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

¹*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

²በትሕትና ሁሉና በየዋህነት በትዕግሥትም፤ እርስ በርሳችሁ በፍቅር ታገሡ፤

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

³በሰላም ማሰሪያ የመንፈስን አንድነት ለመጠበቅ ትጉ።

³using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.

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

⁴[There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;

⁵አንድ ጌታ አንድ ሃይማኖት አንዲት ጥምቀት፤

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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

⁶one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

⁷ነገር ግን እንደ ክርስቶስ ስጦታ መጠን ለእያንዳንዳችን ጸጋ ተሰጠን።

⁷But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

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

⁸Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.

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

⁹But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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

¹⁰He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;

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

¹¹and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,

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።

¹²for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

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

¹³until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

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

¹⁴in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;

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

¹⁵but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

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

¹⁶from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.

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

¹⁷This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,

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

¹⁸being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,

²⁰እናንተ ግን ክርስቶስን እንደዚህ አልተማራችሁም፤

¹⁹who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.

²¹በእርግጥ ሰምታችሁታልና፥ እውነትም በኢየሱስ እንዳለ በእርሱ ተምራችኋል፤

²⁰But *ye* have not thus learnt the Christ,

²²ፊተኛ ኑሮአችሁን እያሰባችሁ እንደሚያታልል ምኞት የሚጠፋውን አሮጌውን ሰው አስወግዱ፥

²¹if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;

²³በአእምሮአችሁም መንፈስ ታደሱ፥

²²[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;

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

²³and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;

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

²⁴and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.

²⁶ተቆጡ ኃጢአትንም አታድርጉ፤

²⁵Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

²⁷በቁጣችሁ ላይ ፀሐይ አይግባ፥ ለዲያብሎስም ፈንታ አትስጡት።

²⁶Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,

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

²⁷neither give room for the devil.

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

²⁸Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.

³⁰ለቤዛም ቀን የታተማችሁበትን ቅዱሱን የእግዚአብሔርን መንፈስ አታሳዝኑ።

²⁹Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].

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

³⁰And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.

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

³¹Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

³²and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.