Ефесцима 3
1 Тога сам ради ја, Павле, сужањ Исуса Христа за вас незнабошце,
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles –
2 Будући да чусте службу благодати Божије која је мени дана међу вама,
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
3 Да се мени по откривењу каза тајна; као што горе написах укратко,
and also that it was by direct revelation that the hidden purpose of God was made known to me, as I have already briefly told you.
4 Одакле можете читајући познати мој разум у тајни Христовој,
And, by reading what I have written, you will be able to judge how far I understand this hidden purpose of God in Christ.
5 Која се у другим нараштајима не каза синовима човечијим, како се сад откри светим Његовим апостолима и пророцима Духом Светим;
In former generations it was not made known to humanity, as fully as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to the apostles and prophets among Christ’s people –
6 Да незнабошци кроз јеванђеље постану сунаследници и сутелесници и заједничари у обећању Његовом у Христу Исусу,
That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the good news, the Gentiles are coheirs with us and members of one body, and that they share with us in God’s Promise.
7 Коме постадох слуга по дару благодати Божје, која ми је дана по чињењу силе Његове.
Of this good news I become an assistant, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power –
8 Мени најмањем од свих светих даде се ова благодат да објавим међу незнабошцима неисказано богатство Христово,
Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ’s people, was this charge entrusted! – to tell the Gentiles the good news of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,
9 И да откријем свима шта је служба тајне од постања света сакривене у Богу, који је саздао све кроз Исуса Христа; (aiōn g165)
and to make clear what is God’s way of working out that hidden purpose which from the first has been concealed in the mind of the Creator of all things; (aiōn g165)
10 Да се кроз цркву сад обзнани поглаварствима и властима на небу многоразлична премудрост Божија,
so that now to the archangels and to all the powers on high should be made known, through the church, the all-embracing wisdom of God,
in accordance with that purpose which runs through all the ages and which he has now accomplished in Jesus, the Christ, our Master. (aiōn g165)
12 У коме имамо слободу и приступ у нади вером Његовом.
And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.
13 Зато вас молим да се не ослабите због невоља мојих за вас, које су слава ваша.
Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honour.
14 Тога ради приклањам колена своја пред Оцем Господа нашег Исуса Христа,
For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father –
15 По коме се сва чељад и на небесима и на земљи зову,
from whom all “fatherhood” in heaven and on earth derives its name –
16 Да вам да силу по богатству славе своје, да се утврдите Духом Његовим за унутрашњег човека,
and pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,
17 Да се Христос усели вером у срца ваша, да будете у љубави укорењени и утемељени;
so that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; and I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ’s people,
18 Да бисте могли разумети са свима светима шта је ширина и дужина и дубина и висина,
have the power to comprehend in all its width and length and height and depth,
19 И познати претежнију од разума љубав Христову, да се испуните сваком пунином Божијом.
and to understand – though it surpasses all understanding – the love of the Christ; and so be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 А Ономе који може још изобилније све чинити шта иштемо или мислимо, по сили која чини у нама,
To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive –
