Efésios 1

He Mihi

1 Nāku, nā Pāora, i paingia e te Atua hei āpōtoro mā Īhu Karaiti,

Ki te hunga tapu e noho ana i Epeha, arā ki te hunga whakapono i roto i a Karaiti Īhu:

2 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa me te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti.

Ngā Manaakitanga Wairua i roto i te Karaiti

3 Kia whakapaingia te Atua, te Matua o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, nāna nei tātou i manaaki ki ngā manaaki katoa o te wairua ki ngā wāhi o te rangi, i roto i a te Karaiti; 4 i runga i te tikanga i whiriwhiria ai tātou e ia i roto i a ia i mua i te orokohanganga o te ao, hei hunga tapu, kohakore i tōna aroaro.

I runga i te aroha 5 he mea whakarite hoki tātou nāna i mua, hei tama māna, i roto i a Īhu Karaiti, ko tā tōna whakaaro hoki i pai ai, 6 hei whakamoemiti mō te korōria o tōna aroha noa, i atawhaitia ai tātou i roto i tāna i aroha ai. 7 Kei roto nei i a ia tō tātou whakaoranga i runga i ōna toto, arā te murunga o ngā hē; he hua hoki nō tōna aroha noa, 8 i hira rawa nei ki a tātou i runga i ngā whakaaro nui.

I ngā whakaaro mōhio katoa; 9 whakakitea mai ana hoki e ia ki a tātou tāna whakaaro ngaro, tāna hoki i āhuareka ai, tāna i whakatakoto ai i mua i roto i a ia, 10 mō te tikanga ina rite ngā wā, kia huihuia ngā mea katoa i roto i a te Karaiti, ngā mea i te rangi, me ngā mea i te whenua; i roto anō i a ia.

11 I whakawhiwhia nei mātou i roto i a ia, he mea whakarite i mua i runga i tāna i whakatakoto ai, e mahia ana hoki e ia ngā mea katoa i runga i tā tōna whakaaro i pai ai; 12 kia ai mātou hei whakamoemiti mō tōna korōria, arā mātou, te hunga kua tūmanako wawe ki a te Karaiti.

13 Me koutou hoki tūmanako ana anō koutou ki a ia, i tō koutou rongonga ki te kupu o te pono, ki te rongopai o tō koutou ora; ā, i tō koutou whakaponotanga ki a ia, nā, hīritia ana koutou e te Wairua Tapu i kōrerotia mai i mua; 14 hei taumau i ngā taonga mō tātou, kia whakaorangia rā anō tā te Atua mea i hokona, hei whakamoemiti mō tōna korōria!

Te Īnoi a Pāora

15 Nā konei ahau, i tōku rongonga ki tō koutou whakapono ki te Ariki, ki a Īhu, ki te aroha anō hoki ki te hunga tapu katoa, 16 kāhore e mutu tāku whakawhetai mō koutou, me te whakahua anō i a koutou i āku īnoinga; 17 kia hōmai ki a koutou e te Atua o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, e te Matua o te korōria, te wairua o te whakaaro nui, o te whakakitenga i runga i te mōhio ki a ia. 18 Kia whakamāramatia ngā kanohi o tō koutou hinengaro; kia mātau ai koutou ki te mea o tāna karanga e tūmanakohia atu nei, ki te korōria nui hoki o tōna taonga i roto i te hunga tapu, 19 ki te nui whakaharahara hoki o tōna kaha ki a tātou ki te hunga e whakapono nei, i runga i te mahinga a te mana o tōna kaha, 20 i mahi ai ia i roto i a te Karaiti i tāna whakaarahanga i a ia i te hunga mate, ā, whakanohoia ana ia ki tōna matau, ki ngā wāhi i te rangi, 21 ki runga ake i ngā kāwanatanga katoa, i te mana, i te kaha, i te rangatiratanga, i ngā ingoa katoa hoki e whakahuatia ana, ehara i te mea ko o tēnei ao anake, ko o tērā ao anō hoki. 22 Ā, tukua ana e ia ngā mea katoa ki raro i ōna waewae, meinga ana hoki ia hei upoko i runga i ngā mea katoa mō te hāhi, 23 arā, mō tōna tinana, e kī tonu nei i a ia, i te kaiwhakakī o ngā mea katoa i roto i te katoa.

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say, 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints, 16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.