Abaefeeso 1

¹Pawulo, omutume wa Kristo Yesu olw'okwagala kwa Katonda eri abatukuvu abali mu Efeso n'abakkiriza mu Kristo Yesu:

²ekisa kibeerenga gye muli n'emirembe ebiva eri Katonda Kitaffe ne Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo.

³Yeebazibwe Katonda Kitaawe wa Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, eyatuwa buli mukisa gwonna ogw'Omwoyo mu bifo eby'omu ggulu mu Kristo:

⁴nga bwe yatulondera mu ye ng'ensi tennaba kutondebwa, ffe okubeera abatukuvu abatalina kabi mu maaso ge mu kwagala:

⁵bwe yatwawula edda okumufuukira abaana ku bwa Yesu Kristo, nga bwe yasiima olw'okwagala kwe,

⁶ekitiibwa ky'ekisa kye kiryoke kitenderezebwenga, kye yatuwa obuwa mu oyo omwagalwa:

⁷eyatuweesa akununulibwa kwaffe olw'omusaayi gwe, okusonyiyibwa ebyonoono byaffe, ng'obugagga obw'ekisa kye bwe buli,

⁸kye yasukkiriza gye tuli mu magezi gonna n'okutegeera kwonna,

⁹bwe yatutegeeza ekyama eky'okwagala kwe, nga bwe yasiima yekka, nga bwe yamalirira edda mu ye,

¹⁰olw'obuwanika obw'omu biro ebituukirivu, okugattira awamu byonna mu Kristo, ebiri mu ggulu n'ebiri ku nsi;

¹¹mu oyo naffe mwe twafuukira obusika bwe twayawulibwa edda mu kumalirira kw'oyo akoza byonna nga bw'ayagala mu kuteesa kwe;

¹²ffe tulyoke tubeere ettendo ly'ekitiibwa kye, ffe abaasooka okusuubira mu Kristo:

¹³era nammwe mu ye, bwe mwawulira ekigambo eky'amazima, enjiri ey'obulokozi bwammwe, mu oyo, n'okukkiriza bwe mwakkiriza, ne muteekebwako akabonero n'Omwoyo Omutukuvu eyasuubizibwa,

¹⁴gwe musingo gw'obusika bwaffe, okutuusa envuma ya Katonda lw'erinunulibwa, ekitiibwa kye kitenderezebwe.

¹⁵Bwe nnawulira okukkiriza Mukama waffe Yesu okuli mu mmwe, era kwe mulaga eri abatukuvu bonna,

¹⁶kyenva sirekangayo kwebaza, nga mboogerako mu kusaba kwange;

¹⁷Katonda wa Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, Kitaffe ow'ekitiibwa, abawe omwoyo ogw'amagezi n'ogw'okubikkulirwa mu kumutegeera ye;

¹⁸nga mumulisibwanga amaaso ag'omutima gwammwe, mmwe okumanya essuubi ery'okuyita kwe bwe liri, obugagga obw'ekitiibwa eky'obusika bwe mu batukuvu bwe buli,

¹⁹era obukulu obusinga ennyo obw'amaanyi ge eri ffe abakkiriza bwe buli, ng'obuyinza bw'amaanyi ge bwe bukola,

²⁰ge yakoza mu Kristo, bwe yamuzuukiza mu bafu, n'amutuuza ku mukono gwe ogwa ddyo mu bifo eby'omu ggulu,

²¹waggulu nnyo okusinga okufuga kwonna n'obuyinza n'amaanyi n'obwami na buli linnya eryatulwa si mu mirembe gino gyokka naye ne mu egyo egigenda okujja:

²²n'ateeka byonna wansi w'ebigere bye, n'amuteekawo okuba omutwe ku byonna eri ekkanisa,

²³gwe mubiri gwe, okutuukirira ku oyo atuukiriza byonna mu byonna.