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

¹Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.

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

²Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

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

³that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.

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

⁴And [ye] fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in [the] discipline and admonition of [the] Lord.

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

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

⁷ለሰው ሳይሆን ለጌታ እንደምትገዙ በትጋትና በበጎ ፈቃድ ተገዙ፤

⁶not with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from [the] soul,

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

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

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

⁸knowing that whatever good each shall do, this he shall receive of [the] Lord, whether bond or free.

¹⁰በቀረውስ በጌታና በኃይሉ ችሎት የበረታችሁ ሁኑ።

⁹And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.

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

¹⁰For the rest, brethren, be strong in [the] Lord, and in the might of his strength.

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

¹¹Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the artifices of the devil:

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

¹²because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual [power] of wickedness in the heavenlies.

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

¹³For this reason take [to you] the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand.

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

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

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

¹⁵and shod your feet with [the] preparation of the glad tidings of peace:

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

¹⁶besides all [these], having taken the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the inflamed darts of the wicked one.

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

¹⁷Have also the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;

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

¹⁸praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in [the] Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

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

¹⁹and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in [the] opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings,

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

²⁰for which I am an ambassador [bound] with a chain, that I may be bold in it as I ought to speak.

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

²¹But in order that *ye* also may know what concerns me, how I am getting on, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in [the] Lord, shall make all things known to you;

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

²²whom I have sent to you for this very thing, that ye may know of our affairs and that he may encourage your hearts.

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

²⁴Grace with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption.