¹ Man Pool, ndawul Kirist Yeesu ci coobareg Yàlla, maa leen di bind, yéen gaayi Yàlla yu sell yi te gëm Kirist Yeesu ci dëkku Efes.

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

² Na leen Yàlla sunu Baay ak Boroom bi Yeesu Kirist may yiw ak jàmm.

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

³ Cant ñeel na Yàlla Baayu sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist, mi nu sotti ci sunu bokk ci Kirist lépp luy barkeel ci baatin te nekk ca bérab yu kawe ya.

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;

⁴ Ndaxte ba àddina sosoogul, tànn na nu ci Kirist, ngir nu man a teew fa kanamam, sell te ñàkk sikk. Ci kaw mbëggeelam

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;

⁵ séddoo na nu lu jiitu, def nu ay doomam jaarale ko ci Yeesu Kirist, ndaxte looloo doon yéene ju rafet, ji mu tëral ci coobareem.

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

⁶ Na ndamam jolli ndax yiw wu réy, wi mu nu sotti ci Soppeem bi.

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

⁷ Moom jot na nu ak deretam ji ñu tuur, maanaam baal nu sunuy bàkkaar, ci kaw yiw wu yaatu,

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

⁸ wi mu nu baawaanal. Te Yàlla sol na nu xel mu mat ak dégg,

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

⁹ ci feeñal nu mbóoti coobareem, dëppook yéeneem ju rafet, ji mu jaarale ci Kirist.

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

¹⁰ Mu tëral ne, bu jamono yi wéyee ba lépp mat, dina dajale lépp ci kilifteefu Kirist, muy ci kaw, muy ci suuf.

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;

¹¹ Te am nanu cér ci moom bu nu Yàlla sédd lu jiitu ci dogalam, moom miy doxal lépp ci ni mu ko àttee ci coobareem.

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;

¹² Noonu nuy jollil ndamam, nun ñi jëkk a wékk sunu yaakaar ci Kirist.

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

¹³ Te yéen itam, bi ngeen déggee kàddug dëgg gi, di xebaar bu baax, bi leen tegtal yoonu mucc, te ngeen gëm ko, Yàlla tàmpe na leen ni ñoñam ak Xel mu Sell, mi mu dige woon.

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,

¹⁴ Te Xel mi mooy dawal gi nu Yàlla jox ci cér, bi mu nu dencal, ba kera muy goreel ñi mu jotal boppam, te ñépp jollil ndamam.

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

¹⁵ Bi ma déggee nag seen ngëm ci Boroom bi Yeesu ak seen mbëggeel ci gaayi Yàlla yu sell yépp,

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,

¹⁶ duma noppee sant Yàlla, di leen boole ci samay ñaan.

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

¹⁷ Te li may ñaan Yàllay sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist, di Baay bi yelloo ndam, mooy lii: mu sol leen xel mu xóot, te xamal leen boppam

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;

¹⁸ ci leeral seeni xol. Noonu dingeen xam yaakaaru ëllëg, ji leen Yàlla wooye, di ndam lu xel mënta daj, li nekk ci cér, bi mu dencal gaayam yu sell yi.

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,

¹⁹ Ngeen xam it, ni kàttanam màgge ba jéggi dayo, jëm ci nun ñi gëm, dëppook dooleem ju ràññiku,

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

²⁰ ji mu jëfe ci Kirist, ci li mu ko dekkal, dëël ko ci ndeyjooram ca bérab yu kawe ya,

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,

²¹ mu tiim lu sore malaaka yépp, muy kilifa, boroom sañ-sañ, boroom doole mbaa buur, te gën a màgg wépp tur wu ñu man a tudd, muy tey, muy ëllëg.

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.

²² Yàlla suufeel na lépp fi kanamam, def ko kilifag lépp ci mbooloom ñi gëm,

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

²³ miy jëmmam, di matug Kirist, mi fees mbindeef mu ne ci fànn gu ne. 

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