Ephesians 4
1 I, the prisoner of the LORD, then call on you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
Ngai Polo, mokangami na boloko mpo na Nkolo, nazali kosenga na bino ete botambolaka na lolenge oyo ebongi na bato oyo Nzambe abengi:
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love,
bozalaka tango nyonso bato oyo batondi na komikitisa, na boboto mpe na motema molayi; boyikanaka mpiko kati na bolingo,
3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;
bosalaka makasi mpo na kobatela bomoko ya Molimo na nzela ya kimia oyo esangisi bino.
4 one body and one Spirit, according as you were also called in one hope of your calling;
Nzoto ezali se moko, Molimo mpe azali se moko, ndenge kaka Nzambe abenga bino na elikya se moko.
5 one Lord, one faith, one immersion,
Nkolo azali se moko, kondima mpe ezali se moko, libatisi mpe ezali se moko.
6 one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,
Nzambe azali se moko, azali mpe Tata ya bato nyonso; aleki bato nyonso, asalaka na nzela ya bato nyonso mpe azali kati na bato nyonso.
7 and to each one of you was given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,
Nzokande kati na biso, moto nyonso azwaki ngolu kolanda ndenge Klisto akabolaki.
8 for this reason, it says, “Having gone up on high He led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men.”
Yango wana Nzambe alobi: « Tango amataki na likolo, amemaki bakangami mpe apesaki makabo epai na bato. »
9 And that, He went up, what is it except that He also went down first into the lower parts of the earth?
Nzokande, « amataki na likolo » elingi koloba penza nini? Elingi kaka koloba ete, liboso, akitaki kino na se ya mabele.
10 He who went down is the same who also went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things—
Ye oyo akitaki na se ya mabele, ezali kaka Ye wana oyo amataki na likolo koleka Likolo nyonso, mpo ete atondisa mokili mobimba.
11 and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,
Ezali Ye moko Klisto nde akomisaki bamoko bantoma, bamosusu basakoli, bapanzi Sango Malamu, babateli bibwele mpe balakisi,
12 to the perfecting of the holy ones, for a work of ministry, for a building up of the body of the Christ,
mpo na kopesa na basantu makoki ya kokokisa lotomo na bango, na tina ete nzoto ya Klisto etongama malamu.
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,
Boye, biso nyonso tokokoma na bomoko kati na kondima mpe kati na boyebi ya Mwana na Nzambe, mpe tokokoma bato oyo bakembi kolanda ndenge Klisto azali ya kokoka.
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,
Na bongo, tokozala lisusu bana mike te oyo bambonge ebwaki-bwaki lokola bwato, mpe oyo lolenge nyonso ya mateya, ya lokuta mpe ya mayele mabe ya bato epumbwisi na mopepe.
15 and [speaking] truth in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head—the Christ;
Kasi wana tokolobaka bosolo kati na bolingo, tokokolaka na makambo nyonso kati na Klisto oyo azali moto.
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.
Ezali na nguya na Ye nde nzoto mobimba ekolaka mpe emitongaka kati na bolingo, wana esili kokangana malamu mpe kokoma moko na nzela ya misisa oyo epesaka yango bilei, mpo na kopesa na eteni moko na moko nzela ya kosala mosala na yango na ndenge ekoki.
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,
Boye, tala makambo oyo nazali koyebisa bino mpe kobetela sete kati na Nkolo: Botambolaka lisusu te lokola Bapagano oyo balandaka makanisi na bango, oyo ezanga tina.
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,
Pamba te molili ezipi mayele na bango mpe bazali ya kokabwana na bomoi ya sika oyo Nzambe apesaka, mpo ete bazangi boyebi mpe bazali mitema mabanga.
19 who, having ceased to feel, gave themselves up to the licentiousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;
Lokola babungisa bomoto na bango, bamipesaki na makambo ya soni mpo na kosala na lokoso makambo nyonso ya bosoto.
20 and you did not so learn the Christ,
Kasi bino boyekolaki Klisto ndenge wana te,
21 if [it] so be [that] you heard Him, and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus;
soki ya solo ezalaki penza Ye nde boyokaki tango bateyaki bino solo oyo ezali kati na Yesu
22 concerning the former behavior you are to put off the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
mpo ete bobwaka etamboli na bino ya kala, etamboli ya bomoto na bino ya kala, oyo ebebaka na nzela ya baposa ya lokuta,
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
mpo ete Molimo akomisa mayele mpe makanisi na bino ya sika,
24 and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.
mpe mpo ete bolata bomoto ya sika oyo ekelami kolanda Nzambe, kati na bosembo mpe bosantu ya bosolo.
25 For this reason, putting away the lying, each speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another;
Yango wana, tika ete moko na moko kati na bino abwaka lokuta mpe alobaka solo na moninga na ye, pamba te biso nyonso tozali kaka biteni ya nzoto moko.
26 be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
Soki bosiliki, bosalaka masumu te; kanda na bino esengeli kosila liboso ete pokwa ekoma.
27 neither give place to the Devil;
Bopesaka na Satana nzela te.
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.
Tika ete moyibi ayiba lisusu te, kasi amipesa nde na mosala; mpe tika ete maboko na ye esala na bosembo nyonso mpo ete azwa eloko ya kosunga na yango moto oyo azali kati na bosenga.
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;
Tika ete minoko na bino ebimisaka maloba ya mabe te, kasi bolobaka kaka maloba ya boboto, maloba oyo esungaka bato mosusu na kokola kati na kondima, kolanda bosenga na bango, mpe esalaka bolamu na bato oyo bayokaka yango.
30 and do not make the Holy Spirit of God sorrowful, in which you were sealed to [the] day of redemption.
Boyokisaka Molimo Mosantu ya Nzambe mawa te; pamba te, na nzela ya Molimo yango, Nzambe abetaki bino kashe na Ye mpo na mokolo ya kokangolama.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice,
Bolimwisaka kati na bino bololo ya mitema, koyinana, kanda, koswana, mafinga mpe lolenge nyonso ya misala mabe.
32 and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as God also forgave you in Christ.
Botalisanaka boboto, boyokelanaka mawa mpe bolimbisanaka ndenge Nzambe alimbisaki bino kati na Klisto.
