Ephesians 4
1 I, the prisoner of the LORD, then call on you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
Nekubabobo, mbuli mwange nkambo ka Mwami, ndamukombelezya kuti mwende chakwelela kubwiite obo mbumwakiitwa.
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love,
Ndamukombelezya kuti mupone akulibombya kupati achakulitoba aansi akubamoyo mulamfu, mumvwidilane luzyalo umwi awumwi muluyando.
3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;
Muchite zyelede kukulondola kujatana kwamuuya kunchoonzyo achalumuno.
4 one body and one Spirit, according as you were also called in one hope of your calling;
Kuli mubili omwe amuuya omwe, kabiyo mbuli mbumwakiitwa mubulangizi boomwe bwabwitwe bwenu.
5 one Lord, one faith, one immersion,
Alimwi kuli Mwami omwe, lusyomo lomwe, lubbabbatizyo lomwe, a Leza womwe a Taata waboonse,
6 one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,
uletela lyazyoonse alimwi kwindila kulizyoonse amulizyonse.
7 and to each one of you was given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,
Kuli umwi awumwi wesu luzyalo wakapegwa kwindila mumwelo wachipo cha Kkilisito.
8 for this reason, it says, “Having gone up on high He led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men.”
Kuli mbuli malembe mbwaamba kuti: “Naakatanta kujulu. wakazulwida baange mubwange alimwi wakapa zipo kubantu.”
9 And that, He went up, what is it except that He also went down first into the lower parts of the earth?
Chambanzi kuti, “Wakatanta kujulu,” kunze akuti wakaseluka kunsi anyika?
10 He who went down is the same who also went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things—
Ooyo wakaselukide ngonguwe muntu kabiyo wakatanta kule atala lyamajulu oonse, kuti azuzye zyoonse zintu.
11 and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,
Kkilisitu wakapa bamwi kuti babe batumwa, bamwi mbuli basinsimi, bamwi babe bakambawusi alimwi bamwi babe bembeli abayiisi.
12 to the perfecting of the holy ones, for a work of ministry, for a building up of the body of the Christ,
Wakapa zipo ezi kusamika bantu ba Leza basalala kubasamikila mulimu wakugwasya nkachitila kuyakwa kwamubili wa Kkilisitu.
13 until we may all come to the unity of faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fullness of the Christ,
Kwinkilila anembo akuyaka mubili wakwe maane toonse tukasikile lujatano lwalusyomo aluzibo lwaMwana Leza, akuti tukasime akusikila mwelwe wabuzule bwa Kkilisitu.
14 that we may no longer be children, being tossed by waves and being carried around by every wind of the teaching, in the cunning of men, in craftiness, to the scheming of leading astray,
Kkilisitu wakatuyaka kuchitila kuti tatuchinoli bana bapupulwidwe musule akunembo aguuwo, kubwezegwa aguwo lyonse lyanjisyo yabuchenjezu bwabantu mumabambe abo alweno.
15 and [speaking] truth in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head—the Christ;
Twelede kwaamba kasimpe muluyando, twelede kukomena mulizyonse inzila mulinguwe ooyo silutwe, nkokuti Kkilisitu.
16 from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.
Kkilisitu uyaka mubili wonse, alimwi yonse igwasizya, alimwi mubili kuti ukomene kuchitila kuti uliyake mwini muluyando.
17 This, then, I say, and I testify in the LORD: you are no longer to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Nkinkako, ndaamba kuti ndasimya kuleezi mu Mwami kuti tamuchinoyendi mbuli kweenda bamaasi, mubufubafuba bwamyoyo yabo.
18 being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
Bali siyilidwe mukumvwisisisya kwabo, kuti kulimbabo, nkambo kakuyuma kwamyoyo yabo.
19 who, having ceased to feel, gave themselves up to the licentiousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;
Tabakwe nsoni alimwi bakalipeda kutubuno, alimwi bakiiya yoonse misyobo yazibi abulyabi.
20 and you did not so learn the Christ,
Pele tensi mbubo mbumwakayiya atala akkilisito.
21 if [it] so be [that] you heard Him, and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus;
Ndiyeyela kuti mwakamvwa atala anguwe, akuti amwakayisigwa mulinguwe, mbuli kuti bwini buli muli Jesu.
22 concerning the former behavior you are to put off the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
Mwakayisigwa kuti musowe zyoonse zyemponeno yechiindi akusowa muntu wechiindi. Muntu wechiindi ngonguwe nguusofwede nkaambo kalweno lwaziyandisyo zyakwe.
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
Musowe buntu bwechiindi kuti mulengululwe bupya mumiyeyo yanu,
24 and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.
muchite echi kuti muzwate muntu mupya oyo ulengedwe muchiimo cha Leza-mubululami bwakasimpe abusalali.
25 For this reason, putting away the lying, each speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another;
Nkinkaako, amusowe bubeji, alimwi muleke uumwi awumwi wanu aambe kasimpe kulisimabambanwa wakwe, nkambo tulichizo chawumwi awumwi.
26 be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
“Nyema, pele utabisyi.” Utazumini kuti zuba likabbile nkochinyemede.
27 neither give place to the Devil;
Utapi mwenya kuli dyabulusi.
28 whoever is stealing let him no longer steal, but rather let him labor, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.
Ooyo wakali kubba atachinobbi lubo welede kubeleka, kubelekela kulecho chibotu amaanza akwe, kuchitila kuti abe achimwi chakwabilana ababo babulide.
29 Let no corrupt word go forth out of your mouth, but what is good to the necessary building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
Utazumizyi kwambuula kuchisa kuti kuzwe mumulomo wako. Belesya biyo majwi mabotu kuchitila kugwasigwa kwabaabo bakuyanda, kuchitila kuti majwi ako ape luzyalo kulaabo baamvwa.
30 and do not make the Holy Spirit of God sorrowful, in which you were sealed to [the] day of redemption.
Alimwi mutapenzyi Muuya Uusalala wa Leza, nkaambo nguwe wakamusimisizya buzuba bwalununuko lwenu.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice,
Musowe boonse buluti amaambani, lunyemo, ndutiluti azisapi aantomwe abubi boonse.
32 and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as God also forgave you in Christ.
Mube aluzyalo kuli umwi awumwi, moyo mubombe, mwambilane umwi awumwi, mbuli Leza muli Kkilisitu mbwakamulekelela.
