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1 Nipele, uneji jundi jwantawe kwa ligongo lya kwatumichila Ambuje, ngunchondelela ntame mpela yatite kunsalila Akunnungu ntame paŵammilasile.
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
2 Mmeje ŵakulitimalika ni chitungato ni ŵakupililila, mpilililane jwine ni jwine kwa unonyelo.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
3 Nlimbile nnope kuugosa umo wauichiswe ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu kwa litala lya chitendewele chachikunlumbikanya.
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in 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, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
5 Apali Ambuje ŵamo ni chikulupi chimo ni ubatiso umo.
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
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 through all, and in all.
7 Kila mundu pasikati jetu apochele ntuuka kutyochela kwa Akunnungu mpela yatite pakupegwa ni Kilisito.
But to each one of us was the grace given 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.”
Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people."
9 Nipele, pakuŵecheta, “Ŵakwesile kwinani,” ana malumbo gakwe chichi? Malumbo gakwe ni kuti ŵatulwiche kaje mpaka paasi chilambo.
Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he 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 one 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.
He gave some to be 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 perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up 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.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature person, 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 no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by cleverness in deceitful schemes;
15 Nambo twaŵechetaga yankati usyene kwa unonyelo, tutukule mu chikulupi ni kwaichilila Kilisito, ŵaali ntwe wa mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila.
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, 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 all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
17 Nipele, kwa liina lya Ambuje ngunjamuka yeleyi, kasinjenda sooni mpela ŵandu ŵangakwamanyilila Akunnungu, ŵakusikuya ng'anisyo syao syangalimate.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the futility 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.
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;
19 Ŵanyawo nganakola soni ni ajinjile mu chigongomalo ni akusaka kupanganya indu ya soni pangaleka.
who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 Nambo ŵanyamwe nganinlijiganya yeleyo nkati Kilisito.
But you did not learn Christ that way;
21 Isyene mwapilikene uchenene nkati Che Yesu ni ŵanyamwe ndi ŵakulijiganya ŵakwe, mwajiganyikwe mwa ŵelewo ni usyene wauli nkati mwao.
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as 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 you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old self, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
23 Mpanganyikwe ŵa sambano mmitima ni ng'anisyo syenu.
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 Mmwale undu wa sambano waupanganyichikwe chisau ni Akunnungu, waukuloleka kwakutama yambone ni uswela wa usyene.
and put on the new self, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
25 Kwa yeleyo, nneche unami. Jwalijose aŵechete usyene ni njakwe, pakuŵa uwe wose tuli iŵalo ya chiilu cha Kilisito.
Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
26 Mwatumbilaga, ni lutumbilo lwenu lukantendekasya kupanganya sambi, ni lutumbilo lwenu lukalonjela muusi wose.
"Be angry, but do not sin." Do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27 Kasimwapa lipesa Shetani.
neither give place to the devil.
28 Juŵajiŵaga akajiŵa sooni, nambo apanganye masengo gambone kwa makono gakwe kuti akole chindu chakwakamuchisya ŵakulaga.
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
29 Nkaŵecheta maloŵe gangalimate, nambo mmechete maloŵe gambone gagakwalimbichisya ŵandu kuti maloŵe gunkuŵecheta gakamuchisye ŵandu ŵakugapilikana.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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.
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for 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, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from 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.
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
