¹Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

¹እንግዲህ በጌታ እስር የሆንሁ እኔ በተጠራችሁበት መጠራታችሁ እንደሚገባ ትመላለሱ ዘንድ እለምናችኋለሁ፤

²with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

²በትሕትና ሁሉና በየዋህነት በትዕግሥትም፤ እርስ በርሳችሁ በፍቅር ታገሡ፤

³being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

³በሰላም ማሰሪያ የመንፈስን አንድነት ለመጠበቅ ትጉ።

⁴one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

⁴በመጠራታችሁ በአንድ ተስፋ እንደ ተጠራችሁ አንድ አካልና አንድ መንፈስ አለ፤

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁵አንድ ጌታ አንድ ሃይማኖት አንዲት ጥምቀት፤

⁶one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in you all,

⁶ከሁሉ በላይ የሚሆን በሁሉም የሚሠራ በሁሉም የሚኖር አንድ አምላክ የሁሉም አባት አለ።

⁷and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

⁷ነገር ግን እንደ ክርስቶስ ስጦታ መጠን ለእያንዳንዳችን ጸጋ ተሰጠን።

⁸wherefore, he saith, `Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,` —

⁸ስለዚህ። ወደ ላይ በወጣ ጊዜ ምርኮን ማረከ ለሰዎችም ስጦታን ሰጠ ይላል።

⁹and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

⁹ወደ ምድር ታችኛ ክፍል ደግሞ ወረደ ማለት ካልሆነ፥ ይህ ወጣ ማለትስ ምን ማለት ነው?

¹⁰he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things —

¹⁰ይህ የወረደው ሁሉን ይሞላ ዘንድ ከሰማያት ሁሉ በላይ የወጣው ደግሞ ያው ነው።

¹¹and He gave some [as] apostles, and some [as] prophets, and some [as] proclaimers of good news, and some [as] shepherds and teachers,

¹¹እርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ሐዋርያት፥ ሌሎቹም ነቢያት፥ ሌሎቹም ወንጌልን ሰባኪዎች፥ ሌሎቹም እረኞችና አስተማሪዎች እንዲሆኑ ሰጠ፤

¹²unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

¹²ሁላችን የእግዚአብሔርን ልጅ በማመንና በማወቅ ወደሚገኝ አንድነት፥ ሙሉ ሰውም ወደ መሆን፥ የክርስቶስም ሙላቱ ወደሚሆን ወደ ሙላቱ ልክ እስክንደርስ ድረስ፥ ቅዱሳን አገልግሎትን ለመሥራትና ለክርስቶስ አካል ሕንጻ ፍጹማን ይሆኑ ዘንድ።

¹³till 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,

¹⁴እንደ ስሕተት ሽንገላ ባለ ተንኮል በሰዎችም ማታለል ምክንያት በትምህርት ነፋስ ሁሉ እየተፍገመገምን ወዲያና ወዲህም እየተንሳፈፍን ሕፃናት መሆን ወደ ፊት አይገባንም፥

¹⁴that 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,

¹⁵ነገር ግን እውነትን በፍቅር እየያዝን በነገር ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ ራስ ወደሚሆን ወደ ክርስቶስ እንደግ፤

¹⁵and, being true in love, we may increase to Him [in] all things, who is the head — the Christ;

¹⁶ከእርሱም የተነሣ አካል ሁሉ እያንዳንዱ ክፍል በልክ እንደሚሠራ፥ በተሰጠለት በጅማት ሁሉ እየተጋጠመና እየተያያዘ፥ ራሱን በፍቅር ለማነጽ አካሉን ያሳድጋል።

¹⁶from 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.

¹⁷እንግዲህ አሕዛብ ደግሞ በአእምሮአቸው ከንቱነት እንደሚመላለሱ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ እንዳትመላለሱ እላለሁ በጌታም ሆኜ እመሰክራለሁ።

¹⁷This, 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,

¹⁸እነርሱ ባለማወቃቸው ጠንቅ በልባቸውም ደንዳንነት ጠንቅ ልቡናቸው ጨለመ፥ ከእግዚአብሔርም ሕይወት ራቁ፤

¹⁸being 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,

¹⁹ደንዝዘውም በመመኘት ርኵሰትን ሁሉ ለማድረግ ራሳቸውን ወደ ሴሰኝነት አሳልፈው ሰጡ።

¹⁹who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

²⁰እናንተ ግን ክርስቶስን እንደዚህ አልተማራችሁም፤

²⁰and ye did not so learn the Christ,

²¹በእርግጥ ሰምታችሁታልና፥ እውነትም በኢየሱስ እንዳለ በእርሱ ተምራችኋል፤

²¹if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

²²ፊተኛ ኑሮአችሁን እያሰባችሁ እንደሚያታልል ምኞት የሚጠፋውን አሮጌውን ሰው አስወግዱ፥

²²ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

²³በአእምሮአችሁም መንፈስ ታደሱ፥

²³and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

²⁴ለእውነትም በሚሆኑ ጽድቅና ቅድስና እንደ እግዚአብሔር ምሳሌ የተፈጠረውን አዲሱን ሰው ልበሱ።

²⁴and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

²⁵ስለዚህ ውሸትን አስወግዳችሁ፥ እርስ በርሳችን ብልቶች ሆነናልና እያንዳንዳችሁ ከባልንጀሮቻችሁ ጋር እውነትን ተነጋገሩ።

²⁵Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

²⁶ተቆጡ ኃጢአትንም አታድርጉ፤

²⁶be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

²⁷በቁጣችሁ ላይ ፀሐይ አይግባ፥ ለዲያብሎስም ፈንታ አትስጡት።

²⁷neither give place to the devil;

²⁸የሰረቀ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ አይስረቅ፥ ነገር ግን በዚያ ፈንታ ለጎደለው የሚያካፍለው እንዲኖርለት በገዛ እጆቹ መልካምን እየሠራ ይድከም።

²⁸whoso 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.

²⁹ለሚሰሙት ጸጋን ይሰጥ ዘንድ፥ እንደሚያስፈልግ ለማነጽ የሚጠቅም ማናቸውም በጎ ቃል እንጂ ክፉ ቃል ከአፋችሁ ከቶ አይውጣ።

²⁹Let 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;

³⁰ለቤዛም ቀን የታተማችሁበትን ቅዱሱን የእግዚአብሔርን መንፈስ አታሳዝኑ።

³⁰and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

³¹መራርነትና ንዴት ቁጣም ጩኸትም መሳደብም ሁሉ ከክፋት ሁሉ ጋር ከእናንተ ዘንድ ይወገድ።

³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

³²እርስ በርሳችሁም ቸሮችና ርኅሩኆች ሁኑ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ደግሞ በክርስቶስ ይቅር እንዳላችሁ ይቅር ተባባሉ።

³²and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.