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

¹Basi, mimi niliye mfungwa kwa kuwa namtumikia Bwana, nawasihi muishi maisha yanayostahili wito mlioitiwa.

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

²Muwe daima wanyenyekevu, wapole na wenye saburi; vumilianeni ninyi kwa ninyi kwa mapendo.

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

³Fanyeni bidii ya kuhifadhi umoja uletwao na Roho kwa kuzingatia amani iliyo kati yenu.

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

⁴Kuna mwili mmoja na Roho mmoja, kama vile tumaini mliloitiwa na Mungu ni moja.

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

⁵Kuna Bwana mmoja, imani moja na ubatizo mmoja;

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

⁶kuna Mungu mmoja na Baba wa wote, ambaye yuko juu ya wote, afanya kazi katika yote na yuko katika yote.

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

⁷Kila mmoja wetu amepewa neema kadiri ya kipimo alichojaliwa na Kristo.

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

⁸Kama yasemavyo Maandiko: "Alipopaa mbinguni juu kabisa, alichukua mateka; aliwapa watu zawadi."

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

⁹Basi, inaposemwa: "alipaa juu," ina maana gani? Maana yake ni kwamba, kwanza alishuka mpaka chini kabisa duniani.

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

¹⁰Basi, huyo aliyeshuka hapa duniani, ndiye aliyepaa juu ya mbingu zote apate kuujaza ulimwengu.

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

¹¹Ndiye aliyewapa watu zawadi: wengine aliwajalia wawe mitume, wengine manabii, wengine wawe waeneza Habari Njema, wengine wachungaji na walimu.

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;

¹²Alifanya hivyo apate kuwatayarisha watu wote wa Mungu kwa ajili ya kazi ya huduma ya Kikristo ili kuujenga mwili wa Kristo,

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;

¹³na hivyo sote tuufikie umoja wa imani na kumjua Mwana wa Mungu; tuwe watu waliokomaa na kuufikia utimilifu wake Kristo mwenyewe.

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;

¹⁴Basi, hatutakuwa tena kama watoto, tukitupwa na kupeperushwa huko na huko kwa kila upepo wa mafundisho wanayozua watu wadanganyifu, ili wawapotoshe wengine kwa hila.

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

¹⁵Ila, sisi tukisema ukweli kwa moyo wa mapendo tutakua zidi katika kila jambo kulingana na Kristo ambaye ndiye kichwa;

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.

¹⁶chini ya uongozi wake, viungo vyote vya mwili hushikamana pamoja, na mwili wote hutegemezwa kwa msaada wa viungo vyake. Basi, kila kiungo kikitekeleza kazi yake ipasavyo, mwili wote hukua na kujijenga katika upendo.

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,

¹⁷Basi, kwa jina la Bwana, nawaonyeni: msiishi tena kama watu wasiomjua Mungu, ambao fikira zao zimekuwa upuuzi mtupu,

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,

¹⁸na akili zao zimo gizani. Wako mbali na uzima wa Mungu, kwa sababu ya upumbavu ulio ndani yao na ukaidi wao.

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

¹⁹Wamepotoka na hawana aibu, wamejitosa katika ufisadi; hufanya kwa pupa kila aina ya mambo ya aibu.

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

²⁰Lakini ninyi hamkujifunza hivyo juu ya Kristo.

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

²¹Ni dhahiri kwamba mlisikia barabara habari zake, na mkiwa wafuasi wake mkafundishwa ukweli ulivyo katika Yesu.

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

²²Basi, acheni mwenendo wenu wa awali, yaani ule utu wenu wa kale uliokuwa unaangamizwa kwa tamaa zake danganyifu.

²³and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;

²³Jirekebisheni upya rohoni na katika fikira zenu.

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

²⁴Vaeni hali mpya ya utu ambayo imeumbwa kwa mfano wa Mungu na ambayo hujionyesha katika maisha ya kweli ya uadilifu na utakatifu.

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

²⁵Kwa hiyo, acheni uongo. Kila mmoja anapaswa kumwambia mwenzake ukweli, maana kila mmoja wetu ni kiungo cha mwili wa Kristo.

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

²⁶Kama mkikasirika, msikubali hasira yenu iwafanye mtende dhambi, na wala msikae na hasira kutwa nzima.

²⁷neither give room for the devil.

²⁷Msimpe Ibilisi nafasi.

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.

²⁸Aliyekuwa akiiba, asiibe tena, bali na aanze kufanya kazi njema kwa mikono yake, apate kuwa na kitu cha kumsaidia mtu aliye maskini.

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].

²⁹Maneno mabaya hata yasisikike kamwe miongoni mwenu; kila mara maneno yenu yawe ya kufaa na ambayo hujenga na kuwasaidia wengine, ili yawaneemeshe wasikilizaji wenu.

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

³⁰Msimhuzunishe Roho Mtakatifu wa Mungu maana Roho huyo ni alama ya Mungu kwenu kwamba ninyi ni watu wake, na thibitisho kwamba siku itakuja ambapo Mungu atawakomboeni.

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

³¹Basi, achaneni na uhasama, chuki, hasira, kelele, matusi! Achaneni na kila uovu!

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

³²Muwe na moyo mwema na wenye kuhurumiana; kila mmoja na amsamehe mwenzake kama naye Mungu alivyowasamehe ninyi kwa njia ya Kristo.