Baefesia 4
1 Ke a lo kopa, nna yo ke leng legolegwa mo kgolegelong ka ntlha ya go direla Morena, gore lo tshele lo bo lo sepele ka fa tseleng e e tshwanetseng ba ba tlhophetsweng masego a mantle jaaka one a.
I BESEECH of you, therefore, I, the bound one for our Lord, that you walk as is worthy of the calling wherewith you are called,
2 Nnang boikokobetso le bonolo. Nnang pelotelele yo mongwe mo go yo mongwe, lo leke go iphapaanya ka lorato le diphoso tse lo ka di diralanang.
in all lowliness of mind, and composedness, and long-suffering; and be patient towards one another in love.
3 Lekang ka malatsi otlhe go gogwa ke Mowa O O Boitshepo, gore lo tle lo nne ka kagiso yo mongwe mo go yo mongwe.
And be diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,
4 Rotlhe ditokololo tsa mmele o le mongwe fela, re na le Mowa o o tshwanang, bile rotlhe re bileditswe tsholofelo e e tshwanang e e galalelang.
that you may be in one body and in one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling.
5 Morena wa rona o mongwe fela, tumelo e nngwe fela, kolobetso e nngwe fela,
For one is the Lord, and one the faith, and one the baptism;
6 gape rotlhe re na le Modimo o le mongwe fela le Rara yo o re okameng rotlhe ebile a le mo go rona rotlhe, a bile a tshela mo tokololong nngwe le nngwe ya rona.
and one is Aloha, the Father of all, and over all, and by all, and in us all.
7 Le fa go ntse jalo, Keresete o neile mongwe le mongwe wa rona dinonofo tsa botlhokwa, sengwe le sengwe se a batlang gore re nne naso se tswa mo polokelong ya gagwe e e tletseng dimpho.
But unto each of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Meshiha.
8 Mopesalema o re bolelela kaga sone se, gonne a re erile fa Keresete a boela kwa legodimong a tletse boitumelo jwa phenyo morago ga tsogo ya gagwe mo baswing le go fenya Satane, o ne a naya batho dimpho tsa kutlwelo botlhoko.
Wherefore it is said, He ascended on high; He led captive captivity, And gave gifts unto men.
9 Lemogang gore gatwe o ne a boela kwa legodimong. Mo go raya gore o simologile a tswa kwa legodimong, a fologela mo mafelong a a kwa tlase-tlase a lefatshe.
But he who ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the low places of the earth?
10 Ene yo o fologileng e ntse ke ene yo o tlhatlogetseng gape kwa legodimong, gore sengwe le sengwe se tlale ene gongwe le gongwe, go tswa mo go se se kwa tlase go ya kwa go se se kwa godimo.
He who descended, is he who also ascended above all the heavens, to fulfil all.
11 Bangwe ba rona ba neetswe neo ya botlhokwa go nna baaposetoloi; ba bangwe o ba neile neo ya go rera sentle; ba bangwe ba na le neo ya botlhokwa ya go gapela batho mo go Keresete, ba ba thusa gore ba mo ikanye e le Mmoloki wa bone; mme ba bangwe ba na le neo ya go tlhokomela batho ba Modimo jaaka modisa a tlhokomela dinku tsa gagwe, a ba goga a bile a ba ruta ka ditsela tsa Modimo.
And he gave some who (are) apostles, and some who (are) prophets, and some who (are) evangelists, and some who (are) pastors, and some who (are) doctors;
12 Ke eng fa a re naya dineo tsa botlhokwa go dira dilo dingwe botoka? Ke ka ntlha ya gore batho ba Modimo ba tlaa nonotshiwa go mo direla tiro ka botswerere, ba aga phuthego, ebong mmele wa ga Keresete, go nna mo maemong a nonofo le tlhaloganyo e e tletseng,
for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the (church of the) Meshiha,
13 go fitlhelela lwa bofelo rotlhe re dumela ka go tshwana kaga poloko ya rona le kaga Mmoloki wa rona, Morwa Modimo, rotlhe re bo re gola ka botlalo mo Moreneng, ee, go fitlhelela re le mo selekanyong sa go tlala Keresete mo go senang pelaelo.
until we be all one in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of Aloha, and one man perfect in the measure of the stature of his completeness;
14 Mme ga re kitla re tlhola re nna bana, re nna re fetola megopolo ya rona kaga se re se dumelang fela ka gore mongwe o re boleletse sengwe se se pharologanyo, kgotsa a re akeditse ka botlhale a dirile gore maaka a utlwale jaaka boammaaruri.
and that we be no children, agitated and altered by every wind of fraudulent doctrines of men, which in their craftiness they fabricate deceptively in order to seduce,
15 Mo boemong jwa go fetola megopolo ya rona mo go se re se dumelang, re tlaa sala morago boammaaruri ka lorato ka dinako tsotlhe, re bua boammaaruri, re dira ka boammaaruri, re tshela ka boammaaruri, mo tseleng nngwe le nngwe re nna jaaka Keresete yo o leng Tlhogo ya mmele wa gagwe, ebong phuthego.
but be confirmed in our love, that whatever is ours may increase in the Meshiha,
16 Ka fa ketelellong ya pele ya gagwe mmele otlhe o kitlanye sentle, mme tokololo nngwe le nngwe mo tirong ya yone ya botlhokwa e thusa ditokololo tse dingwe gore mmele otlhe o itekanele o gole o bo a tlale lorato.
who is the head, by whom the whole body is increased and compacted in all the limbs, according to the gift which is given in proportion to every member for the increase of the body itself, that in love its structure might be completed.
