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

¹I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

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

²with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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

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

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

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

⁵Kuna Bwana mmoja, imani moja na ubatizo mmoja;

⁵one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

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

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

⁷But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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

⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

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

⁹(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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

¹⁰He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

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

¹¹And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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

¹²for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

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

¹³till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

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

¹⁴that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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

¹⁵but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ;

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.

¹⁶from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

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

¹⁷This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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

¹⁸being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

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

¹⁹who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²⁰Lakini ninyi hamkujifunza hivyo juu ya Kristo.

²⁰But ye did not so learn Christ;

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

²¹if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

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

²²that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

²³Jirekebisheni upya rohoni na katika fikira zenu.

²³and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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

²⁴and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

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

²⁵Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

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

²⁶Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

²⁷Msimpe Ibilisi nafasi.

²⁷neither give place to the devil.

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

²⁸Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

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

²⁹Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

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.

³⁰And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

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

³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

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

³²and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.