EFESOARREI 4

KRISTAUEN JOKABIDE BERRIA (4,1—6,20)

Erabateko batasuna

1 Nik, Jaunarengatik presot nagoen honek, hartu duzuen deiari dagokionez bizi zaiteztela eskatzen dizuet.t 2 Izan apal, otzan eta jasankor, elkar maitekiro eramanez.t 3 Saia zaitezte Espirituak ematen duen batasunari eusten, elkartzen zaituzten bakeaz.t 4 Bat bakarra da gorputza eta bat bakarra Espiritua, egin zaizuen deiari dagokion itxaropena ere bat bakarra den bezala;t 5 bat bakarra Jauna, bat bakarra sinesmena, bat bakarra bataioa,t

6 bat bakarra guztien Jainkoa eta Aita, guztien gainetik dagoena, guztien bidez ari dena eta guztiengan bizi dena.t

Dohain ezberdinak

8 Horregatik dio Liburu Santuak:
Gorenera igo zenean,
gatibuak berekin eraman zituen
eta gizakiei dohainak eman zizkien t.t
9 Igo zela esatean, zer esan nahi du, aurrez beheko lur honetara jaitsi zela baizik? 10 Jaitsi zen hura, zeru gorenera dena betetzera igo dena bera da. 11 Bera da batzuk apostolu egin zituena, beste batzuk profeta, beste batzuk berri onaren hotsegile, beste batzuk artzain eta irakasle.t 12 Horrela, gai egiten ditu fededunak beren zerbitzu-lanerako eta Kristoren gorputza hazarazteko,t 13 harik eta denok elkarrekin sinesmen eta Jainkoaren Semearen ezagutza berbera izan arte, heldutasun beteko pertsona, Kristoren betetasunaren neurriko, izatera iritsi arte.t 14 Ez gaitezen haur izan, edozein irakaspen-haizek astinduak eta harat-honat eramanak, uste okerretan erorarazteko trebe den jende maltzurrak engainatuak.t 15 Alderantziz baizik, maitasunean benetakoak izanez, hazi gaitezen gauza guztietan, Kristori gero eta gehiago egokituz. Bera da buruat

16 eta berak ematen dio gorputz osoari barne-lotura eta batasuna, atal guztiek, bakoitzak bere jarduera bereziaren arabera, gorputz osoaren alde egiten duten elkarlanaren bitartez; horrela, gorputza haziz eta maitasunean osoki eraikiz doa.t

Bizitza zaharretik berrira

24 eta giza izaera berria, Jainkoaren irudira sortua, jantzi behar duzuela, Jesusen egiaren arabera biziera zuzena eta santua eramateko.t

Bizitza berriaren eskakizunak

29 Ez bedi atera zuen ahotik hitz zakarrik, baizik eta, zerbait esan behar baduzue, ona eta egokia eta entzun dezatenen onerako izan dadila.t
30 Ez nahigabetu Jainkoaren Espiritu Santua, horrekin markatu baitzaituzte Jainkoak zigiluz bezala, askapen-egunean zuek bereizteko.t 31 Ez bedi izan zuen artean zakarkeriarik, ez haserrerik, ez gorrotorik, ez garrasirik, ez irainik, ezta inolako gaiztakeriarik ere.t 32 Izan zaitezte elkarrentzat on eta bihozbera, elkarri barkatuz, Jainkoak Kristoren bitartez barkatu dizuen bezalat.t

Ephesians 4

Live in Unity

1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord,t urge you to livet worthily of the calling with which you have been called,s2 with all humility and gentleness,t with patience, bearing witht one another in love,3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he capturedtcaptives; he gave gifts to men,"s9 Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descendeds to the lower regions,s namely, the earth?t10 He, the very onet who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.11 It was het who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,s12 to equipt the saints for the work of ministry, that is,t to build up the body of Christ,13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God – a mature person, attaining tot the measure of Christ’s full stature.t14 Sot we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.t15 But practicing the truth in love,t we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

16 From him the whole body grows, fitted and held togethert through every supporting ligament.t As each one does its part, the body grows in love.

Live in Holiness

17 So I say this, and insistt in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futilityt of their thinking.t18 They are darkened in their understanding,t being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.19 Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.s20 But you did not learn about Christ like this,21 if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.22 You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay asidet the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,23 to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s imaget – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.t
25 Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor,s for we are members of one another.26 Be angry and do not sin;s do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.t27 Do not give the devil an opportunity.28 The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.29 You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need,t that it may give grace to those who hear.30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.31 You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

32 Instead,s be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.t