Core Glossary

Core Glossary — Ephesians | English → Somali

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md across the whole of Ephesians (chapters 1–6), plus the core passage (Ephesians 2:1-10). Terms marked [BASELINE] are fixed by the Romans translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json and MUST be reused exactly, with no deviation. Terms marked [NEW] are proposed additions for this curriculum, pending Phase 1 Step 2 formal entry into the extended translation memory.

Risk tiers match the baseline convention: Critical = human theologian review mandatory, every occurrence; High = human theologian review required; Medium = native speaker review recommended; Low = automated review sufficient.

#	English Term	Somali Rendering	Transliteration	Status	Risk	Doctrine(s)	Chapter(s)	Notes / Rejected Alternatives
1	God	Ilaah	ee-LAHH	BASELINE	Critical	multiple	1-6	Reuse exactly; never Eebe/Alle in doctrinal text.
2	Father	Aabbe	AH-beh	BASELINE	Critical	Election/Predestination; Household	1, 3, 4, 6	Reuse exactly.
3	Jesus	Ciise	SEE-say	BASELINE	Critical	Christology	1, 6	Always paired with Masiixa.
4	Christ / Messiah	Masiixa	mah-SEE-khah	BASELINE	Critical	Christology	1-6	Reuse exactly.
5	Lord	Rabbiga	RAHB-bee-gah	BASELINE	Critical	Christology	1, 4, 5, 6	Never Sayidka for the divine Lord.
6	Holy Spirit	Ruuxa Quduuska ah	ROO-khah koo-DOOS-kah ah	BASELINE	Critical	Sanctification; Spiritual Warfare	1, 3, 4, 5, 6	Never Jibriil.
7	Son of God	Wiilka Ilaah	WEEL-kah ee-LAHH	BASELINE	Critical	Christology	4	Reuse exactly.
8	grace	Nimco	NIM-koh	BASELINE	High	Salvation by Grace through Faith	1-6	Never barako or naxariis as substitutes.
9	faith	Iimaan	ee-MAHN	BASELINE	High	Salvation by Grace through Faith	1, 2, 3, 4, 6	Object of faith (Christ) must stay explicit.
10	salvation / saved	Badbaado	bahd-BAH-doh	BASELINE	Critical	Salvation by Grace through Faith	1, 2, 6	Never a synonym for hoping to enter jannada.
11	righteousness	Xaqnimo	khahk-NEE-moh	BASELINE	Critical	Salvation by Grace through Faith; Walking in Newness of Life	4, 6	Never camal wanaagsan as the ground of standing.
12	justification	Xaq lagu caddeeyay	khahk lah-goo cah-DEH-yay	BASELINE	Critical	Salvation by Grace through Faith	(background)	Retained for forensic-declaration teaching notes.
13	works (negated, salvation-ground sense)	Shuqullada / Camalka	shoo-KOOL-lah-dah	NEW	Critical	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.9)	Must unambiguously exclude deeds as salvation’s ground.
14	good works (fruit sense)	Camal wanaagsan	cah-MAHL wah-NAHG-sahn	NEW	Critical	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.10)	Identical Somali phrase to the rejected works-ledger term; requires explicit v.9→v.10 sequence teaching note every occurrence.
15	workmanship	Abuurka Ilaah	ah-BOOR-kah ee-LAHH	NEW	Medium	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.10)	Believer as object made, not agent.
16	dead (spiritual)	Dhintay	DHIN-tay	NEW	Medium	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.1)	Must convey total incapacity, not mere weakness.
17	trespasses	Xadgudub	khahd-goo-DOOB	NEW	Medium	Salvation by Grace through Faith	1, 2 (core: v.1)	Pair with Dembi, not interchangeable.
18	sin	Dembi	DEM-bee	BASELINE	High	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2	Collides with fitrah anthropology.
19	flesh (ethical)	Jidhka / damacyada jidhka	JID-kah	NEW	Medium-High	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.3)	Distinguish from neutral incarnational jidh.
20	by nature	Dabeecad ahaan	dah-beh-CAHD ah-HAHN	NEW	High	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.3)	Sharpest fitrah collision in the book.
21	wrath (divine)	Cadho / Cadhada Ilaah	CAHD-hoh	NEW	High	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.3)	Must be judicial, not capricious.
22	mercy	Naxariis	nah-khah-REES	NEW	Medium	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.4)	Distinct from, not synonymous with, Nimco.
23	made alive together	Wada nooleeyay	WAH-dah noh-leh-YAY	NEW	High	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.5)	Ground in Sarakicidda, not generic renewal.
24	seated in heavenly places	La fadhiisiyay meelaha samada	fah-DHEE-see-yay sah-MAH-dah	NEW	High	Salvation by Grace through Faith; Assurance	2 (core: v.6)	Never “meelaha jannada” — avoid jannada conflation.
25	gift (of salvation)	Hibo / Hadiyad	HEE-boh	NEW	Medium	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.8)	Distinct from Hadiyado Ruuxa ah (spiritual gifts).
26	boast	Faan	FAHN	NEW	Low	Salvation by Grace through Faith	2 (core: v.9)	—
27	election	Doorashada Ilaah	doh-rah-SHAH-dah ee-LAHH	BASELINE	High	Election and Predestination in Christ	1	Never qaddar/nasiib.
28	predestined / predestination	Horudoorasho	hoh-roo-doh-rah-SHOH	NEW	Critical	Election and Predestination in Christ	1	Sharper sovereignty claim than election alone; extreme qaddar-collision risk.
29	calling / called	Yeedhid / Loo yeedhay	yeh-DHID	BASELINE	High	Election and Predestination in Christ	1, 4	—
30	adoption as sons	Sheegasho carruurnimo	sheh-eh-GAH-shoh car-oor-NEE-moh	BASELINE	High	Election and Predestination in Christ	1	Full inheritance rights, not lesser sheegad status.
31	redemption	Madaxfurasho	mah-dakh-foo-RAH-shoh	NEW	High	Election and Predestination in Christ	1	Contemporary ransom/piracy connotation risk.
32	inheritance	Dhaxal	DHAH-khal	NEW	Medium-High	Election and Predestination in Christ	1, 3	Mirath/Sharia inheritance-law collision.
33	fellow heirs	Wax-dhaxal la wadaaga	—	NEW	Medium-High	Unity of Jews and Gentiles; Election	3	Same inheritance-law sensitivity.
34	sealed (with the Spirit)	La shaabadeeyay	shaabad	NEW	Medium	Election and Predestination in Christ	1	Positive bureaucratic-seal resonance.
35	guarantee / down payment	Dammaanad	dahm-MAH-nad	NEW	Medium	Election and Predestination in Christ	1	—
36	blessed / blessing	Barako	bah-RAH-koh	NEW	High	Election and Predestination in Christ	1	Same Sufi-transmission collision flagged for grace in baseline.
37	church	Kiniisadda	kee-nee-SAHD-dah	BASELINE	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Distinct from masjid.
38	body of Christ (corporate)	Jidhka Masiixa	JID-kah mah-SEE-khah	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ	1, 4, 5	Distinguish from Jidh qaadasho (incarnation, Christ’s own body).
39	head (headship)	Madax	MAH-dakh	NEW	Medium-High	The Church as the Body of Christ; Household Codes	1, 5	Positive madaxweyne-type authority resonance; avoid flattening to political chieftaincy.
40	fullness	Buuxinta	boo-KHIN-tah	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ; Mystery	1, 3, 4	Keep identical rendering across all three chapters.
41	building up the body	Dhisidda Jidhka Masiixa	—	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ	4	—
42	equipping	Diyaarinta Quduusiinta	—	NEW	Low-Medium	Gifts for Building Up the Church	4	—
43	apostle	Diray	dee-RYE	BASELINE	Medium	Gifts for Building Up the Church	2, 4	Never Rasuul.
44	prophet	Nabi	NAH-bee	BASELINE	High	Gifts for Building Up the Church	2, 3, 4	Shared Islamic prophetic category; role vs. Christ’s identity must stay distinguished.
45	evangelist	Faafiyaha Injiilka	—	NEW	Critical	Gifts for Building Up the Church; Mission	4	Never wacdiye; route to theologian review with physical-safety framing, per baseline mission entry.
46	pastor / shepherd	Adhijir	—	NEW	Low	Gifts for Building Up the Church	4	Strong positive Somali pastoralist-culture resonance.
47	teacher	Macallin	—	NEW	Medium	Gifts for Building Up the Church	4	Shared with Qur’anic-school teacher usage; clarify distinct Christian gift.
48	spiritual gifts	Hadiyado Ruuxa ah	hah-dee-YAH-doh ROO-khah ah	BASELINE	Medium	Gifts for Building Up the Church	4	Never karaamad.
49	gospel	Injiilka	in-JEEL-kah	BASELINE	High	multiple	1, 3, 6	Reuse exactly.
50	mystery	Qarsoodiga	qar-soh-DEE-gah	NEW	High	The Mystery of Christ Revealed	1, 3, 5	Avoid Sufi asraar (esoteric-elite-knowledge) collision; mystery is now openly proclaimed to all.
51	stewardship / dispensation	Wakiilnimo / Qorshaha Ilaah	—	NEW	Medium	The Mystery of Christ Revealed	1, 3	—
52	unsearchable riches	Hodantinimo aan la baadhi karin	—	NEW	Low	The Mystery of Christ Revealed	3	—
53	manifold wisdom	Xigmadda kala duwan	—	NEW	Low	The Mystery of Christ Revealed	3	—
54	boldness / access	Dhiirranaan / Gelitaan xor ah	—	NEW	High	The Mystery of Christ Revealed	2, 3, 6	shafeeco-debate collision, per baseline intercession entry.
