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

¹Kwa hiyo, mwigeni Mungu, maana ninyi ni watoto wake wapenzi.

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.

²Upendo uongoze maisha yenu, kama vile Kristo alivyotupenda, na kwa ajili yetu akajitoa mwenyewe kama dhabihu yenye harufu nzuri na tambiko impendezayo Mungu.

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

³Kwa vile ninyi ni watu wa Mungu, basi uasherati, uchafu wowote ule au choyo visitajwe kamwe miongoni mwenu.

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

⁴Tena maneno ya aibu, ya upuuzi au ubishi, yote hayo hayafai kwenu; maneno ya kumshukuru Mungu ndiyo yanayofaa.

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.

⁵Jueni wazi kwamba mwasherati yeyote au mchafu au mfisadi, (ufisadi ni sawa na kuabudu sanamu), au mtu yeyote wa aina hiyo hataambulia chochote katika Utawala wa Kristo na wa Mungu.

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

⁶Msikubali kudanganywa na mtu kwa maneno matupu; maana, kwa sababu ya mambo kama hayo ghadhabu ya Mungu huwajia wote wasiomtii.

⁷Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

⁷Basi, msishirikiane nao.

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

⁸Zamani ninyi mlikuwa gizani, lakini sasa ninyi mko katika mwanga kwa kuungana na Bwana. Ishini kama watoto wa mwanga:

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

⁹maana matokeo ya mwanga ni wema kamili, uadilifu na ukweli.

¹⁰Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

¹⁰Jaribuni kujua yale yanayompendeza Bwana.

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

¹¹Msishiriki katika matendo yasiyofaa, ya giza bali yafichueni.

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

¹²Mambo yanayotendwa kwa siri ni aibu hata kuyataja.

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

¹³Lakini mambo yale yanayotendwa katika mwanga, ukweli wake hudhihirishwa;

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

¹⁴na kila kilichodhihirishwa huwa mwanga. Ndiyo maana Maandiko yasema: "Amka wewe uliyelala, fufuka kutoka wafu, naye Kristo atakuangaza."

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

¹⁵Basi, muwe waangalifu jinsi mnavyoishi: Msiishi kama wapumbavu, bali kama wenye hekima.

¹⁶Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁶Tumieni vizuri muda mlio nao maana siku hizi ni mbaya.

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

¹⁷Kwa hiyo, msiwe wapumbavu, bali jaribuni kujua matakwa ya Bwana.

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

¹⁸Acheni kulewa divai maana hiyo itawaangamiza, bali mjazwe Roho Mtakatifu.

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

¹⁹Zungumzeni kwa maneno ya Zaburi, nyimbo na tenzi za kiroho; mwimbieni Bwana nyimbo na zaburi kwa shukrani mioyoni mwenu.

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

²⁰Mshukuruni Mungu Baba daima kwa ajili ya yote, kwa jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

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

²¹Kila mmoja amstahi mwenzake kwa sababu ya kumcha Kristo.

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

²²Wake wawatii waume zao kama kumtii Bwana.

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.

²³Maana mume anayo mamlaka juu ya mkewe, kama vile Kristo alivyo na mamlaka juu ya kanisa; naye Kristo mwenyewe hulikomboa kanisa, mwili wake.

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

²⁴Kama vile kanisa linavyomtii Kristo, vivyo hivyo, wake wawatii waume zao katika mambo yote.

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

²⁵Nanyi waume, wapendeni wake zenu kama Kristo alivyolipenda kanisa, akajitoa mwenyewe sadaka kwa ajili yake.

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

²⁶Alifanya hivyo, ili kwa neno lake, aliweke wakfu kwa Mungu, baada ya kulifanya safi kwa kuliosha katika maji,

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.

²⁷kusudi ajipatie kanisa lililo takatifu na safu kabisa, kanisa lisilo na doa, kasoro au chochote cha namna hiyo.

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

²⁸Basi, waume wanapaswa kuwapenda wake zao kama miili yao wenyewe.

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

²⁹(Hakuna mtu yeyote auchukiaye mwili wake; badala ya kuuchukia, huulisha na kuuvika. Ndivyo naye Kristo anavyolitunza kanisa,

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

³⁰maana sisi ni viungo vya mwili wake.)

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.

³¹Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Kwa hiyo, mwanamume atawaacha baba na mama yake, ataungana na mkewe, nao wawili watakuwa mwili mmoja."

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

³²Kuna ukweli uliofichika katika maneno haya, nami naona kwamba yamhusu Kristo na kanisa lake.

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

³³Lakini yanawahusu ninyi pia: kila mume lazima ampende mkewe kama nafsi yake mwenyewe, naye mke anapaswa kumstahi mumewe.