Ephesians 5
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.
ato yūyaṁ priyabālakā iveśvarasyānukāriṇo bhavata,
2 And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.
khrīṣṭa iva premācāraṁ kuruta ca, yataḥ so'smāsu prema kṛtavān asmākaṁ vinimayena cātmanivedanaṁ kṛtvā grāhyasugandhārthakam upahāraṁ baliñceśvarāca dattavān|
3 But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.
kintu veśyāgamanaṁ sarvvavidhāśaucakriyā lobhaścaiteṣām uccāraṇamapi yuṣmākaṁ madhye na bhavatu, etadeva pavitralokānām ucitaṁ|
4 Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks.
aparaṁ kutsitālāpaḥ pralāpaḥ śleṣoktiśca na bhavatu yata etānyanucitāni kintvīśvarasya dhanyavādo bhavatu|
5 For be well assured that no fornicator or immoral person and no money-grubber--or in other words idol-worshipper--has any share awaiting him in the Kingdom of Christ and of God.
veśyāgāmyaśaucācārī devapūjaka iva gaṇyo lobhī caiteṣāṁ koṣi khrīṣṭasya rājye'rthata īśvarasya rājye kamapyadhikāraṁ na prāpsyatīti yuṣmābhiḥ samyak jñāyatāṁ|
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming upon the disobedient.
anarthakavākyena ko'pi yuṣmān na vañcayatu yatastādṛgācārahetoranājñāgrāhiṣu lokeṣvīśvarasya kopo varttate|
7 Therefore do not become sharers with them.
tasmād yūyaṁ taiḥ sahabhāgino na bhavata|
8 There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
pūrvvaṁ yūyam andhakārasvarūpā ādhvaṁ kintvidānīṁ prabhunā dīptisvarūpā bhavatha tasmād dīpteḥ santānā iva samācarata|
9 Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth--
dīpte ryat phalaṁ tat sarvvavidhahitaiṣitāyāṁ dharmme satyālāpe ca prakāśate|
10 and learn in your own experiences what is fully pleasing to the Lord.
prabhave yad rocate tat parīkṣadhvaṁ|
11 Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
yūyaṁ timirasya viphalakarmmaṇām aṁśino na bhūtvā teṣāṁ doṣitvaṁ prakāśayata|
12 for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.
yataste lokā rahami yad yad ācaranti taduccāraṇam api lajjājanakaṁ|
13 But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.
yato dīptyā yad yat prakāśyate tat tayā cakāsyate yacca cakāsti tad dīptisvarūpaṁ bhavati|
14 For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."
etatkāraṇād uktam āste, "he nidrita prabudhyasva mṛtebhyaścotthitiṁ kuru| tatkṛte sūryyavat khrīṣṭaḥ svayaṁ tvāṁ dyotayiṣyati|"
15 Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.
ataḥ sāvadhānā bhavata, ajñānā iva mācarata kintu jñānina iva satarkam ācarata|
16 Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.
samayaṁ bahumūlyaṁ gaṇayadhvaṁ yataḥ kālā abhadrāḥ|
17 On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.
tasmād yūyam ajñānā na bhavata kintu prabhorabhimataṁ kiṁ tadavagatā bhavata|
18 Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--
sarvvanāśajanakena surāpānena mattā mā bhavata kintvātmanā pūryyadhvaṁ|
19 but drink deeply of God's Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and offer praise in your hearts to the Lord.
aparaṁ gītai rgānaiḥ pāramārthikakīrttanaiśca parasparam ālapanto manasā sārddhaṁ prabhum uddiśya gāyata vādayata ca|
20 Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
sarvvadā sarvvaviṣaye'smatprabho yīśoḥ khrīṣṭasya nāmnā tātam īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadata|
21 and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
yūyam īśvarād bhītāḥ santa anye'pareṣāṁ vaśībhūtā bhavata|
22 Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;
he yoṣitaḥ, yūyaṁ yathā prabhostathā svasvasvāmino vaśaṅgatā bhavata|
23 because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.
yataḥ khrīṣṭo yadvat samite rmūrddhā śarīrasya trātā ca bhavati tadvat svāmī yoṣito mūrddhā|
24 And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.
ataḥ samiti ryadvat khrīṣṭasya vaśībhūtā tadvad yoṣidbhirapi svasvasvāmino vaśatā svīkarttavyā|
25 Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
aparañca he puruṣāḥ, yūyaṁ khrīṣṭa iva svasvayoṣitsu prīyadhvaṁ|
26 in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word,
sa khrīṣṭo'pi samitau prītavān tasyāḥ kṛte ca svaprāṇān tyaktavān yataḥ sa vākye jalamajjanena tāṁ pariṣkṛtya pāvayitum
27 that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.
aparaṁ tilakavalyādivihīnāṁ pavitrāṁ niṣkalaṅkāñca tāṁ samitiṁ tejasvinīṁ kṛtvā svahaste samarpayituñcābhilaṣitavān|
28 So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.
tasmāt svatanuvat svayoṣiti premakaraṇaṁ puruṣasyocitaṁ, yena svayoṣiti prema kriyate tenātmaprema kriyate|
29 For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;
ko'pi kadāpi na svakīyāṁ tanum ṛtīyitavān kintu sarvve tāṁ vibhrati puṣṇanti ca| khrīṣṭo'pi samitiṁ prati tadeva karoti,
30 because we are, as it were, parts of His Body.
yato vayaṁ tasya śarīrasyāṅgāni māṁsāsthīni ca bhavāmaḥ|
31 "For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."
etadarthaṁ mānavaḥ svamātāpitaro parityajya svabhāryyāyām āsaṁkṣyati tau dvau janāvekāṅgau bhaviṣyataḥ|
32 That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.
etannigūḍhavākyaṁ gurutaraṁ mayā ca khrīṣṭasamitī adhi tad ucyate|
33 Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.
ataeva yuṣmākam ekaiko jana ātmavat svayoṣiti prīyatāṁ bhāryyāpi svāminaṁ samādarttuṁ yatatāṁ|
