¹እንግዲህ እንደ ተወደዱ ልጆች እግዚአብሔርን የምትከተሉ ሁኑ፥

¹Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,

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

²and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.

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

³But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;

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

⁴and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.

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

⁵For this ye are [well] informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

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

⁶Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

⁷እንግዲህ ከእነርሱ ጋር ተካፋዮች አትሁኑ፤

⁷Be not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them;

⁸ቀድሞ ጨለማ ነበራችሁና፥ አሁን ግን በጌታ ብርሃን ናችሁ፤

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

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

⁹(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)

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

¹⁰proving what is agreeable to the Lord;

¹²እነርሱ በስውር ስለሚያደርጉት መናገር እንኳ ነውር ነውና፤

¹¹and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove [them],

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

¹²for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.

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

¹³But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light.

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

¹⁴Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.

¹⁶ቀኖቹ ክፉዎች ናቸውና ዘመኑን ዋጁ።

¹⁵See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,

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

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁸መንፈስ ይሙላባችሁ እንጂ በወይን ጠጅ አትስከሩ ይህ ማባከን ነውና፤

¹⁷For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what [is] the will of the Lord.

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

¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

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

¹⁹speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord;

²¹ለእያንዳንዳችሁ በክርስቶስ ፍርሃት የተገዛችሁ ሁኑ።

²⁰giving thanks at all times for all things to him [who is] God and [the] Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

²²ሚስቶች ሆይ፥ ለጌታ እንደምትገዙ ለባሎቻችሁ ተገዙ፤

²¹submitting yourselves to one another in [the] fear of Christ.

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

²²Wives, [submit yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the Lord,

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

²³for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. *He* [is] Saviour of the body.

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

²⁴But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.

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

²⁵Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

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

²⁶in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,

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

²⁷that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.

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

²⁸So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.

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

²⁹For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:

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

³⁰for we are members of his body; [we are of his flesh, and of his bones.]

³¹Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

³²This mystery is great, but *I* speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly.

³³But *ye* also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife [I speak] that she may fear the husband.