¹Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

¹Bodite torej posnemalci Boga, kakor otroci ljubljeni,

²And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

²in živite v ljubezni, kakor je tudi Kristus ljubil nas in je dal sebe za nas kot daritev in žrtev Bogu v prijetno dišavo.

³But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

³Nesramnost pa in sleherna nečistost ali lakomnost naj se še imenuje ne med vami, kakor se spodobi svetim,

⁴Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

⁴tudi ne nečedno vedenje in nespametne besede ali norčevanje, kar je nespodobno, ampak rajši zahvaljevanje.

⁵For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

⁵To namreč veste, da noben nesramnik, ali nečistnik, ali lakomnik, ki je malikovalec, nima dediščine v kraljestvu Kristusovem in Božjem.

⁶Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

⁶Nihče vas ne varaj s praznimi besedami; kajti zavoljo teh pregreh prihaja jeza Božja na sinove nepokorščine.

⁷Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

⁷Ne bodite torej njih deležniki.

⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

⁸Bili ste namreč nekdaj tema, zdaj pa ste svetloba v Gospodu: kakor svetlobe otroci živite

⁹(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

⁹(kajti sad svetlobe je v sleherni dobroti in pravičnosti in resnici),

¹⁰Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

¹⁰in presojajte, kaj je Gospodu po volji;

¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

¹¹in ne udeležujte se nerodovitnih del teme, marveč še grajajte jih;

¹²For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

¹²kar namreč počenjajo skrivaj, grdo je celo samo praviti to.

¹³But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

¹³Vse to pa se razodene, ko to graja svetloba; kajti vse razodeto je svetloba.

¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

¹⁴Zato pravi: Zbudi se, ki spiš, in vstani izmed mrtvih, in prisveti ti Kristus.

¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

¹⁵Glejte torej, da živite previdno, ne kakor nemodri, ampak kakor modri,

¹⁶Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁶in skrbno rabite čas, ker dnevi so hudi.

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁷Zatorej ne bodite nespametni, marveč umejte, kaj je volja Gospodova.

¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

¹⁸In ne upijanjajte se z vinom, v čemer je razuzdanost, temuč napolnjujte se z Duhom,

¹⁹Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

¹⁹govoreč med se boj v psalmih, slavospevih in pesmih duhovnih, pojoč in citrajoč s srcem svojim Gospodu,

²⁰Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

²⁰zahvaljujoč se vedno za vse v imenu Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa Bogu in Očetu;

²¹Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

²¹pokorni bodite drug drugemu v strahu Kristusovem.

²²Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

²²Žene, svojim možem bodite pokorne kakor Gospodu;

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

²³kajti mož je glava ženi, kakor tudi Kristus glava cerkvi; on je tudi rešitelj telesa.

²⁴Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

²⁴Ali kakor je cerkev pokorna Kristusu, tako bodite tudi žene svojim možem v vsem.

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

²⁵Možje, ljubite žene svoje, kakor je tudi Kristus ljubil cerkev in je samega sebe dal zanjo,

²⁶That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

²⁶da jo posveti, očistivši jo v kopeli vode, z besedo,

²⁷That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁷da pripravi sam sebi slavno cerkev, ki nima madeža ali gube ali kaj enakega, ampak da bode sveta in brezmadežna.

²⁸So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

²⁸Tako so možje dolžni ljubiti žene kakor telesa svoja. Kdor ljubi ženo svojo, ljubi sebe;

²⁹For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

²⁹kajti nihče ni nikoli sovražil svojega mesa, temuč hrani in goji ga kakor tudi Kristus cerkev,

³⁰For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

³⁰ker udje smo telesa njegovega [iz mesa njegovega in iz kosti njegovih].

³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

³¹„Zato zapusti človek očeta svojega in mater svojo ter se pridruži ženi svoji, in oba bodeta eno meso“.

³²This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

³²Ta skrivnost je velika: jaz pa pravim za Kristusa in za cerkev.Toda tudi vi, vsak posamezni naj ljubi ženo svojo tako kakor sebe; žena pa se boj moža.

³³Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

³³Toda tudi vi, vsak posamezni naj ljubi ženo svojo tako kakor sebe; žena pa se boj moža.