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

¹Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

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

²and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

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

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

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

⁴also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;

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.

⁵for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

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

⁶Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

⁷Basi, msishirikiane nao.

⁷become not, then, partakers with them,

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

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

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

⁹for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

¹⁰Jaribuni kujua yale yanayompendeza Bwana.

¹⁰proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

¹¹Msishiriki katika matendo yasiyofaa, ya giza bali yafichueni.

¹¹and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

¹²Mambo yanayotendwa kwa siri ni aibu hata kuyataja.

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

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

¹³and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

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

¹⁴wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.`

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

¹⁵See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

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

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

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

¹⁷because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,

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

¹⁸and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

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

¹⁹speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

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

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

²¹Kila mmoja amstahi mwenzake kwa sababu ya kumcha Kristo.

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

²²Wake wawatii waume zao kama kumtii Bwana.

²²The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

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

²³because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

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

²⁴but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.

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

²⁵The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,

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

²⁷that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

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

²⁸so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;

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

²⁹for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,

³⁰maana sisi ni viungo vya mwili wake.)

³⁰because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

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

³¹`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;`

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

³²this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

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

³³but ye also, every one in particular — let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife — that she may reverence the husband.