Ephesians 5
1 Become, then, followers of God, as beloved children,
Therfor be ye foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones;
2 and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a refreshing fragrance,
and walke ye in loue, as Crist louyde vs, and yaf hym silf for vs an offryng and a sacrifice to God, in to the odour of swetnesse.
3 and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, do not let it even be named among you, as is proper to holy ones;
And fornycacioun, and al vnclennesse, or aueryce, be not named among you, as it bicometh holi men;
4 also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting—the things not fit—but rather thanksgiving;
ethir filthe, or foli speche, or harlatrye, that perteyneth not to profit, but more doyng of thankyngis.
5 for you know this, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
For wite ye this, and vndurstonde, that ech letchour, or vnclene man, or coueytouse, that serueth to mawmetis, hath not eritage in the kingdom of Crist and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things comes the anger of God on the sons of the disobedience;
No man disseyue you bi veyn wordis; for whi for these thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue.
7 do not become, then, partakers with them,
Therfor nyle ye be maad parteneris of hem.
8 for you were once darkness, and now light in the LORD; walk as children of light,
For ye weren sum tyme derknessis, but now `ye ben liyt in the Lord. Walke ye as the sones of liyt.
9 for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
For the fruyt of liyt is in al goodnesse, and riytwisnesse, and treuthe.
10 proving what is well-pleasing to the LORD;
And preue ye what `thing is wel plesynge to God.
11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
And nyle ye comyne to vnfruytouse werkis of derknessis; but more repreue ye.
12 for it is a shame even to speak of the things done by them in secret,
For what thingis ben don of hem in priuy, it is foule, yhe, to speke.
13 and all the things reproved by the light are revealed, for everything that is revealed is light;
And alle thingis that ben repreuyd of the liyt, ben opynli schewid; for al thing that is schewid, is liyt.
14 for this reason it says, “Arouse yourself, you who are sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ will shine on you.”
For which thing he seith, Rise thou that slepist, and rise vp fro deth, and Crist schal liytne thee.
15 See, then, how exactly you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
Therfor, britheren, se ye, hou warli ye schulen go;
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil;
not as vnwise men, but as wise men, ayenbiynge tyme, for the daies ben yuele.
17 do not become fools because of this, but—understanding what [is] the will of the LORD,
Therfor nyle ye be maad vnwise, but vndurstondynge which is the wille of God.
18 and do not be drunk with wine, in which is wastefulness, but be filled in the Spirit,
And nyle ye be drunkun of wyn, in which is letcherie, but be ye fillid with the Hooli Goost; and speke ye to you silf in salmes,
19 speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the LORD,
and ymnes, and spiritual songis, syngynge and seiynge salm in youre hertis to the Lord;
20 always giving thanks for all things, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father,
euermore doynge thankingis for alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist to God and to the fadir.
21 subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Be ye suget togidere in the drede of Crist.
22 The wives: [subject yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the LORD,
Wymmen, be thei suget to her hosebondis,
23 because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the Assembly, and He is Savior of the body,
as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi.
24 but even as the Assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives [subject] to their own husbands in everything.
But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis.
25 The husbands: love your own wives, as the Christ also loved the Assembly, and gave Himself for it,
Men, loue ye youre wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and yaf hym silf for it, to make it holi;
26 that He might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf,
27 that He might present the Assembly to Himself in glory, having no spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
to yyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryueling, or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid.
28 so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—he loves himself;
So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf;
29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and nurtures it, as also the LORD—the Assembly,
for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche.
30 because we are members of His body, [[of His flesh, and of His bones.]]
And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys.
31 “For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh”;
For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.
32 this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the Assembly;
This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche.
33 but you also, everyone in particular—let each so love his own wife as himself, and the wife—that she may revere the husband.
Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.
