Ba-Efeso 4
1 Ngai Polo, mokangami na boloko mpo na Nkolo, nazali kosenga na bino ete botambolaka na lolenge oyo ebongi na bato oyo Nzambe abengi:
Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,
2 bozalaka tango nyonso bato oyo batondi na komikitisa, na boboto mpe na motema molayi; boyikanaka mpiko kati na bolingo,
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,
3 bosalaka makasi mpo na kobatela bomoko ya Molimo na nzela ya kimia oyo esangisi bino.
being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;
4 Nzoto ezali se moko, Molimo mpe azali se moko, ndenge kaka Nzambe abenga bino na elikya se moko.
one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
5 Nkolo azali se moko, kondima mpe ezali se moko, libatisi mpe ezali se moko.
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 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.
one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,
7 Nzokande kati na biso, moto nyonso azwaki ngolu kolanda ndenge Klisto akabolaki.
and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,
8 Yango wana Nzambe alobi: « Tango amataki na likolo, amemaki bakangami mpe apesaki makabo epai na bato. »
wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' —
9 Nzokande, « amataki na likolo » elingi koloba penza nini? Elingi kaka koloba ete, liboso, akitaki kino na se ya mabele.
and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?
10 Ye oyo akitaki na se ya mabele, ezali kaka Ye wana oyo amataki na likolo koleka Likolo nyonso, mpo ete atondisa mokili mobimba.
he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things —
11 Ezali Ye moko Klisto nde akomisaki bamoko bantoma, bamosusu basakoli, bapanzi Sango Malamu, babateli bibwele mpe balakisi,
and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,
12 mpo na kopesa na basantu makoki ya kokokisa lotomo na bango, na tina ete nzoto ya Klisto etongama malamu.
unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,
13 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.
till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,
14 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.
that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,
15 Kasi wana tokolobaka bosolo kati na bolingo, tokokolaka na makambo nyonso kati na Klisto oyo azali moto.
and, being true in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head — the Christ;
16 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.
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 doth make for the building up of itself in love.
17 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.
This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 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.
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,
19 Lokola babungisa bomoto na bango, bamipesaki na makambo ya soni mpo na kosala na lokoso makambo nyonso ya bosoto.
who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;
20 Kasi bino boyekolaki Klisto ndenge wana te,
and ye did not so learn the Christ,
21 soki ya solo ezalaki penza Ye nde boyokaki tango bateyaki bino solo oyo ezali kati na Yesu
if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;
22 mpo ete bobwaka etamboli na bino ya kala, etamboli ya bomoto na bino ya kala, oyo ebebaka na nzela ya baposa ya lokuta,
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
23 mpo ete Molimo akomisa mayele mpe makanisi na bino ya sika,
and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 mpe mpo ete bolata bomoto ya sika oyo ekelami kolanda Nzambe, kati na bosembo mpe bosantu ya bosolo.
and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.
25 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.
Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
26 Soki bosiliki, bosalaka masumu te; kanda na bino esengeli kosila liboso ete pokwa ekoma.
be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
27 Bopesaka na Satana nzela te.
neither give place to the devil;
28 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.
whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.
29 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.
Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
30 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.
and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.
31 Bolimwisaka kati na bino bololo ya mitema, koyinana, kanda, koswana, mafinga mpe lolenge nyonso ya misala mabe.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
32 Botalisanaka boboto, boyokelanaka mawa mpe bolimbisanaka ndenge Nzambe alimbisaki bino kati na Klisto.
and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.
