Efesoon 5
1 Kanaaf akkuma ijoollee jaallatamootti fakkeenya Waaqaa duukaa buʼaa;
Therefore imitate God, as his dear children,
2 akkuma Kiristoos nu jaallatee nuufis jedhee akka aarsaa fi qalma urgaaʼuutti Waaqaaf of kenne sana isinis jaalalaan deddeebiʼaa.
and live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.
3 Garuu waaʼeen halalummaa yookaan xuraaʼummaa gosa kamii iyyuu yookaan waaʼeen doqnummaa gidduu keessanitti hin dhagaʼamin; wanni akkasii qulqulloota Waaqaa biratti hin barbaachisuutii.
As for sexual immorality and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ’s people,
4 Galateeffachuu malee haasaan qaanii yookaan dubbiin gowwummaa kan faayidaa hin qabne yookaan qoosaan namatti hin tolle isin gidduu hin jiraatin.
nor shameful conduct, nor foolish talk or jesting, for they are wholly out of place among you; but rather thanksgiving.
5 Halaleen yookaan xuraaʼaan yookaan sassattuun jechuunis kan Waaqa tolfamaa waaqeffatu mootummaa Kiristoosii fi kan Waaqaa keessaa akka dhaala tokko illee hin qabne beekaa.
For of this you may be sure – that no one who is unchaste or impure or greedy of gain (for to be greedy of gain is idolatry) has any place awaiting him in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
6 Namni tokko iyyuu dubbii faayidaa hin qabneen isin hin gowwoomsin; sababii waan akkanaatiif dheekkamsi Waaqaa warra hin ajajamnetti ni dhufaatii.
Do not let anyone deceive you with specious arguments. Those are the sins that bring down the wrath of God on the disobedient.
7 Kanaafuu isin waan isaan hojjetan keessatti hin hirmaatinaa.
Therefore have nothing to do with such people.
8 Isin dur dukkana turtaniitii; amma garuu Gooftaadhaan ifa taataniirtu. Akka ijoollee ifaatti jiraadhaa;
For, although you were once in darkness, now, by your union with the Lord, you are in the light. Live as children of light –
9 iji ifaa gaarummaa, qajeelummaa fi dhugaa hunda keessatti argamaatii;
for the outcome of life in the light may be seen in every form of goodness, righteousness, and sincerity –
10 waan Gooftaa gammachiisu qoradhaa bira gaʼaa.
always trying to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Hojii dukkanaa kan ija hin qabne saaxilaa malee irratti hin hirmaatinaa.
Take no part in deeds of darkness, from which no good can come; on the contrary, expose them.
12 Waan isaan icciitiin hojjetan dubbachuun iyyuu qaaniidhaatii.
It is degrading even to speak of the things continually done by them in secret.
13 Wanni ifni sun saaxilu hundinuu garuu ni mulʼata;
All such actions, when exposed, have their true character made manifest by the light.
14 kanaafis, “Ati yaa isa raftu, dammaqi; warra duʼan keessaas kaʼi; Kiristoos siif ibsaatii” jedhameera.
For everything that has its true character made manifest is clear as light. And that is why it is said – “Sleeper, awake! Arise from the dead, and the Christ will give you light!”
15 Egaa isin akkamitti akka jiraattan jabeessaa of eeggadhaa! Akka ogeeyyiitti jiraadhaa malee akka warra ogeeyyii hin taʼiniitti hin jiraatinaa;
Take great care, then, how you live – not unwisely but wisely,
16 waan guyyoonni kunneen hamoo taʼaniif baricha furaa.
making the most of every opportunity; for these are evil days.
17 Kanaafuu fedhiin Gooftaa maal akka taʼe hubadhaa malee gowwaa hin taʼinaa.
Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 Daadhii wayiniitiin hin machaaʼinaa; kun jireenya gad dhiisiitti geessaatii. Qooda kanaa Hafuuraan guutamaa;
Do not drink wine to excess, for that leads to profligacy; but seek to be filled with the Spirit of God, and speak to one another in psalms and hymns and sacred songs.
19 faarfannaadhaan, weedduu galataatii fi faarfannaa Hafuuraatiin wal jalaa qabaa. Garaa keessan keessatti Gooftaaf faarfadhaatii muuziiqaa dhageessisaa;
Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord.
20 yeroo hundas waan hundaaf maqaa Gooftaa keenya Yesuus Kiristoosiin Waaqa Abbaa galateeffadhaa.
Always give thanks for everything to our God and Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 Sodaa Kiristoosiif qabdaniin waliif ajajamaa.
Submit to one another because you honour and respect Christ.
22 Yaa niitota, akkuma Gooftaaf ajajamtanitti dhirsoota keessaniif ajajamaa.
Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.
23 Akkuma Kiristoos waldaa kiristaanaatiif mataa taʼe sana dhirsi niitiif mataadhaatii; Kiristoos Fayyisaa waldaa kiristaanaa ti; waldaan kiristaanaa immoo dhagna isaa ti.
For a man is the head of his wife, as the Christ is the head of the church – being indeed himself the Saviour of his body.
24 Egaa akkuma waldaan kiristaanaa Kiristoosiif ajajamtu, niitonnis waan hundaan dhirsoota isaaniitiif haa ajajaman.
But as the church submits to the Christ, so also should wives submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Yaa dhirsoota, akkuma Kiristoos waldaa kiristaanaa jaallatee isheef of kenne sana isinis niitota keessan jaalladhaa;
Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the church, and gave himself for her,
26 innis karaa dubbii isaatiin bishaaniin ishee dhiqee qulleessee akka isheen qulqulluu taatuuf,
to make her holy, after purifying her by the washing with the water, according to his promise;
27 waldaa kiristaanaa ulfina qabeettii, mudaa yookaan suntuura yookaan waan akkanaa tokko illee hin qabnee garuu qulqullooftuu mudaa hin qabne godhee ofitti ishee dhiʼeessuuf waan kana godhe.
so that he might himself bring the church, in all her beauty, into his own presence, with no spot or wrinkle or blemish of any kind, but that she might be holy and faultless.
28 Akkasuma immoo dhirsoonni niitota isaanii akkuma dhagna ofii isaaniitti jaallachuu qabu. Namni niitii ofii jaallatu of jaallata.
That is how husbands ought to love their wives – as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself;
29 Akkuma Kiristoos waldaa kiristaanaatiif godhu sana namni kam iyyuu foon ofii ni soora; ni kunuunsas malee foon ofii hin jibbu;
for no one ever yet hated his own body. But everyone feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the church;
30 nu kutaalee dhagna isaatii.
for we are members of his body.
31 “Sababii kanaaf namni abbaa fi haadha isaa dhiisee niitii isaatti ni maxxana; lamaan isaanii iyyuu foon tokko ni taʼu.”
For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife will become one.
32 Kun icciitii guddaa dha; ani garuu waaʼee Kiristoosii fi waaʼee waldaa kiristaanaa dubbadha.
In this there is a profound truth – I am speaking of Christ and his church.
33 Taʼus isin keessaa tokkoon tokkoon namaa akkuma of jaallatutti niitii ofii haa jaallatu; niitiinis dhirsa ofii haa kabajju.
However, for you individually, let each love his wife as if she were himself; and the wife be careful to respect her husband.