55	Gentiles	Quruumaha	koo-roo-MAH-hah	BASELINE	Medium	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2, 3	Never gaalada.
56	circumcision / uncircumcision	Gudniinka / Buuryoqabnimada	—	NEW	High	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	Strict confinement to Jew/Gentile identity-marker sense; avoid FGM-practice implication.
57	commonwealth of Israel	Ummadda Israa’iil	—	NEW	Medium	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	Avoid dawladda (state), per baseline kingdom_of_god note.
58	covenant	Axdiga	AKH-dee-gah	BASELINE	Medium	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	—
59	Israel	Israa’iil	is-rah-EEL	BASELINE	Medium	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	Handle with geopolitical-sensitivity awareness.
60	strangers	Qariib / Ajanabi	—	NEW	Low	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	—
61	blood of Christ	Dhiigga Masiixa	—	NEW	Critical	Unity of Jews and Gentiles; Resurrection	2	Presupposes real physical death; anti-4:157 reinforcement.
62	dividing wall / hostility	Derbiga kala qaybiya / Colaadda	—	NEW	High	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	Direct qabiil (clan) teaching bridge.
63	one new man (corporate)	Bini’aadan Cusub	—	NEW	High	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	Distinguish from the individual “new self,” ch.4.
64	reconciliation	Dib-heshiisiin	dib-heh-SHEE-seen	NEW	High	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	heshiis/xeer clan-truce collision, parallel to baseline’s nabadda note.
65	peace	Nabadda	nah-BAHD-dah	BASELINE	Medium	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2, 6	—
66	fellow citizens	Muwaadiniin la wada ah	—	NEW	Medium	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	2	—
67	household of God	Reer Ilaah	—	NEW	Medium-High	Unity of Jews and Gentiles; The Church	2	reer/clan collision, cf. sheegasho note.
68	cornerstone	Dhagaxa Geeska	—	NEW	Low	The Church as the Body of Christ	2	—
69	temple	Macbudka	—	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ	2	—
70	dwelling place of God	Meesha uu Ilaah ku dego	—	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ	2	—
71	unity (of the Spirit)	Midnimo	—	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ; Unity of Jews and Gentiles	4	Positive but must stay clan-line-crossing, not vague nationalism.
72	baptism	Baabtiiska	—	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ	4	Distinguish from wadaraysi (ritual ablution).
73	old self / new self (individual)	Ninka hore / Ninka cusub	—	NEW	Medium	Walking in Newness of Life	4	Distinguish from corporate Bini’aadan Cusub, ch.2.
74	renewed in mind	Cusboonaysiinta maskaxda	—	NEW	Low	Walking in Newness of Life	4	—
75	devil	Ibliiska	—	NEW	High	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	4, 6	Shared with Islamic Iblis; same adversary, different resolution (Christ’s finished work, not recitation-formula repelling).
76	grieve the Holy Spirit	Ha ka calool-xumeynin Ruuxa Quduuska ah	—	NEW	Medium	The Church as the Body of Christ	4	Reinforces personal, not impersonal, Spirit.
77	forgive one another	Isu cafi	—	NEW	Low-Medium	Walking in Newness of Life	4	Distinct from full forensic justification.
78	walk (conduct)	Socodkiinnii	soh-COD-kee-nee	NEW	Low-Medium	Walking in Newness of Life	2, 4, 5	Governing ethical metaphor of the whole book.
79	fragrant offering / sacrifice	Qurbaan iyo allabari	—	NEW	Medium	Walking in Newness of Life	5	Once-for-all act, not recurring ritual.
80	sexual immorality / impurity	Sino / Wasakhnimo	—	NEW	Medium	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	5	Existing moral agreement; keep moral not merely ritual sense.
81	idolatry	Cibaadada sanamyada	—	NEW	Low	Walking in Newness of Life	5	Genuine resonance point (shirk condemnation).
82	children of light	Carruurta Iftiinka	—	NEW	High	Walking in Newness of Life	5	Use Iftiin, never Nuur (Sufi collision, per baseline glory entry).
83	fruit of light	Midhaha Iftiinka	—	NEW	Medium	Walking in Newness of Life	5	—
84	filled with the Spirit	Ruuxa Quduuska ah ha idinku buuxsamo	—	NEW	High	The Church as the Body of Christ	5	saar (spirit-possession) collision; Spirit’s indwelling is settled, not episodic possession.
85	psalms, hymns, spiritual songs	Sabuurro, heeso ammaan, gabayo ruuxa ah	—	NEW	Low	Walking in Newness of Life	5	Positive gabay oral-poetic resonance.
86	submit / submission	Is-hoosaysiin / Addeecid	—	NEW	High	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	5	Must pair with husband’s self-sacrificial love; frame within mutual 5:21 submission.
87	Christ’s self-sacrificial love for the church	Jacayl iyo isu-bixin	—	NEW	High	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	5	Echoes atonement content of ch.2.
88	washing of water with the word	Maydhidda biyaha ee ereyga	—	NEW	Medium	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	5	Baptismal/sanctification echo.
89	one flesh	Isku jidh	—	NEW	Low	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	5	—
90	reverence / fear	Ixtiraam / Cabsi	—	NEW	Medium	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	5, 6	Reverential respect, not terror.
91	honor father and mother	Maamuus	—	NEW	Low	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	6	Strong positive cultural resonance.
92	discipline/instruction (of the Lord)	Edbin	—	NEW	Low-Medium	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	6	Retain Christ-centered content, not generic upbringing.
93	bondservants / slaves	Addoommo	—	NEW	High	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	6	Present-day minority-lineage stigma sensitivity; strictly confine to Paul’s first-century category.
94	masters (human)	Sayidyo	—	NEW	Medium-High	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	6	Correct here (non-divine); must not be confused with Rabbiga.
95	repaid by the Lord	Abaalgud	—	NEW	Medium	Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships	6	Reward within an already-secured relationship, not merit-ground.
96	power of God	Awoodda Ilaah	ah-WOHD-dah ee-LAHH	BASELINE	High	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	1, 3, 6	—
97	whole armor of God	Hubka oo dhan ee Ilaah	—	NEW	Critical	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	Extreme collision risk with actual armed-conflict/jihadist rhetoric in Somalia; must be explicitly non-literal.
98	schemes of the devil	Xeeladaha Ibliiska	—	NEW	High	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
99	rulers, authorities, cosmic powers, spiritual forces of evil	Taliyayaasha, xukumeyaasha, iyo ciidamada ruuxa sharka ah ee samada	—	NEW	Critical	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	3, 6	Jinn/xirsi-exorcism folk-Islamic collision; highest-risk cluster in the book; mandatory theologian review.
100	prince of the power of the air	Taliyaha awoodda hawada	—	NEW	High	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	2	Avoid “amiir” (militant-leadership-title collision).
101	the evil one / flaming darts	Kan sharka ah / fallaadhaha ololaya	—	NEW	High	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
102	belt of truth	Suunka runta	—	NEW	Low	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
103	breastplate of righteousness	Gaashaanka xaqnimada	—	NEW	Critical (via Xaqnimo)	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	Reinforces baseline righteousness Critical entry.
104	shoes / gospel of peace	Kabaha injiilka nabadda	—	NEW	Medium-High	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
105	shield of faith	Gaashaanka iimaanka	—	NEW	High (via Iimaan)	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
106	helmet of salvation	Koofiyadda badbaadada	—	NEW	Critical (via Badbaado)	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
107	sword of the Spirit / word of God	Seefta Ruuxa, taasoo ah Ereyga Ilaah	—	NEW	High	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	Reinforces baseline Inspiration of Scripture High doctrine.
108	prayer / supplication	Tukasho iyo baryo	—	NEW	Low-Medium	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
109	ambassador	Wakiil	—	NEW	Low	Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God	6	—
110	resurrection	Sarakicidda	sah-rah-kee-CID-dah	BASELINE	Critical	Election; Salvation by Grace	1, 2	Never kor loo qaaday.
111	glory	Ammaan	ah-MAHN	BASELINE	High	multiple	1, 3	Never nuur.
112	thanksgiving	Mahadnaqid	mah-had-nah-KID	BASELINE	Low	multiple	1, 5	—
113	holy / saints	Quduus / Quduusiinta	koo-DOOS	BASELINE	High	multiple	1, 5, 6	Never awliyada/wadaaddada.

