Ku Akwa Efezu 5:1-33
5 Kyenyiki, kayelenu o phangu ya Nzambi, kala mu an’ê akazola.
2 Kolokotenu mu kudizola kala kya tuzolo* Kidistu, yu wabhana o mwenyu wê bhu kididi kyetu* kala sata kwa Nzambi yala ni dizumba dinuha kyambote.
3 Enu ki mutokala kuzwela maka alungu ni undumbu,* maufusa moso ni lwimbi, kala kya fwama ku athu atokala kwa Nzambi.
4 Né kutumbula ima i bhekesa jisonyi, kuzwela kwa wôwa ni itonokenu yayibha. Ima yoso yiyi ki ifwama. Maji muveji dya kiki, sotenu kusakidila Nzambi.
5 Mukonda enu mwejiya kyambote o maka enyá kwila: Muthu woso-woso wala ndumbu,* kifusa mba mukwa lwimbi, kuma o lwimbi lwasoko ni kubheza iteka, katena kulundula o Utuminu wa Kidistu ni wa Nzambi.
6 Kanenu kwehela muthu ku minganala ni izwelu ya kingoho, kuma mukonda dya ima yiyi o njinda ya Nzambi yanda kwiza kuthandu dya athu abhukumuka.
7 Kyenyiki, kanenu kubhanga o ima yene mubhanga ene,
8 mukonda m’ukulu mwexile mwavundu, maji kindala mwala kyá mu mukengeji kumoxi ni Ngana. Kolokotenu mu kwenda kala mu an’â mukengeji,
9 mukonda o mukengeji ubheka ima yoso yambote, yayuka ni yakidi.
10 Sotenu kwijiya o ima isangulukisa Ngana.
11 Kanenu kubhanga o ima ya kitombe yakambe valolo, maji mwatokala mudituna o ima yiyi, phala ku ibheka mwazele.
12 Mukonda o ima yene mubhanga ene mu kaswekele, katé ni ku itumbula kubheka jisonyi.
13 Maji kyoso o mukengeji ki umwikina ku ima yoso yayibha, o ima yoso yayibha imoneka.
14 Kyenyiki o Mikanda Ikôla yamba: “Eye wala kukilu, phaphumuka! Fukunuka mwaxaxi ka madifundu, phala Kidistu n’a ku mwikine.”
15 Mu kiki, dilangyenu phala ki mwende kala mu yôwa, maji mwenda kala mu jinjimu,
16 mu kubhanga ima yambote ni kithangana* kimwala nakyu, mukonda o izuwa yiyi yayibha.
17 Kyenyiki, ki mukale dingi mu yôwa, maji tongololenu yebhi o vondadi ya Jihova.
18 Kanenu we kukodiwa ni vinyu, mukonda o vinyu ibhekela kutexika, maji mwatokala kwizala ni nzumbi ikôla.
19 Mwenda ni kudikunda mudyenu ni jisálamu ni mikumbi ya kuximana Nzambi, mu kwimba ni kuximana Jihova ni muxima woso,
20 ni kusakidila jinga Nzambi yetu, Tat’etu mukonda dya ima yoso, mu dijina dya Ngana yetu Jezú Kidistu.
21 Mwenda ni ku ditumaka mudyenu, mu kulondekesa kwila mwa muxila Kidistu.
22 O ahatu atumake o anumi’â kala kyene mu tumaka Ngana,
23 mukonda o diyala mwéne o mutwameni wa muhatu, kala Kidistu kyala o mutwameni wa kilunga ni mubhuludi wa mukutu.*
24 Kyenyiki, kala o kilunga kitumaka Kidistu, o muhatu watokala we kutumaka mwadi wê mu ima yoso.
25 Enu mu anumi, sulukenu mu kuzola ahatu enu, kala Kidistu kyazolo o kilunga yu wafu bhu kididi kyê,
26 mwene wabhange kiki phala ku kikôlesa, mu ku kizelesa ni menya bhukaxi ka mak’â Nzambi,
27 wakibhange we phala o kilunga kifwame bhupholo yê, sé dixaka, né kifuta mba ima yadifu ni yiyi, maji kikale ni kuzela ni kuyuka.
28 Kyene we kimoxi, o munumi watokala kuzola o muhatu wê kala kyazolo o mukutu wê. O diyala wazolo o muhatu wê, mwene we wadizolo.
29 Mukonda sé-ku muthu wazembe o mukutu wê,* maji u udikila, u ulanga kala kyene mubhanga Kidistu ni kilunga,
30 mukonda etu enyoso twala tu idyandu ya mukutu wê.
31 O Mikanda Ikôla yamba: “Mukonda dya kiki, o diyala wanda xisa tat’â ni mam’â, n’a dikwatenene kwa* muhatu wê, ene kiyadi kyâ anga akala xitu imoxi ngó.”
32 O kikutu kiki kikôla ki nga mu mi tangela, kikutu kya dikota. Kyene kyalungu ni Kidistu ni kilunga.
33 Kyenyiki, kala muthu mudyenu azole o muhatu wê kala kya dizolo mwene. O muhatu, watokala kuxila o munumi’ê ni muxima woso.
Footnotes
^ Mba nange, “kala kya mi zolo.”
^ Mba nange, “bhu kididi kyenu.”
^ Mu Ngeleku, por·nei′a. Tala o Dilombolwelu.
^ Tala o Dilombolwelu.
^ Mba, “kusumba o kithangana.”
^ O mukutu yú ulombolola o kilunga.
^ Mu Ngel.: “o xitu yê.”
^ Mba, “kunangenena ni.”
