¹Ninyi mlikuwa mmekufa kwa sababu ya makosa na dhambi zenu.

¹And you [did he make alive,] when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

²Wakati ule mliishi kufuatana na mtindo mbaya wa ulimwengu huu, mkawa mnamtii mtawala wa pepo wenye nguvu wa anga, pepo ambao huwatawala sasa watu wasiomtii Mungu.

²wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

³Na hata sisi sote tulikuwa kama wao; tuliishi kufuatana na tamaa zetu za kidunia na kufanya tu mambo yale yaliyoipendeza miili na akili zetu. Kidunia, sisi kama vile pia wao, tulistahili ghadhabu ya Mungu.

³among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--

⁴Lakini Mungu ni mwenye huruma nyingi. Alitupenda kwa mapendo yasiyopimika,

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

⁵hata, ingawa tulikuwa tumekufa kwa sababu ya dhambi, alitufanya hai pamoja na Kristo. Kwa neema ya Mungu ninyi mmeokolewa.

⁵even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

⁶Kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, Mungu alitufufua pamoja naye, tukatawale pamoja naye mbinguni.

⁶and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus:

⁷Ndivyo alivyopenda kuonyesha kwa watu wa nyakati za baadaye, ukuu wa neema yake aliyotujalia kwa ukarimu katika kuungana kwetu na Kristo Yesu.

⁷that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

⁸Maana, kwa neema ya Mungu mmekombolewa kwa njia ya imani. Jambo hili si matokeo ya juhudi zenu, bali ni zawadi ya Mungu.

⁸for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;

⁹Wala halitokani na matendo yenu wenyewe, asije mtu akajivunia kitu.

⁹not of works, that no man should glory.

¹⁰Sisi ni viumbe vyake Mungu, na kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, alituumba kwa ajili ya kuishi maisha ya matendo mema aliyotutayarishia tuyatende.

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

¹¹Ninyi mlio kwa asili watu wa mataifa mengine--mnaoitwa, "wasiotahiriwa" na Wayahudi ambao hujiita, "Waliotahiriwa," (kwa sababu ya kile wanachoifanyia miili yao) --kumbukeni mlivyokuwa zamani.

¹¹Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

¹²Wakati ule ninyi mlikuwa bila Kristo; mlikuwa nje ya jamii ya Israeli; mlikuwa wageni na hamkuwa na sehemu yoyote katika lile agano la zile ahadi. Mlikuwa bila matumaini Mungu hapa duniani.

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

¹³Lakini sasa, kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, ninyi ambao hapo awali mlikuwa mbali, mmekaribishwa kwa njia ya damu yake Kristo.

¹³But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.

¹⁴Maana Kristo mwenyewe ametuletea amani kwa kuwafanya Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine kuwa jamii moja. Kwa mwili wake yeye mwenyewe aliubomoa ule ukuta uliowatenganisha na kuwafanya maadui.

¹⁴For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,

¹⁵Aliiondoa ile Sheria ya Wayahudi pamoja na amri zake na kanuni zake, ili kutokana na jamii hizo mbili aumbe jamii moja mpya katika umoja naye na hivyo kuleta amani.

¹⁵having abolished in the flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, [so] making peace;

¹⁶Kwa mwili wake, Kristo aliuangamiza uadui wao; kwa msalaba wake aliziunganisha jamii hizo kuwa moja na kuzipatanisha na Mungu.

¹⁶and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

¹⁷Basi, Kristo alikuja akahubiri Habari Njema ya amani kwenu ninyi watu wa mataifa mengine mliokuwa mbali na Mungu, na pia kwa Wayahudi ambao walikuwa karibu na Mungu.

¹⁷and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

¹⁸Hivyo, kwa njia yake, sisi sote, Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine, tunaweza kumwendea Baba katika Roho mmoja.

¹⁸for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

¹⁹Basi, ninyi si wageni tena, wala si watu wa nje; ninyi ni raia pamoja na watu wa Mungu, na ni watu wa jamaa ya Mungu.

¹⁹So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

²⁰Mmejengwa juu ya msingi uliowekwa na mitume na manabii, naye Kristo mwenyewe ndiye jiwe kuu la msingi.

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

²¹Yeye ndiye mwenye kulitengeneza jengo lote na kulikuza hata liwe hekalu takatifu kwa ajili ya B wana.

²¹in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;

²²Katika kuungana naye, ninyi pia mnajengwa pamoja na wote wengine, muwe makao ya Mungu kwa njia ya Roho wake.

²²in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.