Ndị Efesọs 5
1 Ya mere bụrụnụ ndị na-eṅomi Chineke, dị ka ụmụ a hụrụ nʼanya.
Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear 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 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.
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 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.
4 Ọ dịkwaghị mma ka unu na-ekwu okwu rụrụ arụ maọbụ okwu nzuzu maọbụ njakịrị, kama ka e nwee inye ekele.
Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks.
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 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.
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 it is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming upon the disobedient.
7 Unu na ndị dị otu a enwela mmekọ.
Therefore do not become sharers 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
There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
9 (nʼihi na a na-ahụ mkpụrụ nke ìhè nʼihe niile dị mma, na ihe ziri ezi, na eziokwu).
Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth--
10 Gbalịanụ ịchọpụta ihe na-amasị Onyenwe anyị.
and learn in your own experiences what is fully pleasing to the Lord.
11 Unu etinyela aka nʼọrụ ọchịchịrị nke na-adịghị amị mkpụrụ ọbụla, kama gbaanụ ha nʼanwụ.
Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
12 Ọ bụ ihe ihere ikwu okwu banyere ihe ndị a na-eme na nzuzo.
for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.
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 can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.
14 Nke a mere na e kwuru, “Bilie gị onye na-arahụ ụra. Site nʼọnwụ bilie. Kraịst ga-emekwa ka ihe ya mụkwasị gị.”
For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon 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.
Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.
16 Jirinụ ohere niile unu nwere rụọ ọrụ ọma, nʼihi na ụbọchị ndị a dị njọ.
Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.
17 Unu emela dị ka ndị na-enweghị uche, kama gbalịanụ ịchọpụta ihe Onyenwe anyị chọrọ ka unu mee,
On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to 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 over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--
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.
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.
20 Na-enyenụ Chineke bụ Nna ekele mgbe niile na nʼihe niile, nʼaha Onyenwe anyị Jisọs Kraịst.
Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Na-edonụ onwe unu nʼokpuru ibe unu site nʼegwu Kraịst.
and 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.
Married women, submit to your own husbands as if 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.
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.
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.
And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.
25 Ndị bụ di, hụnụ nwunye unu nʼanya dị ka Kraịst siri hụ nzukọ ya bụ chọọchị nʼanya nwụọ nʼihi ya.
Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death 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.
in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by 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.
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.
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.
So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. 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.
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;
30 Nʼihi na anyị niile bụ akụkụ anụ ahụ ya.
because we are, as it were, parts 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 is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."
32 Nke a bụ ihe omimi dị ukwuu ma eji m ya atụnyere Kraịst na chọọchị ya.
That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning 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.
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.