Cross-Cutting Risk Clusters (for Phase 1 Step 2+ prioritization)

Critical, mandatory theologian review every occurrence: predestination, good works/works (2:9-10 pairing), blood of Christ, seated in heavenly places (jannada-avoidance), whole armor of God, cosmic spiritual powers (jinn collision), evangelist office, breastplate of righteousness, helmet of salvation.
High, theologian review required: blessing/barako, redemption, inheritance, mystery, access/boldness, reconciliation, dividing wall/one new humanity, submission, filled with the Spirit, children of light, devil, sword of the Spirit, circumcision/uncircumcision, bondservants.
Medium, native speaker review recommended: head/headship, household of God, fullness, unity, baptism, macallin/teacher, edbin, sacrifice/offering imagery, one flesh, reverence/fear.
Low, automated review sufficient: idolatry (positive resonance), honor parents (positive resonance), pastor/shepherd (positive resonance), psalms/hymns/songs (positive resonance), cornerstone, belt of truth, ambassador.

This glossary must be merged into an extended translation_memory.json (Ephesians edition) before Phase 2 segment translation begins, preserving every baseline Romans entry unchanged and adding the 60+ new entries above with their assigned risk tiers.

Critical Risk Terms

God

Approved rendering: Ilaah
Transliteration: ee-LAHH
Doctrine: Deity and Cosmic Supremacy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Eebe (warmly familiar, invocation-style, colloquial rather than settled Bible-translation register), Alle (direct Arabic loan)
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Ilaah is the pre-Islamic Cushitic-root Somali word for God, the settled term used across Somali Bible translation. Used throughout Ephesians (1:1-3, 3:9, 4:6, 6:23, etc.).

Father

Approved rendering: Aabbe
Transliteration: AH-beh
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: Abuure (Creator, as a substitute to avoid relational language)
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:2-3, 3:14-15, 4:6, 6:23 all use Aabbe for God the Father. Note: the Greek patēr/patria wordplay at 3:14-15 (Father→every family) does not carry over into Somali Aabbe/Qoys; flag as a translation-craft note for lesson writers, not a doctrinal deviation.

Jesus

Approved rendering: Ciise
Transliteration: SEE-say
Doctrine: Deity and Cosmic Supremacy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘Nabi Ciise’ (Prophet Jesus, without Masiixa)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Always paired with Masiixa (Ciise Masiixa) in doctrinally significant references throughout Ephesians (1:1, 1:15, 6:23), never used bare.

Messiah

Approved rendering: Masiixa
Transliteration: mah-SEE-khah
Doctrine: Deity and Cosmic Supremacy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nabi kaliya (merely a prophet)

Inherited from Romans package. The central organizing title of Ephesians, used roughly 46 times; every occurrence must carry the full Davidic-covenant, atoning-savior content the Qur’an strips from al-Masih.

Lord

Approved rendering: Rabbiga
Transliteration: RAHB-bee-gah
Doctrine: Deity and Cosmic Supremacy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: sayidka (master/boss, non-divine)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:2-3, 4:1,5, 5:20, 6:24. Never Sayidka for these divine-Lord references; Sayidka is reserved exclusively for the human ‘masters’ of 6:5-9, requiring explicit flagging in every household-code segment to prevent confusion.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: Ruuxa Quduuska ah
Transliteration: ROO-khah koo-DOOS-kah ah
Doctrine: Sanctification and the Spirit’s Personal Indwelling
Rejected alternatives: Jibriil (the archangel Gabriel)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:13-14,17; 2:18,22; 3:16; 4:3-4,30; 5:18; 6:17-18. Never Jibriil. 4:30 (grieve) and 5:18 (filled) require explicit personal-Being teaching support, given the added saar spirit-possession collision risk at 5:18.

Son Of God

Approved rendering: Wiilka Ilaah
Transliteration: WEEL-kah ee-LAHH
Doctrine: Deity and Cosmic Supremacy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: addoonka jecel ee Ilaah (God’s beloved servant)
Original: υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 4:13 (‘the fullness of … the Son of God’).

Salvation

Approved rendering: Badbaado
Transliteration: bahd-BAH-doh
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: jannada gelid (entering paradise, as the whole content)
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:13; 2:5,8; 6:17. Never a synonym for hoping to enter jannada; 2:8’s perfect-tense ‘have been saved’ is an especially exposed present-tense claim.

Righteousness

Approved rendering: Xaqnimo
Transliteration: khahk-NEE-moh
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: camal wanaagsan (good deeds, as the ground itself)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 4:24; 5:9; 6:14 (breastplate of righteousness). At 6:14 martial imagery adds a new risk of righteous deeds being read as literal, earnable protective merit in spiritual battle.

Justification

Approved rendering: Xaq lagu caddeeyay
Transliteration: khahk lah-goo cah-DEH-yay
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: dembiyada la cafiyay (forgiveness of sins, alone)
Original: δικαίωσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians does not use the term directly, but 2:8-10’s grace-faith-not-works sequence presupposes this forensic declaration and must be taught consistently with it.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: Sarakicidda
Transliteration: sah-rah-kee-CID-dah
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: kor loo qaaday (being raised up to heaven, without dying)
Original: ἀνάστασις (implied via ἐγείρω)
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:20; 2:6. Never kor loo qaaday. 2:6’s ‘raised us up with him’ extends this to believers’ present union with Christ’s historical resurrection.

