Ephesians 2
1 Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
Mumasuba akunyuma mwalikuba mwafwa ku mushimu cebo cakutanyumfwila Lesa kayi ne bwipishi bwenu.
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)
Pakwinga pa cindico mwalikukonkela nshila shaipa sha cishici, mwalikunyufwila mwendeleshi mukulene wa mishimu yaipa wa mumpepo, mushimu waipa uwo eukute kwendeleshenga bantu batanyumfwili Lesa. (aiōn g165)
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].
Cakubinga twense twalikubeti endibo kayi twalikwinsa bintu kwelana ne bwikalo bwaipa bwakusemwa nabo. Kwinsa bintu bilayandanga mibili ne manjeyaulwa etu. Mu bwikalo bwetu bwakusemwa nabo bulico twalikuba twelela kutambula cisubulo ca Lesa celela bantu bonse.
4 But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
Nomba luse lwa Lesa nkalupu kayi lusuno lwa Lesa ni lunene.
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]
Nambi twalikuba twafwa ku mushimu cebo ca bwipishi bwetu, Lesa walatuletela buyumi pamo ne Klistu. Ni kwina moyowa kwa Lesa ekwalamupulusha.
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,
Pakwikatana pamo ne Klistu Yesu, Lesa walatutantika pamo ne Klistu kucishi ca kwilu kwambeti tukabeteke pamo nendiye.
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)
Lesa walenseci kwambeti bantu benshibe kukonempa kwa kwina moyo kwakendi kutambiki kupitila mulusuno lwa Lesa ndwalatulesha muli Klistu Yesu. (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.
Pakwinga Lesa niwankumbo walamupulusha, cebo cakumushoma. Nte mungofu shenu mobene nsombi ni cipo ca Lesa.
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.
Muntu nkakute kupuluka pacebo ca ncito shakendi, kutineti ngaulitunta.
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.
Lino Lesa ewalatubamba mbuli ncetubele, neco pakwikatana ne Klistu Yesu walatubambila buyumi bwa ncito shaina isho nshalatubambilalimo kushinsa.
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]).
Kamwanukani ncemwalikuba. “Amwe mwalasemweti bantu ba mishobo naimbi, nkamwalikuba bapalulwa” Mbuli ncebalikumukuwa Bayuda abo balikulibandeti “bapalulwa.” Kupalulwa uko bantu nkobalikwinsa pa mibili yabo.
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.
Pa cindi cisa mwalikuba patali ne Klistu, mwalikuba bantu bakunsa, nkamwalikuba bantu basalwa ne Lesa. Nkamwali kukute lubasu mumapangano Lesa ngalapangana ne bantu bakendi ayo alikuba ebakwa pa malayano. Mwalikwikala pa cishi capanshi kwakubula ciliconse ca kupembelela, nkamwali kumwishiba Lesa sobwe.
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].
Nomba pacino cindi mpomwekatana ne Klistu, amwe mwalikuba patali ne Lesa, mwalesa pepi nendiye cebo ca lufu lwa Klistu.
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].
Pakwinga Klistu mwine ewalatupa lumuno pakubaleta pamo Bayuda ne bantu bamo. Mpwalalibenga walamwaya lubumbu lwali kutupansanya ne kutupelanya.
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].
Yesu walaishikisha kumapwililisho milawo yonse ya Ciyuda ne malailile ne miyambo yonse ya Bayuda kwambeti pa mishobo ibili isa apangepo mushobo umo wekatana nendiye wela kuleta lumuno.
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]).
Lufu lwakendi lwalapwisha kupelana kwalikuba pakati pa mishobo ibili isa kwambeti apange kuba mubili umo, pakwinseco walabaleta bonse pepi kuli Lesa.
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].
Neco, Klistu walesa kukambauka Mulumbe Waina wa lumuno kuli njamwe bamishobo naimbi omwalikuba patali ne Lesa, kayi ne ku Bayuda abo balikuba kendi pepi nendiye.
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].
Pakwinga lino kupitila muli Klistu twense, Bayuda ne bantu bamishobo naimbi ngatucikonsha kushika pa menso a Lesa Bata mu Mushimu Uswepa umowo.
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].
Neco, amwe bantu bamishobo naimbi ntamwe bantu bakunsa, nambi bensu sobwe. Amwe lino mulaba baneshi pamo ne bantu ba Lesa, mulaba banabendi Lesa.
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
Nenjamwe mulebakwa palulindi lwalebakwa nebatumwa ne bashinshimi, nomba nendi Klistu elibwe lya nkokola ya ng'anda.
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].
Ewatabilisha ng'anda yonse ne kwikonempesha kwambeti ibe Ng'anda ya Swepa ya Mwami.
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.
Pakwikatana pamo ne Klistu nenjamwe mulebakwanga pamo ne banenu bashoma Lesa kwambeti mube musena mwela kwikala Lesa kupitila mu Mushimu.
