¹If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

¹እንግዲህ ከክርስቶስ ጋር ከተነሣችሁ፥ ክርስቶስ በእግዚአብሔር ቀኝ ተቀምጦ ባለበት በላይ ያለውን እሹ።

²Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

²በላይ ያለውን አስቡ እንጂ በምድር ያለውን አይደለም።

³For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

³ሞታችኋልና፥ ሕይወታችሁም በእግዚአብሔር ከክርስቶስ ጋር ተሰውሮአልና።

⁴When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

⁴ሕይወታችሁ የሆነ ክርስቶስ በሚገለጥበት ጊዜ፥ በዚያን ጊዜ እናንተ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር በክብር ትገለጣላችሁ።

⁵Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

⁵እንግዲህ በምድር ያሉቱን ብልቶቻችሁን ግደሉ፥ እነዚህም ዝሙትና ርኵሰት ፍትወትም ክፉ ምኞትም ጣኦትንም ማምለክ የሆነ መጎምጀት ነው።

⁶for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

⁶በእነዚህም ጠንቅ የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ በማይታዘዙ ልጆች ላይ ይመጣል።

⁷You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

⁷እናንተም ደግሞ ትኖሩባቸው በነበራችሁ ጊዜ፥ በፊት በእነዚህ ተመላለሳችሁ።

⁸but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

⁸አሁን ግን እናንተ ደግሞ ቍጣንና ንዴትን ክፋትንም፥ ከአፋችሁም ስድብን የሚያሳፍርንም ንግግር እነዚህን ሁሉ አስወግዱ።

⁹Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

⁹እርስ በርሳችሁ ውሸት አትነጋገሩ፥ አሮጌውን ሰው ከሥራው ጋር ገፋችሁታልና፥

¹⁰and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

¹⁰የፈጠረውንም ምሳሌ እንዲመስል እውቀትን ለማግኘት የሚታደሰውን አዲሱን ሰው ለብሳችሁታል።

¹¹where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

¹¹በዚያም የግሪክ ሰው አይሁዳዊም የተገረዘም ያልተገረዘም አረማዊም እስኩቴስም ባሪያም ጨዋ ሰውም መሆን አልተቻለም፥ ነገር ግን ክርስቶስ ሁሉ ነው፥ በሁሉም ነው።

¹²Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

¹²እንግዲህ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ምርጦች ቅዱሳን ሆናችሁ የተወደዳችሁም ሆናችሁ፥ ምሕረትን፥ ርኅራኄን፥ ቸርነትን፥ ትህትናን፥ የዋህነትን፥ ትዕግሥትን ልበሱ።

¹³bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

¹³እርስ በርሳችሁ ትዕግሥትን አድርጉ፥ ማንም በባልንጀራው ላይ የሚነቅፈው ነገር ካለው፥ ይቅር ተባባሉ። ክርስቶስ ይቅር እንዳላችሁ እናንተ ደግሞ እንዲሁ አድርጉ።

¹⁴Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

¹⁴በእነዚህም ሁሉ ላይ የፍጻሜ ማሰሪያ የሆነውን ፍቅርን ልበሱት።

¹⁵And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

¹⁵በአንድ አካልም የተጠራችሁለት ደግሞ የክርስቶስ ሰላም በልባችሁ ይግዛ። የምታመሰግኑም ሁኑ።

¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

¹⁶የእግዚአብሔር ቃል በሙላት ይኑርባችሁ። በጥበብ ሁሉ እርስ በርሳችሁ አስተምሩና ገሥጹ። በመዝሙርና በዝማሬ በመንፈሳዊም ቅኔ በጸጋው በልባችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ዘምሩ።

¹⁷Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

¹⁷እግዚአብሔር አብን በእርሱ እያመሰገናችሁ፥ በቃል ቢሆን ወይም በሥራ የምታደርጉትን ሁሉ በጌታ በኢየሱስ ስም አድርጉት።

¹⁸Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

¹⁸ሚስቶች ሆይ፥ በጌታ እንደሚገባ ለባሎቻችሁ ተገዙ።

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

¹⁹ባሎች ሆይ፥ ሚስቶቻችሁን ውደዱ መራራም አትሁኑባቸው።

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

²⁰ልጆች ሆይ፥ ይህ ለጌታ ደስ የሚያሰኝ ነውና በሁሉ ለወላጆቻችሁ ታዘዙ።

²¹Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

²¹አባቶች ሆይ፥ ልባቸው እንዳይዝል ልጆቻችሁን አታበሳጩአቸው።

²²Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

²²ባሪያዎች ሆይ፥ በቅን ልብ ጌታን እየፈራችሁ እንጂ፥ ለሰው ደስ እንደምታሰኙ ለታይታ የምትገዙ ሳትሆኑ፥ በሥጋ ጌቶቻችሁ ለሆኑ በሁሉ ታዘዙ።

²³And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

²³ለሰው ሳይሆን ለጌታ እንደምታደርጉ፥ የምታደርጉትን ሁሉ በትጋት አድርጉት፥

²⁴knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

²⁴ከጌታ የርስትን ብድራት እንድትቀበሉ ታውቃላችሁና። የምታገለግሉት ጌታ ክርስቶስ ነውና።

²⁵But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

²⁵የሚበድልም የበደለውን በብድራት ይቀበላል፥ ለሰው ፊትም አድልዎ የለም።