Lettera agli Efesini 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et vos, cum essetis mortui de lictis et peccatis vestris,	1 You were dead in your transgressions and sins
2 in qui busaliquando ambulastis secundum saeculum mundi huius, secundum principempotestatis aeris, spiritus, qui nunc operatur in filios diffidentiae;	2 in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.
3 inquibus et nos omnes aliquando conversati sumus in concupiscentiis carnisnostrae, facientes voluntates carnis et cogitationum, et eramus natura filiiirae, sicut et ceteri.	3 All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh, following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest.
4 Deus autem, qui dives est in misericordia, propternimiam caritatem suam, qua dilexit nos,	4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us,
5 et cum essemus mortui peccatis,convivificavit nos Christo — gratia estis salvati —	5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 et conresuscitavit etconsedere fecit in caelestibus in Christo Iesu,	6 raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,
7 ut ostenderet in saeculissupervenientibus abundantes divitias gratiae suae in bonitate super nos inChristo Iesu.	7 that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
8 Gratia enim estis salvati per fidem; et hoc non ex vobis, Deidonum est:	8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God;
9 non ex operibus, ut ne quis glorietur.	9 it is not from works, so no one may boast.
10 Ipsius enim sumusfactura, creati in Christo Iesu in opera bona, quae praeparavit Deus, ut inillis ambulemus.	10 For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.
11 Propter quod memores estote, quod aliquando vos gentes in carne, qui diciminipraeputium ab ea, quae dicitur circumcisio in carne manufacta,	11 Therefore, remember that at one time you, Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by those called the circumcision, which is done in the flesh by human hands,
12 quia eratisillo in tempore sine Christo, alienati a conversatione Israel et extraneitestamentorum promissionis, spem non habentes et sine Deo in mundo.	12 were at that time without Christ, alienated from the community of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
13 Nuncautem in Christo Iesu vos, qui aliquando eratis longe, facti estis prope insanguine Christi.	13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ.
14 Ipse est enim pax nostra, qui fecit utraque unum et mediumparietem maceriae solvit, inimicitiam, in carne sua,	14 For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh,
15 legem mandatorum indecretis evacuans, ut duos condat in semetipso in unum novum hominem, facienspacem,	15 abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two, thus establishing peace,
16 et reconciliet ambos in uno corpore Deo per crucem, interficiensinimicitiam in semetipso.	16 and might reconcile both with God, in one body, through the cross, putting that enmity to death by it.
17 Et veniens evangelizavit pacem vobis, qui longefuistis, et pacem his, qui prope;	17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
18 quoniam per ipsum habemus accessum ambo inuno Spiritu ad Patrem.	18 for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 Ergo iam non estis extranei et advenae, sed estis concives sanctorum etdomestici Dei,	19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,
20 superaedificati super fundamentum apostolorum et prophetarum,ipso summo angulari lapide Christo Iesu,	20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
21 in quo omnis aedificatio compactacrescit in templum sanctum in Domino,	21 Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
22 in quo et vos coaedificamini inhabitaculum Dei in Spiritu.	22 in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.