Incarnation

Approved rendering: Jidh qaadasho
Transliteration: JID kah-dah-SHOH
Doctrine: Deity and Cosmic Supremacy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Ilaah oo u ekaaday nin (God merely appearing to look like a man)

Inherited from Romans package. Retained here to fence the ‘jidh’ root from Ephesians’ distinct uses: Christ’s own incarnate body (this term) must never be confused with the corporate church metaphor (body_of_christ_corporate) or the ethical ‘flesh’ of 2:3 (flesh_ethical).

Mission

Approved rendering: Warka wanaagsan faafinta
Transliteration: WAR-kah wah-NAHG-sahn fah-ah-FIN-tah
Doctrine: Evangelism and the Evangelist Office
Rejected alternatives: wacdinta (preaching/proselytizing, an especially dangerous word given the lethal risk of open evangelism in much of Somalia)

Inherited from Romans package. The approved verb phrase underlying the new Ephesians 4:11 office-noun ‘evangelist’ (Faafiyaha Injiilka); same physical-safety review routing applies.

Works Salvation Ground

Approved rendering: Shuqullada / Camalka
Transliteration: shoo-KOOL-lah-dah
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Rejected alternatives: camal wanaagsan (identical phrase used one verse later for fruit-works; would blur the v.9 exclusion)
Original: ἔργα
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:9. Must unambiguously exclude deeds — religious or moral — as any ground of salvation. The exact collision the baseline’s righteousness/imputed-righteousness entries were built to guard against.

Good Works Fruit

Approved rendering: Camal wanaagsan
Transliteration: cah-MAHL wah-NAHG-sahn
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Rejected alternatives: shuqullada/camalka (v.9’s rejected-ground term; would blur the v.9-to-v.10 sequence)
Original: ἔργα ἀγαθά
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:10. Uses the identical Somali phrase rejected as a salvation-ground in v.9, here affirmed as fruit flowing FROM grace already received. Requires a translator/teaching note at every occurrence making the v.9-to-v.10 sequence explicit.

Predestined

Approved rendering: Horudoorasho
Transliteration: hoh-roo-doh-rah-SHOH
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: qaddar (fate/decree), nasiib (luck/fortune)
Original: προορίζω
Category: Election

Ephesians 1:5,11. A genuinely new coinage with no prior Somali Bible-translation precedent; intensifies eklogē (‘election’) beyond the Romans baseline. Extreme collision risk with qaddar/nasiib fatalism. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence; flagged for follow-up native-speaker readability testing before wide deployment.

Evangelist

Approved rendering: Faafiyaha Injiilka
Transliteration: fah-ah-FEE-yah-hah in-JEEL-kah
Doctrine: Evangelism and the Evangelist Office
Rejected alternatives: wacdiye (forbidden per baseline mission entry; acute physical-danger association in Somalia)
Original: εὐαγγελιστής
Category: Church

Ephesians 4:11. Same acute physical-danger ground as the baseline’s Mission/Evangelism doctrine. Never wacdiye; route to human theologian review with mandatory pastoral/physical-safety framing.

Blood Of Christ

Approved rendering: Dhiigga Masiixa
Transliteration: DHEE-gah mah-SEE-khah
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: dhiig macnaawi ah oo kaliya (a merely symbolic, non-physical ‘blood’)
Original: αἷμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:13. Presupposes a real, physical death, reinforcing the baseline’s Critical resurrection doctrine against Qur’an 4:157’s denial of Christ’s death. Never soften into a merely symbolic reference.

Armor Of God

Approved rendering: Hubka oo dhan ee Ilaah
Transliteration: HOOB-kah oh DHAHN ee ee-LAHH
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Rejected alternatives: any framing that could echo literal armed-struggle rhetoric
Original: πανοπλία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:11,13. Somalia’s decades of real armed conflict and extremist martial rhetoric make this the most physically/socially sensitive image-cluster in the letter. Must be repeatedly and explicitly framed as non-literal, spiritual equipment. Route to human theologian review.

Cosmic Spiritual Powers

Approved rendering: Taliyayaasha, xukumeyaasha, iyo ciidamada ruuxa sharka ah ee samada
Transliteration: tah-lee-yah-YAH-shah
Doctrine: Cosmic Spiritual Powers and the Jinn Collision
Rejected alternatives: jinn (the standard Somali folk-Islamic category, with its own amulet/exorcism apparatus)
Original: ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες, πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 1:21; 2:2; 3:10; 6:12. The single highest-collision-risk cluster in the book: Somali cosmology holds a near-universal belief in jinn, complete with amulets (xirsi), Qur’anic exorcism recitation, and wadaad-mediated deliverance. Teaching must affirm real organized spiritual conflict while redirecting engagement toward the armor of God, prayer, and Christ’s finished work. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.

Breastplate Of Righteousness

Approved rendering: Gaashaanka xaqnimada
Transliteration: gah-SHAHN-kah khahk-nee-MAH-dah
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Rejected alternatives: camal wanaagsan la kasbaday (righteousness as earnable protective merit in battle)
Original: θώραξ τῆς δικαιοσύνης
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:14. Inherits the baseline’s Critical righteousness entry; risk that martial imagery could be misread as righteous deeds functioning as earnable protective merit rather than received forensic status.

Helmet Of Salvation

Approved rendering: Koofiyadda badbaadada
Transliteration: koh-fee-YAHD-dah bahd-BAH-dah-dah
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Rejected alternatives: salvation as something fought for or earned through spiritual combat
Original: περικεφαλαία τοῦ σωτηρίου
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:17. Carries the baseline’s Critical salvation risk into a martial context; must not be read as salvation earned through combat, but as protection already secured by grace.

High Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: Nimco
Transliteration: NIM-koh
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: naxariis (mercy/compassion), barako (blessing, tied to a sheekh’s or saint’s spiritual potency)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:6-7; 2:5,7-8; 3:2,7-8; 4:7; 6:24. Ephesians 2:8-9 is the book’s central grace-through-faith thesis and must match any parallel Romans rendering exactly.

Faith

Approved rendering: Iimaan
Transliteration: ee-MAHN
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: rumaysad (generic belief/conviction)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:13,15; 2:8; 3:12,17; 4:5,13; 6:16,23. Object of faith (Christ) must remain explicit, particularly at 2:8 and 6:16 (shield of faith).

Sin

Approved rendering: Dembi
Transliteration: DEM-bee
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Rejected alternatives: qalad (mistake/error)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:1 pairs Dembi with the new term Xadgudub (trespasses) for rhetorical stacking; keep the two terms distinct rather than interchangeable.

Gospel

Approved rendering: Injiilka
Transliteration: in-JEEL-kah
Doctrine: The Gospel and the Inspired Word of God
Rejected alternatives: war wanaagsan (generic ‘good news’, without proclamation weight)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:13; 3:6; 6:15,19.

Glory

Approved rendering: Ammaan
Transliteration: ah-MAHN
Doctrine: Deity and Cosmic Supremacy of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nuur (divine light, associated with Sufi Nuurka Muxammed pre-existent-light devotion)
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:6,12,14,17-18; 3:13,16,21. Never nuur.

Holy

Approved rendering: Quduus
Transliteration: koo-DOOS
Doctrine: Sanctification and the Spirit’s Personal Indwelling
Rejected alternatives: nadiif (ritually/physically clean)

Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout Ephesians (1:1,4; 5:27, etc.). Moral, relational set-apartness, not ritual cleanliness.

Saints

Approved rendering: Quduusiinta
Transliteration: koo-doo-SEEN-tah
Doctrine: Sanctification and the Spirit’s Personal Indwelling
Rejected alternatives: awliyada / wadaaddada (Sufi saints/sheekhs venerated at tombs during siyaaro pilgrimage)

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:1,4,15,18; 2:19; 3:5,8,18; 4:12; 5:3,27. All believers corporately, not a venerated elite.

Sanctification

Approved rendering: Quduusnimo
Transliteration: koo-doos-NEE-moh
Doctrine: Sanctification and the Spirit’s Personal Indwelling
Rejected alternatives: nadiifin (ritual cleaning)

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies Ephesians’ holiness/holy-living material (4:24-5:18); distinguished from ritual purification and from ascetic self-purification.

