Aefeso 5
1 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, tuĩkai a kwĩgerekania na Ngai, ta ciana ciendetwo mũno,
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children:
2 na mũtũũre mwendaine o ta ũrĩa Kristũ aatwendire na akĩĩruta nĩ ũndũ witũ arĩ iruta rĩrĩ na mũtararĩko mwega na igongona rĩrutĩirwo Ngai.
and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.
3 No rĩrĩ, thĩinĩ wa thiritũ yanyu gũtikanaiguĩke gũkĩgwetwo ũmaraya, kana ũndũ o na ũrĩkũ wa waganu, kana ũkoroku, tondũ maũndũ macio matiagĩrĩire harĩ andũ a Ngai arĩa aamũre.
But whoredom, and all impurity, and avarice let them not be at all heard of among you, as it becometh the saints;
4 O na gũtikanagĩe mĩario ya ũũra-thoni, o na kana mĩario ya ũrimũ, o na kana mĩario ya itherũ rĩtarĩ rĩega. Mĩario ta ĩyo ndĩagĩrĩire kũgwetagwo; nĩ kaba gũcookagĩria Ngai ngaatho.
Neither obscenities, nor words of folly, or of division, or of scurrility, which are not useful; but instead of these, thanksgiving.
5 Tondũ nĩmũũĩ wega na ma atĩ: gũtirĩ mũhũũri-maraya, kana mũndũ mwaganu, o na kana mũndũ mũkoroku; mũndũ ũrĩa wĩkaga ũguo nĩ mũhooi mĩhianano, andũ ta acio gũtirĩ ũrĩ na igai thĩinĩ wa ũthamaki wa Kristũ na wa Ngai.
For this know ye, that every man who is a whoremonger, or impure, or avaricious, or a worshipper of idols, hath no inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.
6 Mũtikareke mũndũ o na ũ amũheenie na ciugo cia tũhũ, nĩgũkorwo maũndũ ta macio nĩmo matũmaga mangʼũrĩ ma Ngai makinyĩre andũ arĩa matamwathĩkagĩra.
Let no man deceive you with vain words; for it is on account of these things that the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.
7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, mũtikagĩe ngwatanĩro nao.
Therefore be ye not like them.
8 Nĩgũkorwo hĩndĩ ĩmwe mwarĩ nduma, no rĩu mũrĩ ũtheri thĩinĩ wa Mwathani. Tũũrai ta ciana cia ũtheri
For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye.
9 (nĩ ũndũ maciaro ma ũtheri monekaga thĩinĩ wa ũhoro wothe wa gwĩkana wega, na wa ũthingu, o na ũhoro wa ma),
For the fruits of the light are in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.
10 na mũtuĩrie muone maũndũ marĩa makenagia Mwathani.
And search out what is pleasing before our Lord:
11 Mũtikananyiitanĩre na andũ arĩa mekagĩra maũndũ nduma-inĩ marĩa matarĩ maciaro, nĩ kaba mũmoimbũrage.
And have no commerce with the works of darkness which are unfruitful, but reprove them.
12 Nĩgũkorwo o na nĩ thoni kũgweta maũndũ marĩa mekagĩrwo hitho-inĩ nĩ andũ acio aremi.
For the things they do in secret, it is nauseous even to mention.
13 No ũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũrehetwo ũtheri-inĩ nĩwonekaga,
For all things are exposed and made manifest by the light: and whatever maketh manifest, is light.
14 nĩgũkorwo ũtheri ũcio nĩguo ũtũmaga kĩndũ o gĩothe kĩoneke. Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmaga kwĩrwo atĩrĩ: “Arahũka, wee ũkomete, ũriũke uume kũrĩ arĩa akuũ, nake Kristũ nĩegũkwarĩra.”
Wherefore it is said: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and the Messiah will illuminate thee.
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, mwĩmenyererei wega ũrĩa mũrĩtũũraga, mũtigatũũrage ta andũ matarĩ ogĩ, no tũũrai ta andũ ogĩ,
See therefore, that ye walk circumspectly; not like the simple,
16 mũkĩhũthagĩra mweke o wothe mũrĩ naguo tondũ matukũ maya nĩ mooru.
but like the wise, who purchase their opportunity; because the days are evil.
17 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtigaikare ta andũ akĩĩgu, no ikaragai mũmenyete wega ũrĩa Mwathani endaga.
