Ba Efeso 4
1 Nekubabobo, mbuli mwange nkambo ka Mwami, ndamukombelezya kuti mwende chakwelela kubwiite obo mbumwakiitwa.
I, then, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling, by which you are called,
2 Ndamukombelezya kuti mupone akulibombya kupati achakulitoba aansi akubamoyo mulamfu, mumvwidilane luzyalo umwi awumwi muluyando.
with all humility and meekness; with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
3 Muchite zyelede kukulondola kujatana kwamuuya kunchoonzyo achalumuno.
earnestly endeavoring to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace.
4 Kuli mubili omwe amuuya omwe, kabiyo mbuli mbumwakiitwa mubulangizi boomwe bwabwitwe bwenu.
There is one body, and one Spirit; as also you have been called with one hope of your calling;
5 Alimwi kuli Mwami omwe, lusyomo lomwe, lubbabbatizyo lomwe, a Leza womwe a Taata waboonse,
one Lord, one faith, one immersion;
6 uletela lyazyoonse alimwi kwindila kulizyoonse amulizyonse.
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and with all, and in you all.
7 Kuli umwi awumwi wesu luzyalo wakapegwa kwindila mumwelo wachipo cha Kkilisito.
But to every one of us is given favor, according to the measure of the gift of Christ;
8 Kuli mbuli malembe mbwaamba kuti: “Naakatanta kujulu. wakazulwida baange mubwange alimwi wakapa zipo kubantu.”
(Wherefore he says, Having ascended on high, he captivated captivity, and gave gifts to men.
9 Chambanzi kuti, “Wakatanta kujulu,” kunze akuti wakaseluka kunsi anyika?
Now, this--Having ascended, what is it, unless, indeed, he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth!
10 Ooyo wakaselukide ngonguwe muntu kabiyo wakatanta kule atala lyamajulu oonse, kuti azuzye zyoonse zintu.
He who descended, is the same who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 Kkilisitu wakapa bamwi kuti babe batumwa, bamwi mbuli basinsimi, bamwi babe bakambawusi alimwi bamwi babe bembeli abayiisi.
And he gave some, indeed, Apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 Wakapa zipo ezi kusamika bantu ba Leza basalala kubasamikila mulimu wakugwasya nkachitila kuyakwa kwamubili wa Kkilisitu.
for the adapting of these saints to the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:
13 Kwinkilila anembo akuyaka mubili wakwe maane toonse tukasikile lujatano lwalusyomo aluzibo lwaMwana Leza, akuti tukasime akusikila mwelwe wabuzule bwa Kkilisitu.
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 Kkilisitu wakatuyaka kuchitila kuti tatuchinoli bana bapupulwidwe musule akunembo aguuwo, kubwezegwa aguwo lyonse lyanjisyo yabuchenjezu bwabantu mumabambe abo alweno.
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 Twelede kwaamba kasimpe muluyando, twelede kukomena mulizyonse inzila mulinguwe ooyo silutwe, nkokuti Kkilisitu.
but speaking the truth in love, we may all grow into him, who is the Head, even Christ;
16 Kkilisitu uyaka mubili wonse, alimwi yonse igwasizya, alimwi mubili kuti ukomene kuchitila kuti uliyake mwini muluyando.
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 Nkinkako, ndaamba kuti ndasimya kuleezi mu Mwami kuti tamuchinoyendi mbuli kweenda bamaasi, mubufubafuba bwamyoyo yabo.
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 Bali siyilidwe mukumvwisisisya kwabo, kuti kulimbabo, nkambo kakuyuma kwamyoyo yabo.
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 Tabakwe nsoni alimwi bakalipeda kutubuno, alimwi bakiiya yoonse misyobo yazibi abulyabi.
who, being past feeling, have abandoned themselves to lasciviousness, to commit all uncleanness with greediness.
20 Pele tensi mbubo mbumwakayiya atala akkilisito.
But you have not so learned Christ;
21 Ndiyeyela kuti mwakamvwa atala anguwe, akuti amwakayisigwa mulinguwe, mbuli kuti bwini buli muli Jesu.
if, indeed, you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus;
22 Mwakayisigwa kuti musowe zyoonse zyemponeno yechiindi akusowa muntu wechiindi. Muntu wechiindi ngonguwe nguusofwede nkaambo kalweno lwaziyandisyo zyakwe.
that, with respect to your former conduct, you put away the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 Musowe buntu bwechiindi kuti mulengululwe bupya mumiyeyo yanu,
that you be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
24 muchite echi kuti muzwate muntu mupya oyo ulengedwe muchiimo cha Leza-mubululami bwakasimpe abusalali.
and that you put on the new man; which, after God, is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Nkinkaako, amusowe bubeji, alimwi muleke uumwi awumwi wanu aambe kasimpe kulisimabambanwa wakwe, nkambo tulichizo chawumwi awumwi.
Wherefore, putting away lying, speak the truth every one to his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
26 “Nyema, pele utabisyi.” Utazumini kuti zuba likabbile nkochinyemede.
Do not sin, through anger; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
27 Utapi mwenya kuli dyabulusi.
neither give an opportunity to the devil.
28 Ooyo wakali kubba atachinobbi lubo welede kubeleka, kubelekela kulecho chibotu amaanza akwe, kuchitila kuti abe achimwi chakwabilana ababo babulide.
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 Utazumizyi kwambuula kuchisa kuti kuzwe mumulomo wako. Belesya biyo majwi mabotu kuchitila kugwasigwa kwabaabo bakuyanda, kuchitila kuti majwi ako ape luzyalo kulaabo baamvwa.
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 Alimwi mutapenzyi Muuya Uusalala wa Leza, nkaambo nguwe wakamusimisizya buzuba bwalununuko lwenu.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed till the day of redemption.
31 Musowe boonse buluti amaambani, lunyemo, ndutiluti azisapi aantomwe abubi boonse.
Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamor, and detraction, be taken away from among you, with all malice.
32 Mube aluzyalo kuli umwi awumwi, moyo mubombe, mwambilane umwi awumwi, mbuli Leza muli Kkilisitu mbwakamulekelela.
But be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, even as God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you.
