¹Vy, deti, poslúchajte svojich rodičov v Pánovi, lebo to je spravedlivé.

¹The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

²Cti svojho otca a svoju mať - to je prvé prikázanie so zasľúbením -,

²honour thy father and mother,

³aby ti bolo dobre, a aby si dlho žil na zemi.

³which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.`

⁴A vy, otcovia, nepopudzujte svojich detí k hnevu, ale ich vychovávajte v kázni a v napomínaní Pánovom.

⁴And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

⁵Vy, sluhovia, poslúchajte svojich telesných pánov s bázňou a s trasením v prostote svojho srdca jako Krista

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

⁶neslúžiac verne iba na oko jako takí, ktorí sa chcú ľúbiť ľuďom, ale jako sluhovia Kristovi činiac vôľu Božiu z duše,

⁶not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

⁷s dobrou mysľou, slúžiac ako Pánovi a nie ľuďom,

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

⁸vediac, že čokoľvek by jeden každý učinil dobré, to si odnesie od Pána, buď sluha buď slobodný.

⁸having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

⁹A vy, pánovia, čiňte to isté naproti nim zanechajúc hrozbu v povedomí, že aj vy sami máte toho istého Pána v nebesiach, o on nehľadí na osobu.

⁹And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

¹⁰Ostatne, moji bratia, mocnejte v Pánovi a v sile jeho vlády.

¹⁰As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

¹¹Oblečte si celú zbraň Božiu, aby ste mohli obstáť proti taktike a úskočnosti diablovej.

¹¹put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

¹²Lebo nie je nám zápasiť s krvou a s telom, ale s kniežatstvami, mocnosťami, so svetovládcami temnosti tohoto veku, s duchovnými mocami zlosti v ponebeských oblastiach.

¹²because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

¹³Preto vezmite na seba celú zbraň Božiu, aby ste mohli odolať v ten zlý deň a vykonajúc všetko stáť.

¹³because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done — to stand.

¹⁴Tedy stojte majúc svoje bedrá opásané pravdou a súc oblečení v pancier spravedlivosti

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

¹⁵a majúc nohy obuté v hotovosti evanjelia pokoja.

¹⁵and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

¹⁶A pritom pri všetkom vezmite štít viery, ktorým budete môcť uhasiť všetky ohnivé šípy toho zlého.

¹⁶above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

¹⁷A vezmite aj prilbu spasenia i meč Ducha, ktorým je slovo Božie,

¹⁷and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

¹⁸modliac sa každou modlitbou a prosbou každého času v Duchu a tým cieľom bdejúc s celou vytrvanlivosťou a prosbou za všetkých svätých,

¹⁸through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints —

¹⁹i za mňa, žeby mi bolo dané slovo, keď otvorím svoje ústa, aby som prosto a smele oznámil tajomstvo evanjelia,

¹⁹and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

²⁰za ktoré posolstvujem v reťazi, žeby som ho zvestoval prosto a smele, jako mi náleží vravieť.

²⁰for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely — as it behoveth me to speak.

²¹Ale aby ste aj vy vedeli, čo sa so mnou deje, a čo robím, to všetko vám oznámi Tychikus, milovaný brat a verný služobník v Pánovi,

²¹And that ye may know — ye also — the things concerning me — what I do, all things make known to you shall Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,

²²ktorého som k vám poslal práve preto, aby ste zvedeli, čo robíme a jako sa máme, a aby potešil vaše srdcia.

²²whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that ye might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.

²³Pokoj bratom a láska s vierou od Boha Otca a od Pána Ježiša Krista.

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

²⁴Milosť so všetkými, ktorí milujú nášho Pána Ježiša Krista v neporušiteľnosti. Ameň.

²⁴The grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ — undecayingly! Amen.