Ephesians 5
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.
Esiane sɛ moyɛ Onyankopɔn mma a ɔdɔ wɔn no nti, munsuasua no
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.
na motena ase ɔdɔ mu sɛnea Kristo dɔɔ yɛn, na ɔde ne nkwa too hɔ maa yɛn sɛ afɔrebɔde a ɛyɛ huam ma Onyankopɔn no.
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.
Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔte aguamammɔ anaa afide anaa anibere ho asɛm wɔ mo mu, efisɛ eyinom mfata Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo kronkron.
4 Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks.
Saa ara nso na ɛmfata sɛ moka kasa fi, ahuhusɛm anaa sɛ muyi aseresɛm, mmom monna ase.
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.
Munnya ntease sɛ, obiara a ɔbɔ aguaman na ɔyɛ afide, na ɔyɛ oniberefo (anibere yɛ abosonsom) no rennya kyɛfa biara wɔ Kristo ne Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu bi.
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.
Mommma obiara mmfa nsɛm a aba nni mu nnaadaa mo. Efisɛ saa nneɛma no na ɛma Onyankopɔn bo fuw wɔn a wɔyɛ asoɔden no.
7 Therefore do not become sharers with them.
Enti mo ne saa nnipa no nyɛ biribiara.
8 There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
Bere bi, na moyɛ sum, nanso mprempren de, moyɛ hann wɔ Awurade mu. Ne saa nti montena ase sɛ hann mma.
9 Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth--
Efisɛ hann no ma moyɛ papa, atreneefo ne nokwafo,
10 and learn in your own experiences what is fully pleasing to the Lord.
na ɛhwehwɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani.
11 Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
Montwe mo ho mfi nneɛma hunu a wɔyɛ wɔ sum mu ho, na mompa ho ntama.
12 for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.
Ɛyɛ aniwu sɛ wɔbɔ nneɛma a asoɔdenfo yɛ no wɔ sum mu no so.
13 But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.
Nanso sɛ hann no tɔ wɔn so a, yebehu nnebɔne biara a wɔyɛ.
14 For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."
Efisɛ hann da biribiara adi. Enti na wɔaka se, “Nyan, wo a woada, na sɔre fi awufo mu, na Kristo bɛhyerɛn wɔ wo so.”
15 Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.
Enti monhwɛ mo akwan yiye, ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔn a wonnim nyansa, na mmom sɛ wɔn a wonim nyansa.
16 Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.
Monyɛ mo akwannya biara so ade, efisɛ, nna yi yɛ nna bɔne.
17 On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.
Monnyɛ adwene mu harefo, na mmom monte Awurade apɛde ase.
18 Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--
Monnnom nsa mmmow na amfa mo ankɔ ahohwibɔ mu. Na mmom momma Honhom no nhyɛ mo ma.
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.
Momfa nnwom, ayeyi nnwom ne honhom mu nnwom nkasa nkyerɛ mo ho mo ho. Monto dwom mma Awurade na monkamfo no wɔ koma mu,
20 Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
na monna Agya Onyankopɔn ase bere biara wɔ biribiara ho wɔ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo din mu.
21 and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Mumfi nidi a mowɔ ma Kristo mu no mmrɛ mo ho ase mma mo ho mo ho.
22 Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;
Ɔyerenom, mommrɛ mo ho ase mma mo kununom sɛnea mobrɛ mo ho ase ma Awurade no,
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.
efisɛ okunu yɛ ɔyere no ti sɛnea Kristo yɛ asafo no ti ne ne Gyefo no. Asafo no yɛ Kristo nipadua.
24 And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.
Sɛnea asafo no brɛ ne ho ase ma Kristo no, saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyerenom brɛ wɔn ho ase wɔ biribiara mu ma wɔn kununom.
25 Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
Okununom, monnodɔ mo yerenom sɛnea Kristo dɔɔ asafo no na ɔde ne kra too hɔ maa no,
26 in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word,
na ɔnam asɛm no so de nsu guaree no yɛɛ no kronkron,
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.
de maa ne ho sɛ asafo a ɛhyerɛn, a enni nkekae anaasɛ mpomponoe anaasɛ dɛm biara, na mmom ɛyɛ kronkron a enni sintɔ.
28 So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ mmarima dɔ wɔn yerenom sɛnea wɔdɔ wɔn nipadua no. Ɔbarima a ɔdɔ ne yere no dɔ nʼankasa ne ho.
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;
Obiara ntan ne ho. Mmom ɔma no aduan hwɛ no yiye sɛnea Kristo yɛ asafo no,
30 because we are, as it were, parts of His Body.
na yɛn nso yɛyɛ ne nipadua no ho akwaa.
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."
“Eyi nti, ɔbarima begyaw nʼagya ne ne na, na ɔde ne ho akɔbɔ ne yere na wɔn baanu no nyinaa abɛyɛ ɔhonam baako.”
32 That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.
Eyi yɛ ahintasɛm a mu dɔ, nanso mereka Kristo ne asafo no ho asɛm.
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.
Enti ɛsɛ sɛ okunu biara dɔ ne yere sɛ nʼankasa ne ho, na ɔyere biara nso de nidi ma ne kunu.
