¹Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

¹እንግዲህ እንደ ተወደዱ ልጆች እግዚአብሔርን የምትከተሉ ሁኑ፥

²Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

²ክርስቶስም ደግሞ እንደ ወደዳችሁ ለእግዚአብሔርም የመዓዛ ሽታ የሚሆንን መባንና መሥዋዕትን አድርጎ ስለ እናንተ ራሱን አሳልፎ እንደ ሰጠ በፍቅር ተመላለሱ።

³But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

³ለቅዱሳን እንደሚገባ ግን ዝሙትና ርኵሰት ሁሉ ወይም መመኘት በእናንተ ዘንድ ከቶ አይሰማ፤

⁴nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

⁴የሚያሳፍር ነገርም የስንፍና ንግግርም ወይም ዋዛ የማይገቡ ናቸውና አይሁኑ፥ ይልቁን ምስጋና እንጂ።

⁵Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

⁵ይህን እወቁ፤ አመንዝራም ቢሆን ወይም ርኵስ ወይም የሚመኝ እርሱም ጣዖትን የሚያመልክ በክርስቶስና በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ርስት የለውም።

⁶Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

⁶ከዚህ የተነሣ በማይታዘዙት ልጆች ላይ የእግዚአብሔር ቁጣ ይመጣልና ማንም በከንቱ ንግግር አያታልላችሁ።

⁷Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

⁷እንግዲህ ከእነርሱ ጋር ተካፋዮች አትሁኑ፤

⁸For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

⁸ቀድሞ ጨለማ ነበራችሁና፥ አሁን ግን በጌታ ብርሃን ናችሁ፤

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

⁹የብርሃኑ ፍሬ በበጎነትና በጽድቅ በእውነትም ሁሉ ነውና ለጌታ ደስ የሚያሰኘውን እየመረመራችሁ፥ እንደ ብርሃን ልጆች ተመላለሱ፤

¹⁰proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

¹¹ፍሬም ከሌለው ከጨለማ ሥራ ጋር አትተባበሩ፥ ይልቁን ግለጡት እንጂ፥

¹¹Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

¹²እነርሱ በስውር ስለሚያደርጉት መናገር እንኳ ነውር ነውና፤

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

¹³ሁሉ ግን በብርሃን ሲገለጥ ይታያል፤ የሚታየው ሁሉ ብርሃን ነውና።

¹³But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

¹⁴ስለዚህ። አንተ የምትተኛ ንቃ ከሙታንም ተነሣ ክርስቶስም ያበራልሃል ይላል።

¹⁴Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

¹⁵እንግዲህ እንደ ጥበበኞች እንጂ ጥበብ እንደሌላቸው ሳይሆን እንዴት እንድትመላለሱ በጥንቃቄ ተጠበቁ፤

¹⁵Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

¹⁶ቀኖቹ ክፉዎች ናቸውና ዘመኑን ዋጁ።

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁷ስለዚህ የጌታ ፈቃድ ምን እንደ ሆነ አስተውሉ እንጂ ሞኞች አትሁኑ።

¹⁷Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁸መንፈስ ይሙላባችሁ እንጂ በወይን ጠጅ አትስከሩ ይህ ማባከን ነውና፤

¹⁸Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

¹⁹በመዝሙርና በዝማሬ በመንፈሳዊም ቅኔ እርስ በርሳችሁ ተነጋገሩ፤ ለጌታ በልባችሁ ተቀኙና ዘምሩ፤

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

²⁰ሁልጊዜ ስለ ሁሉ በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስም አምላካችንንና አባታችንን ስለ ሁሉ አመስግኑ።

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

²¹ለእያንዳንዳችሁ በክርስቶስ ፍርሃት የተገዛችሁ ሁኑ።

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

²²ሚስቶች ሆይ፥ ለጌታ እንደምትገዙ ለባሎቻችሁ ተገዙ፤

²²Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

²³ክርስቶስ ደግሞ የቤተ ክርስቲያን ራስ እንደ ሆነ እርሱም አካሉን የሚያድን እንደ ሆነ ባል የሚስት ራስ ነውና።

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

²⁴ዳሩ ግን ቤተ ክርስቲያን ለክርስቶስ እንደምትገዛ እንዲሁ ሚስቶች ደግሞ በሁሉ ለባሎቻቸው ይገዙ።

²⁴But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

²⁵ባሎች ሆይ፥ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን እንደ ወደዳት ሚስቶቻችሁን ውደዱ፤ በውኃ መታጠብና ከቃሉ ጋር አንጽቶ እንዲቀድሳት ስለ እርስዋ ራሱን አሳልፎ ሰጠ፤

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

²⁷እድፈት ወይም የፊት መጨማደድ ወይም እንዲህ ያለ ነገር ሳይሆንባት ቅድስትና ያለ ነውር ትሆን ዘንድ ክብርት የሆነችን ቤተ ክርስቲያን ለራሱ እንዲያቀርብ ፈለገ።

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

²⁸እንዲሁም ባሎች ደግሞ እንደ ገዛ ሥጋቸው አድርገው የገዛ ሚስቶቻቸውን ሊወዱአቸው ይገባቸዋል። የገዛ ሚስቱን የሚወድ ራሱን ይወዳል፤

²⁷that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁹ማንም የገዛ ሥጋውን የሚጠላ ከቶ የለምና፥ ነገር ግን የአካሉ ብልቶች ስለሆንን፥ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን እንዳደረገላት፥ ይመግበዋል ይከባከበውማል።

²⁸Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

³¹ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ።

²⁹For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

³²ይህ ምሥጢር ታላቅ ነው፥ እኔ ግን ይህን ስለ ክርስቶስና ስለ ቤተ ክርስቲያን እላለሁ።

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

³³ሆኖም ከእናንተ ደግሞ እያንዳንዱ የገዛ ሚስቱን እንዲህ እንደ ራሱ አድርጎ ይውደዳት፥ ሚስቱም ባልዋን ትፍራ።

³¹“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24

³²This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

³³Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.