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

¹¶ Na, kia rite ta koutou ki ta te Atua, kia pera me ta nga tamariki e arohaina ana;

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,

²Haere hoki i runga i te aroha, kia pera me te Karaiti i aroha ki a tatou, i tuku i a ia ano mo tatou hei whakahere, hei patunga tapu ki te Atua, hei kakara pai.

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

³¶ Ko te moepuku ia, me nga mahi poke katoa, me te apo, kaua ena e whakahuatia i roto i a koutou, kia rite ki ta te hunga tapu tikanga;

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

⁴Kaua hoki te mea paruparu, te korero wairangi, te korero maminga, kahore nei i tika, erangi ia te whakawhetai.

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.

⁵E tino matau ana hoki koutou ki tenei, e kore tetahi tangata moepuku, poke ranei, apo ranei, he kaikarakia nei hoki ia ki te whakapakoko, e whai wahi ki te rangatiratanga o te Karaiti, a o te Atua.

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

⁶Kei tinihangatia koutou e te tangata ki nga kupu tekateka noa: na enei mea hoki te riri o te Atua e puta nei ki nga tamariki a te tutu.

⁷become not, then, partakers with them,

⁷Na, kaua koutou e uru ki ta ratou.

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

⁸He pouri hoki koutou i mua, tena ko tenei, he marama i roto i te Ariki: kia rite ta koutou haere ki ta nga tamariki o te marama:

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

⁹Kei runga hoki te hua o te marama i te pai katoa, i te tika, i te pono.

¹⁰proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

¹⁰Me whakamatau ano e koutou ta te Ariki e pai ai.

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

¹¹Kei uru koutou ki nga mahi huakore o te pouri, engari whakahengia.

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

¹²He mea whakama hoki te whakahua kau, i nga mea e meinga ngarotia nei e ratou.

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

¹³Ko nga mea katoa hoki e whakahengia ana, ma te marama e whakakite: he marama hoki nga mea katoa e whakakitea ana.

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

¹⁴Koia hoki tana kupu nei, Maranga, e tenei e moe nei, ara ake i roto i te hunga mate, a ka whiti a te Karaiti ki runga ki a koe.

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

¹⁵Na reira kia ata tirotiro i ta koutou haere, kei rite ki ta nga whakaarokore, engari ki ta nga whakaaro nui;

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

¹⁶Hokona te taima ma koutou, he kino hoki nga ra.

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

¹⁷Mo konei ra kei whakaarokore koutou, engari kia matau ki ta te Ariki e pai ai.

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

¹⁸Kaua hoki e haurangi i te waina, he toreretanga hoki tena ki te he; engari kia ki i te Wairua;

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

¹⁹Ko ta koutou korero ki a koutou ano, hei te waiata tapu, hei te himene, hei te waiata wairua; waiata, himene atu, i roto i o koutou ngakau ki te Ariki;

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

²⁰Me te whakawhetai ki te Atua, ara ki te Matua i nga wa katoa, mo nga mea katoa, i runga i te ingoa o to tatou Ariki, o Ihu Karaiti;

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

²¹¶ Kia ngohengohe tetahi ki tetahi i runga i te wehi ki a te Karaiti.

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

²²E nga wahine, kia ngohengohe ki a koutou tane ake, hei mea ki te Ariki.

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

²³No te mea ko te tane te o te wahine, e rite ana hoki ki a te Karaiti, ko te ia o te hahi: ko te kaiwhakaora ano ia o te tinana.

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

²⁴Otiia e ngohengohe ana te hahi ki ta te Karaiti, kia pera ano nga wahine ki a ratou tane i nga mea katoa.

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

²⁵E nga tane, arohaina a koutou wahine, kia pera hoki me te Karaiti i aroha nei ki te hahi, i hoatu hoki i a ia ano mo taua hahi;

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

²⁶Hei whakatapunga mana, ma rawa i a ia i te horoinga ki te wai, i runga i te kupu,

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;

²⁷Hei hahi tapae mana ki a ia ano, he hahi kororia rawa, kahore he ira, kahore he korukoru, tetahi atu mea pera ranei, engari kia tapu, kia kohakore.

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

²⁸Me aroha e nga tane a ratou wahine me te mea ko o ratou tinana ake ano. Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki tana wahine ake, e aroha ana ki a ia ake ano.

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

²⁹Kahore hoki tetahi kia kino noa ki tona kikokiko ake; engari e atawhai ana, e whakaahuru ana, e pera tonu ana me ta te Karaiti ki te hahi:

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

³⁰He wahi hoki tatou no tona tinana.

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;`

³¹Mo konei ra ka whakarerea ai e te tangata tona papa me tona whaea, a ka piri ki tana wahine, ka kikokiko kotahi to raua tokorua.

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

³²He nui tenei mea ngaro; otiia mo te Karaiti raua ko te hahi taku korero.

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.

³³Engari kia rite ki tona aroha ki a ia ake ano to koutou aroha, to tenei, to tenei, ki tana wahine, ki tana wahine; me te wahine ano, kia hopohopo ia ki tana tane.