4:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ὁ δέσμιος ἐν κυρίῳ ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε ,
Obsecro itaque vos ego vinctus in Domino , ut digne ambuletis vocatione , qua vocati estis ,
አስተብቍዐክሙ አነ ሙቁሕ በክርስቶስ ከመ ትሑሩ በዘይደልዋ ለጽዋዔክሙ ዘተጸዋዕክሙ ።
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
4:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πραΰτητος , μετὰ μακροθυμίας , ἀνεχόμενοι ἀλλήλων ἐν ἀγάπῃ ,
cum omni humilitate , et mansuetudine , cum patientia , supportantes invicem in caritate ,
እንዘ ታቴሕቱ ርእሰክሙ በኵሉ የውሀት ወትትዔገሡ ወኦሆ ትብሉ ለቢጽክሙ ወትጽሕቁ ለተፋቅሮ ወተኀብሩ ።
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
4:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ σπουδάζοντες τηρεῖν τὴν ἑνότητα τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρήνης ·
solliciti servare unitatem Spiritus in vinculo pacis .
ወትትዐቀቡ በአሐዱ መንፈስ ወበማዕሠረ ሰላም ።
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν πνεῦμα , καθὼς καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς κλήσεως ὑμῶν ·
Unum corpus , et unus Spiritus , sicut vocati estis in una spe vocationis vestrae .
ከመ ትኩኑ አሐደ ሥጋ ወአሐደ መንፈሰ በከመ ተጸዋዕክሙ ለአሐዱ ተስፋክሙ ።
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,
4:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἷς κύριος , μία πίστις , ἓν βάπτισμα ·
Unus Dominus , una fides , unum baptisma .
አሐዱ እግዚአብሔር ወአሐቲ ሃይማኖት ወአሐቲ ጥምቀት ።
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἷς θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ πάντων , ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων καὶ διὰ πάντων καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν .
Unus Deus et Pater omnium , qui est super omnes , et per omnia , et in omnibus nobis .
ወአሐዱ እግዚአብሔር አብ ለኵሉ ዘላዕለ ኵሉ ወእምኔሁ ኵሉ ወውእቱ ውስተ ኵሉ ።
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.
4:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἑνὶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Χριστοῦ .
Unicuique autem nostrum data est gratia secundum mensuram donationis Christi .
ወለለ አሐዱ እምኔነ ተውህበ ጸጋሁ በመስፈርተ ሀብቱ ለክርስቶስ ።
But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ διὸ λέγει , ἀναβὰς εἰς ὕψος ᾐχμαλώτευσεν αἰχμαλωσίαν , ἔδωκεν δόματα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις .
Propter quod dicit : Ascendens in altum , captivam duxit captivitatem : dedit dona hominibus .
እስመ ይቤ «ዐረገ ውስተ አርያም ፄዊወከ ፄዋ ወወሀብከ ጸጋከ ለዕጓለ እመሕያው ።»
Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”
4:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ τὸ δὲ ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς ;
Quod autem ascendit , quid est , nisi quia et descendit primum in inferiores partes terrae ?
ወምንትኑ እንከ ዕርገቱ ሶበ ኢወረደ መትሕተ ምድር ።
Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ καταβὰς αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν , ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα .
Qui descendit , ipse est et qui ascendit super omnes caelos , ut impleret omnia .
ዘወረደሂ ውእቱ ወዘዐርገሂ ውእቱ ወዘሀሎ መልዕልተ ሰማያት ከመ ይፈጽም ኵሎ ።
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
4:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν τοὺς μὲν ἀποστόλους , τοὺς δὲ προφήτας , τοὺς δὲ εὐαγγελιστάς , τοὺς δὲ ποιμένας καὶ διδασκάλους ,
Et ipse dedit quosdam quidem apostolos , quosdam autem prophetas , alios vero evangelistas , alios autem pastores et doctores ,
ወውእቱ ወሀበ ጸጋ ወከፈለ ወረሰየ እምሰብአ ዚኣሁ ሐዋርያተ ወእምኔሆሙ ነቢያተ ወመምህራነ ወእምኔሆሙ ኖሎተ ወእምኔሆሙ ሊቃውንተ ።
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
4:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων εἰς ἔργον διακονίας , εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ,
ad consummationem sanctorum in opus ministerii , in aedificationem corporis Christi :
በዘይጸንዑ ቅዱሳን ለግብረ መልእክቱ ወለሕንጻ ሥጋሁ ለክርስቶስ ።
for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,
4:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ μέχρι καταντήσωμεν οἱ πάντες εἰς τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς πίστεως καὶ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ , εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον , εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ,
donec occurramus omnes in unitatem fidei , et agnitionis Filii Dei , in virum perfectum , in mensuram aetatis plenitudinis Christi :
እስከ ንከውን ኵልነ አሐደ በሃይማኖት ወበአእምሮቱ ለወልደ እግዚአብሔር ወንኩን ከመ ዘአሐዱ ብእሲ ፍጹም ብጹሐ አምጣን በዐቅመ ፍጻሜሁ ለክርስቶስ ።
until 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,
4:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν νήπιοι , κλυδωνιζόμενοι καὶ περιφερόμενοι παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας ἐν τῇ κυβίᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐν πανουργίᾳ πρὸς τὴν μεθοδίαν τῆς πλάνης
ut jam non simus parvuli fluctuantes , et circumferamur omni vento doctrinae in nequitia hominum , in astutia ad circumventionem erroris .
