एफ़ेसियों 5

1Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;

2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.

3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:

4Or obscenity, or foolish talking, or scurrility, which is to no purpose; but rather giving of thanks.

5For know you this and understand, that no fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person (which is a serving of idols), hath inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.

7Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

8For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.

9For the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and justice, and truth;

10Proving what is well pleasing to God:

11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

13But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light; for all that is made manifest is light.

14Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

15See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,

16But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God.

18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit,

19Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord;

20Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father:

21Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.

22Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:

23Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.

24Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.

25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it:

26That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:

27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any; such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish.

28So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.

29For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:

30Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

32This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church.

33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband.

1Estote ergo imitatores Dei, sicut filii carissimi,

2et ambulate in dilectione, sicut et Christus dilexit nos, et tradidit semetipsum pro nobis, oblationem et hostiam Deo in odorem suavitatis.

3Fornicatio autem, et omnis immunditia, aut avaritia, nec nominetur in vobis, sicut decet sanctos:

4aut turpitudo, aut stultiloquium, aut scurrilitas, quæ ad rem non pertinet: sed magis gratiarum actio.

5Hoc enim scitote intelligentes: quod omnis fornicator, aut immundus, aut avarus, quod est idolorum servitus, non habet hæreditatem in regno Christi et Dei.

6Nemo vos seducat inanibus verbis: propter hæc enim venit ira Dei in filios diffidentiæ.

7Nolite ergo effici participes eorum.

8Eratis enim aliquando tenebræ: nunc autem lux in Domino. Ut filii lucis ambulate:

9fructus enim lucis est in omni bonitate, et justitia, et veritate:

10probantes quid sit beneplacitum Deo:

11et nolite communicare operibus infructuosis tenebrarum, magis autem redarguite.

12Quæ enim in occulto fiunt ab ipsis, turpe est et dicere.

13Omnia autem, quæ arguuntur, a lumine manifestantur: omne enim, quod manifestatur, lumen est.

14Propter quod dicit: Surge qui dormis, et exsurge a mortuis, et illuminabit te Christus.

15Videte itaque, fratres, quomodo caute ambuletis: non quasi insipientes,

16sed ut sapientes: redimentes tempus, quoniam dies mali sunt.

17Propterea nolite fieri imprudentes, sed intelligentes quæ sit voluntas Dei.

18Et nolite inebriari vino, in quo est luxuria, sed implemini Spiritu Sancto,

19loquentes vobismetipsis in psalmis, et hymnis, et canticis spiritualibus, cantantes et psallentes in cordibus vestris Domino,

20gratias agentes semper pro omnibus in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi Deo et Patri,

21subjecti invicem in timore Christi.

22Mulieres viris suis subditæ sint, sicut Domino:

23quoniam vir caput est mulieris, sicut Christus caput est Ecclesiæ: ipse, salvator corporis ejus.

24Sed sicut Ecclesia subjecta est Christo, ita et mulieres viris suis in omnibus.

25Viri, diligite uxores vestras, sicut et Christus dilexit Ecclesiam, et seipsum tradidit pro ea,

26ut illam sanctificaret, mundans lavacro aquæ in verbo vitæ,

27ut exhiberet ipse sibi gloriosam Ecclesiam, non habentem maculam, aut rugam, aut aliquid hujusmodi, sed ut sit sancta et immaculata.

28Ita et viri debent diligere uxores suas ut corpora sua. Qui suam uxorem diligit, seipsum diligit.

29Nemo enim umquam carnem suam odio habuit: sed nutrit et fovet eam, sicut et Christus Ecclesiam:

30quia membra sumus corporis ejus, de carne ejus et de ossibus ejus.

31Propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem suam, et adhærebit uxori suæ, et erunt duo in carne una.

32Sacramentum hoc magnum est, ego autem dico in Christo et in Ecclesia.

33Verumtamen et vos singuli, unusquisque uxorem suam sicut seipsum diligat: uxor autem timeat virum suum.

1Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God.

2And 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.

3But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,

4nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.

5For 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.

6Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief.

7Therefore, do not choose to become participants with them.

8For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.

9For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth,

10affirming what is well-pleasing to God.

11And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.

12For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention.

13But all things that are disputed are made manifest by the light. For all that is made manifest is light.

14Because of this, it is said: “You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you.”

15And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish,

16but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time.

17For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.

18And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

19speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts,

20giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.

21Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

22Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.

23For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body.

24Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,

26so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,

27so 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.

28So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.

30For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

31“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.”

32This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church.

33Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband.