ወደ ኤፌሶን ሰዎች 3:1–13 (አማ54)
ስለዚህም አሕዛብ ስለ ሆናችሁ ስለ እናንተ የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስር የሆንሁ እኔ ጳውሎስ ለእግዚአብሔር እንበረከካለሁ። ለእናንተ ስለ ተሰጠኝ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ጸጋ መጋቢነት በእርግጥ ሰምታችኋል፤ አስቀድሜ በአጭሩ እንደ ጻፍሁ፥ ይህን ምሥጢር በመግለጥ አስታወቀኝ፤ ይህንም ስታነቡ የክርስቶስን ምሥጢር እንዴት እንደማስተውል ልትመለከቱ ትችላላችሁ፤ ይህም፥ አሕዛብ አብረው እንዲወርሱ፥ በአንድ አካልም አብረው እንዲሆኑ፥ በወንጌልም መስበክ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በሆነ የተስፋ ቃል አብረው እንዲካፈሉ፥ ለቅዱሳን ሐዋርያትና ለነቢያት በመንፈስ አሁን እንደ ተገለጠ በሌሎቹ ትውልዶች ዘንድ ለሰው ልጆች አልታወቀም። እኔም እንደ ኃይሉ ሥራ እንደ ተሰጠኝም እንደ እግዚአብሔር ጸጋ ስጦታ መጠን የወንጌል አገልጋይ ሆንሁ። ይህ ጸጋ ከቅዱሳን ሁሉ ይልቅ ለማንስ ለኔ ተሰጠ፥ ፍለጋ የሌለውን የክርስቶስን ባለ ጠግነት ለአሕዛብ እሰብክ ዘንድ፥ ሁሉንም በፈጠረው በእግዚአብሔር ከዘላለም የተሰወረው የምሥጢር ሥርዓት ምን እንደሆነ ለሁሉ እገልጥ ዘንድ። ብዙ ልዩ ልዩ የእግዚአብሔር ጥበብ አሁን በቤተ ክርስቲያን በኩል በሰማያዊ ስፍራ ውስጥ ላሉት አለቆችና ሥልጣናት ትታወቅ ዘንድ፤ ይህም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በጌታችን የፈጸመው የዘላለም አሳብ ነበረ፥ በእርሱም ዘንድ ባለ እምነታችን በኩል በመታመን ድፍረትና መግባት በእርሱ አለን። ስለዚህ ስለ እናንተ ስላለ መከራዬ እንዳትታክቱ እለምናችኋለሁ፥ ክብራችሁ ነውና።
Ephesians 3:1–13 (ESV)
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