ከመ ኢንኩን እንከ ደቂቀ ዘይተነትን ወይትሐወስ ምስለ ኵሉ ነፋስ ኀበ ትምይንተ ትምህርተ ዕጓለ እመሕያው እለ ይትመነገኑ በጕሕልቶሙ ከመ ያስሕቱ ።
that 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;
4:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀληθεύοντες δὲ ἐν ἀγάπῃ αὐξήσωμεν εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα , ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλή , Χριστός ,
Veritatem autem facientes in caritate , crescamus in illo per omnia , qui est caput Christus :
አላ ንጽደቅ እንከ በተፋቅሮ ወንብዛኅ በኵሉ ዘብነ በክርስቶስ ዘውእቱ ርእስ ።
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,
4:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα συναρμολογούμενον καὶ συνβιβαζόμενον διὰ πάσης ἁφῆς τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας κατ’ ἐνέργειαν ἐν μέτρῳ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου μέρους τὴν αὔξησιν τοῦ σώματος ποιεῖται εἰς οἰκοδομὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ .
ex quo totum corpus compactum et connexum per omnem juncturam subministrationis , secundum operationem in mensuram uniuscujusque membri , augmentum corporis facit in aedificationem sui in caritate .
ዘቦቱ የኀድር ኵሉ ሥጋ ወይትዋደድ በኵሉ ሥርው በበ መስፈርተ ሀብቱ ዘይትወሀብ ለለ አሐዱ መሌሊት እምነ መለያልይ በዘይልህቅ ሥጋ ወይትፌጸም ከመ ይትፈጸም ሕንጻሁ በተፋቅሮ ።
from 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.
4:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τοῦτο οὖν λέγω καὶ μαρτύρομαι ἐν κυρίῳ , μηκέτι ὑμᾶς περιπατεῖν καθὼς καὶ τὰ ἔθνη περιπατεῖ ἐν ματαιότητι τοῦ νοὸς αὐτῶν ,
Hoc igitur dico , et testificor in Domino , ut jam non ambuletis , sicut et gentes ambulant in vanitate sensus sui ,
ዘንተ እብል ወአሰምዕ ለእግዚአብሔር በእንቲኣክሙ ከመ ኢትሑሩ እንከ ከመ አሕዛብ እለ የሐውሩ በኅሊና ልቦሙ ።
This 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,
4:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐσκοτωμένοι τῇ διανοίᾳ ὄντες , ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ θεοῦ , διὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν τὴν οὖσαν ἐν αὐτοῖς , διὰ τὴν πώρωσιν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν ,
tenebris obscuratum habentes intellectum , alienati a vita Dei per ignorantiam , quae est in illis , propter caecitatem cordis ipsorum ,
ወጽሉም ኅሊናሆሙ ወነኪራን እምሕይወተ እግዚአብሔር በእበዶሙ ወበጽላሌ ልቦሙ ።
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.
4:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ οἵτινες ἀπηλγηκότες ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ εἰς ἐργασίαν ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ .
qui desperantes , semetipsos tradiderunt impudicitiae , in operationem immunditiae omnis in avaritiam .
እለ ቅቡጻን ተስፋሆሙ ወመጠዉ ርእሶሙ ለሕርትምና ወለርኵስ ወለምርዓት ።
They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
4:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως ἐμάθετε τὸν Χριστόν ,
Vos autem non ita didicistis Christum ,
ወአንትሙሰ አኮ ከማሁ ዘተመሀርክምዎ ለክርስቶስ ።
But you didn’t learn Christ that way,
4:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἴγε αὐτὸν ἠκούσατε καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐδιδάχθητε , καθώς ἐστιν ἀλήθεια ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ,
si tamen illum audistis , et in ipso edocti estis , sicut est veritas in Jesu ,
ወእመሰ አማን ትሰምዕዎ ወትትሜሀሩ በኀቤሁ ጽድቀ እስመ ጽድቅ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ውእቱ ።
if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
4:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης ,
deponere vos secundum pristinam conversationem veterem hominem , qui corrumpitur secundum desideria erroris .
