Ephesians 4
1 I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
यसकारण, प्रभुको निम्ति कैदी भएको नाताले तिमीहरूलाई जुन बोलावटमा बोलाइएको छ, त्यस बोलावटमा उचित ढंगले चल्नको निम्ति म तिमीहरूलाई आग्रह गर्दछु ।
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
ज्यादै विनम्रता र कोमलता र धैर्यतामा जिओ । एकले अर्कालाई प्रेममा स्वीकार गर ।
3 using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.
आत्माको एकतालाई शान्तिको बन्धनमा राख्नलाई उत्कृष्ट तरिकाले प्रयत्न गर ।
4 [There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
शरीर एउटै छ र आत्मापनि एउटै हुनुहुन्छ, जसरी तिमीहरू पनि एउटै निश्चित आशामा बोलाइएका थियौ ।
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
प्रभु एउटै हुनुहुन्छ, विश्वास एउटै हो, र बप्तिसमा पनि,
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
र सबैका पिता, परमेश्वर पनि एउटै हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँ सबै कुरामाथि, सबै कुराभित्र र सबै कुरामा हुनुहुन्छ ।
7 But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
हामी हरेकलाई ख्रीष्टको वरदानको नापअनुसार वरदान दिइएको छ ।
8 Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
जसरी धर्मशास्त्रले भन्दछः “जब उहाँ उच्च स्थानमा जानुभयो, उहाँले कैदीहरूलाई दासत्वमा राख्नुभयो । उहाँले मानिसहरूलाई वरदानहरू दिनुभयो ।”
9 But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
“उहाँ उच्च स्थानमा जानुभयो” भन्ने भनाइको अर्थ के हो त, यस बाहेक उहाँ पृथ्वीका गहिराइहरूमा पनि ओर्लनुभयो?
10 He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
उहाँ जो तल ओर्लनुभयो, उहाँ नै सबै स्वर्गहरूभन्दा धेरै माथि उक्लनुभयो । उहाँले सबै कुराहरूलाई पूर्ण गर्नको निम्ति यो गर्नुभयो ।
11 and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
ख्रीष्टले यस्ता वरदानहरू दिनुभयोः प्रेरितहरू, अगमवक्ताहरू, प्रचारकहरू, पास्टरहरू र शिक्षकहरू ।
12 for 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;
ख्रीष्टको शरीरलाई निर्माण गर्ने सेवाको कार्यको निम्ति विश्वासीहरूलाई निपुण गर्नलाई उहाँले यो गर्नुभयो ।
13 until 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;
विश्वासको एकता र परमेश्वरका पुत्रको ज्ञानमा हामी नपुगेसम्म उहाँले यो गर्नुहुन्छ । ख्रीष्टको उचाइमा पूर्ण रूपमा पुगेकाहरू झैँ हामी परिपक्व नभएसम्म उहाँले यो गर्नुहुन्छ ।
14 in 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;
हामी अब बालकहरू जस्तै नहोऔँ भनेर यो जरूरी छ । हामी अब उसो यता-उता नबरालिऔँ भनेर यो जरूरी छ । सबै शिक्षाको बेगसँगै र मानिसहरूको धोखा दिने चलाखीपनको छलद्वारा हामी नबहकिऔँ भनेर यो जरूरी छ ।
15 but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
बरु हामी प्रेममा सत्य बोल्नेछौँ र हाम्रो शिर, ख्रीष्टमा हामी सबै क्षेत्रमा वृद्धि हुनेछौँ ।
16 from 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.
ख्रीष्टले विश्वासीहरूको शरीरलाई सँगै जोड्नुहुन्छ । प्रेममा सम्पूर्ण शरीरको विकास होस् र आफैँ वृद्धि होस् भनेर, त्यो हरेक सहयोगी तन्तुहरूद्वारा सँगै गाँसिएको हुन्छ ।
17 This 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,
त्यसैले म तिमीहरूलाई भन्दछु र प्रभुमा उत्साह दिन्छुः गैरयहूदीहरू आफ्ना विचारहरूको व्यर्थतामा हिँडे झैँ अबदेखि तिमीहरू चाहिँ हिँड्नु पर्दैन ।
18 being 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,
तिनीहरू विचारमा अन्धा भएका छन् । तिनीहरूका हृदयको कठोरताको कारण तिनीहरूमा भएको अज्ञानताले तिनीहरू परमेश्वरको जीवनबाट अलग गरिएका छन् ।
19 who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
तिनीहरूमा शर्म छैन । अशुद्ध कुराहरूमाथि कामुकता र हर किसिमका लालचमा तिनीहरूले आफैँलाई सुम्पिदिएका छन् ।
20 But ye have not thus learnt the Christ,
तर तिमीहरूले यस्तो तरिकाले ख्रीष्टको बारेमा जानेका होइनौ ।
21 if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;
तिमीहरूले येशूको बारेमा सुनेका छौ भनी म ठान्दछु । ख्रीष्टमा नै सत्यता भएको हुनाले तिमीहरू उहाँमा नै सिकाइएका छौ भनी म ठान्दछु ।
22 [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
तिमीहरूका पुराना आचरण, पुरानो मनुष्यताअनुसार गरिएका सबै कुराहरू तिमीहरूले त्याग्नुपर्छ । यही पुरानो मनुष्यताको कपटी अभिलाषाहरूका कारण तिमीहरू नष्ट भइरहेका छौ ।
23 and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;
तिमीहरू आफ्नो विचारको आत्मामा पुनः नयाँ हुनको निम्ति आफ्नो पुरानो मनुष्यतालाई त्याग ।
24 and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
परमेश्वरले चाहनुभएअनुसार नयाँ मनुष्यता धारण गर्नको निम्ति यस्तो गर । यो नयाँ मनुष्यतालाई धार्मिकता र सत्यताको पवित्रतामा सृजना गरिएको हो ।
25 Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
त्यसैले असत्यतालाई त्याग । “सबैले आफ्नो छिमेकीसँग सत्य बोलोस्,” किनभने हामी एकअर्काका सदस्यहरू हौँ ।
26 Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
“रिस गर, तर पाप नगर ।” तिम्रो रिससँगै घामलाई अस्ताउन नदेओ ।
27 neither give room for the devil.
दुष्टलाई मौका नदेओ ।
28 Let 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.
चोर्नेले अब उसो नचोरोस् । बरु उसले परिश्रम गरोस् । आवश्यकतामा रहेका मानिसहरूलाई सहायता गर्नको निम्ति उसले आफ्ना हातहरूलाई उपयोगी काममा लगाओस् ।
29 Let 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].
तिम्रो मुखबाट कुनै अपशब्द ननिस्कोस् । तर यसको सट्टामा, आवश्यताहरू पूरा गर्ने र सुन्ने मानिसहरूलाई लाभ हुने शब्दहरू तिम्रा मुखबाट निस्कून् ।
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
र परमेश्वरको पवित्र आत्मालाई दुःखित नतुल्याओ । छुटकाराको दिनको निम्ति उहाँद्वारा नै तिमीहरूमा छाप लगाइएको छ ।
31 Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
सबै किसिमका तीतोपना, क्रोध, रिस, झगडा र अपमान सहित सम्पूर्ण दुष्टता तिमीहरूले त्याग्नुपर्छ ।
32 and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
एकअर्का प्रति दयालु होओ । कृपालु मनका होओ । जसरी ख्रीष्टमा परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई क्षमा दिनुभयो त्यसरी नै तिमीहरूले पनि एकअर्कालाई क्षमा देओ ।
