¹You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

¹በበደላችሁና በኃጢአታችሁ ሙታን ነበራችሁ፤ በእነርሱም፥ በዚህ ዓለም እንዳለው ኑሮ፥ በማይታዘዙትም ልጆች ላይ አሁን ለሚሠራው መንፈስ አለቃ እንደ ሆነው በአየር ላይ ሥልጣን እንዳለው አለቃ ፈቃድ፥ በፊት ተመላለሳችሁባቸው።

²in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

³በእነዚህም ልጆች መካከል እኛ ሁላችን ደግሞ፥ የሥጋችንንና የልቡናችንን ፈቃድ እያደረግን፥ በሥጋችን ምኞት በፊት እንኖር ነበርን እንደ ሌሎቹም ደግሞ ከፍጥረታችን የቁጣ ልጆች ነበርን።

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.

⁴ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር በምሕረቱ ባለ ጠጋ ስለ ሆነ፥

⁴But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

⁵ከወደደን ከትልቅ ፍቅሩ የተነሣ በበደላችን ሙታን እንኳ በሆንን ጊዜ ከክርስቶስ ጋር ሕይወት ሰጠን፥ በጸጋ ድናችኋልና፥

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

⁶በሚመጡ ዘመናትም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ለእኛ ባለው ቸርነት ከሁሉ የሚበልጠውን የጸጋውን ባለ ጠግነት ያሳይ ዘንድ፥ ከእርሱ ጋር አስነሣን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስም በሰማያዊ ስፍራ ከእርሱ ጋር አስቀመጠን።

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

⁸ጸጋው በእምነት አድኖአችኋልና፤ ይህም የእግዚአብሔር ስጦታ ነው እንጂ ከእናንተ አይደለም፤

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

⁹ማንም እንዳይመካ ከሥራ አይደለም።

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

¹⁰እኛ ፍጥረቱ ነንና፤ እንመላለስበት ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ ያዘጋጀውን መልካሙን ሥራ ለማድረግ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ተፈጠርን።

⁹not of works, that no one would boast.

¹¹ስለዚህ እናንተ አስቀድሞ በሥጋ አሕዛብ የነበራችሁ፥ በሥጋ በእጅ የተገረዙ በተባሉት ያልተገረዙ የተባላችሁ፥ ይህን አስቡ፤

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

¹²በዚያ ዘመን ከእስራኤል መንግሥት ርቃችሁ ለተስፋውም ቃል ኪዳን እንግዶች ሆናችሁ በዚህም ዓለም ተስፋን አጥታችሁ ከእግዚአብሔርም ተለይታችሁ ያለ ክርስቶስ ነበራችሁ።

¹¹Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision,” (in the flesh, made by hands);

¹³አሁን ግን እናንተ በፊት ርቃችሁ የነበራችሁ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ሆናችሁ በክርስቶስ ደም ቀርባችኋል።

¹²that you 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.

¹⁴እርሱ ሰላማችን ነውና፤ ሁለቱን ያዋሐደ በአዋጅ የተነገሩትንም የትእዛዛትን ሕግ ሽሮ በመካከል ያለውን የጥል ግድግዳን በሥጋው ያፈረሰ፤ ይህም ከሁለታቸው አንድን አዲስን ሰው በራሱ ይፈጥር ዘንድ ሰላምንም ያደርግ ዘንድ፥

¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

¹⁶ጥልንም በመስቀሉ ገድሎ በእርሱ ሁለታቸውን በአንድ አካል ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ያስታርቅ ዘንድ ነው።

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

¹⁷መጥቶም ርቃችሁ ለነበራችሁ ለእናንተ ሰላምን፥ ቀርበው ለነበሩትም ሰላምን የምስራች ብሎ ሰበከ፤

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

¹⁸በእርሱ ሥራ ሁላችን በአንድ መንፈስ ወደ አብ መግባት አለንና።

¹⁶and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.

¹⁹እንግዲያስ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ከቅዱሳን ጋር ባላገሮችና የእግዚአብሔር ቤተ ሰዎች ናችሁ እንጂ እንግዶችና መጻተኞች አይደላችሁም።

¹⁷He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

²⁰በሐዋርያትና በነቢያት መሠረት ላይ ታንጻችኋል፥ የማዕዘኑም ራስ ድንጋይ ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ነው፤

¹⁸For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

²¹በእርሱም ሕንጻ ሁሉ እየተጋጠመ በጌታ ቅዱስ ቤተ መቅደስ እንዲሆን ያድጋል፤

¹⁹So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

²²በእርሱም እናንተ ደግሞ ለእግዚአብሔር መኖሪያ ለመሆን በመንፈስ አብራችሁ ትሠራላችሁ።

²⁰being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

²¹in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

²²in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.