አእትቱ እምላዕሌክሙ ግዕዘክሙ ዘትካት እብል በእንተ ብሉይ ብእሲ ዘይማስን በፍትወተ ስሒት ።
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
4:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀνανεοῦσθαι δὲ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν ,
Renovamini autem spiritu mentis vestrae ,
ሐድሱ መንፈሰ ልብክሙ ።
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
4:24 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας .
et induite novum hominem , qui secundum Deum creatus est in justitia , et sanctitate veritatis .
ወልበስዎ ለሐዲስ ብእሲ ዘሐደሶ እግዚአብሔር በጽድቅ ወበርትዕ ወበንጽሕ ።
and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
4:25 ⧉ ⤴︎ Διὸ ἀποθέμενοι τὸ ψεῦδος λαλεῖτε ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ , ὅτι ἐσμὲν ἀλλήλων μέλη .
Propter quod deponentes mendacium , loquimini veritatem unusquisque cum proximo suo : quoniam sumus invicem membra .
ወበእንተዝ ኅድግዋ ለሐሰት ወተናገሩ ጽድቀ ኵልክሙ ምስለ ቢጽክሙ እስመ አሐዱ አባል ንሕነ ።
Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
4:26 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὀργίζεσθε καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε · ὁ ἥλιος μὴ ἐπιδυέτω ἐπὶ παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν ,
Irascimini , et nolite peccare : sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram .
ተምዑ ወኢተአብሱ ወዘእንበለ ይዕርብ ፀሐይ አቍርሩ መዓተክሙ ።
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
4:27 ⧉ ⤴︎ μηδὲ δίδοτε τόπον τῷ διαβόλῳ .
Nolite locum dare diabolo :
ወኢተሀብዎ ፍኖተ ለሰይጣን ።
and don’t give place to the devil.
4:28 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω , μᾶλλον δὲ κοπιάτω ἐργαζόμενος ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσὶν τὸ ἀγαθόν , ἵνα ἔχῃ μεταδιδόναι τῷ χρείαν ἔχοντι .
qui furabatur , jam non furetur : magis autem laboret , operando manibus suis , quod bonum est , ut habeat unde tribuat necessitatem patienti .
ዘይሰርቅኒ ኢይስርቅ እንከ ለይትግበር ወይጻሙ እንከ በእደዊሁ ለሠናይ በዘይረድኦ ለነዳይ ።
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
4:29 ⧉ ⤴︎ πᾶς λόγος σαπρὸς ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν μὴ ἐκπορευέσθω , ἀλλὰ εἴ τις ἀγαθὸς πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χρείας , ἵνα δῷ χάριν τοῖς ἀκούουσιν .
Omnis sermo malus ex ore vestro non procedat : sed si quis bonus ad aedificationem fidei ut det gratiam audientibus .
ወኵሉ ነገር ሕሡም ኢይፃእ እምአፉክሙ ዘእንበለ ሠናይ በዘይትሐነጽ ትካዝክሙ ከመ ይርከቡ ሞገሰ እለ ይሰምዑክሙ ።
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
4:30 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ θεοῦ , ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθητε εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως .
Et nolite contristare Spiritum Sanctum Dei : in quo signati estis in diem redemptionis .
ወኢታምዕዕዎ ለመንፈስ ቅዱስ ዘቦቱ ዐተቡክሙ አመ ድኅንክሙ ።
Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
4:31 ⧉ ⤴︎ πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφ’ ὑμῶν σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ .
Omnis amaritudo , et ira , et indignatio , et clamor , et blasphemia tollatur a vobis cum omni malitia .
ኵሎ መሪረ ወመዓተ ወቍጥዓ ወመርገመ ወመንሱተ ወፅርፈተ አእትቱ እምላዕሌክሙ ምስለ ኵሉ እኩይ ።
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.
4:32 ⧉ ⤴︎ γίνεσθε δὲ εἰς ἀλλήλους χρηστοί , εὔσπλαγχνοι , χαριζόμενοι ἑαυτοῖς καθὼς καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν Χριστῷ ἐχαρίσατο ὑμῖν .
Estote autem invicem benigni , misericordes , donantes invicem sicut et Deus in Christo donavit vobis .
ወኩኑ መሓርያነ ቢጽክሙ ወተጻገዉ በበይናቲክሙ በከመ ጸገወክሙ እግዚአብሔር በክርስቶስ ።
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.