ወደ ኤፌሶን ሰዎች 1:3–14 (አማ54)
በክርስቶስ በሰማያዊ ስፍራ በመንፈሳዊ በረከት ሁሉ የባረከን የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አምላክና አባት ይባረክ። ዓለም ሳይፈጠር፥ በፊቱ ቅዱሳንና ነውር የሌለን በፍቅር እንሆን ዘንድ በክርስቶስ መረጠን። በበጎ ፈቃዱ እንደ ወደደ፥ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሥራ ለእርሱ ልጆች ልንሆን አስቀድሞ ወሰነን። በውድ ልጁም እንዲያው የሰጠን የጸጋው ክብር ይመሰገን ዘንድ ይህን አደረገ። በውድ ልጁም፥ እንደ ጸጋው ባለ ጠግነት መጠን፥ በደሙ የተደረገ ቤዛነታችንን አገኘን እርሱም የበደላችን ስርየት። ጸጋውንም በጥበብና በአእምሮ ሁሉ አበዛልን። በክርስቶስ ለማድረግ እንደ ወደደ እንደ አሳቡ፥ የፈቃዱን ምሥጢር አስታውቆናልና፤ በዘመን ፍጻሜ ይደረግ ዘንድ ያለው አሳቡም ያለበሰማይና በምድር ነገር ሁሉ በክርስቶስ ውስጥ አንድ አድርጎ ማካተት ነው። በእርሱ ውስጥ ደግሞ፥ ሁሉን እንደ ፈቃዱ እንደሚያደርግ እንደ ማሰቡ በቀድሞ የተወሰንን፥ ዕቃ መያዣችንን ደርሰንበታል። እኛም በክርስቶስ ያምነን በመጀመሪያ እንድንሆን ለክብሩ ምስጋና እንድንሆን ነው። እናንተም ደግሞ የእውነትን ቃል፥ የመዳናችሁን ወንጌል ሲሰማችሁ በእርሱ በመያመናችሁ፥ የተስፋ የተሰጠውን መንፈስ ተቀብላችኋል፤ እርሱም ርስታችንን እስኪቀበል ድረስ ለክብሩ ምስጋና እንዲሆን መያዣችን ነው።
Ephesians 1:3–14 (ESV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth in him. In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
