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 reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles –
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.
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
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 Ke bua jaana go lo tlhalosetsa ka fa ke itseng dilo tse ka teng.
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 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.
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 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, 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 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 this good news I become an assistant, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise 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;
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 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 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 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,
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 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.
And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.
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.
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 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 reason, then, I kneel before the Father –
from whom all “fatherhood” in heaven and on earth derives its name –
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.
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 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;
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 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.
have the power to comprehend in all its width and length and height and depth,
and to understand – though it surpasses all understanding – the love of the Christ; and so be filled with 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.
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 –
