Ephisa 4
1 Tedongah Boeipa ah thongtla kai loh nangmih aka khue kah khuenah neh a tingtawk la pongthoh ham kan hloep.
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
2 Tlayaenah neh muelhtuetnah cungkuem neh, thinsennah neh lungnah dongah khat neh khat yaknaem uh thae.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
3 Rhoepnah kah pinyennah dongah Mueihla kah kodoknah te khoem ham haam uh lah.
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 Nangmih kah khuenah te ngaiuepnah pakhat dongah n'khue uh vanbangla pum pakhat neh mueihla pakhat ni a om.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
5 Boeipa pakhat, tangnah pakhat, baptisma pakhat ni a om.
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 A cungkuem kah Pathen neh Pa tah pakhat ni. Te tah cungkuem soah cungkuem lamloh cungkuem dongah om.
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
7 Tedae Khrih kah kutdoe tarhing la mamih khat rhip taengah lungvatnah m'paek coeng.
But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Te dongah, “Hmuen sang la a luei vaengah tamna te a mawt tih hlang rhoek taengah kutdoe a paek,” a ti.
Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people."
9 A luei nen te dawk om pawt tih diklai hmuen te a laedil duela suntla bal.
Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 Amah te suntla tih a cungkuem te soep sak ham vaan boeih kah a soah aka luei la om bal.
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
11 Te phoeiah amah loh a ngen te caeltueih rhoek, a ngen te tonghma rhoek, a ngen te olthangthen aka thui la, a ngen tah, tudawn neh saya la a khueh.
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 Bibi dongkah bitat dongah hlangcim rhoek kah hamsoepnah ham, Khrih pum dongkah hlinsainah ham a khueh.
for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
13 Tangnah dongkah kodoknah dongah, Pathen capa kah mingnah dongah, lungcuei hlang pakhat la, Khrih a soepnah pumrho dongkah cungnueh dongla boeih m'pha uh duela a khueh.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature person, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
14 Te daengah ni cahmang la n'om uh pawt eh. Rhaithinah neh tholhhiknah lungpoek dongla aka mawt hlang kah thailatnah loh thuituennah khohli neh a vikvawk tih boeih a yawn lah ko.
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by cleverness in deceitful schemes;
15 Oltak thui uh sih lamtah lungnah neh amah dongah boeih rhoeng uh sih. Khrih amah te a lu la om.
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;
16 Amah lamloh pum he boeih kiba tih cului uh. Rhuhcong boeih lamloh pakhat rhip kah cungnueh neh a bibi tarhing ah bomnah neh a cungvang khaw pum pakhat kah rhoengnah dongah lungnah neh amah kah hlinsainah te a khueh.
from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
17 Te dongah Boeipa ah ni ka thui tih ka laipai. Namtom rhoek loh a lungbuei kah a honghi neh a pongpa uh bangla nangmih te pongpa uh boeh.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 A kopoek te a hmuep la a om pah tih Pathen kah hingnah te a hai coeng. A khuikah kotalhnah neh a thinko kah thinthahnah khaw om pai.
being 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;
19 Amih yahdaeng rhoek loh halhkanah cungkuem neh rhongingnah bibi ham te omthenbawn dongla amah voei uh.
who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 Tedae nangmih tah tetlam te om uh boeh Khrih te mah awt uh.
But you did not learn Christ that way;
21 Amah te na yaak uh tangloeng atah Jesuh ah oltak a om vanbangla amah dongah ni n'thuituen uh.
if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
22 Hmilhmaknah kah hoehhamnah dongah aka poeih uh lamhma kah hlang rhuem omih te nangmih loh duul uh.
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old self, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
23 Te dongah nangmih kah lungbuei te mueihla neh thai sakuh.
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 Pathen loh duengnah neh oltak kah cimcaihnah dongah n'suen vanbangla hlang thai te bai uh.
and put on the new self, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
25 Te dongah laithae te duul uh sih lamtah khat rhip loh a imben taengah oltak thui uh sih. Khat neh khat pumrho lam ni n'om uh.
Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
26 Kosi na hong uh akhaw tholh puei uh boeh. Khomik loh nangmih kah thintoeknah te tlak thil boel saeh.
"Be angry, but do not sin." Do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27 Rhaithae te hmuen pae boeh.
neither give place to the devil.
28 Aka huen loh huen voel boel saeh. Tedae amah kut neh a then saii ham thakthae lat saeh. Te daengah ni aka ngoe te aka doedan la a om eh.
Let 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.
29 Ol rhong ol ing boeih te nangmih kah ka lamloh thoeng boel saeh. Tedae a then pakhat a om atah a ngoe vaengkah hlinsainah la om saeh. Te daengah ni aka ya rhoek te lungvatnah a paek eh.
Let 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.
30 Te phoeiah Pathen kah Mueihla Cim te kothet sak boeh. Amah loh tlannah khohnin ham kutnoek n'daeng coeng.
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Olkhaa cuengkuem neh thinsanah khaw, kosi neh rhungrhah khaw, soehsalnah neh phayoenah boeih khaw nangmih lamloh khoe uh.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
32 Te phoeiah khat neh khat taengah sitloh thimhalh neh kodam la om uh. Khrih ah Pathen loh nangmih rhen bangla khat neh khat khodawkngai uh.
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
