EFESIOS 1
Náhuatl de Guerrero
Pablo oquintlajcuilhuij on tlaneltocaquej ne ipan on hueyican itoca Efeso
1 Nejhua, Pablo, ican iyojlo Dios, niiapóstol Jesucristo. Niquijcuilohua yejhua in tlajcuilolamatl para nemejhuamej yejhuan nenteyaxcahuan itech Dios, yejhuan nenchantij ne ipan on hueyican itoca Efeso, niman yejhuan nochipa nenquichihuaj on tlen Cristo Jesús quinequi. 2 Ma Dios toTajtzin niman toTeco Jesucristo mechtiochihuacan, niman mechmacacan yolsehuilistli.
Ma ticyectenehuacan Dios ipampa nochi on tlen otechchihuilij
3 Ma ticyectenehuacan Dios, iTajtzin toTeco Jesucristo, yejhuan otechtiochiu ican nochi ocse tlamantic tlatiochihualistli para toalma ijcon quen yejhuamej ne ilhuicac quipiaj. Yejhua otechtiochiu pampa san secan itech tinemij ihuan Cristo. 4 Ijcuac in tlalticpactli xe oncatca, Dios otechtlapejpenij para tinemisquej san secan ihuan Cristo. Otechtlapejpenij para ticpiasquej toyojlo chipahuac, niman para xticpiasquej tlajtlacojli ne ixpan Dios. 5 Ican tetlajsojtlalistli, ijcuac xe tzimpehua in tlalticpactli, Dios oquitlalij iyojlo para techselis quen iconehuan itechcopa Jesucristo ijcon quen oquinec. 6 Ijcon oquichiu para nochi tlacatl ma quiyectenehua ipampa on ihueyi teicnelilis yejhuan xsan oquitemachiu ica otechmacac itechcopa itlajsojcaConetzin. 7 ItlajsojcaConetzin oquitlaxtlau ican iyesyo totlajtlacolhuan, niman aman Dios yotechtlapojpolhuilij ican ihueyi teicnelilis. 8 Dios otechititij miyec iteicnelilis, niman otechmacac nochi tlamatquilistli niman cajsicamatilistli. 9 Yejhua otechpanextilij quen oquinec on tlen xacaj quimatiya. Otechpanextilij on tlen quichihuas itechcopa Cristo. 10 Yejhua in tlen otechpanextilij nochihuas ijcuac tlamis in tonaltin. Ipan on tonaltin, Dios quisentlalis nochi tlajtlamach yejhuan oquitlalij ne ilhuicac niman nican ipan in tlalticpactli para Cristo quimandaros. 11 Pampa tinemij san secan ihuan Cristo, Dios otechmacac toherencia. Ijcuac in tlalticpactli xe oncatca, Dios otechtlapejpenij para techmacas yejhua on herencia quen yejhua oquinec. Nochi tlajtlamach tlen yejhua quichihua, quichihua quen yejhua quinequi, pampa yejhua quichihua nochi quen yejhua quita cuajli. 12 Yejhua ijcon oquichiu para tejhuamej, yejhuan tihebreos niman yejhuan achtopa oticneltocaquej Cristo, ma tinemican quen yejhua cuelita para huelis quiyectenehuilisquej ihueyilis. 13 Niman no ijqui nemejhuamej yejhuan xnenhebreos onenquineltocaquej Jesucristo, ijcuac onencacquej on temachtilistli yejhuan tlen melahuac, on cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli. Niman ijcuac onenquineltocaquej, Dios omechsellaroj ica on Espíritu Santo yejhuan omechprometerohuilijca. Niman ijcon nenteyaxcahuan yejhua itech. 14 Aman ica tohuan nemi on Espíritu Santo, yejhua techmelajcaititia ica melahuac Dios techmacas on herencia yejhuan otechprometerohuilij. Niman techmelajcaititijtias hasta ipan on tonajli ijcuac Dios techmacas toherencia. Yejhua ijcon quichihua para tejhuamej ma ticyectenehuacan ihueyilis.
Pablo quitlajtlanilia Dios ma quinmamaca tlamatquilistli on iconehuan
15 Nejhua nicmati ica nemotlaneltoc nenquipiaj itech toTeco Jesús, niman nenquipiaj nemotetlajsojtlalis itech on yejhuan iyaxcahuan Dios. 16 Yejhua ica xnicajcahua ica nicmaca tlaxtlahuijli Dios nemopampa. Nemechelnamiqui ipan nooración, 17 niman nictlajtlanilia iDios toTeco Jesucristo, on tohueyiTajtzin, para ma mechmaca itechcopa on iEspíritu Santo tlamatquilistli niman cajsicamatilistli para más cuajli sa no yejhua nenquixmatisquej. 18 No nictlajtlanilia Dios ma mechpannextili ipan nemocajsicamatilis tlinon on tlamachalistli yejhuan ica omechnotz para nenquiselisquej, niman quen sanoyej hueyi herencia yejhuan Dios quinmaca iteyaxcahuan. 19 No nictlajtlanilia ma mechpannextili quen sanoyej hueyi ipoder yejhuan topan tequiti yejhuan titlaneltocaj. Xacaj hueli quita quech ica hueyi on poder. Yejhua in poder sa no yejhua on yejhuan Dios oquiteititij ican sanoyej miyec icojtilis 20 ijcuac oquiyolitij niman oquetzteu Cristo ipan itlalcon, niman oquitlalij iyecmacopa ne ilhuicac. 21 Aman Cristo quinnahuatia nochimej on yejhuan tlayecanquej, nochimej on yejhuan tequihuajquej, nochimej on yejhuan quipiaj poder, nochimej on yejhuan huejhueyixtoquej niman nochimej on yejhuan san tlinon ica huelisquej notenehuasquej ipan in tonaltin niman no ipan on tonaltin huajlas. 22 Dios nochi yoquimactilij Cristo para quinahuatis. Niman no oquitlalij Cristo quen intzontecon nochimej on tlaneltocaquej yejhuan sa no yejhuamej nochihuaj quen itiopan. 23 Niman itiopan sa no yejhua icuerpo Cristo. Yejhua quitemiltia on icuerpo ican iEspíritu sa no ijqui quen on iEspíritu nemi nochihuiyan.
