Aefeso 5:1-33
5 Chotero muzitsanzira Mulungu,+ monga ana ake okondedwa,
2 ndipo yendanibe m’chikondi,+ monganso Khristu anakukondani+ n’kudzipereka yekha chifukwa cha inu. Iye anadzipereka yekha monga chopereka+ ndiponso monga nsembe yafungo lokoma kwa Mulungu.+
3 Dama*+ ndi chonyansa chamtundu uliwonse kapena umbombo+ zisatchulidwe n’komwe pakati panu,+ monga mmene anthu oyera amayenera kuchitira.+
4 Musatchule ngakhale za khalidwe lochititsa manyazi,+ nkhani zopusa kapena nthabwala zotukwana,+ zomwe ndi zinthu zosayenera. M’malomwake, muziyamika Mulungu.+
5 Pakuti mfundo iyi mukuidziwa, ndipo mukuimvetsa bwino, kuti wadama+ kapena wodetsedwa kapena waumbombo,+ umene ndiwo kupembedza mafano, sadzalowa mu ufumu wa Khristu ndi wa Mulungu.+
6 Munthu asakupusitseni ndi mawu opanda pake,+ pakuti mkwiyo wa Mulungu udzafika pa ana a kusamvera, ochita zinthu zimene ndatchulazi.+
7 Choncho musachite nawo zimenezo.+
8 Pakuti poyamba munali mdima,+ koma tsopano ndinu kuwala+ mogwirizana ndi Ambuye. Yendanibe ngati ana a kuwala.
9 Pakuti zipatso za kuwala ndizo chilichonse chabwino ndi chilichonse cholungama ndi choona.+
10 Nthawi zonse muzitsimikiza kuti chovomerezeka+ kwa Ambuye n’chiti,
11 ndipo musamachite nawo+ ntchito zosapindulitsa za mu mdima.+ M’malomwake, muzidzudzula ntchitozo.+
12 Pakuti zimene iwo amachita mseri n’zochititsa manyazi ngakhale kuzitchula.+
13 Tsopano zinthu zimene zikudzudzulidwa+ zimaonekera poyera chifukwa cha kuwala, pakuti chilichonse chimene chaonekera+ chimakhala kuwala.
14 N’chifukwa chake iye akunena kuti: “Dzuka,+ wogona iwe! Uka kwa akufa,+ ndipo Khristu adzakuunika.”+
15 Choncho samalani kwambiri kuti mmene mukuyendera+ si monga anthu opanda nzeru, koma ngati anzeru.
16 Muzigwiritsa ntchito bwino nthawi yanu*+ chifukwa masikuwa ndi oipa.+
17 Pa chifukwa chimenechi, lekani kukhala opanda nzeru, koma pitirizani kuzindikira+ chifuniro+ cha Yehova.
18 Ndiponso, musamaledzere naye vinyo,+ mmene muli makhalidwe oipa,+ koma khalanibe odzaza ndi mzimu.+
19 Mukakhala pakati panu muziimba masalimo,+ nyimbo zotamanda+ Mulungu, ndiponso nyimbo zauzimu. Muziimba+ nyimbo zotamanda+ Yehova m’mitima mwanu,
20 m’dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu. Nthawi zonse muziyamika+ Mulungu, Atate wathu, pa zinthu zonse.
21 Gonjeranani+ poopa Khristu.
22 Akazi agonjere+ amuna awo ngati mmene amagonjerera Ambuye,
23 chifukwa mwamuna ndiye mutu wa mkazi wake+ monganso mmene Khristu alili mutu wa mpingo,+ pokhala mpulumutsi wa thupilo.
24 Ndipotu, monga mmene mpingo umagonjerera Khristu, akazinso agonjere amuna awo m’chilichonse.+
25 Amuna inu, pitirizani kukonda akazi anu+ monga mmene Khristu anakondera mpingo n’kudzipereka yekha chifukwa cha mpingowo,+
26 ndipo anauyeretsa+ pousambitsa m’madzi a mawu a Mulungu.+
27 Anatero kuti iyeyo alandire mpingowo uli wokongola ndiponso waulemerero,+ wopanda banga kapena makwinya kapenanso chilichonse cha zinthu zotero, koma kuti ukhale woyera ndi wopanda chilema.+
28 Mwa njira imeneyi amuna akonde akazi awo monga matupi awo. Amene amakonda mkazi wake amadzikonda yekha,
29 pakuti palibe munthu anadapo thupi lake, koma amalidyetsa ndi kulikonda,+ mmenenso Khristu amachitira ndi mpingo,
30 chifukwa ndife ziwalo za thupi lake.+
31 “Pa chifukwa chimenechi, mwamuna adzasiya bambo ake ndi mayi ake, n’kudziphatika kwa mkazi wake, ndipo awiriwo adzakhala thupi limodzi.”+
32 Chinsinsi chopatulika+ chimenechi n’chachikulu. Tsopano ndikulankhula za Khristu ndi mpingo.+
33 Komabe, aliyense wa inu akonde mkazi wake+ ngati mmene amadzikondera yekha, komanso mkazi azilemekeza kwambiri+ mwamuna wake.
