¹Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

⁷Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

⁷Basi, msishirikiane nao.

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

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

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

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

¹⁰proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

¹⁰Jaribuni kujua yale yanayompendeza Bwana.

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

¹¹Msishiriki katika matendo yasiyofaa, ya giza bali yafichueni.

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

¹²Mambo yanayotendwa kwa siri ni aibu hata kuyataja.

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²¹Kila mmoja amstahi mwenzake kwa sababu ya kumcha Kristo.

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

²²Wake wawatii waume zao kama kumtii Bwana.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁰maana sisi ni viungo vya mwili wake.)

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

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

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

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

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

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