Efèz 4

1 Se sa ki fè, mwen menm ki nan prizon poutèt Seyè a, m'ap mande nou pou nou viv yon jan ki konfòm ak jan Bondye te rele nou pou n' viv la.

I beg you, then – I who am a prisoner in the Master’s cause – to live lives worthy of the call that you have received;

2 Pa janm vante tèt nou. Aji avèk dousè ak pasyans ak tout moun. Se pou nou yonn sipòte lòt avèk renmen nan kè nou.

always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,

3 Sentespri a mete nou ansanm. Se pou nou fè tou sa nou kapab pou nou ka toujou fè yon sèl kò, pou nou viv ak kè poze ansanm yonn ak lòt.

and striving to maintain in the bond of peace the unity given by the Spirit.

4 Gen yon sèl kò ak yon sèl Sentespri, konsa tou se yon sèl Bondye a ki rele nou pou nou gen yon sèl espwa.

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your call.

5 Gen yon sèl Seyè, yon sèl konfyans, yon sèl batèm.

There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism.

6 Gen yon sèl Bondye, ki papa nou tout, k'ap dominen sou nou tout, k'ap aji nan nou tout, ki nan nou tout.

There is but one God and Father of all – the God who is over all, pervades all, and is in all.

7 Nou chak nou resevwa yon kado apa, dapre sa Kris la te bay la,

Everyone of us, however, has been entrusted with some charge, each in accordance with the extent of the gift of the Christ.

8 jan sa ekri nan Liv la: Lè li moute anwo, li mennen anpil prizonye ak li, li bay lèzòm anpil kado.

That is why it is said – “When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to humanity.”

9 Enben, kisa sa vle di: Li moute anwo? Sa vle di, li te desann anvan sa jouk kote ki pi fon anba tè a.

Now surely this “going up” must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.

10 Moun ki te desann lan, se li menm tou ki te moute anwo nan syèl la, pou l' te kapab plen tou sa ki egziste ak presans li.

He who went down is the same as he who went up – up beyond the highest heaven, so that he might fill all things with his presence.

11 Se li menm ki fè lèzòm kado divès pouvwa. Li bay kèk ladan yo pouvwa pou sèvi apòt, li bay lòt ladan yo pouvwa pou sèvi pwofèt, li bay lòt ankò pouvwa pou anonse bon nouvèl la, li bay dòt ankò pouvwa pou sèvi tankou pastè ak dirèktè.

And he it is who gave to the church apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers,

12 Konsa, li byen òganize pèp Bondye a pou yo chak fè travay sèvis yo, pou kò Kris la ka grandi nan konfyans.

to fit his people for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of the Christ.

13 Li fè sa konsa pou nou tout ansanm nou ka rive fè yon sèl kò nan konfyans nou genyen an ak nan konesans Pitit Bondye a. Konsa, nou tout ansanm nou ka vin granmoun ki byen devlope, dapre dènye mezi devlòpman Kris la ki bon nèt.

And this will continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach maturity – the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.

14 Lè sa a, nou p'ap viv tankou timoun ankò, tankou moun k'ap chanje lide fasil, ki kite kouran nenpòt doktrin trennen yo ale, ki tankou jwèt nan men bann rize sa yo ki konn ki jan pou yo pran tèt moun nan bay manti.

Then we will no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching and by people’s trickery and craftiness;

15 Okontrè, ann pale verite a avèk renmen nan kè nou, konsa n'a ka grandi nan tout sans nan Kris la ki chèf kò a.

but holding the truth in a spirit of love, we will grow into complete union with him who is our head – Christ himself.

16 Gremesi Kris la, tout pati nan kò a byen òganize, yo tout byen mare yonn ak lòt nan jwenti yo. Konsa, lè chak pati fè sa yo gen pou yo fè a, tout kò a ap grandi, l'ap devlope nan renmen.

For from him the whole body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigour of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.

17 Se sa ki fè, men sa m'ap di nou, men sa m'ap deklare nou nan non Seyè a: Sispann viv tankou moun ki pa konn Bondye epi k'ap swiv lide pa yo ki pa vo anyen.

This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I implore: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,

18 Lespri yo bouche, yo p'ap viv lavi Bondye bay la, paske yo pa konn anyen, kè yo fin di.

with their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.

19 Yo san wont konsa, yo lage kò yo nan tout kalite vis, yo pran plezi yo nan fè tout kalite vye bagay sal san rete.

Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.

20 Men nou menm, se pa konsa yo te fè nou konnen Kris la,

But far different is the lesson you learned from the Christ – if, that is, you really listened to him,

21 si tout bon vre nou te tande pale sou Kris la, si tout bon vre yo te moutre nou verite a jan l' ye nan Jezi, lè nou te mete konfyans nou nan li a.

and through union with him were taught the truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.

22 Se sa ki fè, se pou nou chanje vye karaktè sa a ki t'ap fè nou viv jan nou t'ap viv nan tan lontan an, vye moun sa a ki te fin pèvèti nèt ak vye dezi l' yo ki t'ap twonpe nou.

For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;

23 Se pou nou chanje nèt ni nan kè nou ni nan lespri nou.

that the spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;

24 Se pou nou vin yon lòt kalite moun jan Bondye vle l' la, pou nou sanble ak li pou nou ka mennen yon lavi ki dwat, yon lavi ki apa pou Bondye, jan verite a mande l' la.

and that you must clothe yourselves in that new nature which was created to resemble God, with the righteousness and holiness springing from the truth.

25 Se poutèt sa, sispann bay manti. Se pou nou di verite lè n'ap pale ak frè nou, paske nou tout se manm yon sèl kò nou ye.

Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbours. For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.

26 Si nou ankòlè, veye kò nou pou kòlè a pa fè nou fè sa ki mal. Pa al dòmi ak kòlè nan kè nou.

Be angry, yet do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger;

27 Pa bay Satan pye sou nou.

and give no opportunity to the devil.

28 Se pou moun ki te konn vòlò sispann vòlò. Okontrè, se pou l' travay di ak men l' san fè move konbinezon, pou l' sa gen dekwa bay moun ki nan bezwen.

Let the person who steals steal no longer, but rather they should toil with their hands at honest work, so that they may have something to share with anyone in need.

29 Pa kite ankenn move pawòl soti nan bouch nou. Pale bon koze ki ka ede lòt yo grandi nan konfyans Bondye, koze ki ka ede yo lè yo nan move pa. Konsa, se yon byen n'a fè pou moun k'ap tande nou yo.

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, so that they may be a help to those who hear them.

30 Pa fè Sentespri Bondye a lapenn, paske Lespri a se mak letanp Bondye sou nou, li ban nou garanti Bondye ap fin delivre nou lè jou a va rive.

And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the day of redemption.

31 Piga yo jwenn nan mitan nou moun ki kenbe lòt nan kè yo, moun ki gen san wo, moun ki renmen fè kòlè. Piga yo tande woywoy ak joure nan mitan nou. Nou pa fèt pou gen okenn lòt kalite mechanste k'ap fèt nan mitan nou.

Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.

32 Okontrè, se pou nou aji byen yonn ak lòt, se pou nou gen bon kè yonn pou lòt, pou nou yonn padonnen lòt, menm jan Bondye te padonnen nou nan Kris la.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.