Abaefeso 5
1 Mufubenga okufaanana Katonda kubanga muli baana ba Katonda abaagalwa.
Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God.
2 Mwagalanenga nga Kristo bwe yatwagala ne yeewaayo ku lwaffe n’afuuka ekiweebwayo era ssaddaaka eri Katonda, eyakawoowo akalungi.
And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.
3 Nga bwe muli abantu ba Katonda abatukuvu, obwenzi, n’obugwagwa bwonna, n’omululu bireme okuwulirwa mu mmwe.
But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,
4 Mwewale okwogera eby’ensonyi, n’eby’obusirusiru, n’okubalaata ebitasaana. Mwebazenga bwebaza Katonda.
nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.
5 Mukimanye era mukitegeerere ddala nga buli mwenzi, oba omugwagwa, oba eyeegomba, aba asinza bakatonda abalala, talina mugabo mu bwakabaka bwa Kristo ne Katonda.
For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Omuntu yenna tabalimbalimbanga n’ebigambo ebitaliimu. Katonda abonereza buli muntu yenna amujeemera.
Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief.
7 Noolwekyo temwegattanga n’abafaanana ng’abo.
Therefore, do not choose to become participants with them.
8 Edda mwali ng’abantu ab’ekizikiza, naye kaakano muli bantu ba musana mu Mukama waffe. Noolwekyo mutambulenga ng’abaana ab’omusana,
For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.
9 ekitangaala kyammwe kirabisibwe. Mubale ebibala eby’omusana nga mweyisa bulungi, nga mubeera abeesimbu era ab’amazima,
For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth,
10 nga munoonya ekyo ekisanyusa Mukama waffe.
affirming what is well-pleasing to God.
11 Temwenyigiranga mu bikolwa bya kizikiza kubanga tebigasa, wabula munenyenga ababikola.
And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.
12 Kubanga kya nsonyi n’okubyogerako ebyo abajeemu bye bakolera mu kyama.
For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention.
13 Byonna bwe biryatuukirizibwa mu kitangaala, birirabikira ddala nga bwe biri.
But all things that are disputed are made manifest by the light. For all that is made manifest is light.
14 Ekitangaala kirabisa buli kintu. Kyekiva kigambibwa nti, “Zuukuka ggwe eyeebase, Ozuukire mu bafu, Kristo anaakwakira.”
Because of this, it is said: “You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you.”
15 Mutunule nga mutambula n’obwegendereza, si ng’abatalina magezi wabula ng’abalina amagezi,
And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish,
16 nga temwonoona biseera kubanga ennaku zino mbi.
but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time.
17 Temubanga basirusiru, naye mutegeere Mukama waffe ky’ayagala.
For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.
18 Ate temutamiiranga, kubanga mujja kweyonoona, wabula Omwoyo ajjulenga mu bulamu bwammwe.
And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
19 Bwe mukuŋŋananga muzimbaganenga mu Zabbuli ne mu nnyimba, ne mu nnyimba ez’Omwoyo nga muyimbira Mukama era nga mumuyimusiza amaloboozi mu mutima gwammwe.
speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts,
20 Bulijjo mwebazenga Katonda Kitaffe olwa byonna, mu linnya lya Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo.
giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.
21 Mutyenga Kristo, nga muwuliragananga.
Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Abakazi, muwulirenga babbammwe nga bwe muwulira Mukama waffe.
Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.
23 Omusajja gwe mutwe gw’omukazi, nga Kristo bw’ali omutwe gw’Ekkanisa. Ekkanisa gwe mubiri gwa Kristo, era ye yennyini ye Mulokozi waagwo.
For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body.
24 Kale ng’Ekkanisa bw’ewulira Kristo, n’abakazi bwe batyo bwe basaana okuwuliranga ba bbaabwe mu byonna.
Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.
25 Nammwe abaami mwagalenga bakyala bammwe nga Kristo bwe yayagala Ekkanisa ne yeewaayo ku lwayo.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,
26 Yaginaaza n’amazzi, n’agitukuza n’ekigambo kye,
so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,
27 alyoke yeefunire Ekkanisa ey’ekitiibwa, eteriiko bbala wadde akamogo oba ekintu kyonna ekikyamu, wabula ebeere entukuvu, etuukiridde.
so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate.
28 N’abasajja bwe batyo bwe basaana okwagalanga bakazi baabwe, nga bwe baagala emibiri gyabwe gyennyini. Ayagala mukazi we yeeyagala yekka.
So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 Tewali n’omu yali akyaye omubiri gwe, wabula aguliisa era agujjanjaba nga Kristo bw’ajjanjaba Ekkanisa ye,
For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.
30 kubanga tuli bitundu bya mubiri gwe.
For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
31 “Kale omusajja kyanaavanga aleka kitaawe ne nnyina ne yeegatta ne mukazi we, ne bafuuka omuntu omu.”
“For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.”
32 Ekyama kino kikulu, kyokka nze ndowooza nti kyogera ku Kristo n’Ekkanisa ye.
This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church.
33 Kale, nammwe buli musajja ayagalenga mukazi we nga bwe yeeyagala yennyini, era n’omukazi assengamu bba ekitiibwa.
Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband.
