Ephisa 4

1 Tedongah Boeipa ah thongtla kai loh nangmih aka khue kah khuenah neh a tingtawk la pongthoh ham kan hloep.

I exhort you, therefore, I the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

2 Tlayaenah neh muelhtuetnah cungkuem neh, thinsennah neh lungnah dongah khat neh khat yaknaem uh thae.

with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering; bearing with one another in love,

3 Rhoepnah kah pinyennah dongah Mueihla kah kodoknah te khoem ham haam uh lah.

endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 Nangmih kah khuenah te ngaiuepnah pakhat dongah n'khue uh vanbangla pum pakhat neh mueihla pakhat ni a om.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye were called in one hope of your calling;

5 Boeipa pakhat, tangnah pakhat, baptisma pakhat ni a om.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 A cungkuem kah Pathen neh Pa tah pakhat ni. Te tah cungkuem soah cungkuem lamloh cungkuem dongah om.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

7 Tedae Khrih kah kutdoe tarhing la mamih khat rhip taengah lungvatnah m'paek coeng.

But to each one of us was given the grace [[which he hath]] according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 Te dongah, “Hmuen sang la a luei vaengah tamna te a mawt tih hlang rhoek taengah kutdoe a paek,” a ti.

Wherefore he saith: “When he ascended on high, he led captive a train of captives, and gave gifts to men.”

9 A luei nen te dawk om pawt tih diklai hmuen te a laedil duela suntla bal.

Now what is implied in his ascending, but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

10 Amah te suntla tih a cungkuem te soep sak ham vaan boeih kah a soah aka luei la om bal.

He who descended is the same as he who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

11 Te phoeiah amah loh a ngen te caeltueih rhoek, a ngen te tonghma rhoek, a ngen te olthangthen aka thui la, a ngen tah, tudawn neh saya la a khueh.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 Bibi dongkah bitat dongah hlangcim rhoek kah hamsoepnah ham, Khrih pum dongkah hlinsainah ham a khueh.

for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministration, for the building up of the body of Christ;

13 Tangnah dongkah kodoknah dongah, Pathen capa kah mingnah dongah, lungcuei hlang pakhat la, Khrih a soepnah pumrho dongkah cungnueh dongla boeih m'pha uh duela a khueh.

till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

14 Te daengah ni cahmang la n'om uh pawt eh. Rhaithinah neh tholhhiknah lungpoek dongla aka mawt hlang kah thailatnah loh thuituennah khohli neh a vikvawk tih boeih a yawn lah ko.

that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and borne about by every wind of teaching, through the dishonest tricks of men, and their cunning in the wily arts of error;

15 Oltak thui uh sih lamtah lungnah neh amah dongah boeih rhoeng uh sih. Khrih amah te a lu la om.

but cleaving to truth in love, may grow up in all things unto him who is the head, even Christ;

16 Amah lamloh pum he boeih kiba tih cului uh. Rhuhcong boeih lamloh pakhat rhip kah cungnueh neh a bibi tarhing ah bomnah neh a cungvang khaw pum pakhat kah rhoengnah dongah lungnah neh amah kah hlinsainah te a khueh.

from whom the whole body, well put together and compacted by means of every supplying joint, is, according to the working of each part in its proportion, building itself up in love.

17 Te dongah Boeipa ah ni ka thui tih ka laipai. Namtom rhoek loh a lungbuei kah a honghi neh a pongpa uh bangla nangmih te pongpa uh boeh.

This therefore I say, and charge you in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,

18 A kopoek te a hmuep la a om pah tih Pathen kah hingnah te a hai coeng. A khuikah kotalhnah neh a thinko kah thinthahnah khaw om pai.

having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts;

19 Amih yahdaeng rhoek loh halhkanah cungkuem neh rhongingnah bibi ham te omthenbawn dongla amah voei uh.

who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to wantonness, to work all uncleanness in greediness.

20 Tedae nangmih tah tetlam te om uh boeh Khrih te mah awt uh.

But not so did ye learn Christ,

21 Amah te na yaak uh tangloeng atah Jesuh ah oltak a om vanbangla amah dongah ni n'thuituen uh.

if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus;

22 Hmilhmaknah kah hoehhamnah dongah aka poeih uh lamhma kah hlang rhuem omih te nangmih loh duul uh.

that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit,

23 Te dongah nangmih kah lungbuei te mueihla neh thai sakuh.

and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 Pathen loh duengnah neh oltak kah cimcaihnah dongah n'suen vanbangla hlang thai te bai uh.

and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

25 Te dongah laithae te duul uh sih lamtah khat rhip loh a imben taengah oltak thui uh sih. Khat neh khat pumrho lam ni n'om uh.

Wherefore having put away falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbor; for we are members one of another.

26 Kosi na hong uh akhaw tholh puei uh boeh. Khomik loh nangmih kah thintoeknah te tlak thil boel saeh.

“Be angry, and sin not;” let not the sun go down upon your wrath;

27 Rhaithae te hmuen pae boeh.

and do not give place to the Devil.

28 Aka huen loh huen voel boel saeh. Tedae amah kut neh a then saii ham thakthae lat saeh. Te daengah ni aka ngoe te aka doedan la a om eh.

Let him that stealeth steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands at that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.

29 Ol rhong ol ing boeih te nangmih kah ka lamloh thoeng boel saeh. Tedae a then pakhat a om atah a ngoe vaengkah hlinsainah la om saeh. Te daengah ni aka ya rhoek te lungvatnah a paek eh.

Let no foul language proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for edification, as the need may be, that it may benefit the hearers;

30 Te phoeiah Pathen kah Mueihla Cim te kothet sak boeh. Amah loh tlannah khohnin ham kutnoek n'daeng coeng.

and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

31 Olkhaa cuengkuem neh thinsanah khaw, kosi neh rhungrhah khaw, soehsalnah neh phayoenah boeih khaw nangmih lamloh khoe uh.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice;

32 Te phoeiah khat neh khat taengah sitloh thimhalh neh kodam la om uh. Khrih ah Pathen loh nangmih rhen bangla khat neh khat khodawkngai uh.

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.