Aefeso 4
1 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, niĩ Paũlũ njohetwo nĩ ũndũ wa Mwathani, nĩndamũthaitha mũtũũre na mũtũũrĩre ũringaine na gwĩtwo kũrĩa mwetirwo.
So then, as the prisoner in the Lord I urge you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
2 Mwĩnyiihĩtie biũ na mũhooreire na mũkirĩrĩirie, na ningĩ mũkiranagĩrĩrie mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ mũrĩ na wendani.
with all humility and courtesy, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
3 Geriai na kĩyo nĩguo mũtũũrie ũrũmwe wa Roho, muohanĩtio na thayũ.
taking pains to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace.
4 Nĩgũkorwo kũrĩ mwĩrĩ o ũmwe na Roho o ũmwe, o ta ũrĩa mwetĩirwo kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro o kĩmwe rĩrĩa mwetirwo,
There is one body and one Spirit (just as you also were called in one hope of your calling),
5 nake Mwathani no ũmwe, na wĩtĩkio ũmwe, na ũbatithio o ũmwe;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 nake Ngai no ũmwe na nowe Ithe wa andũ othe, ũrĩa ũrĩ igũrũ rĩa andũ othe, na arĩ kũndũ guothe, na thĩinĩ wa andũ othe.
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.
7 No rĩrĩ, mũndũ o mũndũ witũ nĩaheetwo wega wa Ngai, kũringana na ũrĩa Kristũ aheanaga.
Now to each one of us the grace according to the measure of Christ's gift was given.
8 Nĩkĩo Maandĩko moigaga atĩrĩ: “Rĩrĩa aambatire igũrũ, nĩatongoririe arĩa maatahĩtwo mũtongoro-inĩ wake, na akĩhe andũ iheo.”
That is why He says, “When He ascended into the heights He captured the concentration camp, and distributed gifts to men.”
9 (Rĩu-rĩ, ciugo icio atĩ “nĩambatire igũrũ” nĩ kuuga atĩa, angĩkorwo ti kuuga atĩ o na nĩaikũrũkire thĩ kũrĩa kũriku mũno?
(What does ‘He ascended’ imply if not that He also first descended into the interior regions of the earth?
10 Ũcio waikũrũkire nowe ũrĩa wambatire igũrũ o igũrũ mũno, nĩgeetha aiyũre kũndũ guothe.)
He who descended is the very one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
11 Ũcio nĩwe ũrĩa wathuurire andũ amwe matuĩke atũmwo, na angĩ matuĩke anabii, na angĩ matuĩke ahunjia, na arĩa angĩ matuĩke arĩithi a ngoro cia andũ o na arutani,
Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 nĩguo ahaarĩrie andũ a Ngai nĩ ũndũ wa wĩra wa gũtungata, nĩgeetha mwĩrĩ wa Kristũ wongererwo hinya,
for the equipping of the saints into the work of the ministry, so as to build up the body of Christ,
13 o nginya rĩrĩa ithuothe tũkaagĩa na ũrũmwe ũhoro-inĩ wa gwĩtĩkia o na wa kũmenya Mũrũ wa Ngai, na tũtuĩke agima o nginya tũgĩe na ũgima mũkinyanĩru kũna o ta ũrĩa Kristũ ahaana.
until we all attain into the unity of the faith and of the real knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man, into the resulting full stature of Christ;
14 Hĩndĩ ĩyo tũgĩtige gũtuĩka tũkenge, tũrĩa tũikanagio mwena na mwena, o na tũkĩhurutagwo haha na harĩa nĩ rũhuho o ruothe rwa ũrutani, na tũgĩtwaragĩrĩrio nĩ wara na ũhinga wa andũ ũrĩa maheenagĩrĩria andũ naguo makamahĩtithia.
so that we no longer be ‘infants’, tossed about as by waves and carried off by every doctrinal fad, through the underhanded dealings of the people who collect the fee for the error;
15 Handũ ha ũguo-rĩ, tũngĩaria ũhoro-wa-ma tũrĩ na wendani, nĩtũrĩkũraga maũndũ-inĩ mothe thĩinĩ wake ũrĩa arĩ we mũtwe, na nĩwe Kristũ.
rather, speaking the truth in love, let us in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, the Christ;
16 Kuuma kũrĩ we mwĩrĩ wothe ũnyiitithanagio na ũkohanio hamwe nĩ nga iria iũnyiitithanagia, naguo ũgakũraga na ũkeyakaga guo mwene thĩinĩ wa wendani, o kĩĩga gĩkĩrutaga wĩra wakĩo.
from whom the whole body, being fitted and knit together by what every joint supplies, as each individual part does its work, promotes its own growth, its own edification, in love.
