Ephesians 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
1Ninyi mlikuwa mmekufa kwa sababu ya makosa na dhambi zenu.
2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
2Wakati ule mliishi kufuatana na mtindo mbaya wa ulimwengu huu, mkawa mnamtii mtawala wa pepo wenye nguvu wa anga, pepo ambao huwatawala sasa watu wasiomtii Mungu.
3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
3Na hata sisi sote tulikuwa kama wao; tuliishi kufuatana na tamaa zetu za kidunia na kufanya tu mambo yale yaliyoipendeza miili na akili zetu. Kidunia, sisi kama vile pia wao, tulistahili ghadhabu ya Mungu.
4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
4Lakini Mungu ni mwenye huruma nyingi. Alitupenda kwa mapendo yasiyopimika,
5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
5hata, ingawa tulikuwa tumekufa kwa sababu ya dhambi, alitufanya hai pamoja na Kristo. Kwa neema ya Mungu ninyi mmeokolewa.
6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
6Kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, Mungu alitufufua pamoja naye, tukatawale pamoja naye mbinguni.
7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
7Ndivyo alivyopenda kuonyesha kwa watu wa nyakati za baadaye, ukuu wa neema yake aliyotujalia kwa ukarimu katika kuungana kwetu na Kristo Yesu.
8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
8Maana, kwa neema ya Mungu mmekombolewa kwa njia ya imani. Jambo hili si matokeo ya juhudi zenu, bali ni zawadi ya Mungu.
9not by works, so that no one can boast.
9Wala halitokani na matendo yenu wenyewe, asije mtu akajivunia kitu.
10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
10Sisi ni viumbe vyake Mungu, na kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, alituumba kwa ajili ya kuishi maisha ya matendo mema aliyotutayarishia tuyatende.
11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
11Ninyi mlio kwa asili watu wa mataifa mengine—mnaoitwa, “wasiotahiriwa” na Wayahudi ambao hujiita, “Waliotahiriwa,” (kwa sababu ya kile wanachoifanyia miili yao) —kumbukeni mlivyokuwa zamani.
12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
12Wakati ule ninyi mlikuwa bila Kristo; mlikuwa nje ya jamii ya Israeli; mlikuwa wageni na hamkuwa na sehemu yoyote katika lile agano la zile ahadi. Mlikuwa bila matumaini Mungu hapa duniani.
13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
13Lakini sasa, kwa kuungana na Kristo Yesu, ninyi ambao hapo awali mlikuwa mbali, mmekaribishwa kwa njia ya damu yake Kristo.
14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
14Maana Kristo mwenyewe ametuletea amani kwa kuwafanya Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine kuwa jamii moja. Kwa mwili wake yeye mwenyewe aliubomoa ule ukuta uliowatenganisha na kuwafanya maadui.
15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
15Aliiondoa ile Sheria ya Wayahudi pamoja na amri zake na kanuni zake, ili kutokana na jamii hizo mbili aumbe jamii moja mpya katika umoja naye na hivyo kuleta amani.
16and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
16Kwa mwili wake, Kristo aliuangamiza uadui wao; kwa msalaba wake aliziunganisha jamii hizo kuwa moja na kuzipatanisha na Mungu.
17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
17Basi, Kristo alikuja akahubiri Habari Njema ya amani kwenu ninyi watu wa mataifa mengine mliokuwa mbali na Mungu, na pia kwa Wayahudi ambao walikuwa karibu na Mungu.
18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
18Hivyo, kwa njia yake, sisi sote, Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine, tunaweza kumwendea Baba katika Roho mmoja.
19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
19Basi, ninyi si wageni tena, wala si watu wa nje; ninyi ni raia pamoja na watu wa Mungu, na ni watu wa jamaa ya Mungu.
20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
20Mmejengwa juu ya msingi uliowekwa na mitume na manabii, naye Kristo mwenyewe ndiye jiwe kuu la msingi.
21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
21Yeye ndiye mwenye kulitengeneza jengo lote na kulikuza hata liwe hekalu takatifu kwa ajili ya B wana.
22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
22Katika kuungana naye, ninyi pia mnajengwa pamoja na wote wengine, muwe makao ya Mungu kwa njia ya Roho wake.
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