¹The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

¹ልጆች ሆይ፥ ለወላጆቻችሁ በጌታ ታዘዙ፥ ይህ የሚገባ ነውና።

²honour thy father and mother,

²መልካም እንዲሆንልህ ዕድሜህም በምድር ላይ እንዲረዝም አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፤ እርስዋም የተስፋ ቃል ያላት ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ናት።

³which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.`

⁴እናንተም አባቶች ሆይ፥ ልጆቻችሁን በጌታ ምክርና በተግሣጽ አሳድጉአቸው እንጂ አታስቆጡአቸው።

⁴And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

⁵ባሪያዎች ሆይ፥ ለክርስቶስ እንደምትታዘዙ በፍርሃትና በመንቀጥቀጥ በልባችሁ ቅንነት በሥጋ ጌቶቻችሁ ለሆኑ ታዘዙ፤

⁵The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

⁶የእግዚአብሔርን ፈቃድ እንደሚያደርጉ እንደ ክርስቶስ ባሪያዎች እንጂ ለሰው ደስ እንደምታሰኙ ለታይታ የምትገዙ አትሁኑ።

⁶not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

⁷ለሰው ሳይሆን ለጌታ እንደምትገዙ በትጋትና በበጎ ፈቃድ ተገዙ፤

⁷with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

⁸ባሪያ ቢሆን ወይም ጨዋ ሰው፥ እያንዳንዱ የሚያደርገውን መልካም ነገር ሁሉ ከጌታ በብድራት እንዲቀበለው ታውቃላችሁና።

⁸having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

⁹እናንተም ጌቶች ሆይ፥ ዛቻውን ትታችሁ እንዲሁ አድርጉላቸው፥ በእነርሱና በእናንተ ላይ የሚገዛው ጌታ በሰማይ እንዳለ ለሰው ፊትም እንዳያደላ ታውቃላችሁና።

⁹And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

¹⁰በቀረውስ በጌታና በኃይሉ ችሎት የበረታችሁ ሁኑ።

¹⁰As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

¹¹የዲያብሎስን ሽንገላ ትቃወሙ ዘንድ እንዲቻላችሁ የእግዚአብሔርን ዕቃ ጦር ሁሉ ልበሱ።

¹¹put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

¹²መጋደላችን ከደምና ከሥጋ ጋር አይደለምና፥ ከአለቆችና ከሥልጣናት ጋር ከዚህም ከጨለማ ዓለም ገዦች ጋር በሰማያዊም ስፍራ ካለ ከክፋት መንፈሳውያን ሠራዊት ጋር ነው እንጂ።

¹²because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

¹³ስለዚህ በክፉው ቀን ለመቃወም፥ ሁሉንም ፈጽማችሁ ለመቆም እንድትችሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ዕቃ ጦር ሁሉ አንሡ።

¹³because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done — to stand.

¹⁴እንግዲህ ወገባችሁን በእውነት ታጥቃችሁ፥ የጽድቅንም ጥሩር ለብሳችሁ፥ በሰላም ወንጌልም በመዘጋጀት እግሮቻችሁ ተጫምተው ቁሙ፤

¹⁴Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,

¹⁶በሁሉም ላይ ጨምራችሁ የሚንበለበሉትን የክፉውን ፍላጻዎች ሁሉ ልታጠፉ የምትችሉበትን የእምነትን ጋሻ አንሡ፤

¹⁵and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

¹⁷የመዳንንም ራስ ቁር የመንፈስንም ሰይፍ ያዙ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው።

¹⁶above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

¹⁸በጸሎትና በልመናም ሁሉ ዘወትር በመንፈስ ጸልዩ፤ በዚህም አሳብ ስለ ቅዱሳን ሁሉ እየለመናችሁ በመጽናት ሁሉ ትጉ፤

¹⁷and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

¹⁹ደግሞ የወንጌልን ምሥጢር በግልጥ እንዳስታውቅ አፌን በመክፈት ቃል ይሰጠኝ ዘንድ ስለ እኔ ለምኑ፤

¹⁸through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints —

²⁰ስለ ወንጌልም በሰንሰለት መልእክተኛ የሆንሁ፥ መናገር እንደሚገባኝ ስለ እርሱ በግልጥ እናገር ዘንድ ለምኑ።

¹⁹and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

²¹ነገር ግን እናንተ ደግሞ እንዴት እንዳለሁ ኑሮዬን እንድታውቁ የተወደደ ወንድምና በጌታ የታመነ አገልጋይ ቲኪቆስ ሁሉን ያስታውቃችኋል፤

²⁰for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely — as it behoveth me to speak.

²²ወሬአችንን እንድታውቁና ልባችሁን እንዲያጽናና ወደ እናንተ የምልከው ስለዚህ ምክንያት ነው።

²¹And that ye may know — ye also — the things concerning me — what I do, all things make known to you shall Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,

²³ከእግዚአብሔር አብ ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰላምና ፍቅር ከእምነት ጋር ለወንድሞች ይሁን።

²²whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that ye might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.

²⁴ጌታችንን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ባለመጥፋት ከሚወዱ ሁሉ ጋር ጸጋ ይሁን፤ አሜን።

²³Peace to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

²⁴The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ — undecayingly! Amen.