Ephesians 4
1 Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling with which you are called,
Basi, mimi niliye mfungwa kwa kuwa namtumikia Bwana, nawasihi muishi maisha yanayostahili wito mlioitiwa.
2 with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in divine 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 There is one body and one Spirit, as ye indeed are 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 baptism,
Kuna Bwana mmoja, imani moja na ubatizo mmoja;
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and above you all, and in all.
kuna Mungu mmoja na Baba wa wote, ambaye yuko juu ya wote, afanya kazi katika yote na yuko katika yote.
7 And to each one of you grace is given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Kila mmoja wetu amepewa neema kadiri ya kipimo alichojaliwa na Kristo.
8 Therefore he says, Having ascended upon high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to the people.
Kama yasemavyo Maandiko: “Alipopaa mbinguni juu kabisa, alichukua mateka; aliwapa watu zawadi.”
9 But what is that which ascended, except that which 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 But the one having descended and the one having ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill all things, is the same.
Basi, huyo aliyeshuka hapa duniani, ndiye aliyepaa juu ya mbingu zote apate kuujaza ulimwengu.
11 And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Ndiye aliyewapa watu zawadi: wengine aliwajalia wawe mitume, wengine manabii, wengine wawe waeneza Habari Njema, wengine wachungaji na walimu.
12 unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of 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 may all come into the unity of the faith, and of the perfect knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man, into the measure of the likeness of the fulness of Christ:
na hivyo sote tuufikie umoja wa imani na kumjua Mwana wa Mungu; tuwe watu waliokomaa na kuufikia utimilifu wake Kristo mwenyewe.
14 in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion;
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 speaking the truth in divine love, let its grow up in him in all things, who is the head, 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, being assimilated and knitted together through every joint of the supply, according to the working in each several part, makes increase of the body in the edification of itself in divine 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 Therefore I say this, and witness in the Lord, that you no longer walk about as the Gentiles also walk about 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 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness 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 being past feeling have given themselves up to debauchery, unto the working of all impurity with greediness.
Wamepotoka na hawana aibu, wamejitosa katika ufisadi; hufanya kwa pupa kila aina ya mambo ya aibu.
20 But you did not so learn Christ:
Lakini ninyi hamkujifunza hivyo juu ya Kristo.
21 if indeed ye have heard him, and been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus:
Ni dhahiri kwamba mlisikia barabara habari zake, na mkiwa wafuasi wake mkafundishwa ukweli ulivyo katika Yesu.
22 that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception;
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, who has been created in harmony with God in the righteousness and holiness 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 laid aside lying, speak the truth each one with his neighbors: because we are members of one another.
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 provocation:
Kama mkikasirika, msikubali hasira yenu iwafanye mtende dhambi, na wala msikae na hasira kutwa nzima.
27 neither give place to the devil.
Msimpe Ibilisi nafasi.
28 Let the one stealing steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his own hands doing that which is good, that he may have to give to the one having 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 communication go forth out of your mouth, but if anything is good unto edification of need, in order that he 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 grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed unto the 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 blasphemy, depart from you, with all evil.
Basi, achaneni na uhasama, chuki, hasira, kelele, matusi! Achaneni na kila uovu!
32 But be ye kind toward one another, merciful, forgiving one another, as indeed God in Christ forgave you.
Muwe na moyo mwema na wenye kuhurumiana; kila mmoja na amsamehe mwenzake kama naye Mungu alivyowasamehe ninyi kwa njia ya Kristo.
