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

¹Kwa hiyo, mwigeni Mungu, maana ninyi ni watoto wake wapenzi.

²and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

²Upendo uongoze maisha yenu, kama vile Kristo alivyotupenda, na kwa ajili yetu akajitoa mwenyewe kama dhabihu yenye harufu nzuri na tambiko impendezayo Mungu.

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

³Kwa vile ninyi ni watu wa Mungu, basi uasherati, uchafu wowote ule au choyo visitajwe kamwe miongoni mwenu.

⁴nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

⁴Tena maneno ya aibu, ya upuuzi au ubishi, yote hayo hayafai kwenu; maneno ya kumshukuru Mungu ndiyo yanayofaa.

⁵For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

⁵Jueni wazi kwamba mwasherati yeyote au mchafu au mfisadi, (ufisadi ni sawa na kuabudu sanamu), au mtu yeyote wa aina hiyo hataambulia chochote katika Utawala wa Kristo na wa Mungu.

⁶Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

⁶Msikubali kudanganywa na mtu kwa maneno matupu; maana, kwa sababu ya mambo kama hayo ghadhabu ya Mungu huwajia wote wasiomtii.

⁷Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

⁷Basi, msishirikiane nao.

⁸For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

⁸Zamani ninyi mlikuwa gizani, lakini sasa ninyi mko katika mwanga kwa kuungana na Bwana. Ishini kama watoto wa mwanga:

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

⁹maana matokeo ya mwanga ni wema kamili, uadilifu na ukweli.

¹⁰proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

¹⁰Jaribuni kujua yale yanayompendeza Bwana.

¹¹and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

¹¹Msishiriki katika matendo yasiyofaa, ya giza bali yafichueni.

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

¹²Mambo yanayotendwa kwa siri ni aibu hata kuyataja.

¹³But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

¹³Lakini mambo yale yanayotendwa katika mwanga, ukweli wake hudhihirishwa;

¹⁴Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

¹⁴na kila kilichodhihirishwa huwa mwanga. Ndiyo maana Maandiko yasema: "Amka wewe uliyelala, fufuka kutoka wafu, naye Kristo atakuangaza."

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

¹⁵Basi, muwe waangalifu jinsi mnavyoishi: Msiishi kama wapumbavu, bali kama wenye hekima.

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁶Tumieni vizuri muda mlio nao maana siku hizi ni mbaya.

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁷Kwa hiyo, msiwe wapumbavu, bali jaribuni kujua matakwa ya Bwana.

¹⁸And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

¹⁸Acheni kulewa divai maana hiyo itawaangamiza, bali mjazwe Roho Mtakatifu.

¹⁹speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

¹⁹Zungumzeni kwa maneno ya Zaburi, nyimbo na tenzi za kiroho; mwimbieni Bwana nyimbo na zaburi kwa shukrani mioyoni mwenu.

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

²⁰Mshukuruni Mungu Baba daima kwa ajili ya yote, kwa jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

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

²¹Kila mmoja amstahi mwenzake kwa sababu ya kumcha Kristo.

²²Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

²²Wake wawatii waume zao kama kumtii Bwana.

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.

²³Maana mume anayo mamlaka juu ya mkewe, kama vile Kristo alivyo na mamlaka juu ya kanisa; naye Kristo mwenyewe hulikomboa kanisa, mwili wake.

²⁴But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.

²⁴Kama vile kanisa linavyomtii Kristo, vivyo hivyo, wake wawatii waume zao katika mambo yote.

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

²⁵Nanyi waume, wapendeni wake zenu kama Kristo alivyolipenda kanisa, akajitoa mwenyewe sadaka kwa ajili yake.

²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

²⁶Alifanya hivyo, ili kwa neno lake, aliweke wakfu kwa Mungu, baada ya kulifanya safi kwa kuliosha katika maji,

²⁷that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁷kusudi ajipatie kanisa lililo takatifu na safu kabisa, kanisa lisilo na doa, kasoro au chochote cha namna hiyo.

²⁸Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

²⁸Basi, waume wanapaswa kuwapenda wake zao kama miili yao wenyewe.

²⁹for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

²⁹(Hakuna mtu yeyote auchukiaye mwili wake; badala ya kuuchukia, huulisha na kuuvika. Ndivyo naye Kristo anavyolitunza kanisa,

³⁰because we are members of his body.

³⁰maana sisi ni viungo vya mwili wake.)

³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

³¹Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Kwa hiyo, mwanamume atawaacha baba na mama yake, ataungana na mkewe, nao wawili watakuwa mwili mmoja."

³²This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

³²Kuna ukweli uliofichika katika maneno haya, nami naona kwamba yamhusu Kristo na kanisa lake.

³³Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.

³³Lakini yanawahusu ninyi pia: kila mume lazima ampende mkewe kama nafsi yake mwenyewe, naye mke anapaswa kumstahi mumewe.