Waefesu 4
1 Su, neni yanwera mtatilwa toziya numtendera Mtuwa, nuwaluwa mulikali makaliru yagafiruwa shemwa yamshemeritwi.
I, the prisoner of the LORD, then call on you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
2 Mashaka goseri muweri wananagala, wapoli na wantu wa kuhepera, mliheperani mwenga kwa mwenga kwa mafiliru.
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 Mgangamali kutula weri wumu wawujegwa na Rohu kwa kutenda ponga yayiwera pakati penu.
being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;
4 Kwana nshimba yimu ya Kristu na Rohu yumu ntambu litumbiru lyamshemelitwi na Mlungu ndo limu.
one body and one Spirit, according as you were also called in one hope of your calling;
5 Kwana Mtuwa yumu na njimiru yimu na ubatizu wumu,
one Lord, one faith, one immersion,
6 kwana Mlungu yumu ndo Tati gwa woseri, ndomweni Mtuwa gwa woseri yakatenda lihengu muvyoseri na kamuwoseri.
one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,
7 Na kila yumu gwetu kawankiti manemu ga lifupu ntambu ya shipimu shakapatiti kwa Kristu.
and to each one of you was given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,
8 Malembu ntambu yagalonga, “Pakanyasukiti kugenda kumpindi nentu Kawalonguziyiti walopolwa, Vilaa kawapananiti wantu mafupu.”
for this reason, it says, “Having gone up on high He led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men.”
9 Vinu patulonga, “Kanyasukiti kugenda kumpindi” Kwana mana gaa? Mana yakuwi hangu, kasulukiti mpaka pasi nakamu pasipanu.
And that, He went up, what is it except that He also went down first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 Su ulii yakasulukiti pasipanu ndo ayu yakanyasukiti kugenda kumpindi kwa mpindi zyoseri su kavikamilishi vintu vyoseri.
He who went down is the same who also went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things—
11 Ndo mweni kawatenda wantu wamonga waweri wantumintumi na wamonga waweri wambuyi wa Mlungu na wamonga waweri wantu wa kushibwera Shisoweru Shiwagira na wamonga waweri walolera pamuhera na wafunda.
and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,
12 Katenditi hangu kapati kuwatandira wantu woseri wa Mlungu toziya ya lihengu lya utendera Washikritu su kuyinyawa nshimba ya Kristu,
to the perfecting of the holy ones, for a work of ministry, for a building up of the body of the Christ,
13 na hangu twoseri tuwufikiri uwumu munjimiru na kummana Mwana gwa Mlungu, pamuhera tuweri yawakula, kufikira ukamilika wakuwi Kristu mweni.
until we may all come to the unity of faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fullness of the Christ,
14 Su hapeni tuweri kayi gambira wana, patwaswa na kugulusiwa aku na aku kwa kila liyega lya mafundu ga kuwapayira wantu, su wawahowiziyi wamonga.
that we may no longer be children, being tossed by waves and being carried around by every wind of the teaching, in the cunning of men, in craftiness, to the scheming of leading astray,
15 Handa patuyowera unakaka kwa moyu gwa mafiliru, twenga hatukuli mukila shitwatira kulinganira na Kristu ndo mtuwi gwa wantu yawajimira.
and [speaking] truth in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head—the Christ;
16 Pasi pa ulongoziwu wakuwi, viwungiru vyoseri vya nshimba vilikolerana pamuhera na nshimba yoseri ilitumbira kwa viwungiru vyakuwi. Su kila shiwungiru pashitenda lihengu lyakuwi ntambu yayifiruwa, nshimba yoseri ikula na kulinyawa mumafiliru.
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 makes for the building up of itself in love.
17 Su kwa litawu lya Mtuwa, nankuwabereziya, namulikala kayi gambira wantu yawammana ndiri Mlungu, ndoweni maholu gawu gahera mahala,
This, then, I say, and I testify in the LORD: you are no longer to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18 na mahala gawu gawera muluwindu. Wakutali na ukomu yawulawa kwa Mlungu toziya ya uzigizigi yawuwera mngati mwawu na ukalipa wawu.
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 Wapotoka na wahera soni, waliyingiziya muwupayira, womberi watenda kwa lopulopu kila ntambu ya vitwatira vya soni.
who, having ceased to feel, gave themselves up to the licentiousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;
20 Kumbiti mwenga mlifunda hangu ndiri kuusu Kristu.
and you did not so learn the Christ,
21 Hashi, mwenga mupikanira ndiri kuusu Yesu? Nakaka mwenga mfunditwi kuusu yomberi kuwera unakaka wamungati mwakuwi.
if [it] so be [that] you heard Him, and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus;
22 Su, mleki mwenendu gwenu gwa kwanja ntambu muntu yakavula nguwu yakuwi, yani umuntu wenu mgona wawuweriti wankuharibisiwa kwa matamata zyakuwi mpayikiru.
concerning the former behavior you are to put off the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
23 Mnyawi syayi ya murohu na mmaholu genu.
and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 Mvali ntambu ya syayi ya umuntu gambira muntu yakavala nguwu ndoyeni yiumbwa kwa mfanu gwa Mlungu na ndoyeni ililanguziya mumakaliru ga nakaka ga kumfiriziya Mlungu na unanagala.
and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.
25 Hangu, mleki mpayu, kila yumu kafiruwa kumgambira mlongu myaguwi unakaka toziya kila yumu gwetu kashiwungiru sha nshimba ya Kristu.
For this reason, putting away the lying, each speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another;
26 Handa pamkalala, namjumira maya genu gawatendi mtendi vidoda na namlikala na maya mpaka paguzyeta mshenji.
be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
27 Namumpa Shetani lupenyu,
neither give place to the Devil;
28 Yakaweriti kankwiwa, nakiwa kayi, kumbiti kanji kutenda lihengu liheri kwa mawoku gakuwi kapati kuwera na shintu sha kulitanga mweni na kumtanga muntu muhushu.
whoever is stealing let him no longer steal, but rather let him labor, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.
29 Visoweru vidoda navipikinika nakamu pakati penu, kila mala visoweru vyenu viweri viherepa na vyeni vinyawa na kuwatanga wamonga, su viwanemeziyi wantu wenu yawapikinira.
Let no corrupt word go forth out of your mouth, but what is good to the necessary building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
30 Namumuhinginiziya Rohu Mnanagala gwa Mlungu toziya Rohu ayu ndo shilanguliru sha Mlungu kwa mwenga kuwera mwenga mwawantu wakuwi na shilanguziwu kuwera lishaka liza ndopeni Mlungu hakawalekiziyi.
and do not make the Holy Spirit of God sorrowful, in which you were sealed to [the] day of redemption.
31 Su, mlekani kulikalalirana shuki na mleki maya na mleki umatu na mleki kwigilanga na mleki kila ukondola!
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice,
32 Muweri na moyu muheri kwa kila yumu gwenu na muweri na lusungu na kila yumu kamlekiziyi myaguwi handa Mlungu ntambu yakawalekiziya mwenga kwa njira ya Kristu.
and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as God also forgave you in Christ.
