Ephisa 5
1 Te dongah thintlo a ca rhoek vanbangla Pathen kah mueiloh la om uh.
Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
2 Khrih loh mamih n'lungnah dongah mamih yueng la nawnnah neh Pathen taengah hmueih botui kah a bova la amah a tloeng uh bangla lungnah dongah pongpa uh.
And walk in love, as also Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
3 Hlangcim rhoek neh a tingtawk vanbangla nangmih taengah Cukhalnah neh rhongingnah boeih khaw, halhkanah khaw phoei boel saeh.
But there must not be even a suggestion among you of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity or of greed, for these are improper for God's holy people.
4 Yahrhai neh anglat ol khaw saipaat ol te khaw a koihhilh moenih. Tedae uemonah tah lat khuehuh.
Let there be no filthiness, no foolish talk, and no crude jokes—all of which are improper. Instead there should be thanksgiving.
5 He aka ming long tah hlanghalh, hlang thae neh halhka te khaw boeih na hmat uh. Amah mueibawk neh aka om loh Khrih neh Pathen kah ram ah rho a khueh moenih.
For you can be sure of this, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—that is, an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Nangmih te a hong ol neh m'hmilhmak boel saeh. He rhoek kongah Pathen kah kosi loh althanah kah a ca rhoek te a thoeng thil coeng.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the anger of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Te dongah amih taengah aka cut la om uh boeh.
Therefore, do not join in with them.
8 Hnukbuet ah yinnah neh na om uh. Tedae Boeipa dongkah vangnah dongah vangnah kah ca rhoek bangla pongpa laeh.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
9 Vangnah kah a thaih tah a cungkuem dongah boethennah, duengnah neh oltak la poeh.
(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
10 Boeipa kah kolo la aka om te khaw soepsoei uh.
and find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Yinnah khuikah a tlongtlai bibi dongah thum uh boeh. Tedae lat ah toeltham pa uh pataeng.
Do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 Amih loh a huephael ah a saii te thui ham pataeng rhaidaeng la om.
For it is shameful even to mention the things they do in secret.
13 Tedae vangnah loh a toeltham boeih tah phoe coeng.
But when anything is illuminated by the light, it becomes visible.
14 Aka phoe boeih tah vangnah ni. Te dongah, “Aka ip te haeng lamtah aka duek rhoek taeng lamloh thoo laeh. Te daengah ni Khrih loh nangmih n'tue eh?,” a ti pai.
For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, you sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Te dongah na pongpa uh te khaw khaeh khaeh dawn uh. Hlangang banglam pawt tih hlangcueih la omuh.
Look carefully how you live—not as unwise but as wise.
16 Khohnin tah a thae la a om dongah a tue te tlan uh.
Redeem the time because the days are evil.
17 Te dongah hlang ang la om uh boeh. Tedae Boeipa kah kongaih te tah hmuhming uh.
Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 Te phoeiah a khuiah cungpoehnah aka om misurtui te rhui uh boeh. Tedae Mueihla neh baetawt uh.
And do not get drunk with wine, for that leads to reckless behavior. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
19 Khat neh khat tingtoeng lung, bawknah laa, mueihla laa neh toidal uh. Boeipa te na thinko kah laa sak neh hlai uh.
speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
20 A cungkuem dongah mamih kah Boeipa Jesuh Khrih ming neh apa Pathen te uem taitu uh.
always giving thanks for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father,
21 Khrih rhihnah dongah khat neh khat boengai uh.
submitting yourselves to one another in reverence for Christ.
22 Huta rhoek aw, Boeipa taengkah bangla a va rhoek taengah boengai saeh.
Wives, submit to your husbands, as to the Lord.
23 Khrih tah hlangboel kah lu la om tih amah te pum kah khangkung la a om van bangla va he yuu kah a lu la om.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church, and Christ himself is its savior.
24 Tedae hlangboel loh Khrih taengah boe a ngai bangla yuu rhoek te khaw a cungkuem ah va rhoek taengla boengai van saeh.
But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives must submit to their husbands in everything.
25 tongpa rhoek, Khrih loh hlangboel te a lungnah tih anih ham amah a voeih uh van bangla yuu rhoek te lungnah uh.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
26 Te daengah ni ol neh tui dongkah silhnah dongah aka ciim uh te khaw a cimcaih eh.
Christ gave himself for the church so that he might make her holy, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 Te daengah ni hlangboel te amah loh a taengah rhuepom la a pai sak eh. A tihnai neh mikmuelhnah neh te bang te pakhat khaw khueh boel saeh. Tedae a cim neh cuemthuek la om saeh.
so that he might present her to himself as glorious, without stain or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without fault.
28 Te dongah tongpa rhoek long khaw a yuu rhoek te amah kah pum bangla a lungnah ham a kuek. Amah aka lungnah loh a yuu te a lungnah.
In the same way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
29 Amah pumsa aka hmuhuet he a om noek moenih. Tedae Khrih loh hlangboel ham a saii van bangla amah pum te a cuncah tih a yuhyam.
For no one ever hated his own body, but nourishes and treats it with care, just as Christ nourishes and treats the church with care,
30 A pum dongkah a pumrho la n'om uh.
because we are members of his body.
31 Te dongah tongpa loh a manu neh a napa te a imphael tak ni. Te vaengah a yuu taengah kap vetih panit te pumsa khat la om ni.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32 He olhuep tah olpuei la om. Tedae kai loh Khrih neh hlangboel taengkah bangla ka thui.
This hidden truth is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33 Tedae nangmih khaw khat rhip loh amah yuu te amah bangla lungnah van saeh. Huta long khaw a va te hinyah saeh.
Nevertheless, each of you also must love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
