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 the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.

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 unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;

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

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

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

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.

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 one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes 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 fellow-partakers with them;

⁷Basi, msishirikiane nao.

⁸for ye were once darkness, but 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 agreeable to the Lord;

¹⁰Jaribuni kujua yale yanayompendeza Bwana.

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

¹¹Msishiriki katika matendo yasiyofaa, ya giza bali yafichueni.

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

¹²Mambo yanayotendwa kwa siri ni aibu hata kuyataja.

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

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

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

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

¹⁵See therefore how ye walk carefully, 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.

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

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

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

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

¹⁹speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting 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 at all times for all things to him [who is] God and [the] Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

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

²¹Kila mmoja amstahi mwenzake kwa sababu ya kumcha Kristo.

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

²²Wake wawatii waume zao kama kumtii Bwana.

²³for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. *He* [is] 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 even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.

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

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

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

²⁶in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [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 assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁰maana sisi ni viungo vya mwili wake.)

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.

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 as to Christ, and as to the assembly.

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

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.

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