Uafisawa 2
1 Anugh wa di, anan nkullari bara utazunu nin ntizu nalapi mine.
Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
2 Na iwa malu uchinu nafo ucin nko kube. Nafo usu nakara ngoh in yie. Nin ruhum nlenge na adi katuwa nin nono nsalin lanzu nliru. (aiōn g165)
You were acting in the same [evil] way as those who oppose Christ [MTY] act. That is, you were behaving in the [evil] ways [that Satan wanted you to behave]. He rules over evil spiritual beings that no person can see [MTY]. He is the spirit who now powerfully controls the people who disobey God. (aiōn g165)
3 Arike wang wan min di tisu nafo na nidowo bite di nin sun nsue. Nsu nimon kidowo nin kibinai, nan nya tiwa di nono tinana nayi nafo ngisinne.
Formerly, we all used to disobey God as they do. We did the things that our self-centered nature wanted us to do. We habitually did those [evil] deeds that our bodies and our minds wanted to do. When we were acting like that, it was certain that [God] would punish [MTY] us, just like he will certainly punish all other [evil people].
4 Bara na Kutellẹ unan konnayiari gbardang bara usu me na adimun bara arike.
But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
5 Kubi ko na tiwa kuzu nanyan ntazunu bite, da a nin ghirik nanyan nlai upese ligowe nin Kristi-kitin bolu Kutellẹ na tizu minn.
As a result, even when we were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as] a corpse [MET] is) because we were habitually sinning, he enabled us to receive [spiritual]/[eternal] life because of our relationship with Christ. [Do not forget this: It is only] because God has acted so kindly toward you, in a way that you did not deserve, that you are saved {that [he] saved you} [from the guilt of your sin]
6 Akuru a fia nari ligowe a taa nari tiso ligowe niti kitene kani nin Kristi Yisa.
And [it is as though] God gave us spiritual life when he caused Christ Jesus to be alive again after he died [MET]. And [it is as though] God caused us to sit [and rule] [MTY] with him in heaven,
7 Awa su nani bara bara kubi ncindak, aba dursu nari ngbardang nbolu me nin nayi ashau me in Kristi Yesu (aiōn g165)
in order that he might show to everyone at all times in the future that he has acted toward us in an extremely kind way because of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. (aiōn g165)
8 Bara ubolu nayi ashau me, inase utuchu nanya nyinnu sa uyenu. Ullele na dak bara nnuzu nati biteri ba, ullele uffillu Kutellẹri.
It is [only] by [God] acting [PRS] [toward you] in a way that you did not deserve that you have been saved {that he has saved you} as a result of your trusting [in Christ]. You did not save yourselves. His saving you was his gift to you.
9 Na bara katuwa bit ba. Na umon uwa foo figiri ba.
He did not save any of you because of anything you yourselves did. Because you have done nothing [to save yourselves], you cannot be proud of your efforts to save yourselves.
10 Arike vat imon katuwa Kutellẹ ari, awakẹ nari nan nyan Kristi Yisa tisu nituwa nicine. kangah na Kutellẹ wa kẹ ni nin uworsu bara tina su ucin nanye.
It is God who has made us what we are now. Because of our relationship with Christ Jesus, he has enabled us to receive [spiritual/eternal] life in order that we should conduct our lives habitually doing the good deeds that God previously planned for us to do.
11 Nin nani lizinon anunghe wanadi awurmi nan nya kidowo. Ulle na idin yichu minu “anan kuchuru alumai” ulle na idin yichu inin anan katu kuchuru in nya kidowo.
You [Ephesians] have been non-Jews from the time that you were born. The Jews ([insult you/say that you are not God’s people]) [by] calling you ‘those who are not circumcised’. They [proudly] call themselves ‘we [(exc)] who are circumcised’. [They have allowed people to] circumcise [them to indicate that they are God’s people, but] that has [only] changed their bodies, [not their] ([inner beings/hearts]).
12 Na nkoni kubi iwa kosu munu nin Kristi. Iwa idi amara nan nya nono Israila. Nin namara kitene nyinu nin nalikawali. Na uyinu ni ile imun na idin bun ba. Nin sali Kutellẹ nanya inye.
