Baefesia 3
1 Nna Paulo, motlhanka wa ga Keresete, ke fano mo kgolegelong ka ntlha ya lona, ka go rera gore le lona Badichaba lo bontlha bongwe jwa ntlo ya Modimo.
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 Ga go belaesege lo setse lo itse gore Modimo o nneetse tiro e e faphegileng e ya go supa kutlwelo botlhoko mo go lona Badichaba, jaaka ke buile pele ka bokhutshwane mo lokwalong longwe lwa dikwalo tsa me. Modimo ka sebele o nkaetse leano le la one la bosaitsiweng la gore Badichaba le bone ba balelwa mo bopelonoming jwa one.
if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 Ke bua jaana go lo tlhalosetsa ka fa ke itseng dilo tse ka teng.
in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
5 Mo metlheng ya bogologolo Modimo ga o ise o ke o tlhakanele leano le, le batho ba one, mme jaanong o le senoletse baaposetoloi le baporofiti ba one ka Mowa O O Boitshepo.
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 Mme bosaitsiweng ke jo: gore Badichaba ba tlaa nna le seabe se se lekanang le sa Bajuta mo dikhumong tsotlhe tse di ruilweng ke barwa-Modimo; botlhe ba lalediwa go nna ba phuthego ya one, mme gotlhe ga ditsholofetso tsa Modimo tsa matlhogonolo a magolo ka Keresete ke ga bone botlhe fa ba amogela Mafoko a a Molemo kaga Keresete le se a se ba diretseng.
that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
7 Modimo o nneetse tshwanelo e e hakgamatsang e ya go bolelela mongwe le mongwe leano le la one; gape o nneetse nonofo ya one le botlhale jo bo faphegileng go le tlhalosa ka fa tshwanelong.
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 A lo ko lo akanyeng! Le fa ke sa dira sepe se se dirang gore ke le tshwanele, gape le fa nna ke le Mokeresete yo e seng wa sepe bogolo go botlhe, le fa go ntse jalo ke nna yo ke neng ka tlhophelwa tiro e, e e itumedisang, e e faphegileng ya go bolelela Badichaba Mafoko a Boitumelo a mahumo a a sa feleng a ba ka a bonang ka Keresete;
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 le go tlhalosetsa mongwe le mongwe gore Modimo ke Mmoloki le wa Badichaba, fela jaaka ene yo o dirileng dilo tsotlhe a ne a rulaganya mo sephiring go tswa tshimologong. (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 Mme tota maikaelelo a one e ne e le eng? E ne e le go supegetsa batshwara-marapo botlhe ba legodimo ka fa Modimo o leng botlhale ka teng fa botlhe ba lolwapa lwa One, Bajuta le Badichaba, ka go tshwana, ba lomagantswe mmogo mo phuthegong ya one,
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,
according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 Jaanong re ka tla mo Modinong kwa ntle ga poifo, re tlhomamisa kamogelo ya one e e tletseng boitumelo fa re tla ka Keresete ebile re mo ikanya.
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 Ke gone tswee-tswee se lapisiweng dipelo ke se ba se ntirang kwano. Ke bogela lona mme lo tshwa-netse go ikutlwa e le tlotlo mo go lona lwa ba lwa tsenya marapo dinameng.
for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 Fa ke akanya kaga botlhale le megopolo ya leano la one ke khubama ka mangole ke rapela Rara wa ba ntlo e kgolo yotlhe ya Modimo, bangwe ba bone ba setse ba le kwa legodimong mme ba bangwe ba fano mo lefatsheng,
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
16 gore mo dikhumong tsa one tse di galalelang tse di senang selekanyo, o tlaa lo naya nonofo e kgolo e e ka fa teng ka Mowa wa One O O Boitshepo.
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 Mme ke rapela gore Keresete a nne ka kgololesego mo dipelong tsa lona, a nna mo go lona jaaka lo mo ikanya. A medi ya lona e tsenelele kwa teng mo loratong lwa Modimo lo lo hakgamatsang;
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
18 gape lo bo lo kgone go ikutlwela le go tlhaloganya, bana ba Modimo botlhe ba tshwanetse, kana lorato lwa gagwe lo boleele bo kae, lo bophara bo kae, lo boteng bo le kae, le gone lo kwa godimo jang; mme gore lo itemogele lorato lo ka bo lona, le fa lo le bogolo go le kalo mo lo ka sekeng lwa bona bofelelo ja lone kgotsa go tlhaloganya ka botlalo. Mme kwa bokhutlong lo tlaa tladiwa ka Modimo ka sebele.
that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
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 Jaanong a kgalalelo e nne go Modimo o ka nonofo ya one e kgolo e e dirang mo go rona, o kgonang go dira go le gotona go na le jaaka re ne re ka kopa kgotsa le go akanya ka ga gone go feta dithapelo tsa rona tse dikgolo thata mo go senang selekanyo, dikeletso tse di molemo, dikakanyo, kgotsa ditsholofelo.
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,
