Efežanima 5
1 Ugledajte se dakle na Boga, kao ljubazna djeca,
Learn then to imitate God as his beloved children,
2 I živite u ljubavi, kao što je i Hristos ljubio nas, i predade sebe za nas u prilog i žrtvu Bogu na slatki miris.
and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."
3 A kurvarstvo i svaka neèistota i lakomstvo da se i ne spominje meðu vama, kao što se pristoji svetima;
As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;
4 Tako i sramotne i lude rijeèi, ili šale, što se ne pristoji; nego još zahvaljivanje.
so too with vulgarity and buffoonery and foolish jesting. Such words become you not, but rather thanksgiving.
5 Jer ovo da znate da nijedan kurvar, ili neèist, ili tvrdica koji je idolopoklonik neæe imati dijela u carstvu Hrista i Boga.
For be well assured that no one guilty of fornication or impurity or covetousness which is idolatry, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Niko da vas ne vara praznijem rijeèima; jer ovijeh radi ide gnjev Božij na sinove nepokornosti.
Let no man deceive you with empty arguments, for it is these vices that bring down the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience;
7 Ne bivajte dakle zajednièari njihovi.
therefore do not become sharers with them.
8 Jer bijaste negda tama, a sad ste vidjelo u Gospodu: kao djeca vidjela živite;
For you were once darkness, but are now in the Lord.
9 Jer je rod duhovni u svakoj dobroti i pravdi i istini.
Lead the life of children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in every kind of goodness and uprightness and truth.
10 Istražujte što je Bogu ugodno.
Examine carefully what is well pleasing to the Lord,
11 I ne pristajte na bezrodna djela tame, nego još karajte.
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness, but rather expose them.
12 Jer je sramno i govoriti šta oni tajno èine.
For it is a shame even to speak of the things that are done by such men in secret;
13 A sve za što se kara, vidjelo objavljuje; jer sve što se objavljuje, vidjelo je;
but all these things, when exposed, are by the light made manifest, and what is made manifest is light.
14 Zato govori: ustani ti koji spavaš i vaskrsni iz mrtvijeh, i obasjaæe te Hristos.
For this reason it is said, "Awake, thou sleeper! Arise from the dead; And Christ shall shine upon thee!"
15 Gledajte dakle da uredno živite, ne kao nemudri, nego kao mudri;
See to it, then, that you carry on your life carefully; not as foolish, but as wise men.
16 Pazite na vrijeme, jer su dani zli.
Buy up opportunity, for the times are evil.
17 Toga radi ne budite nerazumni, nego poznajte što je volja Božija.
For this reason do not be thoughtless, but learn to know what the Lord’s will is.
18 I ne opijajte se vinom, u kome je kurvarstvo, nego se još ispunjavajte duhom,
Do not be drunk with wine, in which is riotous living, but drink deep in the Spirit,
19 Govoreæi meðu sobom u psalmima i pojanju i pjesmama duhovnijem, pjevajuæi i pripijevajuæi u srcima svojijem Gospodu;
when you talk together; with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and with all your hearts making music unto the Lord;
20 Zahvaljujuæi za svašto u ime Gospoda našega Isusa Hrista Bogu i ocu;
and at all times for all things give thanks to God, the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 Slušajuæi se meðu sobom u strahu Božijemu.
Submit yourselves one to another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Žene! slušajte svoje muževe kao Gospoda.
Wives likewise to their husbands as to the Lord,
23 Jer je muž glava ženi kao što je i Hristos glava crkvi, i on je spasitelj tijela.
because a husband is the head of his wife even as Christ is head of the church, his body, which he saves.
24 No kao što crkva sluša Hrista tako i žene svoje muževe u svemu.
But as the church submits itself to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything.
25 Muževi! ljubite svoje žene kao što i Hristos ljubi crkvu, i sebe predade za nju,
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,
26 Da je osveti oèistivši je kupanjem vodenijem u rijeèi;
in order that after cleansing her in the bath of baptism, he might sanctify her by his word,
27 Da je metne preda se slavnu crkvu, koja nema mane ni mrštine, ili takoga èega, nego da bude sveta i bez mane.
so as to present her to himself, the church glorified, without spot or wrinkle or any such blemish; but on the contrary holy and faultless.
28 Tako su dužni muževi ljubiti svoje žene kao svoja tjelesa; jer koji ljubi svoju ženu, sebe samoga ljubi.
That is how husbands ought to love their wives, as they love their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 Jer niko ne omrznu kad na svoje tijelo, nego ga hrani i grije, kao i Gospod crkvu.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it as Christ does the church;
30 Jer smo udi tijela njegova, od mesa njegova, i od kostiju njegovijeh.
for we are members of his body.
31 Toga radi ostaviæe èovjek oca svojega i mater, i prilijepiæe se k ženi svojoj, i biæe dvoje jedno tijelo.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 Tajna je ovo velika; a ja govorim za Hrista i za crkvu.
There is a deep mystery here - I am speaking of Christ and his church.
33 Ali i vi svaki da ljubi onako svoju ženu kao i sebe samoga; a žena da se boji svojega muža.
But as for you individually, you must each one of you love his own wife exactly as if she were yourself; and the wife, on her part, should reverence her husband.