17 Mmang ke bue jaana, ka go bua jalo ke buelela Morena: se tlholeng lo tshela jaaka ba ba sa bolokwang ba tshela, gonne ba foufaditswe ebile ga ba sa tlhole ba itse se e leng boammaaruri. Dipelo tsa bone tse di tswetsweng di tletse ka lefifi; ba kgakala thata le botshelo jwa Modimo gonne ba o tswaletse megopolo ya bone, mme ga ba kake ba tlhaloganya ditsela tsa one.
BUT this I say and testify in the Lord, that from henceforth you may not walk as the rest of the Gentiles, who walk in the vanity of their minds,
and are darkened in their understandings, and are alienated from the life of Aloha on account of their ignorance, and on account of the blindness of their hearts;
19 Ga ba sa tlhole ba kgathala kaga tshiamo le bosula ebile ba ineetse mo ditseleng tse di makgapha. Ga ba tlogele sepe, ba dirisiwa ke megopolo ya bone e e bosula le dikeletso tsa bosutlha.
who are cut off from their hope, and have delivered themselves up to lasciviousness and to the working of all uncleanness in their greediness.
20 Mme ga se ka fa Keresete a lo rutileng ka teng!
But you have not thus learned the Meshiha,
21 Fa e le gore tota lo utlwile lentswe la gagwe ebile lo ithutile mo go ene boammaaruri kaga gagwe,
if really you have heard him and learned as the truth is in Jeshu;
22 ke gone latlhang tlholego ya lona e kgologolo e e bosula, popego ya lona ya bogologolo e e neng e le mopati wa lona mo ditseleng tsa lona tse di bosula, e e bodileng go ya goileng, e tletse dikeletso le tsietso.
but that you put from you your former habitudes, the old man who is corrupt in deceitful lusts,
23 Jaanong mekgwa le megopolo ya lona e tshwanetse go bo e fetogile botoka gangwe le gape.
and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
24 Ee, o tshwanetse go bo o le motho yo mosha yo o pharologanyo, o itshephile ebile o le molemo. Ikapese ka tlholego e ncha e.
and wear the new man, who by Aloha is created in righteousness and in the sanctity of truth.
25 Khutlisang go akelana; buang boammaaruri, gonne mongwe le mongwe wa rona ke tokololo ya yo mongwe mme fa re akelana re ikutlwisa botlhoko.
WHEREFORE let lying cease from you, and speak the truth every man with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26 Fa o kgopisegile, se dire sebe ka go boloka kutlo botlhoko ya gago mo pelong. Se letle gore letsatsi le phirime o santse o kgopisegile gore o lebale ka bonako;
Be angry and sin not, and let not the sun set upon your wrath,
27 gonne fa o tenegile o neela diabolo maitsetsepelo a magolo.
and give no place to the accuser.
28 Fa mongwe a utswa a a go bakele, a simolole go dirisa mabogo ao a gagwe mo tirong ya boikanyego, gore a tle a abele ba bangwe ba ba tlhokang.
And let him who hath stolen henceforth steal not, but labour with his hands and do good, that he may have to give to him who needeth.
29 Se bue matlhapa. Bua fela se se molemo ebile se na le thuso mo go ba o buang nabo, le se se tlaa ba segofatsang.
Let no hateful word come out of your mouth, but that which is comely and useful for edification, that it may communicate grace to those who hear.
30 Se futsafatseng Mowa O O Boitshepo ka tsela e lo tshelang ka yone. Gakologelwang, ke one o o supang kaga lona mo letsatsing leo fa poloko go tswa mo sebeng e tlaa bong e feletse.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of Aloha, by whom you have been sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Khutlisang go nna bohula, pelo e e maswe le go nna bogale. Go omana, mafoko a kgakalo le kilano di se ka tsa nna mo matshelong a lona.
Let all bitterness, and heat, and anger, and clamour, and scandal be taken from you, with all malice;
32 Mo boemong jwa moo ratanang, nnang pelonomi, lo itshwarelane, fela jaaka Modimo o lo itshwaretse gonne lo ba ga Keresete.
and be gentle one with another, and affectionate, and forgive one another, even as Aloha in the Meshiha hath forgiven us.
