BAEFESO 2

Bajuda le bantle ba phela ka Kriste; ba ba Ntlokgethwa ya Modimo

1 Le lena ba le bego le hwetše dikarogong le dibeng, o le phedišitše, 2 le be le ile le tšona ka mokgwa wa lefase leno, le bušwa ke mmuši wa mmušo wa sebakeng, ke moya wo mehleng yeno o dirago ka maatla mo baneng ba go se kwe.

3 Le rena ka moka re be re ile le bona ka dikganyogo tša nama ya rena, re sa dira se se bego se ratwa ke nama le maikwelo a rena, re sa le bana ba ba swanago le ba bangwe bao ba ba tswaletšwego go tlo galefelwa.
4 Gomme Modimo, yena mohumi wa dikgaugelo, o re ratile ka lerato le legolo la gagwe. 5 Le rena ba re bego re hwetše dikarogong, o re phedišitše gammogo le Kriste. Le baphološwa ka kgaugelo. 6 Le rena o re tsošitše a re dudiša mo go tša magodimong ka Jesu Kriste. 7 E be e le gore mehleng e tlogo tla a bonagatše lehumo le legologolo la kgaugelo ka botho bja go re tlela ka yena Kriste Jesu. 8 Le baphološwa ka kgaugelo ka tumelo; ga la ka la iphološa; e fo ba mpho ya Modimo. 9 Ga la ka la e bona ka mediro, gore go se be le e a kago itumiša.

10 Re babopša ba gagwe bao ka Kriste ba bopetšwego mediro e botse, ye Modimo a e buletšego tsela gore e be ye re tlogo ya ka yona.
11 Bjale le se ke la lebala gore ka nama le be le le bantle kgale; ba lebollo la go dirwa ka diatla nameng, ba re le ba go se bolle. 12 Le se lebale gore lebakeng leo le be le se na Kriste; le be le se ba mmušo wa Isiraele; Le be le se ba dikgwerano tša dikholofedišo; le be le phela lefaseng le se na kholofelo, le se na Modimo. 13 Bjale lena ba le bego le le kgole, le batameditšwe ka Kriste Jesu, ka madi a Kriste. 14 Ke yena mokhutšiši wa lena; ba e bego e le ba babedi, o ba dirile batee, a phušola leboto le le bego le thibile, 15 a tloša bonaba, a le nameng a fediša Molao wa ditaelo tša mekgwa, gore ba e bego e le ba babedi a ba dire mmopo o tee, e be motho e mofsa ka yena, ya ba gona go tliša khutšo. 16 Ya ba gona go boelanya ba e bego e le ba babedi, mme ya ba mmele o tee; a ba boelanya le Modimo ka sefapano, a bolaya bonaba ka sona. 17 A re go tla, a tsebatša Ebangedi ya khutšišo mo go lena ba kgole; le bao ba kgauswi a ba tsebiša yona khutšišo.

18 Gobane ka yena re buletšwe tsela bohle bobedi bja rena; ra batamela Tata wešo ka Moya o tee.
19 Bjale ga le sa le mathoko le badiiledi; le ba selete se tee le bakgethwa, le bana ba gae, le bana ba Modimo. 20 Le agišitšwe godimo ga motheo wa Baapostola le Baporofeta, mo lebje le le thekgilego e lego yena Jesu Kriste. 21 Moago ka moka o ema ka yena, o katologa ka yena ya ba Ntlokgethwa Moreneng. 22 Ka yena le kgotlagantšwe le ba bangwe, la ba boago bja Modimo Moyeng.

EPHESIANS 2

From Death to Life

1  t In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God. 2 You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God.

3 Once we were also ruled by the selfish desires of our bodies and minds. We had made God angry, and we were going to be punished like everyone else.
4-5 But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much he made us alive with Christ, and God's gift of undeserved grace is what saves you. 6 God raised us from death to life with Christ Jesus, and he has given us a place beside Christ in heaven. 7 God did this so in the future world he could show how truly good and kind he is to us because of what Christ Jesus has done. 8 You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve.t This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. 9 It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about.

10 God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. This is why he sent Christ to make us what we are.

United by Christ

13 and you were far from God. But Christ offered his life's blood as a sacrifice and brought you near God.
14 Christ has made peace between Jews and Gentiles, and he has united us by breaking down the wall of hatred that separated us. Christ gave his own body 15 t to destroy the Law of Moses with all its rules and commands. He even brought Jews and Gentiles together as though we were only one person, when he united us in peace. 16 t On the cross Christ did away with our hatred for each other. He also made peacet between us and God by uniting Jews and Gentiles in one body. 17 t Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God.

18 And because of Christ, all of us can come to the Father by the same Spirit.
19 You Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens with everyone else who belongs to the family of God. 20 You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone. 21 Christ is the one who holds the building together and makes it grow into a holy temple for the Lord. 22 And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God's own Spirit to live.