ʻEfesō 5

1 Ko ia ke faʻifaʻitaki ʻakimoutolu ki he ʻOtua, ʻo taau mo e fānau ʻofeina;

Be you, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;

2 Pea ʻaʻeva ʻi he ʻofa, ʻo hangē ko e ʻofeina ʻakitautolu ʻe Kalaisi, ʻo ne foaki ia koeʻuhi ko kitautolu ko e hifo mo e feilaulau ki he ʻOtua ko e meʻa namu kakala.

and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.

3 Ka ko e feʻauaki, mo e ʻuli kotoa pē, mo e manumanu, ke ʻoua naʻa lea tuʻo taha ki ai ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku taau mo e kāinga māʻoniʻoni;

But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

4 Pea ko e fakalielia, mo e talanoa launoa, mo e fiengutuhua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai lelei: kae lelei lahi ʻae fakafetaʻi.

nor obscene language, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming; but rather the cheerful words of a thankful heart.

5 He ʻoku mou ʻilo eni, ʻoku ʻikai ha feʻauaki, pe ha taha ʻuli, pe ha tangata manumanu, ʻaia ko e tauhi tamapua, te ne maʻu ha tofiʻa ʻi he puleʻanga ʻo Kalaisi mo e ʻOtua.

For you know this, that no lewd nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.

6 ‌ʻOua naʻa kākaaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe ha tokotaha ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea launoa: he koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa ni ʻoku hoko ai ʻae houhau ʻoe ʻOtua ki he fānau talangataʻa.

Let no one deceive you with vain words: for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

7 Ko ia ke ʻoua naʻa mou kau fakataha mo kinautolu.

Therefore, be not partakers with them.

8 He naʻa mou fakapoʻuli ʻi muʻa, ka kuo mou māmangia eni ʻi he ʻEiki: mou ʻaʻeva ʻo taau mo e fānau ʻoe maama:

For you were formerly darkness; but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light;

9 (He ko e fua ʻoe Laumālie ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi angalelei kotoa pē mo e māʻoniʻoni mo e moʻoni: )

(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth; )

10 ‌ʻO ʻilo ai ʻaia ʻoku lelei ki he ʻEiki.

learning what is acceptable to the Lord;

11 Pea ʻoua naʻa mou kau ʻi he ngaahi ngāue taʻefua ʻoe fakapoʻuli, ka mou valokiʻi muʻa ia.

and do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

12 He ko e meʻa fakamā ke lea ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fai ʻekinautolu ʻi he fufū.

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

13 Ka ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē kuo hā kuo fakahā ia ʻe he maama: he ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku fakahā, ko e maama ia.

But all these works, when reproved, are made manifest by the light: for every thing that makes manifest is light.

14 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe ia, “ʻĀ, ʻa koe ʻoku mohe, pea tuʻu hake mei he mate, pea ʻe foaki ʻe Kalaisi ʻae maama kiate koe.”

Wherefore, the scripture says: Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.

15 Ko ia mou vakai ke mou ʻaʻeva fakaʻehiʻehi, ʻikai hangē ko e kau vale, kae hangē ko e poto,

See, then, that you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise men,

16 ‌ʻO ngāueʻaki ʻae kuonga ke lelei, koeʻuhi ʻoku kovi ʻae ngaahi ʻaho.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 Ko ia ke ʻoua naʻa mou taʻepoto, ka mou ʻilo pe ko e hā ʻae finangalo ʻoe ʻEiki.

Wherefore, be not ignorant, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

18 Pea ʻoua naʻa konā ʻi he uaine, ʻaia ʻoku tupu ai ʻae fakalielia; ka ke fonu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he Laumālie;

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

19 ‌ʻO fealēleaʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi saame, mo e himi, mo e hiva fakalaumālie, ʻo hiva ke ʻai ʻae mālie ʻi homou loto ki he ʻEiki;

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

20 ‌ʻO ʻatu ʻae fakafetaʻi maʻuaipē ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ki he ʻOtua ko e Tamai ʻi he huafa ʻo hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi;

giving thanks to our God and Father always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

21 ‌ʻO fefakavaivaiʻaki ʻakimoutolu kiate kimoutolu ʻi he manavahē ki he ʻOtua.

being subject one to another in the fear of God.

22 ‌ʻAe kau fefine, mou fakavaivai ʻakimoutolu ki homou husepāniti ʻomoutolu, ʻo hangē ki he ʻEiki.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:

23 He ko e ʻulu ʻoe fefine ʻae husepāniti, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e ʻulu ʻa Kalaisi ki he siasi: pea ko e fakamoʻui ia ʻoe sino.

for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body.

24 Ko ia ʻo hangē ʻoku anganofo ʻae siasi kia Kalaisi, ke pehē ʻae kau fefine ki honau husepāniti ʻonautolu ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē.

But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing.

25 ‌ʻAe kau tangata, mou ʻofa ki homou uaifi, ʻo hangē ko e ʻofa ʻa Kalaisi ki he siasi, ʻo ne foaki ia koeʻuhi ko ia;

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

26 Koeʻuhi ke ne fakatapui mo fakamaʻa ia ʻi he fufulu ʻoe vai ʻi he folofola,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of water through the word,

27 Koeʻuhi ke ne ʻatu ia kiate ia ko e siasi kuo teunga lahi, pea ʻikai hano ʻila, pe ha feʻufeʻu, pe ha meʻa pehē ʻe taha; ka koeʻuhi ke māʻoniʻoni pea taʻehanomele.

in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 ‌ʻOku totonu ke ʻofa ʻae kau tangata ki honau uaifi ʻo hangē ko honau sino ʻonautolu, Ko ia ʻoku ʻofa ki hono uaifi, ʻoku ʻofa ia kiate ia.

So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself;

29 He ʻoku teʻeki ha tangata ʻe fehiʻa ki hono sino ʻoʻona; ka ʻoku fafanga ʻo fakamoʻui ia, ʻo hangē ko e ʻEiki ki he siasi:

for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church:

30 He ko e ngaahi kupu ʻakitautolu ʻo hono sino, ʻo hono kakano, mo hono hui.

because we are members of his body, being of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 “Ko e meʻa ni ʻe tukuange ai ʻe he tangata ʻa ʻene tamai mo ʻene faʻē, pea hoko ia ki hono uaifi, pea ʻe kakano taha pe ʻakinaua.”

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

32 Ko e meʻa fakalilolilo lahi eni: ka ʻoku kau ʻeku lea kia Kalaisi mo e siasi.

Great is this mystery; but I speak of Christ and of the church.

33 Ka mou taki taha ʻofa ʻae tangata ki hono uaifi ʻo hangē pe ko ia; pea ke fakaʻapaʻapa ʻae fefine foki ki hono husepāniti.

But yet, let each one of you so love his wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.