17 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngũmwĩra atĩrĩ, na ngamũringĩrĩria thĩinĩ wa Mwathani, atĩ no nginya mũtige gũtũũraga ta ũrĩa andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ matũũraga, marĩ na meciiria ma tũhũ.
So then, I affirm and insist on this in the Lord: you must no longer carry on as the rest of the Gentiles do, in the futility of their mind,
18 Ũmenyo wao ũiyũrĩtwo nĩ nduma, na makaamũranio na mũtũũrĩre wa wendi wa Ngai nĩ ũndũ wa ũrimũ ũrĩa ũrĩ thĩinĩ wao uumanĩte na ũmũ wa ngoro ciao.
having been darkened in their understanding, being alienated [as a continuing condition] from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts,
19 Nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga thoni ciothe-rĩ, nĩmeheanĩte kũrĩ thuti cia ũũra-thoni magekaga mawaganu ma mĩthemba yothe, na magathiĩ na mbere kwĩrirĩria mangĩ maingĩ.
who, having become dead to hope, have abandoned themselves to depravity, greedily indulging in every kind of vileness.
20 No inyuĩ mũtiamenyire Kristũ na njĩra ĩyo.
Now that is not how you ‘learned Christ’—
21 Ti-itherũ nĩmwaiguire ũhoro wake, na mũkĩrutwo mũrĩ thĩinĩ wake kũringana na ũhoro wa ma ũrĩa ũrĩ thĩinĩ wa Jesũ.
if indeed you have heard Him and been taught by Him (as the truth is in Jesus):
22 Nĩmwarutirwo, ũhoro ũkoniĩ mũtũũrĩre wanyu wa mbere, nĩgeetha mwĩaũre mũndũ wanyu ũrĩa wa tene, ũrĩa rĩu ũthũkĩtio nĩ merirĩria maguo ma maheeni;
that you put away, concerning your former way of life, the old man (that keeps on being corrupted by the deceitful desires),
23 nĩgeetha mwerũhĩrio mwĩciirĩrie wanyu;
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 na mwĩhumbe mũndũ ũrĩa mwerũ, ũrĩa wombirwo ahaanaine na Ngai, arĩ na ũthingu na ũtheru ũrĩa wa ma.
and put on the new man, created in the likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, o ũmwe wanyu no nginya atigane na ũhoro wa maheeni, na mwaranagĩrie ũhoro wa ma mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, nĩgũkorwo ithuothe tũrĩ ciĩga cia mwĩrĩ ũmwe.
Therefore, having put away falsehood, ‘Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,’ for we are members of one another.
26 “Mwarakara mũtikehie”: Mũtikareke riũa rĩthũe mũrĩ o na marakara,
‘Be angry but do not sin’; do not let the sun set on your angry mood,
27 o na mũtikanahe mũcukani kamweke.
nor give an opportunity to the devil.
28 Mũndũ ũrĩa ũiyaga, nĩatige gũcooka kũiya, nĩ kaba arute wĩra, akenogagia, na ekage maũndũ mega na moko make, nĩgeetha agĩe na kĩndũ angĩgayana na arĩa mabataire.
The one who steals must steal no longer, but rather let him work, doing something good with his hands, that he may have something to share with someone in need.
29 Mũtikanareke ndeto njũru ciume tũnua-inĩ twanyu, tiga o iria cia gwaka andũ arĩa angĩ kũringana na mabata mao, nĩguo igunage arĩa marĩciiguaga.
Let no evil word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, as needed, that it may impart grace to those who hear.
30 Ningĩ mũtikanaiguithie Roho Mũtheru wa Ngai ũũru, ũrĩa wamwĩkĩrire rũũri o nginya rĩrĩa mũthenya ũrĩa wa gũkũũrwo ũgaakinya.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Eheriai gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu ũũru wa ngoro, na mangʼũrĩ na marakara, na njũgitano na njambanio, o hamwe na rũmena rwa mũthemba o na ũrĩkũ.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and slander be removed from you, with all malice.
32 Tuganagai na mũiguanagĩre tha, na mũkarekanagĩra mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, o ta ũrĩa Ngai aamũrekeire mehia manyu thĩinĩ wa Kristũ.
Rather, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as in Christ God forgave you.
