Baefenso 3
1 Pacebo ici, ame Paulo encondasungilwa mujele, cebo cakusebensela Klistu Yesu. Ndamupaililinga kuli Lesa amwe bantu bamishobo.
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 Ndashometi mwalanyumfweti Lesa mukwina moyo kwakendi walampa ncito yakukambauka mulumbe wakendi kulinjamwe.
if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
3 Ndamulembele mwakufumfwipisha mbuli Lesa ncalayubulula kuli njame mano akendi asolekwa.
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 Mwabelenga ncondalembe ni mwinshibe lwishibo lwakame lwasolekwa alambanga sha Klistu.
in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
5 Mu masuba akunyuma bantu nkabali kwambilwapo awa mano asolekwa, nomba cino cindi Lesa layubululunga kuli batumwa ne bashinshimi bakendi kupitila mu Mushimu Uswepa.
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 Ico casolekwa nicakwambeti kupitila mu Mulumbe Waina, bantu bamishob naimbi pamo ne Bayuda nabo belela kutambulako colwe ca Lesa, pakwinga naboyo ni bilama bya mubili umo, kayi belela kumantamo lubasu mu malayano ngwalabamba Lesa kupitila muli Klistu Yesu.
that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
7 Ndalaba musebenshi wa Mulumbe Waina kupitila mu cipo cabulyo cakendi capalubasu ico Lesa ncalampa kupitila mu kusebensa kwangofu shakendi.
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 Ame ndemung'ana kupita bantu ba Lesa bonse, nsombi Lesa walampa colwe ca kukambauka Mulumbe Waina ku bantu bamishobo naimbi ulambanga sha buboni butapu bwa Klistu,
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 kayi ne kwambeti bantu bonse benshibe bubambo bwakendi nceti busebense, ubo Lesa walabumba bintu byonse mbwalikuba wasoleka kwa byaka bitabelengeke. (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 Pa cino cindi layandangeti, kupitila mu mubungano, ne bangelo abo balendeleshenga kayi bakute ngofu Kwilu, benshibe mano a Lesa apusanapusana.
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 Lesa walenseco kwelana ne bubambo bwakendi bwacindi conse mbwalakwanilisha kupitila muli Klistu Yesu Mwami wetu. (aiōn g165)
according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 Mukwikatana pamo ne Klistu, kayi kupitila mulushomo lwetu mulyendiye, twasunguluka kumushikila Lesa kwakubula kutonshanya.
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 Neco ndamusengengeti kamutatyompwa cebo ca mapensho ngondamupengelenga, kupenga kwakame ni kwambeti mucanemo bwinishi.
for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 Pacebo ici ndasuntamanga kuli Lesa Bata,
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 uko mukowa wonse wa kwilu ne pa cishi ca panshi nkokute kucana lina lyancinencine.
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
16 Ndapailinga kuli Lesa kwambeti kufuma mu buboni bwakendi bwacindama amupe ngofu kupitila mu Mushimu wakendi kwambeti muyume mu myoyo yenu.
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 Kayi ndapailingeti kupitila mu lushomo ndomukute, kwambeti Klistu ekale mu myoyo yenu. Kayi ndapaileti mube ne miyanda yashimpa mulusuno kayi mwibake buyumi bwenu bonse mulusuno,
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
18 kwambeti amwe pamo ne bantu bonse ba Lesa, mucikonse kwinshiba kukonempa ne kutalimpa ne mushimba ne kuya panshi kwalusuno lwa Klistu.
that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
19 Ee, ndapailingeti mulwinshibe lusuno lwakendi Klistu lwapita mano onse abantu, kayi kwambeti Lesa esushe cakupwililila buyumi bwakendi mulinjamwe.
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 Lino bulemeneno bupewe kuli Lesa uyo, kupitila mu ngofu shakendi shilasebensenga muli njafwe, wela kutupa conse ncetwela kusenga nambi kuyeyapo.
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,
