Efisa 6

1 Nawktanawk, Angraeng ah nam no hoi nam pa ih lok to tahngai oh: amno ampa lok tahngaihaih loe katoeng hmuen ah oh.

Ye children, be obedient unto your parents [in the Lord], for this is right:

2 Nam no hoi nam pa to saiqat ah; hae loe lokkamhaih hmaloe koekah oh;

Honour thy father and thy mother, —which indeed is the first commandment with promise,

3 to tiah na sak nahaeloe khosak na hoih ueloe, long nuiah na hinglung sawk tih.

That it may come to be, well with thee, and thou shalt be long-lived upon the land.

4 Ampanawk, na caanawk palungphui han sah hmah: Angraeng ah thuitaekhaih hoi patukhaih bangah qoeng o sak ah.

And ye fathers, be not provoking your children to anger, but be nourishing them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

5 Tamnanawk, Kri ih lok na tahngaih o baktih toengah, poekhaih amkhraeng ai ah, zithaih hoi tasoehhaih hoiah taksa ah na angraeng ih lok to tahngai oh;

Ye servants, be obedient unto them who, after the flesh, are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto the Christ;

6 minawk palung tongh hanah, minawk mikhnuk ah khue sah o hmah; Kri ih tamna ah na oh o baktih toengah, Sithaw koehhaih to palung thung hoiah sah oh;

Not by way of eye-service as man-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God, from the soul,

7 kami ih toksak baktiah poek ai ah, Angraeng ih toksak baktiah, palung tang hoiah toksah oh:

with good will, rendering service—as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

8 tamna maw tamna ai, kami boih mah a sak o ih kahoih hmuen baktih toengah, Angraeng khae hoiah tangqum to hnu o tih, tito panoek oh.

Knowing that, each one, whatsoever he may do that is good, the same, shall he receive back from the Lord, whether bond or free.

9 Angraengnawk, na tamnanawk khaeah to tiah sah oh, nangcae ih angraeng doeh van ah oh, tiah panoek oh loe, tamnanawk to pazih o hmah: Anih loe kami mikhmai khethaih tawn ai.

And ye masters, the same things, be doing towards them, forbearing your threat—knowing that, both their and your Master, is in the heavens, and, respect of persons, there is none, with him.

10 Nawkamyanawk, hnukhuem koekah loe anih thacakhaih hoiah Angraeng ah thacak o sak ah.

For the rest, be empowering yourselves in the Lord, and in the grasp of his might:

11 Setan zoekhaih na pakaa o thai hanah, Sithaw ih aphawnawk to angkhuk oh,

Put on the complete armour of God, with a view to your having power to stand against the strategies of the adversary;

12 aicae loe taksa hoi athii kaom misa to a tuh o ai, sakthaihaih akaa katawn, ukkungnawk, hae long vinghaih ukkungnawk hoi kasang ahmuen ah kaom kasae muithlanawk ni a tuk o. (aiōn g165)

Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies. (aiōn g165)

13 To pongah Sithaw ih aphaw to angkhuk oh, to tiah ni kahoih ai ni angzoh naah na pakaa o thai ueloe, misa tuk pazawk boih karoek to nang doe o thai tih.

For this cause, take up the complete armour of God, in order that ye may receive power to withstand in the evil day, and, all things, having accomplished, to stand!

14 To pongah loktang to kaengkaeh ah angzaeng oh loe, toenghaih to saoek padaphaih ah angkhuk oh;

Stand therefore, —having girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness,

15 taphong han paroep ih angdaehhaih tamthanglok hoih to khokpanai bum ah abuen oh,

And shod your feet with the readiness of the glad-message of peace;

16 to hmuennawk boih pacoengah, pakaahaih ah kaom tanghaih to angkhuk oh, to tiah ni taqawk mah kah ih hmai kamngaeh palaanawk to na paduek o thai boih tih.

With all, having taken up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall have power, all the ignited darts of the wicked one, to quench;

17 Pahlonghaih sum lumuek hoi Muithla sumsen ah kaom, Sithaw lok to angnaengh oh.

And, the helmet of salvation, welcome ye, and the sword of the spirit, which is what God hath spoken,

18 Lawkthuih hoi hnikhaih, lawkthuihaih congca hoiah Muithla ah lawkthui o toepsoep ah; lawkthuih thazok ai ah, kaciim kaminawk boih hanah lawk to thui oh.

With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints, —

19 Tamthanglok hoih taphonghaih kai khaeah ang paek baktih toengah, misahoihaih hoiah pakha angh moe, kathuk tamthanglok hoih to ka thuih thai hanah, kai han doeh lawk na thui pae o toeng ah.

And on behalf of me; —that, unto me, may be given discourse in the opening of my mouth, with freedom of utterance, to make known the sacred secret [of the glad-message]

20 Ka thuih han koi lok to, misahoihaih hoiah ka thuih han ih ni, kai loe sumqui hoi pathlet ih laicaeh ah ka oh.

In behalf of which I am conducting an embassy in chains, that, therein, I may use freedom of utterance as it is needful for me to speak.

21 Kai loe kawbangmaw ka oh, timaw ka sak, tito na panoek o hanah, Angraeng ah oep kathok toksah kamnawk, Tukika mah, hmuennawk boih na thui o tih:

In order, however, that, ye also, may know the things which relate to me—what I am accomplishing, —all things, shall Tychicus make known unto you, [he] the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord,

22 kaicae khosakhaihnawk na panoek o moe, nangcae pathloep thai hanah, anih to kang patoeh.

Whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may get to know the things concerning us, and he may encourage your hearts.

23 Angraeng Jesu Kri hoi Ampa Sithaw khae ih monghaih, tanghaih hoi amlunghaih to nawkamyanawk khaeah om nasoe.

Peace unto the brethren, and love with faith, —from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.

24 Aicae Angraeng Jesu kri palunghaih tawn tangtang kaminawk boih khaeah tahmenhaih om nasoe. Amen.

Favour be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptness.