Ephesians 4
1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, call on you to walk worthily of the calling in which ye were called,
Basi, mimi niliye mfungwa kwa kuwa namtumikia Bwana, nawasihi muishi maisha yanayostahili wito mlioitiwa.
2 with all humility and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.
Muwe daima wanyenyekevu, wapole na wenye saburi; vumilianeni ninyi kwa ninyi kwa mapendo.
3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,
Fanyeni bidii ya kuhifadhi umoja uletwao na Roho kwa kuzingatia amani iliyo kati yenu.
4 one body, and one Spirit. Just as also ye were called in one hope of your calling,
Kuna mwili mmoja na Roho mmoja, kama vile tumaini mliloitiwa na Mungu ni moja.
5 one Lord, one faith, one immersion,
Kuna Bwana mmoja, imani moja na ubatizo mmoja;
6 one God and Father of all. He is over all, and through all, and in us all.
kuna Mungu mmoja na Baba wa wote, ambaye yuko juu ya wote, afanya kazi katika yote na yuko katika yote.
7 But the grace was given to each of us, according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
Kila mmoja wetu amepewa neema kadiri ya kipimo alichojaliwa na Kristo.
8 Therefore he says, Having ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
Kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Alipopaa mbinguni juu kabisa, alichukua mateka; aliwapa watu zawadi.”
9 And what is the ascended, except that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Basi, inaposemwa: “alipaa juu,” ina maana gani? Maana yake ni kwamba, kwanza alishuka mpaka chini kabisa duniani.
10 He who descended is also the same man who ascended high above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.
Basi, huyo aliyeshuka hapa duniani, ndiye aliyepaa juu ya mbingu zote apate kuujaza ulimwengu.
11 And indeed he gave the apostles, and the prophets, and the evangelists, and the shepherds and teachers
Ndiye aliyewapa watu zawadi: wengine aliwajalia wawe mitume, wengine manabii, wengine wawe waeneza Habari Njema, wengine wachungaji na walimu.
12 for the perfecting of the sanctified, for the work of ministry, for edification of the body of the Christ.
Alifanya hivyo apate kuwatayarisha watu wote wa Mungu kwa ajili ya kazi ya huduma ya Kikristo ili kuujenga mwili wa Kristo,
13 Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a standard of stature of the fullness of the Christ.
na hivyo sote tuufikie umoja wa imani na kumjua Mwana wa Mungu; tuwe watu waliokomaa na kuufikia utimilifu wake Kristo mwenyewe.
14 So that we may no longer be childish, tossed about and carried about by every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men in craftiness with the methodology of error.
Basi, hatutakuwa tena kama watoto, tukitupwa na kupeperushwa huko na huko kwa kila upepo wa mafundisho wanayozua watu wadanganyifu, ili wawapotoshe wengine kwa hila.
15 But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head-the Christ-
Ila, sisi tukisema ukweli kwa moyo wa mapendo tutakua zidi katika kila jambo kulingana na Kristo ambaye ndiye kichwa;
16 from whom the whole body, joined together and united together through every connection of the supply, according to the working of each one part within a standard, makes the growth of the body for the construction of itself by love.
chini ya uongozi wake, viungo vyote vya mwili hushikamana pamoja, na mwili wote hutegemezwa kwa msaada wa viungo vyake. Basi, kila kiungo kikitekeleza kazi yake ipasavyo, mwili wote hukua na kujijenga katika upendo.
17 This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in the Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Basi, kwa jina la Bwana, nawaonyeni: msiishi tena kama watu wasiomjua Mungu, ambao fikira zao zimekuwa upuuzi mtupu,
18 darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart.
na akili zao zimo gizani. Wako mbali na uzima wa Mungu, kwa sababu ya upumbavu ulio ndani yao na ukaidi wao.
19 Who, having become callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness for the work of all uncleanness in greed.
Wamepotoka na hawana aibu, wamejitosa katika ufisadi; hufanya kwa pupa kila aina ya mambo ya aibu.
20 But ye did not so learn the Christ,
Lakini ninyi hamkujifunza hivyo juu ya Kristo.
21 if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus,
Ni dhahiri kwamba mlisikia barabara habari zake, na mkiwa wafuasi wake mkafundishwa ukweli ulivyo katika Yesu.
22 for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,
Basi, acheni mwenendo wenu wa awali, yaani ule utu wenu wa kale uliokuwa unaangamizwa kwa tamaa zake danganyifu.
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
Jirekebisheni upya rohoni na katika fikira zenu.
24 and to put on the new man according to God, the man who was created in righteousness and piety of the truth.
Vaeni hali mpya ya utu ambayo imeumbwa kwa mfano wa Mungu na ambayo hujionyesha katika maisha ya kweli ya uadilifu na utakatifu.
25 Therefore having put off falsehood, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of each other.
Kwa hiyo, acheni uongo. Kila mmoja anapaswa kumwambia mwenzake ukweli, maana kila mmoja wetu ni kiungo cha mwili wa Kristo.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
Kama mkikasirika, msikubali hasira yenu iwafanye mtende dhambi, na wala msikae na hasira kutwa nzima.
27 neither give a place to the devil.
Msimpe Ibilisi nafasi.
28 Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.
Aliyekuwa akiiba, asiibe tena, bali na aanze kufanya kazi njema kwa mikono yake, apate kuwa na kitu cha kumsaidia mtu aliye maskini.
29 Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.
Maneno mabaya hata yasisikike kamwe miongoni mwenu; kila mara maneno yenu yawe ya kufaa na ambayo hujenga na kuwasaidia wengine, ili yawaneemeshe wasikilizaji wenu.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye are sealed for a day of redemption.
Msimhuzunishe Roho Mtakatifu wa Mungu maana Roho huyo ni alama ya Mungu kwenu kwamba ninyi ni watu wake, na thibitisho kwamba siku itakuja ambapo Mungu atawakomboeni.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.
Basi, achaneni na uhasama, chuki, hasira, kelele, matusi! Achaneni na kila uovu!
32 And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
Muwe na moyo mwema na wenye kuhurumiana; kila mmoja na amsamehe mwenzake kama naye Mungu alivyowasamehe ninyi kwa njia ya Kristo.
