iphiShiNaH 3
1 ato heto rbhinnajAtIyAnAM yuShmAkaM nimittaM yIshukhrIShTasya bandI yaH so. ahaM paulo bravImi|
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 yuShmadartham IshvareNa mahyaM dattasya varasya niyamaH kIdR^ishastad yuShmAbhirashrAvIti manye|
if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
3 arthataH pUrvvaM mayA saMkShepeNa yathA likhitaM tathAhaM prakAshitavAkyeneshvarasya nigUDhaM bhAvaM j nApito. abhavaM|
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 ato yuShmAbhistat paThitvA khrIShTamadhi tasminnigUDhe bhAve mama j nAnaM kIdR^ishaM tad bhotsyate|
in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
5 pUrvvayugeShu mAnavasantAnAstaM j nApitA nAsan kintvadhunA sa bhAvastasya pavitrAn preritAn bhaviShyadvAdinashcha pratyAtmanA prakAshito. abhavat;
which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit—
6 arthata Ishvarasya shakteH prakAshAt tasyAnugraheNa yo varo mahyam adAyi tenAhaM yasya susaMvAdasya parichArako. abhavaM,
that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
7 tadvArA khrIShTena bhinnajAtIyA anyaiH sArddham ekAdhikArA ekasharIrA ekasyAH pratij nAyA aMshinashcha bhaviShyantIti|
of which I became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;
8 sarvveShAM pavitralokAnAM kShudratamAya mahyaM varo. ayam adAyi yad bhinnajAtIyAnAM madhye bodhAgayasya guNanidheH khrIShTasya ma NgalavArttAM prachArayAmi,
to me—the less than the least of all the holy ones—was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news—the untraceable riches of the Christ,
9 kAlAvasthAtaH pUrvvasmAchcha yo nigUDhabhAva Ishvare gupta AsIt tadIyaniyamaM sarvvAn j nApayAmi| (aiōn g165)
and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that has been hid from the ages in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, (aiōn g165)
10 yata Ishvarasya nAnArUpaM j nAnaM yat sAmprataM samityA svarge prAdhAnyaparAkramayuktAnAM dUtAnAM nikaTe prakAshyate tadarthaM sa yIshunA khrIShTena sarvvANi sR^iShTavAn|
that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places], through the Assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,
11 yato vayaM yasmin vishvasya dR^iDhabhaktyA nirbhayatAm Ishvarasya samAgame sAmarthya ncha
according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 prAptavantastamasmAkaM prabhuM yIshuM khrIShTamadhi sa kAlAvasthAyAH pUrvvaM taM manorathaM kR^itavAn| (aiōn g165)
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 ato. ahaM yuShmannimittaM duHkhabhogena klAntiM yanna gachChAmIti prArthaye yatastadeva yuShmAkaM gauravaM|
for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 ato hetoH svargapR^ithivyoH sthitaH kR^itsno vaMsho yasya nAmnA vikhyAtastam
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 asmatprabho ryIshukhrIShTasya pitaramuddishyAhaM jAnunI pAtayitvA tasya prabhAvanidhito varamimaM prArthaye|
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
16 tasyAtmanA yuShmAkam AntarikapuruShasya shakte rvR^iddhiH kriyatAM|
that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened through His Spirit with might, in regard to the inner man,
17 khrIShTastu vishvAsena yuShmAkaM hR^idayeShu nivasatu| premaNi yuShmAkaM baddhamUlatvaM susthiratva ncha bhavatu|
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
18 itthaM prasthatAyA dIrghatAyA gabhIratAyA uchchatAyAshcha bodhAya sarvvaiH pavitralokaiH prApyaM sAmarthyaM yuShmAbhi rlabhyatAM,
that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
19 j nAnAtiriktaM khrIShTasya prema j nAyatAm Ishvarasya sampUrNavR^iddhiparyyantaM yuShmAkaM vR^iddhi rbhavatu cha|
to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that you may be filled—to all the fullness of God;
20 asmAkam antare yA shaktiH prakAshate tayA sarvvAtiriktaM karmma kurvvan asmAkaM prArthanAM kalpanA nchAtikramituM yaH shaknoti
and to Him who is able to do exceedingly [and] abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