Therefore, be not lacking in understanding; but understand ye what is the pleasure of God.
18 Ningĩ-rĩ, mũtikarĩĩo nĩ ndibei, nĩ ũndũ ũrĩĩu nĩguo ũtwaragĩrĩria mũndũ ũmaramari-inĩ. Handũ ha ũguo-rĩ, iyũrwoi nĩ Roho.
And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness; but be ye filled with the spirit.
19 Aranagĩriai mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ na ciugo cia thaburi, na nyĩmbo cia kũinĩra Ngai, o na nyĩmbo cia kũguna maroho. Inagai na mũtungage na nyĩmbo ngoro-inĩ cianyu nĩ ũndũ wa Mwathani,
And converse with yourselves in psalms and hymns; and with your hearts sing to the Lord, in spiritual songs.
20 na mũcookagĩrie Ngai o we Ithe witũ ngaatho maũndũ-inĩ mothe, thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Mwathani witũ Jesũ Kristũ.
And give thanks to God the Father, at all times, for all men, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
21 Mwĩnyiihanagĩriei mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa mũtĩĩte Kristũ.
And be submissive one to another, in the love of the Messiah.
22 Inyuĩ atumia-rĩ, mwĩnyiihagĩriei athuuri anyu o taarĩ Mwathani mũrenyiihĩria.
Wives, be ye submissive to your husbands, as to our Lord.
23 Nĩgũkorwo mũthuuri nĩwe mũtwe wa mũtumia o ta ũrĩa Kristũ nake arĩ we mũtwe wa kanitha, o guo mwĩrĩ wake, na nowe Mũhonokia waguo.
Because the husband is the head of the wife, even as the Messiah is the head of the church; and he is the vivifier of the body.
24 Na rĩrĩ, o ta ũrĩa kanitha wĩnyiihagĩria Kristũ, ũguo no taguo nao atumia magĩrĩirwo nĩ kwĩnyiihĩria athuuri ao maũndũ-inĩ mothe.
And as the church is subject to the Messiah, so also let wives be to their husbands in all things.
25 Inyuĩ athuuri-rĩ, endagai atumia anyu, o ta ũrĩa Kristũ eendire kanitha na akĩĩruta nĩ ũndũ waguo
Husbands, love your wives, even as the Messiah loved his church, and delivered himself up for it;
26 nĩguo awamũre aũtue mũtheru-rĩ, nĩ kũũthambia aũthambirie na maaĩ na ũndũ wa kiugo,
that he might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water, and by the word;
27 nĩguo ahote kwĩrehere we mwene kanitha ũrĩ na riiri, ũtarĩ irooro kana handũ hagũtharu, o na kana kaũũgũ kangĩ o gothe, no ũtuĩke kanitha mũtheru na ũtarĩ na ũcuuke.
and might constitute it a glorious church for himself, in which is no stain, and no wrinkle, and nothing like them; but that it might be holy and without blemish.
28 O ũguo, noguo athuuri magĩrĩirwo nĩ kwenda atumia ao o taarĩ mĩĩrĩ yao ene. Mũndũ ũrĩa wendete mũtumia wake nĩwe mwene wĩyendete.
It behooveth men so to love their wives, as they do their own bodies. For he that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 Nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ mũndũ ũthũire mwĩrĩ wake mwene, no nĩkũhe aũheaga irio na akaũmenyerera, o ta ũrĩa Kristũ ekaga kanitha,
For no one ever hated his own body; but nourisheth it, and provideth for it, even as the Messiah the church.
30 Tondũ tũrĩ ciĩga cia mwĩrĩ wake.
For we are members of his body and of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 “Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo gĩtũmaga mũndũ mũrũme atige ithe na nyina, na anyiitane na mũtumia wake, nao eerĩ magatuĩka mwĩrĩ ũmwe.”
For this reason, a man should quit his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and the two should be one flesh.
32 Ũyũ nĩ ũhoro wa hitho nene, na nĩ wa bata mũno, na ngiuga ũguo nĩ ũhoro wa Kristũ na kanitha ndĩraria.
This is a great mystery; but I am speaking of the Messiah, and of his church.
33 No rĩrĩ, o mũndũ nĩendage mũtumia wake o ta ũrĩa eendete we mwene, nake mũtumia nĩaheage mũthuuri wake gĩtĩĩo.
Nevertheless, let each of you severally so love his wife, even as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.
