iphiShiNaH 4

1 ato bandirahaM prabho rnAmnA yuShmAn vinaye yUyaM yenAhvAnenAhUtAstadupayuktarUpeNa

Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

2 sarvvathA namratAM mR^idutAM titikShAM parasparaM pramnA sahiShNutA nchAcharata|

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

3 praNayabandhanena chAtmana ekyaM rakShituM yatadhvaM|

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

4 yUyam ekasharIrA ekAtmAnashcha tadvad AhvAnena yUyam ekapratyAshAprAptaye samAhUtAH|

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

5 yuShmAkam ekaH prabhureko vishvAsa ekaM majjanaM, sarvveShAM tAtaH

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 sarvvoparisthaH sarvvavyApI sarvveShAM yuShmAkaM madhyavarttI chaika Ishvara Aste|

one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,

7 kintu khrIShTasya dAnaparimANAnusArAd asmAkam ekaikasmai visheSho varo. adAyi|

and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

8 yathA likhitam Aste, "Urddhvam Aruhya jetR^in sa vijitya bandino. akarot| tataH sa manujebhyo. api svIyAn vyashrANayad varAn||"

wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' —

9 Urddhvam AruhyetivAkyasyAyamarthaH sa pUrvvaM pR^ithivIrUpaM sarvvAdhaHsthitaM sthAnam avatIrNavAn;

and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

10 yashchAvatIrNavAn sa eva svargANAm uparyyuparyyArUDhavAn yataH sarvvANi tena pUrayitavyAni|

he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things —

11 sa eva cha kAMshchana preritAn aparAn bhaviShyadvAdino. aparAn susaMvAdaprachArakAn aparAn pAlakAn upadeshakAMshcha niyuktavAn|

and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,

12 yAvad vayaM sarvve vishvAsasyeshvaraputraviShayakasya tattvaj nAnasya chaikyaM sampUrNaM puruShartha nchArthataH khrIShTasya sampUrNaparimANasya samaM parimANaM na prApnumastAvat

unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

13 sa paricharyyAkarmmasAdhanAya khrIShTasya sharIrasya niShThAyai cha pavitralokAnAM siddhatAyAstAdR^isham upAyaM nishchitavAn|

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 ataeva mAnuShANAM chAturIto bhramakadhUrttatAyAshChalAchcha jAtena sarvveNa shikShAvAyunA vayaM yad bAlakA iva dolAyamAnA na bhrAmyAma ityasmAbhi ryatitavyaM,

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 premnA satyatAm AcharadbhiH sarvvaviShaye khrIShTam uddishya varddhitavya ncha, yataH sa mUrddhA,

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head — the Christ;

16 tasmAchchaikaikasyA Ngasya svasvaparimANAnusAreNa sAhAyyakaraNAd upakArakaiH sarvvaiH sandhibhiH kR^itsnasya sharIrasya saMyoge sammilane cha jAte premnA niShThAM labhamAnaM kR^itsnaM sharIraM vR^iddhiM prApnoti|

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 yuShmAn ahaM prabhunedaM bravImyAdishAmi cha, anye bhinnajAtIyA iva yUyaM pUna rmAcharata|

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 yataste svamanomAyAm AcharantyAntarikAj nAnAt mAnasikakAThinyAchcha timirAvR^itabuddhaya IshvarIyajIvanasya bagIrbhUtAshcha bhavanti,

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 svAn chaitanyashUnyAn kR^itvA cha lobhena sarvvavidhAshauchAcharaNAya lampaTatAyAM svAn samarpitavantaH|

who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

20 kintu yUyaM khrIShTaM na tAdR^ishaM parichitavantaH,

and ye did not so learn the Christ,

21 yato yUyaM taM shrutavanto yA satyA shikShA yIshuto labhyA tadanusArAt tadIyopadeshaM prAptavantashcheti manye|

if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

22 tasmAt pUrvvakAlikAchArakArI yaH purAtanapuruSho mAyAbhilAShai rnashyati taM tyaktvA yuShmAbhi rmAnasikabhAvo nUtanIkarttavyaH,

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

23 yo navapuruSha IshvarAnurUpeNa puNyena satyatAsahitena

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 dhArmmikatvena cha sR^iShTaH sa eva paridhAtavyashcha|

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

25 ato yUyaM sarvve mithyAkathanaM parityajya samIpavAsibhiH saha satyAlApaM kuruta yato vayaM parasparam a Ngapratya NgA bhavAmaH|

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

26 aparaM krodhe jAte pApaM mA kurudhvam, ashAnte yuShmAkaM roShesUryyo. astaM na gachChatu|

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

27 aparaM shayatAne sthAnaM mA datta|

neither give place to the devil;

28 choraH punashchairyyaM na karotu kintu dInAya dAne sAmarthyaM yajjAyate tadarthaM svakarAbhyAM sadvR^ittyA parishramaM karotu|

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 aparaM yuShmAkaM vadanebhyaH ko. api kadAlApo na nirgachChatu, kintu yena shroturupakAro jAyate tAdR^ishaH prayojanIyaniShThAyai phaladAyaka AlApo yuShmAkaM bhavatu|

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 apara ncha yUyaM muktidinaparyyantam Ishvarasya yena pavitreNAtmanA mudrayA NkitA abhavata taM shokAnvitaM mA kuruta|

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

31 aparaM kaTuvAkyaM roShaH koShaH kalaho nindA sarvvavidhadveShashchaitAni yuShmAkaM madhyAd dUrIbhavantu|

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

32 yUyaM parasparaM hitaiShiNaH komalAntaHkaraNAshcha bhavata| aparam IshvaraH khrIShTena yadvad yuShmAkaM doShAn kShamitavAn tadvad yUyamapi parasparaM kShamadhvaM|

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.