¹Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

¹እንግዲህ እንደ ተወደዱ ልጆች እግዚአብሔርን የምትከተሉ ሁኑ፥

²and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

²ክርስቶስም ደግሞ እንደ ወደዳችሁ ለእግዚአብሔርም የመዓዛ ሽታ የሚሆንን መባንና መሥዋዕትን አድርጎ ስለ እናንተ ራሱን አሳልፎ እንደ ሰጠ በፍቅር ተመላለሱ።

³and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

³ለቅዱሳን እንደሚገባ ግን ዝሙትና ርኵሰት ሁሉ ወይም መመኘት በእናንተ ዘንድ ከቶ አይሰማ፤

⁴also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;

⁴የሚያሳፍር ነገርም የስንፍና ንግግርም ወይም ዋዛ የማይገቡ ናቸውና አይሁኑ፥ ይልቁን ምስጋና እንጂ።

⁵for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

⁵ይህን እወቁ፤ አመንዝራም ቢሆን ወይም ርኵስ ወይም የሚመኝ እርሱም ጣዖትን የሚያመልክ በክርስቶስና በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ርስት የለውም።

⁶Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

⁶ከዚህ የተነሣ በማይታዘዙት ልጆች ላይ የእግዚአብሔር ቁጣ ይመጣልና ማንም በከንቱ ንግግር አያታልላችሁ።

⁷become not, then, partakers with them,

⁷እንግዲህ ከእነርሱ ጋር ተካፋዮች አትሁኑ፤

⁸for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

⁸ቀድሞ ጨለማ ነበራችሁና፥ አሁን ግን በጌታ ብርሃን ናችሁ፤

⁹for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

⁹የብርሃኑ ፍሬ በበጎነትና በጽድቅ በእውነትም ሁሉ ነውና ለጌታ ደስ የሚያሰኘውን እየመረመራችሁ፥ እንደ ብርሃን ልጆች ተመላለሱ፤

¹⁰proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

¹¹ፍሬም ከሌለው ከጨለማ ሥራ ጋር አትተባበሩ፥ ይልቁን ግለጡት እንጂ፥

¹¹and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

¹²እነርሱ በስውር ስለሚያደርጉት መናገር እንኳ ነውር ነውና፤

¹²for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

¹³ሁሉ ግን በብርሃን ሲገለጥ ይታያል፤ የሚታየው ሁሉ ብርሃን ነውና።

¹³and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

¹⁴ስለዚህ። አንተ የምትተኛ ንቃ ከሙታንም ተነሣ ክርስቶስም ያበራልሃል ይላል።

¹⁴wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.`

¹⁵እንግዲህ እንደ ጥበበኞች እንጂ ጥበብ እንደሌላቸው ሳይሆን እንዴት እንድትመላለሱ በጥንቃቄ ተጠበቁ፤

¹⁵See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

¹⁶ቀኖቹ ክፉዎች ናቸውና ዘመኑን ዋጁ።

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

¹⁷ስለዚህ የጌታ ፈቃድ ምን እንደ ሆነ አስተውሉ እንጂ ሞኞች አትሁኑ።

¹⁷because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,

¹⁸መንፈስ ይሙላባችሁ እንጂ በወይን ጠጅ አትስከሩ ይህ ማባከን ነውና፤

¹⁸and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

¹⁹በመዝሙርና በዝማሬ በመንፈሳዊም ቅኔ እርስ በርሳችሁ ተነጋገሩ፤ ለጌታ በልባችሁ ተቀኙና ዘምሩ፤

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

²⁰ሁልጊዜ ስለ ሁሉ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም አምላካችንንና አባታችንን ስለ ሁሉ አመስግኑ።

²⁰giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

²¹ለእያንዳንዳችሁ በክርስቶስ ፍርሃት የተገዛችሁ ሁኑ።

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

²²ሚስቶች ሆይ፥ ለጌታ እንደምትገዙ ለባሎቻችሁ ተገዙ፤

²²The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

²³ክርስቶስ ደግሞ የቤተ ክርስቲያን ራስ እንደ ሆነ እርሱም አካሉን የሚያድን እንደ ሆነ ባል የሚስት ራስ ነውና።

²³because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

²⁴ዳሩ ግን ቤተ ክርስቲያን ለክርስቶስ እንደምትገዛ እንዲሁ ሚስቶች ደግሞ በሁሉ ለባሎቻቸው ይገዙ።

²⁴but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.

²⁵ባሎች ሆይ፥ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን እንደ ወደዳት ሚስቶቻችሁን ውደዱ፤ በውኃ መታጠብና ከቃሉ ጋር አንጽቶ እንዲቀድሳት ስለ እርስዋ ራሱን አሳልፎ ሰጠ፤

²⁵The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

²⁷እድፈት ወይም የፊት መጨማደድ ወይም እንዲህ ያለ ነገር ሳይሆንባት ቅድስትና ያለ ነውር ትሆን ዘንድ ክብርት የሆነችን ቤተ ክርስቲያን ለራሱ እንዲያቀርብ ፈለገ።

²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,

²⁸እንዲሁም ባሎች ደግሞ እንደ ገዛ ሥጋቸው አድርገው የገዛ ሚስቶቻቸውን ሊወዱአቸው ይገባቸዋል። የገዛ ሚስቱን የሚወድ ራሱን ይወዳል፤

²⁷that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

²⁹ማንም የገዛ ሥጋውን የሚጠላ ከቶ የለምና፥ ነገር ግን የአካሉ ብልቶች ስለሆንን፥ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን እንዳደረገላት፥ ይመግበዋል ይከባከበውማል።

²⁸so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;

³¹ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ።

²⁹for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,

³²ይህ ምሥጢር ታላቅ ነው፥ እኔ ግን ይህን ስለ ክርስቶስና ስለ ቤተ ክርስቲያን እላለሁ።

³⁰because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

³³ሆኖም ከእናንተ ደግሞ እያንዳንዱ የገዛ ሚስቱን እንዲህ እንደ ራሱ አድርጎ ይውደዳት፥ ሚስቱም ባልዋን ትፍራ።

³¹`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;`

³²this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

³³but ye also, every one in particular — let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife — that she may reverence the husband.