Prophet

Approved rendering: Nabi
Transliteration: NAH-bee
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: faaliye (fortune-teller/diviner)
Original: προφήτης
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:20; 3:5; 4:11. Shared with the exclusive Islamic prophetic category Jesus is placed into; when used of the NT prophetic office (4:11), distinguish this ongoing gifted office from the closed OT/Qur’anic prophetic category.

Election

Approved rendering: Doorashada Ilaah
Transliteration: doh-rah-SHAH-dah ee-LAHH
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: qaddar (fate/decree), nasiib (luck/fortune)
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Election

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:4 (‘he chose us’) is the book’s clearest election statement; never qaddar or nasiib.

Called

Approved rendering: Loo yeedhay
Transliteration: loh yeh-DHAI
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: la casuumay (invited, as to a social event)

Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive; used across Ephesians 1 and 4 material touching the sovereign summons to salvation and to the one body.

Calling

Approved rendering: Yeedhid
Transliteration: yeh-DHID
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: casuumaad
Original: κλῆσις / κλητός
Category: Election

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:18; 4:1,4 (‘the calling to which you have been called’), here specifically the summons into the one body.

Adoption

Approved rendering: Sheegasho carruurnimo
Transliteration: sheh-eh-GAH-shoh car-oor-NEE-moh
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: sheegad kaliya (bare clan-incorporation term, without the full-inheritance qualifier)
Original: υἱοθεσία
Category: Election

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:5. Full, equal inheritance rights, not the sometimes-lesser social status a sheegad member can carry.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: Awoodda Ilaah
Transliteration: ah-WOHD-dah ee-LAHH
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Rejected alternatives: xoogga Ilaah (raw force, less precise for saving/sustaining power)
Original: δύναμις / κράτος
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:19; 3:16,20; 6:10. Distinct from xoog (raw physical force) and qaddar-adjacent folk power language.

Intercession

Approved rendering: Dhexdhexaadinta
Transliteration: dheh-dheh-KHAH-din-tah
Doctrine: Direct, Unmediated Access to God
Rejected alternatives: shafeeco (intercession sought through a Sufi sheekh or wali)

Inherited from Romans package. Retained for teaching contrast with Ephesians 2:18/3:12’s ‘access’ language, which sits on the same contested Sufi/Salafi shafeeco ground.

Flesh Ethical

Approved rendering: Damacyada jidhka
Transliteration: dah-MAHKH-yah-dah JID-kah
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Rejected alternatives: jidh kaliya (bare ‘flesh’, collapsing with the neutral incarnational sense)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:3. This ethical sense must never be confused with the honored, neutral incarnational sense of jidh underlying Jidh qaadasho.

By Nature

Approved rendering: Dabeecad ahaan
Transliteration: dah-beh-CAHD ah-HAHN
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Rejected alternatives: fitrada wanaagsan oo hooseeya (implying an innately good disposition, per fitrah doctrine)
Original: φύσει
Category: Sin

Ephesians 2:3. Directly collides with Islamic fitrah doctrine (humans born inherently pure/sinless); the sharpest formulation of universal sinfulness in either curriculum. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.

Wrath Divine

Approved rendering: Cadho / Cadhada Ilaah
Transliteration: CAHD-hoh
Doctrine: The Wrath of God
Rejected alternatives: cadho caadi ah (ordinary human anger), qaddar-linked fatalistic ‘anger of fate’ idiom
Original: ὀργή
Category: Sin

Ephesians 2:3; 5:6. Must be taught as God’s settled judicial response to sin, not capricious anger; ‘children of wrath’ is an unfamiliar Hebraic destiny-idiom requiring explicit unpacking.

Made Alive Together

Approved rendering: Wada nooleeyay
Transliteration: WAH-dah noh-leh-YAY
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: cusboonaysiin ruuxi oo guud (generic spiritual renewal, detached from Sarakicidda)
Original: συζωοποιέω
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:5. A rare Greek compound; must be taught alongside Sarakicidda — the believer’s new life is grounded in, and inseparable from, Christ’s own historical bodily resurrection.

Seated Heavenly Places

Approved rendering: La fadhiisiyay meelaha samada
Transliteration: fah-DHEE-see-yay sah-MAH-dah
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: meelaha jannada (paradise, reintroducing the deferred-hope conflation the baseline salvation entry warns against)
Original: συγκαθίζω … ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:6. A present position of settled honor shared with Christ, not a future hope only. NEVER jannada.

Redemption

Approved rendering: Madaxfurasho
Transliteration: mah-dakh-foo-RAH-shoh
Doctrine: Redemption in Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘la sii daayay’ (simple release, losing the costly-payment sense)
Original: ἀπολύτρωσις
Category: Election

Ephesians 1:7,14. Contemporary Somali usage applies this exact word to hostage-ransom payments (notably piracy contexts); requires explicit teaching to redirect the image toward Christ’s own atoning self-gift, not a transaction paid to a human captor.

Inheritance

Approved rendering: Dhaxal
Transliteration: DHAH-khal
Doctrine: Inheritance in Christ
Rejected alternatives: mirath-specific legal phrasing implying Sharia gender-differentiated shares
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Election

Ephesians 1:11,14,18; 3:6; 5:5. Somali inheritance practice is governed by codified Islamic mirath rules with gender-differentiated shares; teach explicitly that this is a guaranteed, equal, non-Sharia-governed inheritance in Christ.

Fellow Heirs

Approved rendering: Wax-dhaxal la wadaaga
Transliteration: wahkh-dhah-KHAL lah wah-DAH-gah
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: συγκληρονόμος
Category: Election

Ephesians 3:6. Same inheritance-law sensitivity as Dhaxal; also names Gentiles as equal co-heirs with Israel.

Blessed Blessing

Approved rendering: Barako
Transliteration: bah-RAH-koh
Doctrine: Divine Blessing in Christ
Rejected alternatives: barako oo lala xidhiidhiyo sheekh/xabaal (Sufi lineage- or tomb-transmitted blessing)
Original: εὐλογητός / εὐλογία
Category: Election

Ephesians 1:3. Same Sufi barako-transmission collision the baseline flags for grace; teach explicitly that every spiritual blessing comes directly from the Father through Christ, with no human mediator.

Head Headship

Approved rendering: Madax
Transliteration: MAH-dakh
Doctrine: Headship of Christ Applied to Marriage
Rejected alternatives: madax siyaasadeed oo kaliya (a merely political-chieftaincy sense)
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Church

Ephesians 1:22; 4:15; 5:23. Positive madaxweyne-type authority resonance; risk of flattening Christ’s organic, life-giving headship into mere political-hierarchical chieftaincy, especially acute in the 5:23 household context.

Mystery

Approved rendering: Qarsoodiga
Transliteration: qar-soh-DEE-gah
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Rejected alternatives: asraar (Sufi esoteric secrets reserved for spiritual initiates)
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Mystery

Ephesians 1:9; 3:3-9; 5:32; 6:19. Paul’s mystery is the theological opposite of asraar — a plan once hidden, now openly proclaimed to all believers, with no gatekeeper or spiritual rank.

Boldness Access

Approved rendering: Dhiirranaan / Gelitaan xor ah
Transliteration: dhee-rah-NAHN
Doctrine: Direct, Unmediated Access to God
Rejected alternatives: shafeeco-framed mediated access (taking a side in the internal Somali Sufi/Salafi debate)
Original: παρρησία / προσαγωγή
Category: Mystery

Ephesians 2:18; 3:12. Direct, unmediated access to the Father through Christ lands on the same contested ground as the baseline’s intercession/shafeeco entry; must be taught on its own terms.

