Ephesians 4
1 I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
Ngakho ngiyalincenga, mina isibotshwa eNkosini, ukuthi lihambe ngokufanele ubizo elabizwa ngalo,
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
kanye lokuthobeka konke lobumnene, lokubekezela, libekezelelane ethandweni,
3 using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.
likhuthale ukugcina ukuhlangana koMoya ngesibopho sokuthula.
4 [There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
Munye umzimba njalo munye uMoya, njengalokhu lani labizwa ethembeni linye lobizo lwenu;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
yinye iNkosi, lunye ukholo, lunye ubhabhathizo,
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
munye uNkulunkulu loYise wabo bonke, ophezu kwabo bonke, langabo bonke, lakini lonke.
7 But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
Kodwa ngulowo lalowo wethu waphiwa umusa njengokwesilinganiso sesipho sikaKristu.
8 Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
Ngakho uthi: Ekwenyukeleni kwakhe phezulu wathumba ukuthunjwa, wanika abantu izipho.
9 But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Lokhu-ke ukuthi: Wenyuka, kuyini ngaphandle kokuthi laye wehlela kuqala kungxenye ezingaphansi zomhlaba?
10 He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
Owehlayo, nguye owenyukela futhi khatshana ngaphezulu kwamazulu wonke, ukuze agcwalise izinto zonke.
11 and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
Yena wasenika abanye babe ngabaphostoli, labanye babe ngabaprofethi, labanye babe ngabavangeli, labanye babe ngabelusi labafundisi,
12 for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
ekuphelelisweni kwabangcwele, emsebenzini wenkonzo, ekwakhiweni komzimba kaKristu;
13 until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;
size sifike sonke ebunyeni bokholo, lobolwazi lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, endodeni epheleleyo, esilinganisweni sesimo sokugcwala kukaKristu;
14 in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of that teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;
ukuze singabe sisaba zinsane, ezizuliswa ngamagagasi njalo ezithwalelwa le lale yiwo wonke umoya wemfundiso, ngenkohliso yabantu, ngobuqili becebo lokuphambuka;
15 but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
kodwa sikhulume iqiniso ethandweni sikhule kukho konke kuye, oyinhloko, uKristu,
16 from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.
okuvela kuye umzimba wonke, ohlanganiswe kuhle njalo ubambene, ngokwelekelelana kwalo lonke ilunga, njengokusebenza esilinganisweni saleso laleso isitho, wenza ukukhula komzimba ekuzakheni kwawo ethandweni.
17 This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
Ngakho ngitsho lokho ngifakaza eNkosini, ukuthi lingabe lisahamba lanjengabanye abezizwe behamba ebuzeni bengqondo yabo,
18 being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,
befiphaziwe engqondweni, benziwe abemzini empilweni kaNkulunkulu ngokungazi okukibo, ngobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo;
19 who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
abathi sebentunyile, bazinikela emanyaleni, ekwenzeni kokungcola konke ngomhawu.
20 But ye have not thus learnt the Christ,
Kodwa lina kalimfundanga ngokunjalo uKristu,
21 if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;
uba-ke limzwile lafundiswa kuye, njengoba iqiniso likuJesu;
22 [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
ukuthi lilahle mayelana lohambo lokuqala, umuntu omdala, owonakala mayelana lezifiso zenkohliso;
23 and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;
njalo lenziwe batsha emoyeni wengqondo yenu,
24 and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
njalo lembathe umuntu omutsha, odalwe njengokukaNkulunkulu ekulungeni lebungcweleni beqiniso.
25 Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
Ngakho lilahla amanga, khulumani iqiniso ngulowo lalowo lomakhelwane wakhe; ngoba siyizitho omunye komunye.
26 Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
Thukuthelani lingoni; ilanga kalingatshoni phezu kolaka lwenu;
27 neither give room for the devil.
futhi lingamniki indawo udiyabhola.
28 Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
Owebayo kangabe eseba; kodwa kulalokhu kakhuthale, asebenze okuhle ngezandla zakhe, ukuze abe lakho ukwabela olenswelo.
29 Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].
Kakungaphumi emlonyeni wenu lalinye ilizwi elibolileyo, kodwa kuphela okuhle okulungele ukwakha njengokufaneleyo, ukuze kunike umusa kubo abezwayo.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
Njalo lingamdabukisi uMoya oyiNgcwele kaNkulunkulu, elaphawulwa ngaye kuze kube lusuku lohlengo.
31 Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
Konke ukubaba lentukuthelo lolaka lomsindo lokunyeya kakususwe kini, kanye layo yonke inzondo;
32 and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
kodwa libe mnene omunye komunye, lilesihawu, lithethelelane, njengalokhu uNkulunkulu laye walithethelela kuKristu.
