Waefeso 4
1 Pauluo, heene n'kunguavwimila u Mutwa, nikuvasuma mughendelelaghe ndavule ng'emelo jino u Nguluve alya vakemelile.
I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received--
2 Mukulaghe nu vwoghofi mu vuhugu nulugudo. Kupindilanila n'kate mulughano.
with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain,
3 Mulolelanilaghe ni ngufu kulolela uvumo vwa Mhepo muvukungua uvwa lutengano.
in the uniting bond of peace, the unity given by the Spirit.
4 Kuli m'bili ghumo ku Mhepo jumo, ndavule mulyale mukemelilue muvwa kyang'haani uvwa lughulilo lumo ulwa ulwa ng'emelelo jinu.
There is but one body and but one Spirit, as also when you were called you had one and the same hope held out to you.
5 Kange kwale u Ntua jumo, ulwofugho lumo,
There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 nu Nguluve jumo ghwe Nhaata ghwa vooni. Umwene alipakyanya pa sooni iisi, na kusooni isi na mun'kate mu ku sooni.
and one God and Father of all, who rules over all, acts through all, and dwells in all.
7 Kwa muunhu ghweni mulyusue apelilue ikipelua kuling'ana nikighelelo ikya kipelua ikya Kilisite.
Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.
8 Ndavule amalembe ghijova: “Pano alyatoghile ku kyanya kyongo, alyalongwisie ava galulu muvukami. Akahumia ifipelua ku vaanhu.”
For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men."
9 Kwekuuti kiki iisi, “Alyatoghile,” neke looli alikile kange pasi pa iisi?
(Now this "re-ascended" --what does it mean but that He had first descended into the lower regions of the earth?
10 Umwene juno alikile ghwe mwene julajula juno kange alyatoghile kuvutali kukyanya kuvulanga vwooni. Alyavombile n'diki ulwakuuti uvuvaha vwa mweene vuvisaghe mu finu fyooni.
He who descended is the same as He who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the universe.)
11 U Kilisite alya humisie ifipelua ndavule ifi: avasung'ua, avaviili, avainjilisiti, avadiimi nava vulanisi.
And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,
12 Alyavombile vulevule kukuvatanga avitiki vwimila vwa mbombo ija vuvombi, vwimila vwa kuvuvujenga um'biili ghwa Kilisite.
in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--
13 Ivomba n'diki kuhanga usue tweeni tufikile uvumo vwa lwitiko nhuvu mang'anyi vwa mwana ghwa Nguluve. Ivomba vulevule mpaaka tukangale ndavule vaala vano valyafikile ikyimo kino kikwiline ikya Kilisite.
till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in Christ.
14 Ulu kwekuuti tulekaghe kuuva heene vaana, natungapululusivwaghe kuno nakula. Ulwakuuti tuleke pitolua ni mhepo sisino sivisaghe sa mbulanisio, nigiilabsa vaanhu mumanjughulu gha vudesi vuno vusoveleng'ine.
So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead.
15 Palwene uluo tujovaghe uvwakyang'haani mulughano na kukula kyoongo mu siila sooni n'kate mwa mweene juno ghwe muutu, u Kilisite.
But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.
16 U Kilisite adumining'inie, palikimo u m'biili ghwooni ughwa vitiki. Ghulunginisivue palikimo nifipelua fyooni ulwakuuti um'biili ghwoni ghukule napikujenga gwene mulughano.
Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.
17 Pauluo, nijova iili, nikuvasuma mwa Mutwa: Namulaghendagha kange heene vaanhu vapanji fino vighenda muvugalusi vwa luhala luvanave.
Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live,
18 Vakapikilue ni ng'iisi mumasaghe gha vanave. Vadaghilue vwumi vwa Nguluve muvuyasu vuno vulin'kate muvanave ulwakuva vwimila uvwumi vwa moojo ghavanave.
with darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which God gives.
19 Navikupulika isooni. Vitavwile veene kuvunyali mu mbombo inyali, mulwa vugheji vwooni.
Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy.
20 Looli, nafyelulivuo ndavule mulumanyile vwimila u Kilisite.
But these are not the lessons which you have learned from Christ;
21 Nakuva kuuti mupulike umwene. Nakuva kuuti mukale mumanyila mwa mweene, ndavule uvwa kyang'ani vulivuo vwimila u Yesu.
if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--
22 Luvanoghile mufunyaghe sooni sino silutana nulughendo lwiinu ulwa pakali, uvumuunhu uvwa pakali, uvumuunhu vwa pakali vuno vuvola vwimila vwa vunoghelua vwa vudesi.
to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,
23 Mufulaghe uvumuunhu uvwa pakali ulwakuuti muvombeke vupia munumbula sa luhala lwinu.
and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves
24 Muvombaghe vulevule ulwa kuuti mukagule kufwala uvumuunhu uvupia, vuno vulutana nu nguluve vupelilue muvwakyang'aani nu vwimike vwa kyang'ani.
with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.
25 Pa uluo, vikagha kutali nuvudesi. “Jovagha uvwa kyang'aani umuunhu ghweni nhu m'bading'ani ghwa mwene,” ulwakuva tulivahangilanisi umuunhu ghweni kwa junge.
For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another.
26 Muvisaghe ni ng'alasi, looli na mungavombaghe inyivi,” Ilijuva nalingasemaghe mujighe ni ng'alasi siinu.
If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;
27 Namungam'pelaghe uvwelefu u setano.
and do not leave room for the Devil.
28 Ghweni juno ihija anoghile kuhija kange. Pa uluo anoghile avombaghe imbombo. Avombaghe imbombo inyaluvumbulilo na mavoko gha mwene, ulwakuuti akagule pikun'tanga umuunhu juno aghilue.
He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share.
29 Injovele imbiivi najingajighaghe mumulomo ghwinu. Pa uluo amasio ghanoghile pihuma mumalomo ghiinu ghano ghanoghile kusino silondeka, kukuvapela uluvumbulilo vala vano vipulikisia.
Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers.
30 Mulampelelagha kusukunala u Mhepo Mwimike ghwa Nguluve kwa mwene kuuti mukanyilue umuhuri vwila vwa kighono ikya vupoki
And beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption.
31 Lunoghile pikuluvika patali uvuvafi vwooni, ing'alasi, ilyoojo, amabatu, namaligho, palikimo nuvuhosi vuno vuli pa pinga.
Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice.
32 Muvisaghe nulusungu. Musaghilanilaghe jumue kwa jumue, ndavule u Nguluve mwa Kilisite avasaghile umue.
On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.
