Προς Εφεσιους 5
1 γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά,
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
2 καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ⸀ἡμᾶςκαὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ⸀ἡμῶνπροσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας.
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 Πορνεία δὲ καὶ ⸂ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα ἢ πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν, καθὼς πρέπει ἁγίοις,
and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
4 καὶ αἰσχρότης καὶ μωρολογία ἢ εὐτραπελία, ⸂ἃ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία.
also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;
5 τοῦτο γὰρ ⸀ἴστεγινώσκοντες ὅ ι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης, ⸀ὅ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ.
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 Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις, διὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας.
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 μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν·
become not, then, partakers with them,
8 ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε,
for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,
9 ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ ⸀φωτὸςἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ,
for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
10 δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ·
proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,
11 καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε,
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
12 τὰ γὰρ κρυφῇ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν·
for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,
13 τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται,
and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;
14 πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν. διὸ λέγει· Ἔγειρε, ὁ καθεύδων, καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός.
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
15 Βλέπετε οὖν ⸂ἀκριβῶς πῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί,
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
16 ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil;
17 διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ ⸀συνίετετί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου·
because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,
18 καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι,
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
19 λαλοῦντες ⸀ἑαυτοῖςψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ⸀ψάλλοντεςτῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ,
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί,
giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;
21 ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ.
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
22 Αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ⸀ἀνδράσινὡς τῷ κυρίῳ,
The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
23 ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ⸀αὐτὸςσωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.
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 ἀλλὰ ⸀ὡςἡ ἐκκλησία ὑποτάσσεται τῷ Χριστῷ, οὕτως καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες ⸀τοῖςἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί.
but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.
25 Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς ⸀γυναῖκας καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς,
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
26 ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
27 ἵνα παραστήσῃ ⸀αὐτὸςἑαυτῷ ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος.
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 οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν ⸀καὶοἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα· ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ,
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 οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ⸀Χριστὸςτὴν ἐκκλησίαν,
for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,
30 ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος ⸀αὐτοῦ
because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;
31 ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος ⸀τὸν⸀πατέρακαὶ ⸀τὴνμητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται ⸂τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
'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 τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.
this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;
33 πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθʼ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.
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.
