Efesotɔwo 5
1 Eya ta mizu mawusrɔ̃lawo abe vi lɔlɔ̃wo ene,
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
2 eye minɔ agbe le lɔlɔ̃ me abe ale si Kristo lɔ̃ mí hetsɔ eɖokui na ɖe mía ta abe nunana kple vɔsa si le ʋeʋẽm lĩlĩlĩ na Mawu la ene.
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
3 Migaɖe mɔ na ahasiwɔwɔ, makɔmakɔnyenye kple ŋukeklẽ be woanɔ mia me o, elabena agbenɔnɔ siawo menyo na Mawu ƒe ame kɔkɔewo o.
and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Mele be woase nya vlowo, gbegblẽnyawo kple dzeɖoɖo madzetowo le mia nu o, ke boŋ akpedada ɖe Mawu ƒe amenuveve ta.
also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;
5 Minya nyuie be ahasiwɔla, ame makɔmakɔ alo ŋuklẽla aɖeke manyi Kristo kple Mawu ƒe fiaɖuƒe la ƒe dome o, elabena ame sia ƒomevi sɔ kple trɔ̃subɔla.
for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.
6 Migana ame aɖeke nable mi o, elabena nu siawo tae Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe vaa tomaɖolawo dzi ɖo.
Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,
7 Eya ta migade ha kple ame siawo ƒomeviwo o.
become not, then, partakers with them,
8 Tsã la, mienye viviti, gake azɔ la, mienye kekeli le Aƒetɔ la me. Minɔ agbe abe kekeli ƒe viwo ene.
for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,
9 (Elabena kekeli ƒe kutsetse nye dɔmenyo, dzɔdzɔenyenye kple nyateƒe),
for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
10 eye midi nu siwo dzea Aƒetɔ la ŋu.
proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,
11 Kadodo aɖeke meganɔ mi kple vivitimewɔna siwo nye tofloko la dome o, ke boŋ miɖe wo ɖe go.
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
12 Elabena enye ŋukpe be tomaɖolawo naƒo nu le woƒe vivimenuwɔnawo ŋuti.
for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,
13 Ke nu sia nu si dzi kekeli klẽ ɖo la, dzena wokpɔna,
and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;
14 elabena kekeli nana nu sia nu dzena gaglãa. Esia ta woŋlɔ ɖi be, “O, alɔ̃dɔla nyɔ, fɔ tso ame kukuwo dome, eye Kristo aklẽ ɖe dziwò.”
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
15 Eya ta mikpɔ nyuie be miaganɔ agbe abe numanyalawo ene o, ke boŋ abe nunyalawo ene,
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
16 Miwɔ mɔnukpɔkpɔ ɖe sia ɖe ŋu dɔ nyuie, elabena ŋkekeawo nye vɔ̃.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil;
17 Migawɔ nu abe bometsilawo ene o, ke boŋ midi nu si nye Aƒetɔ la ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu.
because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,
18 Migano aha mu o, elabena ekplɔa ame dea hadzenuwɔwɔ me. Mina Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la boŋ nayɔ mia me.
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
19 Mitsɔ Psalmowo kple kafukafuhawo ƒo nu na mia nɔewo. Midzi kafukafuhawo na Aƒetɔ la le miaƒe dziwo me.
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 Mida akpe na Mawu Fofo la ɖaa le nu sia nu ta le míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe ŋkɔ me.
giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;
21 Mibɔbɔ mia ɖokuiwo na mia nɔewo abe bubudede Kristo ŋu ƒe dzesi ene.
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
22 Mi nyɔnuwo la, mibɔbɔ mia ɖokuiwo na mia srɔ̃wo abe ale si miebɔbɔ mia ɖokuiwo na Aƒetɔ la ene.
The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
23 Elabena ŋutsue nye ta na srɔ̃a, eye wòtsɔ eƒe agbe ɖo anyi ɖe hame la ta abe ale si Kristo nye ta na hame si nye eƒe ŋutilã la ene be yeanye eƒe Ɖela.
because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
24 Azɔ abe ale si hame la bɔbɔ eɖokui na Kristo ene la, nenema ke nyɔnuwo hã nabɔbɔ wo ɖokuiwo na wo srɔ̃wo le nu sia nu me.
but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.
25 Srɔ̃ŋutsuwo, milɔ̃ mia srɔ̃wo abe ale si Kristo lɔ̃ hame la, eye wòtsɔ eƒe agbe na ɖe eta,
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
26 be yeawɔe wòanɔ kɔkɔe to eŋutikɔklɔ kple tsi to nya la me,
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
27 ale be yeate ŋu axɔe na ye ɖokui abe ŋutikɔkɔe hame si dza, eye ɖiƒoƒo kple kpɔtsɔtsɔ aɖeke mele eŋu o la ene, ke boŋ be wòanɔ kɔkɔe, eye fɔɖiɖi aɖeke maganɔ eŋuti o.
that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
28 Nenema ke wòle be ŋutsuwo nalɔ̃ wo srɔ̃wo abe woawo ŋutɔ ɖokuiwo ene. Ame si lɔ̃a srɔ̃a la, lɔ̃a eɖokui.
so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;
29 Elabena ame aɖeke melé fu eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋutilã kpɔ o, ke boŋ enyinɛ, eye wòléa be nɛ abe ale si Kristo wɔna na hame la ene,
for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,
30 elabena eƒe ŋutilã ƒe ŋutinuwo míenye.
because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;
31 “Ɖe susu sia ta ŋutsu agblẽ fofoa kple dadaa ɖi, eye wòawɔ ɖeka kple srɔ̃a, eye wo ame eve la, woazu ŋutilã ɖeka.”
'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'
32 Esia nye nukunu gã aɖe, gake mele nu ƒom tso Kristo kple hame la ŋuti.
this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;
33 Ke hã la, ele be ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe nalɔ̃ srɔ̃a abe eya ŋutɔ ɖokui ene, eye srɔ̃nyɔnu hã nade bubu srɔ̃a ŋuti.
but ye also, every one in particular — let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife — that she may reverence the husband.
