Ephisa 4
1 Tedongah Boeipa ah thongtla kai loh nangmih aka khue kah khuenah neh a tingtawk la pongthoh ham kan hloep.
So I—this prisoner in the Lord—am encouraging you to make sure you live according to the principles to which you were called.
2 Tlayaenah neh muelhtuetnah cungkuem neh, thinsennah neh lungnah dongah khat neh khat yaknaem uh thae.
Don't think proudly of yourselves; be gentle and patient, showing tolerance to each other in love.
3 Rhoepnah kah pinyennah dongah Mueihla kah kodoknah te khoem ham haam uh lah.
Make every effort to remain one in the Spirit through the peace that binds you together.
4 Nangmih kah khuenah te ngaiuepnah pakhat dongah n'khue uh vanbangla pum pakhat neh mueihla pakhat ni a om.
For there's one body, and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope.
5 Boeipa pakhat, tangnah pakhat, baptisma pakhat ni a om.
The Lord is one, our trust in him is one, and there's one baptism;
6 A cungkuem kah Pathen neh Pa tah pakhat ni. Te tah cungkuem soah cungkuem lamloh cungkuem dongah om.
there's one God and Father of everyone. He is over all and through all and in all.
7 Tedae Khrih kah kutdoe tarhing la mamih khat rhip taengah lungvatnah m'paek coeng.
To each of us grace was given in proportion to Christ's generous gift.
8 Te dongah, “Hmuen sang la a luei vaengah tamna te a mawt tih hlang rhoek taengah kutdoe a paek,” a ti.
As Scripture says, “When he ascended to the heights he took captives with him, and gave gifts to humanity.”
9 A luei nen te dawk om pawt tih diklai hmuen te a laedil duela suntla bal.
(Regarding this: it says he ascended, but that means he also had previously descended to our lowly world.
10 Amah te suntla tih a cungkuem te soep sak ham vaan boeih kah a soah aka luei la om bal.
The one that descended is the same one who also ascended to the highest heaven in order that he could make the whole universe complete.)
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.
The gifts he gave were so that some could be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers,
12 Bibi dongkah bitat dongah hlangcim rhoek kah hamsoepnah ham, Khrih pum dongkah hlinsainah ham a khueh.
with the purpose of preparing God's people for the work of helping others, to help the body of Christ to grow.
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.
We grow together until we all reach the state of being one in our trust in and knowledge of the Son of God, completely grown up, measuring up to full maturity in 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.
We shouldn't be little children any more, tossed about and blown along by every passing breeze of doctrine, confused by human trickery, led into error by crafty people who deceitfully scheme;
15 Oltak thui uh sih lamtah lungnah neh amah dongah boeih rhoeng uh sih. Khrih amah te a lu la om.
instead by speaking the truth in love we ought to grow up in everything into Christ, who is our head.
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.
It's because of him that the whole body operates, every joint holding it together as each individual part does what it's supposed to, and the whole body grows, 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.
So let me say this to you—in fact I insist on it in the Lord—that you should no longer live like the foreigners do, in their empty-headed way.
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.
In the darkness of their minds they don't understand, and they have been cut off from the life of God because they don't know anything and in their stubbornness they don't want to know.
19 Amih yahdaeng rhoek loh halhkanah cungkuem neh rhongingnah bibi ham te omthenbawn dongla amah voei uh.
Because they are past caring they abandon themselves to sensuality, and greedily do all kinds of disgusting things.
20 Tedae nangmih tah tetlam te om uh boeh Khrih te mah awt uh.
But that's not what you learned about Christ!
21 Amah te na yaak uh tangloeng atah Jesuh ah oltak a om vanbangla amah dongah ni n'thuituen uh.
Didn't you hear about him? Weren't you taught concerning him? Didn't you learn the truth as it is in Jesus?
22 Hmilhmaknah kah hoehhamnah dongah aka poeih uh lamhma kah hlang rhuem omih te nangmih loh duul uh.
So get rid of your former lifestyle, that old nature that ruins you through deceptive desires!
23 Te dongah nangmih kah lungbuei te mueihla neh thai sakuh.
Let yourselves be re-made spiritually and mentally,
24 Pathen loh duengnah neh oltak kah cimcaihnah dongah n'suen vanbangla hlang thai te bai uh.
and put on your new nature that God created so you will be like him, right and holy in 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.
So reject lies, and tell the truth to each other—for we belong to each other.
26 Kosi na hong uh akhaw tholh puei uh boeh. Khomik loh nangmih kah thintoeknah te tlak thil boel saeh.
Don't sin by getting angry; don't let evening come and find you still mad—
27 Rhaithae te hmuen pae boeh.
and don't give the devil any opportunity.
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.
Thieves, stop your stealing, and do honest, productive work with your hands, so you'll have something to give to those who need it.
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.
Don't use bad language. Speak words that will encourage people as necessary, so that those who listen will be helped.
30 Te phoeiah Pathen kah Mueihla Cim te kothet sak boeh. Amah loh tlannah khohnin ham kutnoek n'daeng coeng.
Don't disappoint the Holy Spirit of God that marked you as belonging to him until the day of redemption.
31 Olkhaa cuengkuem neh thinsanah khaw, kosi neh rhungrhah khaw, soehsalnah neh phayoenah boeih khaw nangmih lamloh khoe uh.
Get rid of every kind of bitterness, rage, anger, verbal abuse, and insults, along with all forms of evil.
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.
Be kind and compassionate to each other, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.
