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1 Nipele, uneji jundi jwantawe kwa ligongo lya kwatumichila Ambuje, ngunchondelela ntame mpela yatite kunsalila Akunnungu ntame paŵammilasile.
I, then, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling, by which you are called,
2 Mmeje ŵakulitimalika ni chitungato ni ŵakupililila, mpilililane jwine ni jwine kwa unonyelo.
with all humility and meekness; with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
3 Nlimbile nnope kuugosa umo wauichiswe ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu kwa litala lya chitendewele chachikunlumbikanya.
earnestly endeavoring to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace.
4 Chipali chiilu chimo cha Kilisito ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu jumo, nti chilolelo chimwaŵilanjikwe ni Akunnungu chachitite kuŵa chimo.
There is one body, and one Spirit; as also you have been called with one hope of your calling;
5 Apali Ambuje ŵamo ni chikulupi chimo ni ubatiso umo.
one Lord, one faith, one immersion;
6 Akunnungu ŵamo, ŵaali Atati ŵa wose, ŵelewo ali pachanya pa wose ni akupanganya masengo kupunda wose ni ali nkati mwa ŵandu ŵakwe wose.
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and with all, and in you all.
7 Kila mundu pasikati jetu apochele ntuuka kutyochela kwa Akunnungu mpela yatite pakupegwa ni Kilisito.
But to every one of us is given favor, according to the measure of the gift of Christ;
8 Mpela ila igakuti pakusala Malembelo ga Akunnungu, “Paŵakwesile kwinani, ŵaulongwesye mpingo wa ŵandu ŵataŵikwe, ni ŵapele ŵandu mituuka.”
(Wherefore he says, Having ascended on high, he captivated captivity, and gave gifts to men.
9 Nipele, pakuŵecheta, “Ŵakwesile kwinani,” ana malumbo gakwe chichi? Malumbo gakwe ni kuti ŵatulwiche kaje mpaka paasi chilambo.
Now, this--Having ascended, what is it, unless, indeed, he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth!
10 Ŵelewo ŵaŵatulwiche ali ŵawowo ŵaŵakwesile kwinani nnope kupunda kwiunde kose kuti aitende indu yose yaigumbile imalile.
He who descended, is the same who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 Jwelejo ni juŵasagwile ŵandu ŵane kuŵa achinduna ni ŵane kuŵa ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu ni ŵane kuŵa ŵakulalichila Ngani Jambone ni ŵane kuŵa ŵakuchinga ni ŵakwiganya.
And he gave some, indeed, Apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 Ŵatesile yeleyo kuti akombole kwaŵika chile ŵandu wose ŵa Akunnungu kwa ligongo lya masengo ga Chikilisito, kuti achigumbe chiilu cha Kilisito.
for the adapting of these saints to the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:
13 Kwayele uweji wose tulumbikane kwapamo mu chikulupi ni kummanyilila Mwana jwa Akunnungu, tuŵe ŵatukusile mu chikulupi ni kuuichila utindimisyo wa Kilisito.
till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God; to a perfect man; to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
14 Nipele, ngatuŵa sooni mpela ŵanache, tuchijigalikwaga akuno ni akuno mpela matumbela gagakuutwa ni mbungo jajilijose ja majiganyo gagakutyosekwa ni ŵandu ŵakwalambusya ŵane ni kwasoyasya ŵandu kwa kwalyungasya.
that we may be no longer children, tossed and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sight of men, and by cunning craftiness for an artifice of seduction:
15 Nambo twaŵechetaga yankati usyene kwa unonyelo, tutukule mu chikulupi ni kwaichilila Kilisito, ŵaali ntwe wa mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila.
but speaking the truth in love, we may all grow into him, who is the Head, even Christ;
16 Kwa kulongoswa ni Kilisito, iŵalo yose ya chiilu ikulumbikana pamo kwa ntasi ni chiilu chose chikukamulangana kwa ukamuchisyo wa iŵalo yakwe. Nipele chiŵalo chachili chose chapanganyaga masengo uchenene, chiilu chose chikukula ni kuligumba mu unonyelo.
from whom, the whole body, fitly joined together, and compacted by the service of every joint, according to the energy, in the proportion of each particular part, effects the increase of the body, for the edification of itself in love.
