Baefesia 5
1 Ke gone etsang Modimo mo go sengwe le sengwe se lo se dirang fela jaaka ngwana yo o ratwang thata a etsa rraagwe.
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
2 Ratanang thata, lo etse Keresete yo o lo ratileng a bo a ineela Modimo go nna setlhabelo se se tlosang dibe tsa lona. Mme Modimo o ne wa itumela, gonne lorato lo Keresete o lo ratileng ka lone, lo ne lo tshwana le setlolo se se nkgang monate mo go one.
and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you an offering and a sacrifice to God, of a sweet odor.
3 A go se nne sebe sa boaka, boitshekologo kgotsa bohula mo go lona. A go se nne le ope yo o umakang dilo tse mo go lona.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,
4 Dipolelo tse di maswe, dikgang tse di leswafatsang, le dinyao tse di sa siamang, tse ga se tsa lona. Mo boemong jwa tsone, gakologelwang kaga bomolemo jwa Modimo lo bo lo leboge.
neither obscenity, nor foolish talking, nor indecent jesting, which are not becoming; but rather giving of thanks.
5 Lokatlhomamisa selose: Bogosi jwa ga Keresete le Modimo ga bo kitla bo tshwanela le fa e le mang yo o itshekologileng kgotsa yo o bohula gonne motho yo o bohula ke moobamedi wa me-dimoya disetwa, o rata dilo tse dintle tsa lefatshe leno ebile o a di obamela go na le Modimo.
For of this ye are sure, since ye know that no whore-monger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Se tsiediweng ke ba ba lekang go itlhokomolosa dibe tse, gonne bogale jwa Modimo jo bo tukang bo mo go botlhe ba ba di dirang.
Let no one deceive you with vain words; for because of these things the wrath of God cometh upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Lo seka lwa ba lwa nna le bokopano le batho bao.
Be not therefore partakers with them.
8 Gonne le fa dipelo tsa lona di kile tsa ne di tletse lefifi, jaanong di tletse lesedi le le tswang kwa Moreneng, mme maitseo a lona a tshwanetse go le supa.
For ye were once darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
9 Mme ka ntlha ya lesedi le, le le mo go lona, lo tshwanetse go dira fela se se molemo, se siame ebile gape se le boammaaruri.
—for the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth, —
10 Ithuteng se se itumedisang Morena fa lo ntse lo tsweletse.
proving what is acceptable to the Lord;
11 Lo seka lwa nna le seabe mo tlhape-ding tsa boleo le tsa lefifi tse di sa thuseng ka sepe, mme mo boemongjwa go dira jalo, di kgalemeleng lo bo lo di senole.
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
12 Go ka tlhabisa ditlhong go umaka fano dilo tseo tsa lefifi tse ba ba sa boifeng Modimo ba di dirang.
For the things done in secret by them it is a shame even to speak of.
13 Mme fa lo ba senola, lesedi le tlaa bonesa dibe tsa bone le bo le di baya mo pontsheng, mme fa ba bona tota ka fa ba leng molato ka teng, bangwe ba bone ba ka nna bana ba lesedi!
But all things, when reproved, are made manifest by the light; for whatever maketh manifest is light.
14 Ke sone se Modimo mo Dikwalong o reng, “Kubuga, wena morobadi, mme o tsoge mo baswing; mme Keresete o tlaa go naya lesedi.”
Wherefore he saith, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give thee light.”
15 Jalo he, elang tlhoko ka fa lo itsayang ka teng; malatsi a, ke a a bosula. Se nneng dieleele; nnang botlhale: dirisang lobaka longwe le longwe lo lo nang nalo go dira tshiamo.
See then that ye walk circumspectly; not as unwise men, but as wise;
buying up for yourselves opportunities, because the days are evil.
17 Se direng sepe lo sa akanya, mme lekang go tlhotlhomisa pele ke gone lo itse go dira le fa e le eng se Morena o batlang lo se dira.
Wherefore be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 Se nweng mofine o le montsi, gonne maleo a le mantsi a mo go yone tsela eo; mo boemong jwa moo, tlalang ka Mowa O O Boitshepo, lo bo lo laolwe ke one.
And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 Itlwaetseng thata go buisanya ka Morena, lo buisanya ka dipesalema le difela lo bo lo opela dipina tsa semowa, lo opelela Morena mo dipelong tsa lona.
speaking to one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Malatsi otlhe lebogang Modimo Rraa rona mo go sengwe le sengwe ka leina la Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete.
giving thanks always for all things to God, the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 Tlotlang Keresete ka go ikobelana.
submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
22 Lona basadi ba lo nyetsweng, lo tshwanetse go ikobela go gogwa ke banna ba lona fela jaaka lo ikobela Morena.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord;
23 Gonne monna ke motlhokomedi wa mosadi wa gagwe fela jaaka Keresete e le motlhokomedi wa mmele wa gagwe ebong phuthego. (O ntshitse botshelojwa gagwe setlhabelo go e tlhokomela le go nna Mmoloki wa yone).
for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, —he, who is the Saviour of the body.
24 Jalo lona basadi ba lo nyetsweng, lo tshwanetse go ikobela banna ba lona ka lorato mo go sengwe le sengwe, fela jaaka phuthego e ikobela Keresete.
But as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their husbands in everything.
25 Mme lona banna ba lo nyetseng, supang lone lorato lo mo basading ba lona jaaka Keresete a lo supile mo phuthegong fa a e swela,
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it,
26 go e dira boitshepo le bophepa, e tlhatswitswe ka kolobetso le Lefoko la Modimo;
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word;
27 gore a tle a ineye phuthego ka sebele e le phuthego e e galalelang e e senang selabe kgotsa go sosobagana kgotsa bogole, e le boitshepo ebile e sena le fa e le phoso epe.
that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 Ke yone tsela e banna ba ba nyetseng ba tshwanetseng go tshola basadi ba bone ka yone, ba ba rata jaaka ditokololo tsa mebele ya bone. Gonne ka monna le mosadi wa gagwe jaanong ba le motho a le mongwe fela, monna o itirela tlotlo ebile o a ithata fa a rata mosadi wa gagwe.
In like manner husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself;
29 Ga go ope yo o ilang mmele wa gagwe mme o o tlhokomela ka lorato, fela jaaka Keresete a tlhokomela mmele wa gagwe ebong phuthego, e re leng ditokololo tsa yone.
for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ doth the church;
for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 Boammaaruri jwa gore monna yo o nyetseng le mosadi wa gagwe ba mmele o le mongwe fela bo supiwa ke Lokwalo lo lo reng, “Monna o tshwanetse go tlogela rraagwe le mmaagwe fa a nyala, gore a tle a lomagane sentle le mosadi wa gagwe, mme bobedi jo e tlaa nna bongwe fela.”
“For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”
32 Ke itse gore se se thata go tlhaloganngwa, mme ke setshwantsho sa ka fa re leng ditokololo tsa mmele wa ga Keresete ka teng.
This mystery is a great one; but I am speaking of Christ and of the church.
33 Jalo gape ka re, monna o tshwanetse go rata mosadi wa gagwe jaaka tokololo ya gagwe; mme mosadi o tshwanetse go bona tota gore o tlotla monna wa gagwe ka pelo yotlhe, a mo ikobela, a mo galaletsa ebile a mo tlotla.
However, do ye also severally love each one his own wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.