You should constantly remember these things: Formerly you did not have any relationship with Christ. You did not belong to the people of Israel, [the people whom God chose]. You did not know about the things God promised in his agreements [with his people]. You did not confidently expect to go to heaven after you die (OR, [that God would save you]). You [lived] in this world without knowing God.
13 Vat nin nani nene nan nya Nkristi Yisa anughe alle na iwadi piit nin Kutelle inalle na dak susut kupo Kutellẹ nan nya mmii Kristi.
But now, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, God has brought you, who had no relationship with him [MET], into his family [MET]. He did that because [you trusted in what Christ accomplished when] his blood [MTY] [flowed from his body when he died on the cross].
14 Amere nsusut lisosin liman bite, ullenge na a wa ti ku Yahudawa nin ku wurmi iso unit urum, kidowo me, awa kala liyarin longo naliwa kosu nari nan nati bite.
Christ himself [has caused us Jewish and non-Jewish believers] to have peace [with each other]. He has made both [of our groups] to become one [group]. [Just like people] (tear down/demolish) a wall that separates [groups of people] [MET], he has destroyed the hatred [between Jews and non-Jews].
15 Usso nafo, awa musuzu uduka nin nkaida anan saka ukke nanit apese nan nya nan awaba ane, ndak nin lisosin limang.
By dying [MTY] [for us on the cross] he made it no longer [necessary for us to obey] all the [Jewish] laws and rituals [in order to be saved]. He did that in order to enable the two [groups] to become one new group because of our relationship with him. The result was that he has caused us to have peace [with each other].
16 Awa su nani bara akelẹ anite vat nan wabe iso kidowo kirum kiti Kutellẹ nan nya nnieu, ukull me na molu ivira kitik mine.
By [dying on] the cross [MTY] he caused both Jews and non-Jews to have a peaceful relationship with God. That is how he caused us to no longer be [MET] enemies [with God] (OR, [with each other]).
17 Yisa wadak ada belle ulirun lai nin tọp me kiti nalenge na iwadi pït, nin lisosin limang kiti nalenge na idi susut.
He came [to earth] and proclaimed that you [non-Jews], who did not have a relationship with [MET] [God], and [us(exc) Jews], who [considered that we(exc) belonged to] [MET] God’s [family], can [all] now have peace [with God].
18 Bara kitin Yisa vat bite dimun libau lirum linse nfip milau kitin nchif bite.
[We know that he has done that] because we both, [Jews and non-Jews], are [now] able to approach God the Father in prayer by the help of his Spirit, because of what Christ [has done].
19 Bara nani anug na iwadi awurmi na idu amara ba, nin nani anun adondon lisosin nan nyan nyẹ nin nale na Kutellẹ na fere nani, allenge na ina piru nyan nono Kutellẹ.
So [God no longer treats] you [non-Jews] as [people treat] [MET] foreigners and strangers [who live among them] [MET]. Instead, along with all God’s people, [it is as though] you have become citizens of a country that he rules over, and [as though you have become] members of the family [of which he is the father] [MET].
20 Allenge na iwa kẹ nan nya litino nnono kadura nin nanan nliru nin nu Kutellẹ, ame Yisa Kristi ame litime wa sọ litala likout.
[Just like] a building is built {[as someone] builds a building} on a foundation, [God has joined you into one group that originated/began] from what the apostles and prophets [taught]. Christ Jesus is the [most important one in that group, just like a] cornerstone [is the most important part of a building]. And
21 Nin Likara Yisa, vat makekewe na nankilari me wase ligowe. Ita gbardang nafo kutien nliran na ina cheu kunin bara Chikilari.
just like [a builder might] join together all the parts of a building to make it a temple that [people will] dedicate to the Lord [MET], [Christ is continually causing all of] you who have a relationship with [him to be united, in order that you will become one holy group].
22 Nanya me anun wang iwa kẹmunu liigowe nanya kiti lisosin Kutellẹ nanya nfip me.
And because of your relationship with Christ, [God] is joining you [non-Jews] together with [Jewish believers] to be [like] one building [MET] in which his Spirit lives.
