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,
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
አላንጽደቅእንከበተፋቅሮወንብዛኅበኵሉዘብነበክርስቶስዘውእቱርእስ።
惟用愛心說誠實話,凡事長進,連於元首基督,
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,
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.
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
ወጽሉምኅሊናሆሙወነኪራንእምሕይወተእግዚአብሔርበእበዶሙወበጽላሌልቦሙ።
他們心地昏昧,與上帝所賜的生命隔絕了,都因自己無知,心裏剛硬;
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
እለቅቡጻንተስፋሆሙወመጠዉርእሶሙለሕርትምናወለርኵስወለምርዓት።
良心既然喪盡,就放縱私慾,貪行種種的污穢。
They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
4:20
ወአንትሙሰአኮከማሁዘተመሀርክምዎለክርስቶስ።
你們學了基督,卻不是這樣。
But you didn’t learn Christ that way,
4:21
ወእመሰአማንትሰምዕዎወትትሜሀሩበኀቤሁጽድቀእስመጽድቅበኢየሱስክርስቶስውእቱ።
如果你們聽過他的道,領了他的教,學了他的真理,
if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
4:22
አእትቱእምላዕሌክሙግዕዘክሙዘትካትእብልበእንተብሉይብእሲዘይማስንበፍትወተስሒት።
就要脫去你們從前行為上的舊人,這舊人是因私慾的迷惑漸漸變壞的;
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
4:23
ሐድሱመንፈሰልብክሙ።
又要將你們的心志改換一新,
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
4:24
ወልበስዎለሐዲስብእሲዘሐደሶእግዚአብሔርበጽድቅወበርትዕወበንጽሕ።
並且穿上新人;這新人是照着上帝的形像造的,有真理的仁義和聖潔。
and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
4:25
ወበእንተዝኅድግዋለሐሰትወተናገሩጽድቀኵልክሙምስለቢጽክሙእስመአሐዱአባልንሕነ።
所以,你們要棄絕謊言,各人與鄰舍說實話,因為我們是互相為肢體。
Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
4:26
ተምዑወኢተአብሱወዘእንበለይዕርብፀሐይአቍርሩመዓተክሙ።
生氣卻不要犯罪;不可含怒到日落,
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
4:27
ወኢተሀብዎፍኖተለሰይጣን።
也不可給魔鬼留地步。
and don’t give place to the devil.
4:28
ዘይሰርቅኒኢይስርቅእንከለይትግበርወይጻሙእንከበእደዊሁለሠናይበዘይረድኦለነዳይ።
從前偷竊的,不要再偷;總要勞力,親手做正經事,就可有餘分給那缺少的人。
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.
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
ወኢታምዕዕዎለመንፈስቅዱስዘቦቱዐተቡክሙአመድኅንክሙ።
不要叫上帝的聖靈擔憂;你們原是受了他的印記,等候得贖的日子來到。
Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
4:31
ኵሎመሪረወመዓተወቍጥዓወመርገመወመንሱተወፅርፈተአእትቱእምላዕሌክሙምስለኵሉእኩይ።
一切苦毒、惱恨、忿怒、嚷鬧、毀謗,並一切的惡毒 ,都當從你們中間除掉;
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.
4:32
ወኩኑመሓርያነቢጽክሙወተጻገዉበበይናቲክሙበከመጸገወክሙእግዚአብሔርበክርስቶስ።
並要以恩慈相待,存憐憫的心,彼此饒恕,正如上帝在基督裏饒恕了你們一樣。
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.