Ephesians 5

1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

1 Kwa hiyo, mfuateni Mungu kama watoto wapendwao,

2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

2 mkiishi maisha ya upendo, kama vile Kristo alivyotupenda sisi akajitoa kwa ajili yetu kuwa sadaka yenye harufu nzuri na dhabihu kwa Mungu.

3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

3 Lakini uasherati, usitajwe miongoni mwenu, wala uchafu wa aina yoyote, wala tamaa, kwa sababu mambo haya hayastahili miongoni mwa watakatifu.

4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

4 Wala pasiwepo mazungumzo machafu ya aibu, au maneno ya upuzi au mzaha, ambayo hayafai, badala yake mshukuruni Mungu.

5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

5 Kwa habari ya mambo haya mjue hakika kwamba: Msherati, wala mtu mwovu, wala mwenye tamaa mbaya, mtu kama huyo ni mwabudu sanamu, kamwe hataurithi Ufalme wa Kristo na wa Mungu.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

6 Mtu yeyote na asiwadanganye kwa maneno matupu, kwa kuwa hasira ya Mungu huwaka kwa sababu ya mambo kama haya juu ya wale wasiomtii.

7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.

7 Kwa hiyo, msishirikiane nao.

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

8 Kwa maana zamani ninyi mlikuwa giza, lakini sasa ninyi ni nuru katika Bwana. Enendeni kama watoto wa nuru

9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

9 (kwa kuwa tunda la nuru hupatikana katika wema wote, haki na kweli),

10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

10 nanyi tafuteni yale yanayompendeza Bwana.

11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

11 Msishiriki matendo ya giza yasiyofaa, bali yafichueni.

12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

12 Kwa maana ni aibu hata kutaja mambo yale ambayo wasiotii wanayafanya sirini.

13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

13 Lakini kila kitu kilichowekwa nuruni, huonekana,

14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

14 kwa kuwa nuru ndiyo hufanya kila kitu kionekane. Hii ndiyo sababu imesemekana: “Amka, wewe uliyelala, ufufuke kutoka kwa wafu, naye Kristo atakuangazia.”

15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

15 Kwa hiyo angalieni sana jinsi mnavyoenenda, si kama watu wasio na hekima, bali kama wenye hekima,

16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

16 mkiukomboa wakati, kwa sababu nyakati hizi ni za uovu.

17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

17 Kwa hiyo msiwe wajinga, bali mpate kujua nini mapenzi ya Bwana.

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

18 Pia msilewe kwa mvinyo, ambamo ndani yake mna upotovu, bali mjazwe Roho.

19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

19 Msemezane ninyi kwa ninyi kwa zaburi, nyimbo na tenzi za rohoni, mkimwimbia na kumsifu Bwana mioyoni mwenu,

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

20 siku zote mkimshukuru Mungu Baba kwa kila jambo katika Jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

21 Nyenyekeaneni ninyi kwa ninyi kwa heshima kwa ajili ya Kristo.

22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

22 Ninyi wake, watiini waume zenu kama kumtii Bwana.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

23 Kwa maana mume ni kichwa cha mkewe kama vile Kristo alivyo kichwa cha Kanisa, ambalo ni mwili wake, naye Kristo ni Mwokozi wake.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

24 Basi, kama vile Kanisa linavyomtii Kristo, vivyo hivyo na wake nao imewapasa kuwatii waume zao kwa kila jambo.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

25 Ninyi waume, wapendeni wake zenu, kama vile Kristo alivyolipenda Kanisa akajitoa kwa ajili yake

26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

26 kusudi alifanye takatifu, akilitakasa kwa kuliosha kwa maji katika Neno lake,

27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

27 apate kujiletea Kanisa tukufu lisilo na doa wala kunyanzi au waa lolote, bali takatifu na lisilo na hatia.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

28 Vivyo hivyo imewapasa waume kuwapenda wake zao kama miili yao wenyewe. Ampendaye mkewe hujipenda mwenyewe.

29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

29 Hakuna mtu anayeuchukia mwili wake mwenyewe, bali huulisha na kuutunza vizuri, kama Kristo anavyolitunza Kanisa lake.

30 For we are members of His body.

30 Sisi tu viungo vya mwili wake.

31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

31 “Kwa sababu hii, mwanaume atamwacha baba yake na mama yake, naye ataambatana na mkewe, na hao wawili watakuwa mwili mmoja.”

32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

32 Siri hii ni kubwa, bali mimi nanena kuhusu Kristo na Kanisa.

33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

33 Hata hivyo, kila mmoja wenu ampende mkewe kama anavyoipenda nafsi yake mwenyewe, naye mke lazima amheshimu mumewe.