Afisawa 4

1 A matsayina na ɗan kurkuku saboda Ubangiji, ina roƙonku ku yi rayuwar da ta dace da kiran da aka yi muku.

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;

2 Kullum ku kasance masu sauƙinkai da kuma hankali; ku zama masu haƙuri, kuna jimrewa da juna cikin ƙauna.

always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,

3 Ku yi ƙoƙari sosai ku kiyaye zaman ɗayan nan da Ruhu ya ba ku, ku yi haka ta wurin zaman lafiya da juna.

and striving to maintain in the bond of peace the unity given by the Spirit.

4 Dukanku jiki ɗaya ne, kuna kuma da Ruhu guda. An ba ku bege guda sa’ad da aka kira ku.

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your call.

5 Ubangiji ɗaya, bangaskiya ɗaya, baftisma kuma ɗaya,

There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism.

6 Allah ɗaya Uban duka, wanda yake a bisa duka, ta wurin duka, a cikin duka kuma.

There is but one God and Father of all – the God who is over all, pervades all, and is in all.

7 Amma ga kowannenmu an ba da alheri bisa ga yadda Kiristi ya rarraba.

Everyone of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.

8 Shi ya sa aka ce, “Sa’ad da ya hau sama, ya bi da kamammu kamar tawagarsa ya kuma ba da baye-baye ga mutane.”

That is why it is said – “When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to humanity.”

9 (Me ake nufin da “ya hau,” in ba cewa dā ya sauka can ƙarƙashin ƙasa ba?

Now surely this “going up” must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.

10 Shi wannan da ya sauka ɗin, shi ne kuma ya hau zuwa can sama, kai, gaba da sammai, don mulkinsa yă cika duniya gaba ɗaya.)

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.

11 Saboda haka Kiristi kansa ya ba wa waɗansu baiwa su zama manzanni, waɗansu su zama annabawa, waɗansu su zama masu wa’azi, waɗansu kuma su zama fastoci, da kuma malamai.

And he it is who gave to the church apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers,

12 Ya yi haka don yă shirya mutanensa saboda ayyukan hidima, don a gina jikin Kiristi.

to fit his people for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of the Christ.

13 Wannan zai ci gaba har sai mun zama ɗaya a cikin bangaskiya da kuma ta wurin fahimtarmu na Ɗan Allah. Sa’an nan za mu zama balagaggu, kamar yadda Kiristi yake, mu kuma zama gaba ɗaya cikakku kamar sa.

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.

14 An yi wannan kuwa don kada mu koma zama kamar yara, muna ta canja zukatanmu game da abin da muka gaskata don kawai wani ya faɗa mana wani abu dabam, ko domin wani ya yi wayo ya ruɗe mu, ya sa ƙarya ta zama kamar gaskiya.

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;

15 Ya kamata kullum ƙauna tă sa mu faɗa gaskiya. Ta haka za mu yi girma a kowace hanya, mu kuma zama kamar Kiristi, wanda yake kan

but holding the truth in a spirit of love, we will grow into complete union with him who is our head – Christ himself.

16 dukan jiki. Shi ne ya haɗe jiki duka, ya kuma sa dukan gaɓoɓin jiki suna aiki daidai, yayinda kowace gaɓa take aikinta cikin ƙauna.

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.

17 To, ina dai faɗa muku, ina kuma nace faɗa muku a cikin Ubangiji, cewa kada ku ci gaba da yin rayuwa kamar yadda Al’ummai suke yi, masu banzan tunani.

This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I implore: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,

18 Suna a cikin duhu a fahimtarsu, kuma a rabe suke daga ran Allah saboda jahilcin da yake cikinsu ta dalilin taurarewar zukatansu.

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.

19 Ba sa damu da wani abu ko mai kyau ko marar kyau. Rayukansu sun cika da kowace irin ƙazanta da haɗama.

Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.

20 Amma ba abin da aka koya muku ke nan ba sa’ad da kuka zo ga sanin Kiristi.

But far different is the lesson you learned from the Christ – if, that is, you really listened to him,

21 Da yake kun ji duka game da shi, kuka kuma koyi gaskiyar da take cikin Yesu,

and through union with him were taught the truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.

22 sai ku tuɓe tsohon mutumin nan naku da kuma rayuwarku ta dā, wadda take lalacewa saboda sha’awace-sha’awacen da suke ruɗe ku.

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;

23 A maimakon haka, bari Ruhu yă sabunta tunaninku da kuma halayenku.

that the spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;

24 Ku sanya sabon halin nan da aka halitta bisa ga kamannin Allah, halin nan kuwa, yă bayyana cikin adalci, da zaman tsarki.

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.

25 Saboda haka dole kowannenku yă bar yin ƙarya, yă kuma riƙa faɗa wa maƙwabcinsa gaskiya, gama dukanmu gaɓoɓi jiki ɗaya ne.

Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbours. For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.

26 “Cikin fushinku kada ku yi zunubi.” Kada ku bar rana ta fāɗi kuna fushi,

Be angry, yet do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger;

27 kada kuma ku ba wa Iblis dama.

and give no opportunity to the devil.

28 Duk wanda yake sata, sai yă daina sata, dole kuma yă yi aiki, yă yi wani abu mai amfani da hannuwansa, don yă sami abin da zai iya raba da masu bukata.

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.

29 Kada wata ƙazamar magana ta fita daga bakunanku, sai dai abin da yake da amfani don gina waɗansu bisa ga bukatunsu. Ta haka maganarku za tă zama da amfani ga masu jinta.

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.

30 Kada kuma ku ɓata wa Ruhu Mai Tsarki na Allah rai, wanda da shi aka hatimce ku da shi don ranar fansa.

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.

31 Ku rabu da kowane irin ɗacin rai, haushi da hasala, faɗa da ɓata suna, ku rabu da kowace irin ƙeta.

Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.

32 Ku yi alheri, ku kuma ji tausayin juna, kuna gafarta wa juna, kamar yadda a cikin Kiristi, Allah ya gafarta muku.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.