Ndị Efesọs 5
1 Ya mere bụrụnụ ndị na-eṅomi Chineke, dị ka ụmụ a hụrụ nʼanya.
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
2 Na-agakwanụ nʼime ịhụnanya, dịka Kraịst siri hụ anyị nʼanya ma were ndụ ya nye Chineke maka anyị dịka aja na onyinye nke isi ụtọ.
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
3 Ma nʼetiti unu, ka a ghara ịkpọta mmehie ịkwa iko, maọbụ nke adịghị ọcha, maọbụ nke inwe anya ukwu aha, nʼihi na ihe ndị a ekwesighị nʼetiti ndị nsọ.
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
4 Ọ dịkwaghị mma ka unu na-ekwu okwu rụrụ arụ maọbụ okwu nzuzu maọbụ njakịrị, kama ka e nwee inye ekele.
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
5 Matanụ nke ọma na onye na-akwa iko, maọbụ onye rụrụ arụ, maọbụ onye anya ukwu, nʼihi na anya ukwu dị ka ikpere arụsị, enweghị ike ịbata nʼalaeze Kraịst na Chineke.
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Unu ekwela ka onye ọbụla jiri okwu efu duhie unu. Ọ bụ nʼihi omume ọjọọ ndị a ka iwe Chineke ji abịakwasị ndị na-anaghị erubere ya isi.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
7 Unu na ndị dị otu a enwela mmekọ.
Therefore do not be partakers with them.
8 Nʼihi nʼoge gara aga, unu bụ ọchịchịrị, ma ugbu a, unu bụ ìhè nʼime Onyenwe anyị. Na-ebinụ ndụ ka ụmụ nke ìhè
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
9 (nʼihi na a na-ahụ mkpụrụ nke ìhè nʼihe niile dị mma, na ihe ziri ezi, na eziokwu).
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
10 Gbalịanụ ịchọpụta ihe na-amasị Onyenwe anyị.
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
11 Unu etinyela aka nʼọrụ ọchịchịrị nke na-adịghị amị mkpụrụ ọbụla, kama gbaanụ ha nʼanwụ.
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 Ọ bụ ihe ihere ikwu okwu banyere ihe ndị a na-eme na nzuzo.
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
13 Mgbe a gbara ihe ọbụla nʼanwụ, ọ na-apụta ìhè nke ọma. Nʼihi na ihe ọbụla e mere ka ọ pụta ìhè nke ọma bụ ìhè.
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
14 Nke a mere na e kwuru, “Bilie gị onye na-arahụ ụra. Site nʼọnwụ bilie. Kraịst ga-emekwa ka ihe ya mụkwasị gị.”
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Kpachapụnụ anya otu unu si ebi ndụ unu. Unu ebila ndụ dị ka ndị nzuzu, kama bienụ ndụ dị ka ndị maara ihe.
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
16 Jirinụ ohere niile unu nwere rụọ ọrụ ọma, nʼihi na ụbọchị ndị a dị njọ.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Unu emela dị ka ndị na-enweghị uche, kama gbalịanụ ịchọpụta ihe Onyenwe anyị chọrọ ka unu mee,
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 Unu aṅụbigala mmanya oke nʼihi na ọ na-eduba na ndụ ịla nʼiyi. Kama jupụtanụ na Mmụọ Nsọ,
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19 werenụ abụ ọma, na abụ nke ime mmụọ na-ekwe ukwe nʼetiti onwe unu. Werekwanụ obi unu niile na-abụrụ Onyenwe anyị abụ dị ụtọ.
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20 Na-enyenụ Chineke bụ Nna ekele mgbe niile na nʼihe niile, nʼaha Onyenwe anyị Jisọs Kraịst.
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 Na-edonụ onwe unu nʼokpuru ibe unu site nʼegwu Kraịst.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Unu ndị bụ nwunye, doonụ onwe unu nʼokpuru di unu dị ka unu si doo onwe unu nʼokpuru Onyenwe anyị.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
23 Nʼihi na di bụ isi nwunye ya, dị ka Kraịst siri bụrụ isi nzukọ ya bụ chọọchị, na Onye nzọpụta ya nke bụ anụ ahụ ya.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
24 Ya mere, dị ka nzukọ si edo onwe ya nʼokpuru Kraịst, otu a ka ndị bụ nwunye kwesiri ido onwe ha nʼokpuru di ha nʼihe niile.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Ndị bụ di, hụnụ nwunye unu nʼanya dị ka Kraịst siri hụ nzukọ ya bụ chọọchị nʼanya nwụọ nʼihi ya.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
26 O mere nke a ka o nwee ike doo ya nsọ, jirikwa okwu ya na ịsa mmiri nke baptizim mee ka ọ dị ọcha.
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 Ka o chee nzukọ nʼihu ya onwe ya dị ka ihe jupụtara nʼebube, nke na-enweghị ntụpọ, maọbụ ihu mgbarụ ma ọ bụkwanụ ihe ọbụla dị otu a. Kama nke dị nsọ na-enweghị ịta ụta.
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
28 Nʼotu ụzọ ahụ kwa, ndị bụ di kwesiri ịhụ nwunye ha nʼanya dị ka ha si hụ anụ ahụ ha nʼanya. Nʼihi na onye ọbụla hụrụ nwunye ya nʼanya na-ahụ onwe ya nʼanya.
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla nke kpọrọ anụ ahụ ya asị. Kama, ọ na-azụ ya na-edozikwa ya, dị ka Kraịst na-emere chọọchị.
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30 Nʼihi na anyị niile bụ akụkụ anụ ahụ ya.
For we are members of His body.
31 “Nʼihi nke a ka nwoke ga-eji hapụ nne na nna ya e jikọta ya na nwunye ya. Ha abụọ ga-abụ otu anụ ahụ.”
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32 Nke a bụ ihe omimi dị ukwuu ma eji m ya atụnyere Kraịst na chọọchị ya.
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33 Ma otu ọ dị, onye ọbụla nʼime unu aghaghị ịhụ nwunye ya nʼanya dị ka ọ hụrụ onwe ya, nwunye ọbụla aghakwaghị ịsọpụrụ di ya.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
