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 therefore, a prisoner in our Lord, beseech of you, that ye walk, (as it becometh the calling wherewith ye are called, )
2 Kullum ku kasance masu sauƙinkai da kuma hankali; ku zama masu haƙuri, kuna jimrewa da juna cikin ƙauna.
with all lowliness of mind, and quietness, and long suffering; and that ye be forbearing one towards another, in love.
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 be ye solicitous to keep the unity of the Spirit, in a bond of peace;
4 Dukanku jiki ɗaya ne, kuna kuma da Ruhu guda. An ba ku bege guda sa’ad da aka kira ku.
so that ye may become one body, and one Spirit; even as ye are called unto one hope of your calling.
5 Ubangiji ɗaya, bangaskiya ɗaya, baftisma kuma ɗaya,
For, the Lord is one, and the faith one, and the baptism one;
6 Allah ɗaya Uban duka, wanda yake a bisa duka, ta wurin duka, a cikin duka kuma.
and one God is the Father of all, and over all, and by all, and in us all.
7 Amma ga kowannenmu an ba da alheri bisa ga yadda Kiristi ya rarraba.
And to each of us grace is given, according to the measure of the gift of the Messiah.
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.”
Wherefore it is said: He ascended on high, and carried captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
9 (Me ake nufin da “ya hau,” in ba cewa dā ya sauka can ƙarƙashin ƙasa ba?
Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also previously descended to the interior regions of the earth?
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 descended, is also the same that ascended up, high above all the heavens, that he might fulfill all things.
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 gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers:
12 Ya yi haka don yă shirya mutanensa saboda ayyukan hidima, don a gina jikin Kiristi.
for perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of the Messiah;
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.
until we all become one and the same, in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and one complete man according to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah:
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.
and that we might not be children, agitated and turned about by every wind of the crafty doctrines of men who plot to seduce by their subtilty:
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 that we might be established in our love; and that every thing in us might progress in the Messiah, who is the head:
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.
and from him it is, the whole body is framed together and compacted by all the junctures, according to the gift that is imparted by measure to each member, for the growth of the body; that his edifice may be perfected in 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.
And this I say, and testify in the Lord, that henceforth ye walk not as the other Gentiles, who walk in the vanity of their mind:
18 Suna a cikin duhu a fahimtarsu, kuma a rabe suke daga ran Allah saboda jahilcin da yake cikinsu ta dalilin taurarewar zukatansu.
and they are dark in their understandings, and are alienated from the life of God, because there is not in them knowledge, and because of the blindness of their heart.
19 Ba sa damu da wani abu ko mai kyau ko marar kyau. Rayukansu sun cika da kowace irin ƙazanta da haɗama.
They have cut off their hope, and have given themselves over to lasciviousness, and to the practice of all uncleanness in their greediness.
20 Amma ba abin da aka koya muku ke nan ba sa’ad da kuka zo ga sanin Kiristi.
But ye have not so learned the Messiah;
21 Da yake kun ji duka game da shi, kuka kuma koyi gaskiyar da take cikin Yesu,
if ye have truly heard him, and by him have learned as the truth is 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.
But ye have learned, that ye should lay aside your former practices, the old man that is corrupted with the lusts of error;
23 A maimakon haka, bari Ruhu yă sabunta tunaninku da kuma halayenku.
and should be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
24 Ku sanya sabon halin nan da aka halitta bisa ga kamannin Allah, halin nan kuwa, yă bayyana cikin adalci, da zaman tsarki.
and should put on the new man, that is created by God in righteousness and in the holiness of truth.
25 Saboda haka dole kowannenku yă bar yin ƙarya, yă kuma riƙa faɗa wa maƙwabcinsa gaskiya, gama dukanmu gaɓoɓi jiki ɗaya ne.
Wherefore, put away from you lying, and speak ye the truth each with his neighbor; for we are members one of another.
26 “Cikin fushinku kada ku yi zunubi.” Kada ku bar rana ta fāɗi kuna fushi,
Be ye angry, and sin not: and let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
27 kada kuma ku ba wa Iblis dama.
And give no place to the Accuser.
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.
And let him that stole, steal no more; but let him labor with his hands, and do good acts; that he may have to give to him who needeth.
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.
Let no hateful language come from your mouth, but that which is decorous, and useful for edification, that it may convey grace to those who hear.
30 Kada kuma ku ɓata wa Ruhu Mai Tsarki na Allah rai, wanda da shi aka hatimce ku da shi don ranar fansa.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed for 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, and anger, and wrath, and clamoring, and reviling, be taken from you, with all malice:
32 Ku yi alheri, ku kuma ji tausayin juna, kuna gafarta wa juna, kamar yadda a cikin Kiristi, Allah ya gafarta muku.
and be ye affectionate towards one another, and sympathetic; and forgive ye one another, as God by the Messiah hath forgiven us.
