Ephesians 5
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;
1Kwa hiyo, mwigeni Mungu, maana ninyi ni watoto wake wapenzi.
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.
2Upendo uongoze maisha yenu, kama vile Kristo alivyotupenda, na kwa ajili yetu akajitoa mwenyewe kama dhabihu yenye harufu nzuri na tambiko impendezayo Mungu.
3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:
3Kwa vile ninyi ni watu wa Mungu, basi uasherati, uchafu wowote ule au choyo visitajwe kamwe miongoni mwenu.
4Or obscenity, or foolish talking, or scurrility, which is to no purpose; but rather giving of thanks.
4Tena maneno ya aibu, ya upuuzi au ubishi, yote hayo hayafai kwenu; maneno ya kumshukuru Mungu ndiyo yanayofaa.
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.
5Jueni wazi kwamba mwasherati yeyote au mchafu au mfisadi, (ufisadi ni sawa na kuabudu sanamu), au mtu yeyote wa aina hiyo hataambulia chochote katika Utawala wa Kristo na wa Mungu.
6Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.
6Msikubali kudanganywa na mtu kwa maneno matupu; maana, kwa sababu ya mambo kama hayo ghadhabu ya Mungu huwajia wote wasiomtii.
7Be ye not therefore partakers with them.
7Basi, msishirikiane nao.
8For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.
8Zamani ninyi mlikuwa gizani, lakini sasa ninyi mko katika mwanga kwa kuungana na Bwana. Ishini kama watoto wa mwanga:
9For the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and justice, and truth;
9maana matokeo ya mwanga ni wema kamili, uadilifu na ukweli.
10Proving what is well pleasing to God:
10Jaribuni kujua yale yanayompendeza Bwana.
11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
11Msishiriki katika matendo yasiyofaa, ya giza bali yafichueni.
12For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
12Mambo yanayotendwa kwa siri ni aibu hata kuyataja.
13But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light; for all that is made manifest is light.
13Lakini mambo yale yanayotendwa katika mwanga, ukweli wake hudhihirishwa;
14Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.
14na kila kilichodhihirishwa huwa mwanga. Ndiyo maana Maandiko yasema: “Amka wewe uliyelala, fufuka kutoka wafu, naye Kristo atakuangaza.”
15See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,
15Basi, muwe waangalifu jinsi mnavyoishi: Msiishi kama wapumbavu, bali kama wenye hekima.
16But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
16Tumieni vizuri muda mlio nao maana siku hizi ni mbaya.
17Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God.
17Kwa hiyo, msiwe wapumbavu, bali jaribuni kujua matakwa ya Bwana.
18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit,
18Acheni kulewa divai maana hiyo itawaangamiza, bali mjazwe Roho Mtakatifu.
19Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord;
19Zungumzeni kwa maneno ya Zaburi, nyimbo na tenzi za kiroho; mwimbieni Bwana nyimbo na zaburi kwa shukrani mioyoni mwenu.
20Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father:
20Mshukuruni Mungu Baba daima kwa ajili ya yote, kwa jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
21Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.
21Kila mmoja amstahi mwenzake kwa sababu ya kumcha Kristo.
22Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:
22Wake wawatii waume zao kama kumtii Bwana.
23Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.
23Maana mume anayo mamlaka juu ya mkewe, kama vile Kristo alivyo na mamlaka juu ya kanisa; naye Kristo mwenyewe hulikomboa kanisa, mwili wake.
24Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
24Kama vile kanisa linavyomtii Kristo, vivyo hivyo, wake wawatii waume zao katika mambo yote.
25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it:
25Nanyi waume, wapendeni wake zenu kama Kristo alivyolipenda kanisa, akajitoa mwenyewe sadaka kwa ajili yake.
26That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:
26Alifanya hivyo, ili kwa neno lake, aliweke wakfu kwa Mungu, baada ya kulifanya safi kwa kuliosha katika maji,
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.
27kusudi ajipatie kanisa lililo takatifu na safu kabisa, kanisa lisilo na doa, kasoro au chochote cha namna hiyo.
28So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
28Basi, waume wanapaswa kuwapenda wake zao kama miili yao wenyewe.
29For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:
29(Hakuna mtu yeyote auchukiaye mwili wake; badala ya kuuchukia, huulisha na kuuvika. Ndivyo naye Kristo anavyolitunza kanisa,
30Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
30maana sisi ni viungo vya mwili wake.)
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.
31Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: “Kwa hiyo, mwanamume atawaacha baba na mama yake, ataungana na mkewe, nao wawili watakuwa mwili mmoja.”
32This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church.
32Kuna ukweli uliofichika katika maneno haya, nami naona kwamba yamhusu Kristo na kanisa lake.
33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband.
33Lakini yanawahusu ninyi pia: kila mume lazima ampende mkewe kama nafsi yake mwenyewe, naye mke anapaswa kumstahi mumewe.
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