The Unity of the Body
1 I urge you, then—I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you. 2 Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another. 3 Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you. 5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 there is one God and Father of all people, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.
7 Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to what Christ has given. 8 As the scripture says,
“When he went up to the very heights,
he took many captives with him;
he gave gifts to people.”
9 Now, what does “he went up” mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth. 10 So the one who came down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the whole universe with his presence. 11 It was he who “gave gifts to people”; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers. 12 He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ. 13 And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature. 14 Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent. 15 Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head. 16 Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.
The New Life in Christ
17 In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless 18 and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn. 19 They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint.
20 That was not what you learned about Christ! 21 You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus. 22 So get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to—the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires. 23 Your hearts and minds must be made completely new, 24 and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy.
25 No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ. 26 If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day. 27 Don't give the Devil a chance. 28 If you used to rob, you must stop robbing and start working, in order to earn an honest living for yourself and to be able to help the poor. 29 Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you. 30 And do not make God's Holy Spirit sad; for the Spirit is God's mark of ownership on you, a guarantee that the Day will come when God will set you free. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort. 32 Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.
Kiliŋyaa Yeesu la kafoo kono
1 Wo kamma la, nte meŋ mu bunjawutonkoo ti Maariyo la kuwo kamma la, ŋa ali daani ka baluu niŋ baluuñaa la, meŋ jarita kumandiroo la, ali kumandita meŋ na. 2 Ali si baluu fammajiyo kono, mooyaa aniŋ sooneeyaa, aduŋ ali si muña ñoo ye kanoo kono. 3 Ali si katoo bee ke ka ke kiliŋ ti Nooroo kono, ali ye kayiroo ke a sitiraŋo ti.
4 Bala kiliŋ niŋ Noora kiliŋ ne be keriŋ, ko ali kumandita jiki kiliŋo kaŋ kumandiri kiliŋo la ñaameŋ. 5 Maarii kiliŋ ne be keriŋ, lanna kiliŋ, batisee* kiliŋ, 6 aniŋ Alla kiliŋ meŋ mu m̀ bee Faamaa ti. Ate le be m̀ bee ye santo, a ka dookuwo ke ka bo niŋ m̀ bee la, aduŋ a be m̀ bee le kono.
7 Hiinoo diita ntolu bee kiliŋ-kiliŋ naa la le, ko Kiristu* ye a sumaŋ ñaameŋ ka ǹ so a la. 8 Wo kamma la, a fota le ko:
“A taata santo le,
a taatoo ye mutamoolu samba,
a ye soorifeŋolu dii moolu la le.”
9 “A taata santo le,” ñiŋ ye a yitandi koyirinke le ko, a naata jii duniyaa dulaa dinkariŋ baa fanaa to le. 10 Wo to Kiristu meŋ jiita, ate le mu wo kiliŋo ti fanaa, meŋ taata santo dulaa to, meŋ tambita saŋ fatoolu bee la, fo a si alihawaa bee fandi a la kallankeeyaa* la.
11 Aduŋ ñinnu le mu a la soorifeŋolu ti, a ye moo doolu ke kiilaalu* ti, doolu kiilaariyaa kumafolaalu, doolu kibaari betoo kawandilaalu, doolu lannamoolu kantalaalu aniŋ doolu karandirilaalu. 12 Ka bo wo siloo la, a ye moo senuŋolu parendi dookuwo ye fo ì si a la kafoo yiriwandi, meŋ mu Kiristu baloo ti, 13 fo m̀ bee ye ke kiliŋ ti ǹ na lannoo to, aniŋ Alla Dinkewo* la londoo kono. Wo to le m̀ bee be meŋ na ka ke moo timmariŋolu ti, ko Kiristu be timmariŋ ñaameŋ.
14 Bituŋ ǹ kana ke dindiŋolu ti kotenke, ì ka mennu ñori jaŋ waraŋ jana. Tooñaa, karandiri siifaa jamaa le be jaŋ, mennu naata ka bo niŋ moolu la feere jawoolu la, aniŋ ì la feeretoo neeneeroo, bari ǹ te ke la kotenke feŋ yankariŋo ti, ñiŋ karandiroolu jiibaliŋolu kaŋ. 15 Wo noo to, m̀ be looriŋ tooñaa le kaŋ kanoo kono, m̀ be yiriwaa kaŋ kuu-wo-kuu to ka coki Kiristu bala, meŋ mu kuŋo ti baloo ye. 16 Ka bo niŋ ate le la, balasuufoolu bee keta ñoo bala kiliŋ ti, fasoolu niŋ cokoolu diita balasuufoolu ye le, aduŋ baloo ka meŋ ne, a ka yiriwaa kanoo kono, niŋ suufoolu bee ye ì la dookuwo taamandi a ñaama.
Moo kutoo Kiristu kono
17 M be ali dandalaa la ka ñiŋ bambandi Maariyo kono ko, ali maŋ ñaŋ na baluu la kotenke ko Alla lombaloolu, mennu hakiloo ka tu kuu nafantaŋolu kaŋ. 18 Ì sondomeñaalu be dibiriŋ ne, ì la lombaliyaa kamma la ì fatata baluwo la Alla ye meŋ dii, kaatu ì sondomoo jaata le. 19 Ì naata malubaliyaa, ì bulata ì la niidiyaa kuwolu nooma. Ì ka kuu nooriŋ siifaalu bee le ke, aduŋ kuu buka ì wasa.
20 Wo maŋ ke siloo ti, ali ye meŋ karaŋ Kiristu la kuwo to! 21 Tooñaa, ali ye a la kuwo moyi le, aduŋ ì ye wo tooñaa karandi ali ye le a ñaama meŋ mu ate Yeesu ti. 22 Wo to, ali ali daajika kotoo wura ali bala, meŋ mu ali la baluuñaa kotoo ti. Wo baluuñaa nakarita le ka bo niŋ hame kuu jawoolu la, mennu ye ali neenee. 23 Ali sondomoolu niŋ ali hakiloolu si kutayandi, 24 ali ye daajika kutoo duŋ, meŋ daata Alla sawuroo la ka tiliŋ tooñaa niŋ seneyaa soto.
25 Wo kamma la, ali meŋ-wo-meŋ si fata faniyaa foo la: Moo-wo-moo si tooñaa fo a siiñoo ye, kaatu m̀ bee mu bala kiliŋ ne taa ti. 26 Ali la kamfaa kono, ali kana junuboo ke. Ali la kamfaa kana tara ali kono fo tiloo ye boyi. 27 Niŋ wo nte, ali be siloo dii la Ibiliisa la le.
28 Moo meŋ mu suuñaarilaa ti, a kana suuñaaroo ke kotenke. Wo noo to a si dookuwo ke a buloolu la, fo a si diiroo ke noo moolu la, mennu be suuloo kono. 29 Kuma jawoo kana bo ali daa kono. Wo noo to, ali la kumoolu si beteyaa ka moolu yiriwandi, ka ì maakoyi ì la suuloolu kono, aniŋ ka ì seewondi.
30 Ali kana Alla la Noora Kuliŋo sunundi, ali tamputa ka bo niŋ meŋ na ka a ke ali la suuteerilaŋo ti kiisoo luŋo ye. 31 Ali niikuyaa bee bula, kamfaa, jusuboo, kawuyeeyaa, tooñeeri kumoolu aniŋ kuruŋyaa kuwolu bee. 32 Bari ali ñanta mooyaa niŋ balafaa soto la ñoo ye le. Ali yamfa ñoo ye ko Alla yamfata ali ye ñaameŋ ka bo niŋ Kiristu la.