Ephesians 1
Expanded Bible
1 From Paul, an ·apostle [messenger] of Christ Jesus. ·I am an apostle because that is what God wanted [L …by the will of God].
To ·God’s holy people [T the saints] living in Ephesus[a] [C a prominent city in the Roman province of Asia, present-day western Turkey; Acts 19], ·believers in [or who are faithful to] Christ Jesus:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 ·Praise be to [or Blessed is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly ·world [realms; places]. 4 ·That is [or Just as; or For; Because], in Christ, he chose us before the ·world was made [L foundation of the world] so that we would be his holy people—people ·without blame [or unblemished; C as are sacrificial animals] before him. 5 Because of his love [C this phrase may go with the previous sentence], God ·had already decided to make us his own children [L predestined us for adoption] through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him, 6 and it brings praise to God because of his ·wonderful [glorious] grace. God gave that grace to us freely, in ·Christ, the One he loves [L the Beloved]. 7 In ·Christ [L him] we ·are set free [have been redeemed/purchased] by ·the blood of his death [L his blood; C blood signifies his sacrificial death], and so we have forgiveness of sins. ·How rich is [or This redemption reveals the wealth of; L …according to the riches of] God’s grace, 8 which he has ·given to us so fully and freely [lavished on us]. With ·full [all] wisdom and understanding [C this phrase may go with the previous sentence], 9 God let us know ·his secret purpose [or the mystery of his will; C a “mystery” in Scripture is something God had not previously disclosed]. This was what ·God wanted [pleased him], and he ·planned to do it [or set it forth; publicly revealed it] through Christ. 10 His goal was to carry out his plan, ·when the right time came [or at the time of fulfillment; L in the fullness of the times], that all things in heaven and on earth would be ·joined together [unified; or summed up; or renewed] in Christ as the head.
11 In Christ we ·were chosen to be God’s people [have received/were given our part of an inheritance], ·because from the very beginning God had decided this [L having been predestined] in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who ·makes everything agree [or accomplishes everything in accord] with what he decides and wants. 12 We are the first people who hoped in ·Christ [the Messiah], and we were chosen so that we would bring praise to God’s glory. 13 So it is with you. When you heard the ·true teaching [message/word of truth]—the ·Good News about [Gospel of] your salvation—you believed in Christ. ·And in Christ, God put his special mark of ownership on you by giving you [L …having been sealed with] the Holy Spirit that he had promised. 14 That Holy Spirit is the ·guarantee [down payment; deposit] ·that we will receive what God promised for his people [L of our inheritance] until ·God gives full freedom to those who are his [or we acquire possession of it; L the redemption of the possession; v. 7]—to bring praise to God’s glory.
Paul’s Prayer
15 That is why ·since [or because] I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all ·God’s people [T the saints], 16 I ·have not stopped [never cease] giving thanks to God for you. I always remember you in my prayers, 17 asking the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you ·a spirit of wisdom [or spiritual wisdom; or the Spirit of wisdom] and revelation so that you will know him better. 18 I pray also that ·you will have greater understanding in your heart [L the eyes of your heart may be enlightened] so you will ·know [comprehend] the hope to which he has called us and that you will know ·how rich and glorious are the blessings God has promised [the riches of his glorious inheritance for; or the glorious wealth of an inheritance that God possesses in] ·his holy people [T the saints]. 19 And you will know that God’s power is ·very [exceedingly; overwhelmingly] great for us who believe. That power ·is the same as [or was demonstrated in] the great strength 20 God ·used [exerted] to raise Christ from the dead and ·put [L seat] him at his right ·side [L hand; Ps. 110:1; Acts 2:34] in the heavenly ·world [realm; places]. 21 God has put Christ ·over [far above] all rulers, authorities, powers, and ·kings [lords; dominion], and every other ·title given [L name that is named] not only in this ·world [age] but also in the ·next [coming one]. 22 God ·put [subjected] everything under his ·power [L feet; Ps. 8:6] and ·made him the head over everything for the church [or gave him to the church as head over all things], which is his body. 23 ·The church is filled with Christ [or The church completes Christ; L …the fullness of the one], who fills ·everything in every way [or all things everywhere; L all in all].
Footnotes
- Ephesians 1:1 in Ephesus Some Greek copies do not have this phrase.
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