Circumcision Uncircumcision

Approved rendering: Gudniinka / Buuryoqabnimada
Transliteration: good-NEEN-kah
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: framing that could be read as commentary on present-day FGM practice
Original: περιτομή / ἀκροβυστία
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:11. Strictly confine to Paul’s ancient Jew/Gentile identity-marker sense; avoid any appearance of commenting on contemporary Somali circumcision practices.

Dividing Wall Hostility

Approved rendering: Derbiga kala qaybiya / Colaadda
Transliteration: DEHR-bee-gah kah-lah kay-BEE-yah
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: left as an abstract ancient-ethnic reference only, without qabiil application
Original: μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ / ἔχθρα
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:14. Deliberate teaching bridge to qabiil (clan) division as Somalia’s primary social fault line; must be applied explicitly to clan hierarchy in teaching.

One New Man Corporate

Approved rendering: Bini’aadan Cusub
Transliteration: bee-nee-AH-dahn koo-SOOB
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: ninka cusub (individual new-self term, ch.4; would conflate corporate and individual renewal)
Original: καινὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:15. Corporate sense — must be kept lexically distinct from the individual ‘new self’ of 4:24.

Reconciliation

Approved rendering: Dib-heshiisiin
Transliteration: dib-heh-SHEE-seen
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Rejected alternatives: heshiis kaliya (a renewable, negotiated clan-truce framing)
Original: ἀποκαταλλάσσω / καταλλαγή
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:16. Heshiis strongly evokes Somali clan xeer peace-agreements; must be taught as a once-for-all accomplished fact through the cross, not a negotiable truce.

Household Of God

Approved rendering: Reer Ilaah
Transliteration: REHR ee-LAHH
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Household
Rejected alternatives: reer kaliya (a literal biological/clan household, without the Christ-formed, clan-crossing sense)
Original: οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:19. Reer is a core Somali kinship/clan term; risks collapsing into literal clan household rather than a Christ-formed, clan-crossing family.

Children Of Light

Approved rendering: Carruurta Iftiinka
Transliteration: car-OOR-tah if-TEEN-kah
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: nuur (Sufi pre-existent-light-of-Muhammad devotional tradition)
Original: τέκνα φωτός
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 5:8. Use Iftiin (plain light), never Nuur, per the baseline’s glory entry.

Filled With Spirit

Approved rendering: Ruuxa Quduuska ah ha idinku buuxsamo
Transliteration: boo-KHSAH-moh
Doctrine: Sanctification and the Spirit’s Personal Indwelling
Rejected alternatives: saar-style spirit-possession framing (episodic, appeasable possession)
Original: πληρόω + πνεῦμα
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 5:18. Direct collision with saar spirit-possession folk practice; the Spirit’s settled personal indwelling must be sharply distinguished from any episodic possession framework.

Submission

Approved rendering: Is-hoosaysiin / Addeecid
Transliteration: ees-HOH-say-seen
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage
Rejected alternatives: addeecid oo kali ah, aan la xidhiidhin 5:21 iyo 5:25 (isolated submission without the mutual-submission/self-sacrificial-love frame)
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Household

Ephesians 5:21-24. Must teach 5:21’s mutual submission as the frame for 5:22-24, and pair the wife’s submission inseparably with the husband’s self-sacrificial love (5:25). Never present 5:22 in isolation as license for domination.

Christs Love For Church

Approved rendering: Jacayl iyo isu-bixin
Transliteration: jah-CAHL ee-yoh EE-soo bee-KHIN
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage
Rejected alternatives: jacayl caadi ah oo aan la xidhiidhin dhiigga Masiixa (generic affection, detached from the atonement)
Original: ἀγαπάω / παραδίδωμι
Category: Household

Ephesians 5:25. Echoes the atonement content of 2:13-16 (blood of Christ); the same costly, once-for-all self-gift, not a general sentiment of affection.

Bondservants

Approved rendering: Addoommo
Transliteration: ah-DOHM-moh
Doctrine: Household Codes: Bondservants and Masters
Rejected alternatives: any framing implying present-day minority-lineage commentary
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Household

Ephesians 6:5-8. Addoon carries real, present-day social sensitivity toward marginalized minority-lineage groups in Somali society; strictly confine to Paul’s first-century social category.

Masters Human

Approved rendering: Sayidyo
Transliteration: SAH-yid-yoh
Doctrine: Household Codes: Bondservants and Masters
Rejected alternatives: rabbiga (would confuse the human master with the divine Lord)
Original: κύριος (human sense)
Category: Household

Ephesians 6:5,9. Correct here (non-divine); requires explicit contextual flagging in every household-code segment so it is never confused with Rabbiga.

Devil

Approved rendering: Ibliiska
Transliteration: ib-LEES-kah
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Rejected alternatives: framing resolved through Qur’anic recitation-based repelling formulas rather than Christ’s finished work
Original: διάβολος
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 4:27; 6:11. Shared directly with the Islamic Iblis; affirm the same real personal adversary while redirecting resistance to Christ’s finished work and the armor of God.

Schemes Of Devil

Approved rendering: Xeeladaha Ibliiska
Transliteration: kheh-LAH-dah-hah
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Original: μεθοδεία
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:11. Keep consistent adversary-teaching framing with the devil entry.

Prince Of Power Of Air

Approved rendering: Taliyaha awoodda hawada
Transliteration: tah-lee-YAH-hah ah-WOHD-dah hah-WAH-dah
Doctrine: Cosmic Spiritual Powers and the Jinn Collision
Rejected alternatives: amiir (a title with strong contemporary Somali jihadist-leadership association)
Original: ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 2:2. Taliye (‘commander’) avoids the jihadist-leadership collision of amiir while preserving the sense of a ruling authority.

Evil One Flaming Darts

Approved rendering: Fallaadhaha ololaya ee kan sharka ah
Transliteration: fah-LAH-dhah-hah oh-loh-LAH-yah
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Original: τὰ βέλη τοῦ πονηροῦ τὰ πεπυρωμένα
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:16. ‘The evil one’ (kan sharka ah) as a title for the devil; keep consistent with Ibliiska/adversary teaching elsewhere.

Shoes Gospel Of Peace

Approved rendering: Kabaha injiilka nabadda
Transliteration: KAH-bah-hah in-JEEL-kah nah-BAHD-dah
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Original: ἑτοιμασία τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τῆς εἰρήνης
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:15. Carries the combined risk profile of Injiilka (High) and Nabadda (Medium) in a martial-imagery context; ensure neither term’s established sense is diluted.

Shield Of Faith

Approved rendering: Gaashaanka iimaanka
Transliteration: gah-SHAHN-kah ee-MAHN-kah
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Original: θυρεὸς τῆς πίστεως
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:16. Carries the baseline’s High faith risk into a martial context; the object of faith (Christ) must remain explicit in surrounding teaching.

Sword Of Spirit Word Of God

Approved rendering: Seefta Ruuxa, taasoo ah Ereyga Ilaah
Transliteration: SEHF-tah ROO-khah
Doctrine: The Gospel and the Inspired Word of God
Original: μάχαιρα τοῦ πνεύματος, ὅ ἐστιν ῥῆμα θεοῦ
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:17. Reinforces both the baseline’s Critical Holy Spirit doctrine and its High Inspiration of Scripture doctrine (tahriif/corruption concerns).

Medium Risk Terms

Church

Approved rendering: Kiniisadda
Transliteration: kee-nee-SAHD-dah
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: masjidka-shaped ‘jamaaco’ framing (mosque-congregation model)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:22; 3:10,21; 5:23-25,27,29,32.

Apostle

Approved rendering: Diray
Transliteration: dee-RYE
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: Rasuul (the specific Islamic title functioning as a near-proper name for Muhammad)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:20; 3:5; 4:11. Never Rasuul.

