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ወደ ኤፌሶን ሰዎች 4:17–32 (አማ54)

እንግዲህ አሕዛብ ደግሞ በአእምሮአቸው ከንቱነት እንደሚመላለሱ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ እንዳትመላለሱ እላለሁ በጌታም ሆኜ እመሰክራለሁ። እነርሱ ባለማወቃቸው ጠንቅ በልባቸውም ደንዳንነት ጠንቅ ልቡናቸው ጨለመ፥ ከእግዚአብሔርም ሕይወት ራቁ፤ ደንዝዘውም በመመኘት ርኵሰትን ሁሉ ለማድረግ ራሳቸውን ወደ ሴሰኝነት አሳልፈው ሰጡ። እናንተ ግን ክርስቶስን እንደዚህ አልተማራችሁም፤ በእርግጥ ሰምታችሁታልና፥ እውነትም በኢየሱስ እንዳለ በእርሱ ተምራችኋል፤ ፊተኛ ኑሮአችሁን እያሰባችሁ እንደሚያታልል ምኞት የሚጠፋውን አሮጌውን ሰው አስወግዱ፥ በአእምሮአችሁም መንፈስ ታደሱ፥ ለእውነትም በሚሆኑ ጽድቅና ቅድስና እንደ እግዚአብሔር ምሳሌ የተፈጠረውን አዲሱን ሰው ልበሱ። ስለዚህ ውሸትን አስወግዳችሁ፥ እርስ በርሳችን ብልቶች ሆነናልና እያንዳንዳችሁ ከባልንጀሮቻችሁ ጋር እውነትን ተነጋገሩ። ተቆጡ ኃጢአትንም አታድርጉ፤ በቁጣችሁ ላይ ፀሐይ አይግባ፥ ለዲያብሎስም ፈንታ አትስጡት። የሰረቀ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ አይስረቅ፥ ነገር ግን በዚያ ፈንታ ለጎደለው የሚያካፍለው እንዲኖርለት በገዛ እጆቹ መልካምን እየሠራ ይድከም። ለሚሰሙት ጸጋን ይሰጥ ዘንድ እንደሚያስፈልግ ለማነጽ የሚጠቅም ማናቸውም በጎ ቃል እንጂ ክፉ ቃል ከአፋችሁ ከቶ አይውጣ። ለቤዛም ቀን የታተማችሁበትን ቅዱሱን የእግዚአብሔርን መንፈስ አታሳዝኑ። መራርነትና ንዴት ቁጣም ጩኸትም መሳደብም ሁሉ ከክፋት ሁሉ ጋር ከእናንተ ዘንድ ይወገድ። እርስ በርሳችሁም ቸሮችና ርኅሩኆች ሁኑ፥ እግዚአብሔርም ደግሞ በክርስቶስ ይቅር እንዳላችሁ ይቅር ተባባሉ።

Ephesians 4:17–32 (ESV)

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!—assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.