¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

¹በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ የሆነ ጳውሎስ፥ በኤፌሶን ላሉት ቅዱሳን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስም ላሉት ምእመናን፤

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

²ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

³በክርስቶስ በሰማያዊ ስፍራ በመንፈሳዊ በረከት ሁሉ የባረከን የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክና አባት ይባረክ።

⁴even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;

⁴ዓለም ሳይፈጠር፥ በፊቱ ቅዱሳንና ነውር የሌለን በፍቅር እንሆን ዘንድ በክርስቶስ መረጠን።

⁵having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

⁵በበጎ ፈቃዱ እንደ ወደደ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሥራ ለእርሱ ልጆች ልንሆን አስቀድሞ ወሰነን።

⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

⁶በውድ ልጁም እንዲያው የሰጠን የጸጋው ክብር ይመሰገን ዘንድ ይህን አደረገ።

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

⁷በውድ ልጁም፥ እንደ ጸጋው ባለ ጠግነት መጠን፥ በደሙ የተደረገ ቤዛነታችንን አገኘን እርሱም የበደላችን ስርየት።

⁸which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

⁸ጸጋውንም በጥበብና በአእምሮ ሁሉ አበዛልን።

⁹making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

⁹በክርስቶስ ለማድረግ እንደ ወደደ እንደ አሳቡ፥ የፈቃዱን ምሥጢር አስታውቆናልና፤

¹⁰to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

¹⁰በዘመን ፍጻሜ ይደረግ ዘንድ ያለው አሳቡም በሰማይና በምድር ያለውን ሁሉ በክርስቶስ ለመጠቅለል ነው።

¹¹in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

¹¹እንደ ፈቃዱ ምክር ሁሉን የሚሠራ እንደ እርሱ አሳብ፥ አስቀድመን የተወሰንን በክርስቶስ ደግሞ ርስትን ተቀበልን።

¹²to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

¹²ይኸውም፥ በክርስቶስ አስቀድመን ተስፋ ያደረግን እኛ ለክብሩ ምስጋና እንሆን ዘንድ ነው።

¹³in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

¹³እናንተም ደግሞ የእውነትን ቃል፥ ይኸውም የመዳናችሁን ወንጌል፥ ሰምታችሁ ደግሞም በክርስቶስ አምናችሁ፥ በተስፋው መንፈስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ታተማችሁ፤

¹⁴who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

¹⁴እርሱም የርስታችን መያዣ ነው፥ ለእግዚአብሔር ያለውን ሁሉ እስኪዋጅ ድረስ፥ ይህም ለክብሩ ምስጋና ይሆናል።

¹⁵For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

¹⁵ስለዚህ እኔ ደግሞ በእናንተ ዘንድ ስለሚሆን በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስለ ማመንና ለቅዱሳን ሁሉ ስለሚሆን መውደድ ሰምቼ፥

¹⁶don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

¹⁶ስለ እናንተ እያመሰገንሁ ስጸልይ ስለ እናንተ ማሳሰብን አልተውም፤

¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

¹⁷የክብር አባት የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክ እርሱን በማወቅ የጥበብንና የመገለጥን መንፈስ እንዲሰጣችሁ እለምናለሁ።

¹⁸having the eyes of your hearts TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts” enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

¹⁸ይህም የልባችሁ ዓይኖች ሲበሩ የመጥራቱ ተስፋ ምን እንዲሆን በቅዱሳንም ዘንድ ያለው የርስት ክብር ባለ ጠግነት ምን እንዲሆን ለምናምን ከሁሉ የሚበልጥ የኃይሉ ታላቅነት ምን እንዲሆን ታውቁ ዘንድ ነው፤

¹⁹and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

²⁰ክርስቶስንም ከሙታን ሲያስነሣው ከአለቅነትና ከሥልጣንም ከኃይልም ከጌትነትም ሁሉ በላይና በዚህ ዓለም ብቻ ሳይሆን ነገር ግን ሊመጣ ባለው ዓለም ደግሞ ከሚጠራው ስም ሁሉ በላይ በሰማያዊ ስፍራ በቀኙ ሲያስቀምጠው በክርስቶስ ባደረገው ሥራ የብርታቱ ጉልበት ይታያል፤

²⁰which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

²²ሁሉንም ከእግሩ በታች አስገዛለት ከሁሉ በላይም ራስ እንዲሆን ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ሰጠው።

²¹far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

²³እርስዋም አካሉና ሁሉን በሁሉ የሚሞላ የእርሱ ሙላቱ ናት።

²²He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

²³which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.