¹For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

¹ስለዚህም አሕዛብ ስለ ሆናችሁ ስለ እናንተ የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስር የሆንሁ እኔ ጳውሎስ ለእግዚአብሔር እንበረከካለሁ።

²if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

²ለእናንተ ስለ ተሰጠኝ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ጸጋ መጋቢነት በእርግጥ ሰምታችኋል፤

³how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

³አስቀድሜ በአጭሩ እንደ ጻፍሁ፥ ይህን ምሥጢር በመግለጥ አስታወቀኝ፤

⁴by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

⁴ይህንም ስታነቡ የክርስቶስን ምሥጢር እንዴት እንደማስተውል ልትመለከቱ ትችላላችሁ፤

⁵which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

⁵ይህም፥ አሕዛብ አብረው እንዲወርሱ፥ በአንድ አካልም አብረው እንዲሆኑ፥ በወንጌልም መስበክ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በሆነ የተስፋ ቃል አብረው እንዲካፈሉ፥ ለቅዱሳን ሐዋርያትና ለነቢያት በመንፈስ አሁን እንደ ተገለጠ በሌሎቹ ትውልዶች ዘንድ ለሰው ልጆች አልታወቀም።

⁶that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

⁷እንደ ኃይሉ ሥራ እንደ ተሰጠኝም እንደ እግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ስጦታ መጠንየወንጌል አገልጋይ ሆንሁለት።

⁷of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

⁸ፍለጋ የሌለውን የክርስቶስን ባለ ጠግነት ለአሕዛብ እሰብክ ዘንድ፥ ሁሉንም በፈጠረው በእግዚአብሔር ከዘላለም የተሰወረው የምሥጢር ሥርዓት ምን እንደሆነ ለሁሉ እገልጥ ዘንድ ይህ ጸጋ ከቅዱሳን ሁሉ ይልቅ ለማንስ ለኔ ተሰጠ፤

⁸To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

¹⁰ብዙ ልዩ ልዩ የእግዚአብሔር ጥበብ አሁን በቤተ ክርስቲያን በኩል በሰማያዊ ስፍራ ውስጥ ላሉት አለቆችና ሥልጣናት ትታወቅ ዘንድ፤

⁹and to make all men see what is the administration TR reads “fellowship” instead of “administration” of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

¹¹ይህም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በጌታችን የፈጸመው የዘላለም አሳብ ነበረ፥

¹⁰to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

¹²በእርሱም ዘንድ ባለ እምነታችን በኩል በመታመን ድፍረትና መግባት በእርሱ አለን።

¹¹according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

¹³ስለዚህ ስለ እናንተ ስላለ መከራዬ እንዳትታክቱ እለምናችኋለሁ፥ ክብራችሁ ነውና።

¹²in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

¹⁴ስለዚህ ምክንያት በሰማይና በምድር ያለ አባትነት ሁሉ ከሚሰየምበት ከአብ ፊት እንበረከካለሁ፤

¹³Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

¹⁶በመንፈሱ በውስጥ ሰውነታችሁ በኃይል እንድትጠነክሩ ክርስቶስም በልባችሁ በእምነት እንዲኖር እንደ ክብሩ ባለ ጠግነት መጠን ይስጣችሁ፤ የእናንተ ሥርና መሠረት በፍቅር ይጸና ዘንድ፥

¹⁴For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁸ከቅዱሳን ሁሉ ጋር ስፋቱና ርዝመቱ ከፍታውም ጥልቅነቱም ምን ያህል መሆኑን ለማስተዋል፥ ከመታወቅም የሚያልፈውን የክርስቶስን ፍቅር ለማወቅ ትበረቱ ዘንድ፥ እስከ እግዚአብሔርም ፍጹም ሙላት ደርሳችሁ ትሞሉ ዘንድ።

¹⁵from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

²⁰እንግዲህ በእኛ እንደሚሠራው ኃይል መጠን ከምንለምነው ወይም ከምናስበው ሁሉ ይልቅ እጅግ አብልጦ ሊያደርግ ለሚቻለው፥

¹⁶that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

²¹ለእርሱ በቤተ ክርስቲያን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስከ ትውልዶች ሁሉ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም ክብር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

¹⁷that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

¹⁸may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

¹⁹and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

²⁰Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

²¹to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.