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: Hadiyado Ruuxa ah
Transliteration: hah-dee-YAH-doh ROO-khah ah
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: karaamad (a miraculous sign attributed to a Sufi sheekh or wali)
Original: χαρίσματα
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 4:7-11. Never karaamad.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: Quruumaha
Transliteration: koo-roo-MAH-hah
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: gaalada (unbelievers/infidels, strongly pejorative in Somali usage)
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Unity

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:11; 3:1,6,8. Never gaalada.

Covenant

Approved rendering: Axdiga
Transliteration: AKH-dee-gah
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: ballan kaliya (bare appointment/promise, without covenantal weight)
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Unity

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:12.

Israel

Approved rendering: Israa’iil
Transliteration: is-rah-EEL
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Unity

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:12. Handle with pastoral awareness given contemporary geopolitical sensitivities in Somali public discourse.

Peace

Approved rendering: Nabadda
Transliteration: nah-BAHD-dah
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Rejected alternatives: xeer (a clan truce or customary-law peace pact between groups)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Unity

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:14-17; 6:15,23. Relational peace with God and between Jew/Gentile, not an inter-clan truce sense.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: Boqortooyada Ilaah
Transliteration: boh-kor-toh-YAH-dah ee-LAHH
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Household
Rejected alternatives: dawladda Ilaah (God’s state/government)

Inherited from Romans package. Retained to fence Ephesians 2:12’s ‘commonwealth of Israel’ (Ummadda Israa’iil) away from dawladda, the fraught political-state category in a country lacking a fully functioning central state.

Dead Spiritual

Approved rendering: Dhintay
Transliteration: DHIN-tay
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Rejected alternatives: itaal daran oo keliya (mere weakness, softening the totality of the condition)
Original: νεκρός
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:1,5. Somali readily uses dhintay metaphorically for exhaustion/severe weakness; requires explicit teaching gloss that this is total incapacity, not mere weakness.

Trespasses

Approved rendering: Xadgudub
Transliteration: khahd-goo-DOOB
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Rejected alternatives: dembi kaliya (collapsing into ‘sin’, losing Paul’s rhetorical stacking)
Original: παράπτωμα
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 1:7; 2:1. Pair consistently with Dembi (sin) rather than using interchangeably.

Mercy

Approved rendering: Naxariis
Transliteration: nah-khah-REES
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: nimco (grace — a distinct, non-interchangeable concept per baseline)
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:4. The baseline rejects naxariis AS A SUBSTITUTE for grace, but naxariis is the correct, distinct term for mercy itself. Teach as two related but non-identical gifts: mercy responds to helplessness, grace to unworthiness.

Gift Of Salvation

Approved rendering: Hibo
Transliteration: HEE-boh
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: abaalgud (reward-for-service framing)
Original: δῶρον
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:8. Distinct from Hadiyado Ruuxa ah (spiritual gifts); this gift precedes and excludes any contribution from the receiver.

Workmanship

Approved rendering: Abuurka Ilaah
Transliteration: ah-BOOR-kah ee-LAHH
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: sameeye ku filan (implying the believer as self-made agent, not the object made)
Original: ποίημα
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:10. Must reinforce, not blur, the works/grace distinction of v.9: the believer is the object made, never the agent of his own salvation.

Sealed With Spirit

Approved rendering: La shaabadeeyay
Transliteration: shaa-bah-deh-YAY
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Original: σφραγίζω
Category: Election

Ephesians 1:13; 4:30. Positive resonance: shaabad is a familiar bureaucratic/legal image (official stamps) for authenticated, secured ownership by God.

Guarantee Down Payment

Approved rendering: Dammaanad
Transliteration: dahm-MAH-nad
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Original: ἀρραβών
Category: Election

Ephesians 1:14. Teach as a guarantee of a certain future, not a partial or revocable down payment.

Body Of Christ Corporate

Approved rendering: Jidhka Masiixa
Transliteration: JID-kah mah-SEE-khah
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: jidh qaadasho (reserved exclusively for Christ’s own individual incarnate body)
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Church

Ephesians 1:22-23; 4:12,16; 5:23,30. The corporate-church metaphor; must never be confused with Jidh qaadasho.

Fullness

Approved rendering: Buuxinta
Transliteration: boo-KHIN-tah
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: πλήρωμα
Category: Church

Ephesians 1:23; 3:19; 4:13. Recurs three times; keep rendering identical across all three occurrences for consistency.

Building Up Body

Approved rendering: Dhisidda Jidhka Masiixa
Transliteration: dhee-SID-dah JID-kah mah-SEE-khah
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: οἰκοδομή
Category: Church

Ephesians 4:12,16. Ties to Kiniisadda and Jidhka Masiixa; clarify this is the corporate-church metaphor.

Teacher

Approved rendering: Macallin
Transliteration: mah-cah-LEEN
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: macallin oo la mid ah macallinka dugsiga Qur’aanka (madrasa-instructor conflation)
Original: διδάσκαλος
Category: Church

Ephesians 4:11. Shared vocabulary with Qur’anic-school teacher usage; clarify as a distinct Christian teaching gift within the church.

Unity Of Spirit

Approved rendering: Midnimo
Transliteration: mid-NEE-moh
Doctrine: Unity of the Spirit in the Church
Rejected alternatives: midnimo qaran oo aan diineed ahayn (vague nationalistic unity, without Spirit-given clan-crossing content)
Original: ἑνότης
Category: Church

Ephesians 4:3,13. Positive resonance with Somali pan-clan unity aspirations; must be taught as unity secured by the Spirit specifically across clan lines.

Baptism

Approved rendering: Baabtiiska
Transliteration: baab-TEES-kah
Doctrine: Unity of the Spirit in the Church
Rejected alternatives: wadaraysi (ritual ablution)
Original: βάπτισμα
Category: Church

Ephesians 4:5. Part of the sevenfold unity confession; a once-for-all identification with Christ, not repeated ritual cleansing.

Temple

Approved rendering: Macbudka
Transliteration: mahc-BOOD-kah
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Household
Rejected alternatives: masjidka (mosque, importing that specific religious-building category)
Original: ναός
Category: Church

Ephesians 2:21. Must clarify this temple is the church itself, not a physical building, against masjid architecture as readers’ dominant reference point.

Dwelling Place Of God

Approved rendering: Meesha uu Ilaah ku dego
Transliteration: MEH-shah oo ee-LAHH koo DEH-goh
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Household
Original: κατοικητήριον
Category: Church

Ephesians 2:22. Reinforces the personal, indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit within the corporate church, distinct from any single sacred building.

Stewardship Dispensation

Approved rendering: Wakiilnimo / Qorshaha Ilaah
Transliteration: wah-KEEL-nee-moh
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: οἰκονομία
Category: Mystery

Ephesians 1:10; 3:2,9. Standard administrative vocabulary once distinguished from literal political administration.

Commonwealth Of Israel

Approved rendering: Ummadda Israa’iil
Transliteration: oom-MAHD-dah is-rah-EEL
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: dawladda Israa’iil (state/government, fraught political-state category)
Original: πολιτεία
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:12. Avoid dawladda per the baseline’s kingdom_of_god note.

Fellow Citizens

Approved rendering: Muwaadiniin la wada ah
Transliteration: moo-wah-dee-NEEN
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: συμπολῖται
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:19. Standard civic-membership vocabulary; medium risk of overly political framing.

Old Self New Self

Approved rendering: Ninka hore / Ninka cusub
Transliteration: NIN-kah HOH-reh / NIN-kah koo-SOOB
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: bini’aadan cusub (corporate term, ch.2; would conflate corporate and individual renewal)
Original: παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος / καινὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 4:22,24. Individual-transformation sense; must be kept distinct from Bini’aadan Cusub.

Grieve Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: Ha ka calool-xumeynin Ruuxa Quduuska ah
Transliteration: cah-LOOL khoo-MAY-neen
Doctrine: Sanctification and the Spirit’s Personal Indwelling
Rejected alternatives: framing the Spirit as an impersonal force incapable of grief
Original: λυπέω
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 4:30. Reinforces the personal, not impersonal, nature of the Spirit against Jibriil-substitution risk.

