷ili Mungu wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo Baba mtukufu, awajalieni Roho wake atakayewapa hekima na kuwafunulieni Mungu mpate kumjua.

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,

¹⁸Namwomba Mungu aifunue mioyo yenu iweze kuuona mwanga wake, mpate kutambua lile tumaini alilowaitieni na utukufu mkuu wa zawadi alizowawekea watu wake,

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,

¹⁹mpate kutambua jinsi uwezo wake ulivyo mkuu mno kwa ajili yetu sisi tunaoamini. Uwezo huo unaofanya kazi ndani yetu, ni sawa na nguvu ile kuu mno

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

²⁰aliyomfufua nayo Kristo kutoka wafu, akamketisha kulia kwake mbinguni.

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],

²¹Huko, Kristo anatawala juu ya kila tawala, mamlaka, enzi na ukuu; anatawala juu ya kila cheo kiwezacho kutajwa katika ulimwengu huu na katika ulimwengu ujao.

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;

²²Mungu ameweka vitu vyote chini ya miguu yake, akamkabidhi kwa kanisa akiwa mkuu wa vitu vyote.

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

²³Kanisa ni mwili wa Kristo, na ukamilifu wake yeye anayekamilisha vitu vyote kila mahali.

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