¹I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

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

²with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

²በትሕትና ሁሉና በየዋህነት በትዕግሥትም፤ እርስ በርሳችሁ በፍቅር ታገሡ፤

³being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

³በሰላም ማሰሪያ የመንፈስን አንድነት ለመጠበቅ ትጉ።

⁴There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also 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 us all.

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

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

⁷ነገር ግን እንደ ክርስቶስ ስጦታ መጠን ለእያንዳንዳችን ጸጋ ተሰጠን።

⁸Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” Psalm 68:18

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

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

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

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

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

¹¹He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds or, pastors and teachers;

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

¹²for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of 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።

¹³until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of 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 longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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

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

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

¹⁶from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

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

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

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

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 hearts;

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

¹⁹who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²⁰እናንተ ግን ክርስቶስን እንደዚህ አልተማራችሁም፤

²⁰But you did not learn Christ that way;

²¹በእርግጥ ሰምታችሁታልና፥ እውነትም በኢየሱስ እንዳለ በእርሱ ተምራችኋል፤

²¹if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

²²ፊተኛ ኑሮአችሁን እያሰባችሁ እንደሚያታልል ምኞት የሚጠፋውን አሮጌውን ሰው አስወግዱ፥

²²that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

²³በአእምሮአችሁም መንፈስ ታደሱ፥

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

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

²⁴and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

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

²⁵Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

²⁶ተቆጡ ኃጢአትንም አታድርጉ፤

²⁶“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Psalm 4:4 Don’t let the sun go down on 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።

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

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

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

³⁰ለቤዛም ቀን የታተማችሁበትን ቅዱሱን የእግዚአብሔርን መንፈስ አታሳዝኑ።

³⁰Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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

³¹Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

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

³²And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.