17 Nipele, kwa liina lya Ambuje ngunjamuka yeleyi, kasinjenda sooni mpela ŵandu ŵangakwamanyilila Akunnungu, ŵakusikuya ng'anisyo syao syangalimate.
This, therefore, I say, and testify in the Lord, that you walk no longer as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind;
18 Ŵandu wo lunda lwao luli mu chipi, ni alekangenywe ni umi wa Akunnungu kwa ligongo lya kuloŵela kwao ni kukakatima kwa mitima jao.
having their understandings darkened; being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
19 Ŵanyawo nganakola soni ni ajinjile mu chigongomalo ni akusaka kupanganya indu ya soni pangaleka.
who, being past feeling, have abandoned themselves to lasciviousness, to commit all uncleanness with greediness.
20 Nambo ŵanyamwe nganinlijiganya yeleyo nkati Kilisito.
But you have not so learned Christ;
21 Isyene mwapilikene uchenene nkati Che Yesu ni ŵanyamwe ndi ŵakulijiganya ŵakwe, mwajiganyikwe mwa ŵelewo ni usyene wauli nkati mwao.
if, indeed, you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus;
22 Mwajiganyikwe kuula utame wenu wa kalakala, yaani undu wenu wa kalakala uwaliji nkonasikwa kwa ligongo lya misese ja kulambusya.
that, with respect to your former conduct, you put away the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 Mpanganyikwe ŵa sambano mmitima ni ng'anisyo syenu.
that you be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
24 Mmwale undu wa sambano waupanganyichikwe chisau ni Akunnungu, waukuloleka kwakutama yambone ni uswela wa usyene.
and that you put on the new man; which, after God, is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Kwa yeleyo, nneche unami. Jwalijose aŵechete usyene ni njakwe, pakuŵa uwe wose tuli iŵalo ya chiilu cha Kilisito.
Wherefore, putting away lying, speak the truth every one to his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
26 Mwatumbilaga, ni lutumbilo lwenu lukantendekasya kupanganya sambi, ni lutumbilo lwenu lukalonjela muusi wose.
Do not sin, through anger; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
27 Kasimwapa lipesa Shetani.
neither give an opportunity to the devil.
28 Juŵajiŵaga akajiŵa sooni, nambo apanganye masengo gambone kwa makono gakwe kuti akole chindu chakwakamuchisya ŵakulaga.
Let him that stole, steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to impart to him who has need.
29 Nkaŵecheta maloŵe gangalimate, nambo mmechete maloŵe gambone gagakwalimbichisya ŵandu kuti maloŵe gunkuŵecheta gakamuchisye ŵandu ŵakugapilikana.
Let no corrupt discourse come out of your mouth; but if any speech be good for the use of edification, speak it, that it may impart a benefit to the hearers.
30 Ngasimunsupusya Mbumu jwa Akunnungu pakuŵa ŵelewo ali chimanyisyo cha Akunnungu kukwenu chakulosya kuti ŵanyamwe ndi ŵandu ŵakwe, nombe mbumu akulosya lyuŵa lichaiche Akunnungu kukwawombola ŵandu ŵakwe.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed till the day of redemption.
31 Ngasimma ni ligogo mu ntima mwe ni ngasimwatumbilila ŵandu ŵane ni ngasimma ni uchimwa ni ngasimmenyana ni kutukana ni kuleka chigongomalo chachili chose.
Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamor, and detraction, be taken away from among you, with all malice.
32 Nambo mme ni mitima jambone ja kukolelana chanasa jwine ni jwine, nnechelesyane mpela yatite pakunnechelesya Akunnungu kwa litala lya Kilisito.
But be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, even as God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you.
