Ephesians 2

2 ¹And una bin dey dead for una wrongdoing and sins, ²wey una bin dey waka inside am before, dey follow di way of dis world, dey follow di ruler wey get power over di air, di spirit wey dey work now inside di people wey no dey obey. ³Na among dem all of us bin dey live before for di desire of our flesh, dey do wetin flesh and mind want, and by our born-nature we bin be pikin of wrath, like everybody else. ⁴But our Papa, wey rich for mercy, bicos of di big love wey e take love us, ⁵even as we bin dey dead for our sins, e make us alive togeda with Christ—na by grace dem save una, ⁶e raise us up with am and make us sidon with am for di heavens inside Christ Jesus, ⁷so dat for di ages wey dey come, e go fit show di riches of im grace wey dey overflow, through di kindness wey e show us inside Christ Jesus. ⁸Bicos na by grace dem save una through faith—no be wetin una do; na di gift wey our Papa give. ⁹No be from work, so dat nobody go fit brag. ¹⁰Na im handiwork we be, wey e create inside Christ Jesus for good work wey our Papa don ready before before, so dat we go waka inside am.

Christ im Blood Don Bring Us Near

¹¹So remember: una wey be Gentile for di flesh, dem bin dey call una "uncircumcised" before, di people wey dem dey call "circumcised," wey na mark wey hand make for flesh. ¹²Remember say dat time una bin dey without Christ, dem comot una from di community of Israel, una be stranger to di Covenant of promise, una no get hope and una no get our Papa for dis world. ¹³But now inside Christ Jesus, una wey bin dey far before, di blood of Christ don bring una near. ¹⁴Bicos na im be our peace, wey make di two turn one, wey e take im flesh break down di wall wey bin dey divide us, di wall of enmity, ^a a v14 Di Temple for Jerusalem get stone barrier wey dey warn say any Gentile wey cross am go face death — na dis Paul dey call di 'wall wey dey divide.' ¹⁵wey e take im flesh destroy di law of commandment and decree, so dat e go fit create di two inside imsef into one new human being, dey make peace, ¹⁶and join di two back to our Papa inside one body through di cross, wey e take kill di enmity. ¹⁷E come announce peace to una wey bin dey far, and peace to dem wey dey near. ¹⁸Bicos na through am di two of us dey get way to come to our Papa inside one Spirit. ^b b v18 For here di whole Trinity open di road wey lead home: na through di Pikin, inside di one Spirit, we dey come to our Papa. Di destination of di gospel no be just heaven but na Papa imsef.

¹⁹So una no be stranger and foreigner again, but una don be fellow citizen with di holy people and member of our Papa im household. ²⁰Dem build una for top di foundation of di apostle and prophet, wey Christ Jesus imsef na di cornerstone, ²¹inside am di whole building, wey dem join togeda, dey grow into holy temple inside di Lord, ²²inside am, una too, dem dey build una togeda into house for our Papa inside the Holy Spirit.