Ephesians 2
1 Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
purā yūyam aparādhaiḥ pāpaiśca mṛtāḥ santastānyācaranta ihalokasya saṁsārānusāreṇākāśarājyasyādhipatim (aiōn g165)
2 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)
arthataḥ sāmpratam ājñālaṅghivaṁśeṣu karmmakāriṇam ātmānam anvavrajata|
3 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].
teṣāṁ madhye sarvve vayamapi pūrvvaṁ śarīrasya manaskāmanāyāñcehāṁ sādhayantaḥ svaśarīrasyābhilāṣān ācarāma sarvve'nya iva ca svabhāvataḥ krodhabhajanānyabhavāma|
4 But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
kintu karuṇānidhirīśvaro yena mahāpremnāsmān dayitavān
5 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]
tasya svapremno bāhulyād aparādhai rmṛtānapyasmān khrīṣṭena saha jīvitavān yato'nugrahād yūyaṁ paritrāṇaṁ prāptāḥ|
6 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,
sa ca khrīṣṭena yīśunāsmān tena sārddham utthāpitavān svarga upaveśitavāṁśca|
7 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)
itthaṁ sa khrīṣṭena yīśunāsmān prati svahitaiṣitayā bhāviyugeṣu svakīyānugrahasyānupamaṁ nidhiṁ prakāśayitum icchati| (aiōn g165)
8 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.
yūyam anugrahād viśvāsena paritrāṇaṁ prāptāḥ, tacca yuṣmanmūlakaṁ nahi kintvīśvarasyaiva dānaṁ,
9 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.
tat karmmaṇāṁ phalam api nahi, ataḥ kenāpi na ślāghitavyaṁ|
10 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.
yato vayaṁ tasya kāryyaṁ prāg īśvareṇa nirūpitābhiḥ satkriyābhiḥ kālayāpanāya khrīṣṭe yīśau tena mṛṣṭāśca|
11 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]).
purā janmanā bhinnajātīyā hastakṛtaṁ tvakchedaṁ prāptai rlokaiścācchinnatvaca itināmnā khyātā ye yūyaṁ tai ryuṣmābhiridaṁ smarttavyaṁ
12 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.
yat tasmin samaye yūyaṁ khrīṣṭād bhinnā isrāyelalokānāṁ sahavāsād dūrasthāḥ pratijñāsambalitaniyamānāṁ bahiḥ sthitāḥ santo nirāśā nirīśvarāśca jagatyādhvam iti|
13 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].
kintvadhunā khrīṣṭe yīśāvāśrayaṁ prāpya purā dūravarttino yūyaṁ khrīṣṭasya śoṇitena nikaṭavarttino'bhavata|
14 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].
yataḥ sa evāsmākaṁ sandhiḥ sa dvayam ekīkṛtavān śatrutārūpiṇīṁ madhyavarttinīṁ prabhedakabhittiṁ bhagnavān daṇḍājñāyuktaṁ vidhiśāstraṁ svaśarīreṇa luptavāṁśca|
15 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].
yataḥ sa sandhiṁ vidhāya tau dvau svasmin ekaṁ nutanaṁ mānavaṁ karttuṁ
16 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]).
svakīyakruśe śatrutāṁ nihatya tenaivaikasmin śarīre tayo rdvayorīśvareṇa sandhiṁ kārayituṁ niścatavān|
17 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].
sa cāgatya dūravarttino yuṣmān nikaṭavarttino 'smāṁśca sandhe rmaṅgalavārttāṁ jñāpitavān|
18 [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].
yatastasmād ubhayapakṣīyā vayam ekenātmanā pituḥ samīpaṁ gamanāya sāmarthyaṁ prāptavantaḥ|
19 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].
ata idānīṁ yūyam asamparkīyā videśinaśca na tiṣṭhanataḥ pavitralokaiḥ sahavāsina īśvarasya veśmavāsinaścādhve|
20 [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
aparaṁ preritā bhaviṣyadvādinaśca yatra bhittimūlasvarūpāstatra yūyaṁ tasmin mūle nicīyadhve tatra ca svayaṁ yīśuḥ khrīṣṭaḥ pradhānaḥ koṇasthaprastaraḥ|
21 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].
tena kṛtsnā nirmmitiḥ saṁgrathyamānā prabhoḥ pavitraṁ mandiraṁ bhavituṁ varddhate|
22 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.
yūyamapi tatra saṁgrathyamānā ātmaneśvarasya vāsasthānaṁ bhavatha|
