Ephesians 4
1 I beg you, then – I who am a prisoner in the Master’s cause – to live lives worthy of the call that you have received;
Ku lulo, anga mutungwa kunsoko a Mukulu, kumusinja mugende kuniganiila nu witangwi naza Itunda umitangila.
2 always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,
Mikie ku kutuna pihi nu ukulu nu upolo nu ugimya. Muzi hooeela mu ulowa.
3 and striving to maintain in the bond of peace the unity given by the Spirit.
Itumi ku kinyangulu kuuika u ung'wi nua ng'wau ngwelu mu kitungo nika ulyuuku.
4 There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your call.
Ukoli muili ung'wi nu ng'wau ng'welu ung'wi, anga nai iza matuilee ga mitangilwe nu kulukuulu na upoeelya ling'wi ni la witangwi nu anyu.
5 There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism.
Hangi ukoli mukulu ung'wi, uhuiili ung'wi wogigwa ung'wi.
6 There is but one God and Father of all – the God who is over all, pervades all, and is in all.
Hangi Itunda ung'wi hangi Tata nua ihi. Ung'wenso ukoli migulya a ihi. ung'wenso ukoli migulya a ihi, nu mukati a ihi.
7 Everyone of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.
Ku kila ung'wi nu itu winkii igwe u uhumi u uhumi kuniganiila ni ngele a uhumi nu ang'wa Kristo.
8 That is why it is said – ‘When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to humanity.’
Inge anga u ukilisigwa nu uligitilye: “Nai ulumile migulya nangulu, ai uatongee i a holwa mu utungwaa, akapumya u uhumi ku antu''.
9 Now surely this ‘going up’ must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.
Inge ntuni indogoelyo a ''Ai ulumile'' Kwa ala kinga ai usimile ga ni nkika nia pihi nia ihi?
10 He who went down is the same as he who went up – up beyond the highest heaven, so that he might fill all things with his presence.
Nuanso nai iza ai usimile inge muntu yuyo yuyoo niiza ga ai ulumile migulya a ilunde lihi. ai witumile izi iti u ukoli nu akwe utule mu intu yihi.
11 And he it is who gave to the church apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers,
U Kristo ai upumilye u uhumi anga itii: atung'waa, anyakidagu, ainjilisti, adimi ni a ng'walimu.
12 to fit his people for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of the Christ.
Ai witumile izi kua aiilya i ahuiili kunsoko a milimo ni a uaiilya, kunsoko a kuuzenga muili nu ang'wa Kristo.
13 And this will continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach maturity – the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.
Ukituma izi kupikiila u sese kihi ku pikiile u ug'wi nua uhuiili nu uhungu nua ng'wana wang'wa Itunda. Ukituma izi kuhume kung'adila anga awo ni apikiie u unyansuku nu ukondaniie nu angwa Kristo.
14 Then we will no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching and by people’s trickery and craftiness;
Iki inge iti kina kuleke kutula hangi anga ang'yinya, kuleke kiputigwa kunu nuko, Iti kina kina kuleke kuholwa ni kila mpyani a ng'wega nua umanyisigwa, ku ulugu nua antu mu uhugu nua ukongelwa nu ulimie.
15 but holding the truth in a spirit of love, we will grow into complete union with him who is our head – Christ himself.
Badala akwe, kutambule i tai mu ulowa nu kukila kukilinkiila mu nzila yihi mukati akwe niiza yuyo itwe, u Kristo.
16 For from him the whole body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigour of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.
Kristo ukaminkaniilye, ku palung'wi, muili wihi nua uhuiili, ukaminkanigwe palung'wi ni kila nungo iti kina muili wihi ukule nu kizenga u wenso mu ulowa.
17 This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I implore: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,
Ku lulo kuligitya ili, hangi kumusinja mu Mukulu muleke kugenda hangi anga antu a mahi ni akugenda mu shanga ilu nua mahala ao.
18 with their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.
Akitiwe kiti mu masigo ao. Azunsigwe kupuma mu upanga nu ang'wi Itunda ku upungu nu ukkoli mukati ao kunsoko a ukaku nua nkolo ni ao.
19 Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.
Shanga ijaa i minyala. Ilekee akola ku ulaku mu ntendo ni nshapu, mu kila mpyani nia ubii nua nkolo.
20 But far different is the lesson you learned from the Christ – if, that is, you really listened to him,
Ku iti, Izi shanga ai mumanyisilye kutula u kristo.
21 and through union with him were taught the truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.
Nsigile kina migulye kutula ng'wenso. Nsigile kina matuilee mukumanyisigwa mu ng'wenso, anga udu i tai ni koli mukati ang'wa Kristo.
22 For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
Kusinja mutugule imakani ihi na kigendi nu lugendo ni lanyu nu la kali, inge untu nua kali, nu i olaa kunsoko a nsila nia ukongelwa.
23 that the spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;
Tuguli u untu nuanyu nua kali iti kina muzipigwe apya mu nkolo ni mahala anyu.
24 and that you must clothe yourselves in that new nature which was created to resemble God, with the righteousness and holiness springing from the truth.
Itumi izi iti muhume kutugala untu upya, nu itongile ni Itunda, Uumbilwe mu tai ane nu welu nua tai.
25 Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbors. For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.
Kululo, uikie kuli u ukongelwa, ''Ligityi itai, kila ung'wi nu munyakisali nu akwe'' kunsoko udu ki anyamuhangu ku kila ung'wi ku miakwe.
26 Be angry, yet do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger;
Mutule ni ikuo, ku iti muleke kituma umulandu'' i lyoa lileke kuhaiila ize mukoli mimkuo ni lanyu.
27 and give no opportunity to the devil.
Leki kuminkiilyi u mulugu i lyoma.
28 Let the person who steals steal no longer, but rather they should toil with their hands at honest work, so that they may have something to share with anyone in need.
Wihi nuiaa kusinja nualeke kia hangi. Badala akwe inge kusinja witume mulimo. Witume i milimo ni kete i nsailo ku mikono akwe, iti kina ahume kumuaiilya u muntu nu kete u lwinzo.
29 Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, so that they may be a help to those who hear them.
Ntambu ni mbii ileke kupuma mu malangu anyu. Badala akwe, imakani kusinja apume mu malangu na nonee ku lwinzo. Kuinkiilya nsailo awo niategeeye.
30 And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the day of redemption.
Hangi leki kumuhumyi i kinya uwai u ng'wau ng'welu nu ang'wi Itunda. Inge ku ng'wenso kina maikiigwe ugomola ku nsoko a mahiku na ugunwa.
31 Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.
Kusinja muuike kuli u wai wihi, u utaki, ikuo, wilea. ituki, palung'wi ni kila mpyani nia ubii, Tuli miakende unyenye ku nyenye.
32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.
Mutule nu iaisa. Milekele unyenye ku nyenye, anga lilo Itunda mu ng'wa kristo nai umulekee unyenye.
