¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

¹ልጆች ሆይ፥ ለወላጆቻችሁ በጌታ ታዘዙ፥ ይህ የሚገባ ነውና።

²“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

²መልካም እንዲሆንልህ ዕድሜህም በምድር ላይ እንዲረዝም አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፤ እርስዋም የተስፋ ቃል ያላት ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ናት።

³“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.” Deuteronomy 5:16

⁴እናንተም አባቶች ሆይ፥ ልጆቻችሁን በጌታ ምክርና በተግሣጽ አሳድጉአቸው እንጂ አታስቆጡአቸው።

⁴You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

⁵ባሪያዎች ሆይ፥ ለክርስቶስ እንደምትታዘዙ በፍርሃትና በመንቀጥቀጥ በልባችሁ ቅንነት በሥጋ ጌቶቻችሁ ለሆኑ ታዘዙ፤

⁵Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

⁶የእግዚአብሔርን ፈቃድ እንደሚያደርጉ እንደ ክርስቶስ ባሪያዎች እንጂ ለሰው ደስ እንደምታሰኙ ለታይታ የምትገዙ አትሁኑ።

⁶not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

⁷ለሰው ሳይሆን ለጌታ እንደምትገዙ በትጋትና በበጎ ፈቃድ ተገዙ፤

⁷with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

⁸ባሪያ ቢሆን ወይም ጨዋ ሰው፥ እያንዳንዱ የሚያደርገውን መልካም ነገር ሁሉ ከጌታ በብድራት እንዲቀበለው ታውቃላችሁና።

⁸knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

⁹እናንተም ጌቶች ሆይ፥ ዛቻውን ትታችሁ እንዲሁ አድርጉላቸው፥ በእነርሱና በእናንተ ላይ የሚገዛው ጌታ በሰማይ እንዳለ ለሰው ፊትም እንዳያደላ ታውቃላችሁና።

⁹You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

¹⁰በቀረውስ በጌታና በኃይሉ ችሎት የበረታችሁ ሁኑ።

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

¹¹የዲያብሎስን ሽንገላ ትቃወሙ ዘንድ እንዲቻላችሁ የእግዚአብሔርን ዕቃ ጦር ሁሉ ልበሱ።

¹¹Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹²መጋደላችን ከደምና ከሥጋ ጋር አይደለምና፥ ከአለቆችና ከሥልጣናት ጋር ከዚህም ከጨለማ ዓለም ገዦች ጋር በሰማያዊም ስፍራ ካለ ከክፋት መንፈሳውያን ሠራዊት ጋር ነው እንጂ።

¹²For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

¹³ስለዚህ በክፉው ቀን ለመቃወም፥ ሁሉንም ፈጽማችሁ ለመቆም እንድትችሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ዕቃ ጦር ሁሉ አንሡ።

¹³Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

¹⁴እንግዲህ ወገባችሁን በእውነት ታጥቃችሁ፥ የጽድቅንም ጥሩር ለብሳችሁ፥ በሰላም ወንጌልም በመዘጋጀት እግሮቻችሁ ተጫምተው ቁሙ፤

¹⁴Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

¹⁶በሁሉም ላይ ጨምራችሁ የሚንበለበሉትን የክፉውን ፍላጻዎች ሁሉ ልታጠፉ የምትችሉበትን የእምነትን ጋሻ አንሡ፤

¹⁵and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;

¹⁷የመዳንንም ራስ ቁር የመንፈስንም ሰይፍ ያዙ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው።

¹⁶above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

¹⁸በጸሎትና በልመናም ሁሉ ዘወትር በመንፈስ ጸልዩ፤ በዚህም አሳብ ስለ ቅዱሳን ሁሉ እየለመናችሁ በመጽናት ሁሉ ትጉ፤

¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word from Greek rhema, which means spoken word of God;

¹⁹ደግሞ የወንጌልን ምሥጢር በግልጥ እንዳስታውቅ አፌን በመክፈት ቃል ይሰጠኝ ዘንድ ስለ እኔ ለምኑ፤

¹⁸with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

²⁰ስለ ወንጌልም በሰንሰለት መልእክተኛ የሆንሁ፥ መናገር እንደሚገባኝ ስለ እርሱ በግልጥ እናገር ዘንድ ለምኑ።

¹⁹on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

²¹ነገር ግን እናንተ ደግሞ እንዴት እንዳለሁ ኑሮዬን እንድታውቁ የተወደደ ወንድምና በጌታ የታመነ አገልጋይ ቲኪቆስ ሁሉን ያስታውቃችኋል፤

²⁰for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

²²ወሬአችንን እንድታውቁና ልባችሁን እንዲያጽናና ወደ እናንተ የምልከው ስለዚህ ምክንያት ነው።

²¹But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things;

²³ከእግዚአብሔር አብ ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰላምና ፍቅር ከእምነት ጋር ለወንድሞች ይሁን።

²²whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

²⁴ጌታችንን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ባለመጥፋት ከሚወዱ ሁሉ ጋር ጸጋ ይሁን፤ አሜን።

²³Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁴Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.