Walk Conduct

Approved rendering: Socodkiinnii
Transliteration: soh-COD-kee-nee
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 2:2,10; 4:1,17; 5:2,8,15. The governing ethical metaphor of the whole book; enforce identical rendering across every occurrence.

Fragrant Offering Sacrifice

Approved rendering: Qurbaan iyo allabari
Transliteration: koor-BAHN ee-yoh ah-lah-BAH-ree
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: framing as a recurring ritual observance parallel to Eid allabari
Original: προσφορὰ καὶ θυσία
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 5:2. Allabari carries strong Islamic ritual-sacrifice associations; clarify Christ’s self-offering is once-for-all and unrepeatable.

Sexual Immorality Impurity

Approved rendering: Sino / Wasakhnimo
Transliteration: SEE-noh
Doctrine: Sexual Purity and Rejection of Idolatry
Rejected alternatives: a merely ritual-purity reading (nadiif-style) rather than moral impurity
Original: πορνεία / ἀκαθαρσία
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 5:3,5. Substantial existing moral agreement in Somali Islamic culture; ensure ‘impurity’ is read morally, not merely ritually.

Fruit Of Light

Approved rendering: Midhaha Iftiinka
Transliteration: MID-hah-hah if-TEEN-kah
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: καρπὸς φωτός
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 5:9. Follows directly from children_of_light rendering.

Washing Of Water With Word

Approved rendering: Maydhidda biyaha ee ereyga
Transliteration: may-DHID-dah bee-YAH-hah
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage
Rejected alternatives: wadaraysi (ritual ablution)
Original: λουτρὸν τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι
Category: Household

Ephesians 5:26. Baptismal/sanctification echo; this is Spirit-and-word cleansing, not ritual washing.

Reverence Fear

Approved rendering: Ixtiraam / Cabsi
Transliteration: ikh-tee-RAHM
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage
Rejected alternatives: cabsi run ah oo kaliya (literal terror, losing the reverential-respect sense)
Original: φόβος
Category: Household

Ephesians 5:33; 6:5. Distinguish reverential respect from literal terror; context-note required distinguishing marital reverence (5:33) from master-servant reverence (6:5).

Repaid By Lord

Approved rendering: Abaalgud
Transliteration: ah-BAHL-good
Doctrine: Household Codes: Bondservants and Masters
Rejected alternatives: a deeds-earn-standing framing that contradicts the baseline’s righteousness entry
Original: κομίζω / ἀνταποδίδωμι
Category: Household

Ephesians 6:8. Reward within an already-secured salvation relationship, not the ground of that relationship.

Prayer Supplication

Approved rendering: Tukasho iyo baryo
Transliteration: too-KAH-shoh ee-yoh BAH-ryoh
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession in Spiritual Warfare
Rejected alternatives: framing that implies mediated shafeeco-style intercession
Original: προσευχή / δέησις
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:18. Standard prayer vocabulary; teach within the same intercession-neutrality framework as the baseline’s Prayer and Intercession doctrine.

Low Risk Terms

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: Mahadnaqid
Transliteration: mah-had-nah-KID
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:16; 5:4,20. Low doctrinal risk; genuine point of resonance.

Boast

Approved rendering: Faan
Transliteration: FAHN
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Original: καυχάομαι
Category: Salvation

Ephesians 2:9. Excludes boasting as a response to salvation by grace.

Equipping Saints

Approved rendering: Diyaarinta Quduusiinta
Transliteration: dee-yah-RIN-tah koo-doo-SEEN-tah
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: καταρτισμός
Category: Church

Ephesians 4:12. Standard equipping vocabulary; low collision risk.

Pastor Shepherd

Approved rendering: Adhijir
Transliteration: ah-DHEE-jeer
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: ποιμήν
Category: Church

Ephesians 4:11. Strong positive resonance with Somalia’s pastoralist heritage.

Cornerstone

Approved rendering: Dhagaxa Geeska
Transliteration: DHAH-gakh-ah GEHS-kah
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Household
Original: ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Category: Church

Ephesians 2:20. Standard architectural metaphor; low collision risk.

Unsearchable Riches

Approved rendering: Hodantinimo aan la baadhi karin
Transliteration: hoh-dahn-tee-NEE-moh
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: ἀνεξιχνίαστος πλοῦτος
Category: Mystery

Ephesians 3:8. Standard abundance metaphor for the greatness of Christ.

Manifold Wisdom

Approved rendering: Xigmadda kala duwan
Transliteration: khig-MAHD-dah kah-lah doo-WAHN
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: πολυποίκιλος σοφία
Category: Mystery

Ephesians 3:10. Standard wisdom vocabulary; low collision risk.

Strangers

Approved rendering: Qariib / Ajanabi
Transliteration: qah-REEB
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: ξένος
Category: Unity

Ephesians 2:12,19. Standard vocabulary; low collision risk.

Renewed In Mind

Approved rendering: Cusboonaysiinta maskaxda
Transliteration: koos-boh-nay-SEEN-tah mahs-KAHKH-dah
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: ἀνανεόω
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 4:23. Low collision risk.

Forgive One Another

Approved rendering: Isu cafi
Transliteration: EE-soo CAH-fee
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: xaq lagu caddeeyay (justification, the fuller forensic term; not interpersonal forgiveness)
Original: χαρίζομαι
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 4:32. Interpersonal, everyday forgiveness among believers, distinct from God’s judicial declaration.

Idolatry

Approved rendering: Cibaadada sanamyada
Transliteration: kee-BAH-dah-dah sah-NAHM-yah-dah
Doctrine: Sexual Purity and Rejection of Idolatry
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 5:5. Genuine point of resonance and agreement — Islamic theology likewise strongly condemns idolatry (shirk).

Psalms Hymns Songs

Approved rendering: Sabuurro, heeso ammaan, iyo gabayo ruuxa ah
Transliteration: sah-BOOR-roh
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: ψαλμοί, ὕμνοι, ᾠδαὶ πνευματικαί
Category: Sanctification

Ephesians 5:19. Strong positive resonance point with Somalia’s celebrated oral-poetic (gabay) tradition.

One Flesh

Approved rendering: Isku jidh
Transliteration: EES-koo JID
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage
Original: μία σάρξ
Category: Household

Ephesians 5:31. Standard marital-union vocabulary quoting Genesis 2:24.

Honor Parents

Approved rendering: Maamuus
Transliteration: mah-MOOS
Doctrine: Household Codes: Parents and Children
Original: τιμάω
Category: Household

Ephesians 6:2. Strong positive cultural resonance; honoring parents is already a deeply held Somali value.

Discipline Instruction

Approved rendering: Edbin
Transliteration: ED-bin
Doctrine: Household Codes: Parents and Children
Rejected alternatives: edbin guud oo aan Rabbiga la xidhiidhin (generic upbringing, without the Christ-centered qualifier)
Original: παιδεία / νουθεσία
Category: Household

Ephesians 6:4. Retain the specifically Christ-centered content (‘of the Lord’), not flattened into generic religious upbringing.

Belt Of Truth

Approved rendering: Suunka runta
Transliteration: SOON-kah ROON-tah
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Original: ζώνη τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:14. Standard military-metaphor imagery within the otherwise Critical armor cluster; low collision risk on its own.

Ambassador

Approved rendering: Wakiil
Transliteration: wah-KEEL
Doctrine: The Armor of God and Spiritual Combat
Original: πρεσβεύω
Category: Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:20. Standard representative/envoy vocabulary; low collision risk.

Family Fatherhood

Approved rendering: Qoys / Reer
Transliteration: KOH-ys
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ

Ephesians 3:14-15. The Greek patēr/patria wordplay (Father→every family) does not carry over into Somali Aabbe/Qoys; flag as a translation-craft note for lesson writers, not a doctrinal risk.

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