Efésios 3

1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, 2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you, 3 how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words, 4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ, 5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit, 6 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News, 7 of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power. 8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to make all men see what is the administration*3:9 TR reads "fellowship" instead of "administration" of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ, 10 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him. 13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, 19 and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ngā Mahi a Pāora mō ngā Tauiwi

1 Nā konei tāku, tā Pāora, he herehere nei ahau nā Karaiti Īhu, hei mahi ki a koutou ki ngā tauiwi; 2 kua rongo pea koutou ki te mahi tuari i te aroha noa o te Atua kua hōmai nei ki ahau, hei mea ki a koutou, 3 arā, tāna whakakitenga, tāna whakaaturanga i te mea ngaro ki ahau. (He pērā hoki me ēnā kupu torutoru i tuhituhia nā e ahau i mua; 4 ka oti i a koutou tēnā te kōrero, ka mōhio koutou ki tōku mātauranga ki te mea ngaro a te Karaiti.) 5 Kīhai nei i whakakitea i ērā atu whakatupuranga ki ngā tama a te tangata, kīhai i pēnei me te whakakitenga ināianei e te Wairua ki āna āpōtoro tapu rātou ko ngā poropiti; 6 arā, mō ngā tauiwi kia uru tahi ki ngā taonga, kia tinana kotahi, kia whiwhi ngātahi ki āna mea i whakaari i mua i roto i a te Karaiti, he meatanga nā te rongopai.

7 Mō reira ahau i meinga nei hei minita, i runga i tā te aroha noa o te Atua, i hōmai nei ki ahau, he mahinga nā tōna kaha. 8 I hōmai ki ahau, ki te mea iti iho i te iti rawa o te hunga tapu katoa, tēnei aroha noa, kia kauwhautia e ahau i roto i ngā tauiwi te taonga o te Karaiti e kore nei e taea te rapu; 9 kia whakakitea anō hoki e ahau ki ngā tāngata katoa te whiwhinga tahitanga ki te mea ngaro, ki te mea i huna nei inamata noa atu i roto i te Atua, nāna nei i hanga ngā mea katoa; 10 kia ai te hāhi ināianei hei whakaatu ki ngā rangatiratanga, ki ngā mana i ngā wāhi o te rangi, i te maha o ngā whakaaro nui o te Atua. 11 I runga i tāna i whakatakoto ai i mua noa atu, he mea mahi nāna i roto i tō tātou Ariki, i a Karaiti Īhu; 12 kei roto nei i a ia tō tātou māiatanga me tō tātou whakatatanga atu i te mea e ū nei te whakaaro, he meatanga nā te whakapono ki a ia. 13 Koia ahau ka mea nei kia kaua koutou e ngākaukore i ōku tūkinotanga mō koutou; ko tō koutou korōria hoki tēnei.

Te Aroha o te Karaiti

14 Nō konei i tūturi ai ōku turi ki te Matua, 15 nōna nei te ingoa e huaina ana ki ngā hapū katoa i te rangi, i te whenua. 16 Kia rite ki te nui rawa o tōna korōria he hōmaitanga māna ki a koutou, kia pakari ai a roto i a koutou i te kaha o tōna Wairua; 17 kia noho ai a te Karaiti ki roto ki ō koutou ngākau, he mea whakapono; ā, i te mea kua whai pakiaka, me te whai tūranga mō koutou i roto i te aroha. 18 Kia kaha ai koutou me te hunga tapu katoa ki te whakaaro i te whānui, i te roa, i te hōhonu, i te tiketike, 19 ā, kia mōhio ki te aroha o te Karaiti, e kore nei e taea te whakaaro; kia tino kī rawa ai koutou i te Atua.

20 Nā, ki a ia, e kaha nei ki te mahi i ngā mea nui whakaharahara, nui noa atu i ngā mea katoa e īnoi ai, e whakaaro ai tātou, he pēnei anō me te kaha e mahi nei i roto i a tātou, 21 waiho atu i a ia te korōria i roto i te hāhi i runga i a Karaiti Īhu, ā taea noatia ngā whakatupuranga katoa, ake ake. Āmine.