Ephesians 5 (AKW)

1Esiane sɛ moyɛ Onyankopɔn mma a ɔdɔ wɔn no nti, munsuasua noBe imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

2na motena ase ɔdɔ mu sɛnea Kristo dɔɔ yɛn, na ɔde ne nkwa too hɔ maa yɛn sɛ afɔrebɔde a ɛyɛ huam ma Onyankopɔn no.and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

3Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔte aguamammɔ anaa afide anaa anibere ho asɛm wɔ mo mu, efisɛ eyinom mfata Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo kronkron.But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

4Saa ara nso na ɛmfata sɛ moka kasa fi, ahuhusɛm anaa sɛ muyi aseresɛm, mmom monna ase.Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

5Munnya ntease sɛ, obiara a ɔbɔ aguaman na ɔyɛ afide, na ɔyɛ oniberefo (anibere yɛ abosonsom) no rennya kyɛfa biara wɔ Kristo ne Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu bi.For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6Mommma obiara mmfa nsɛm a aba nni mu nnaadaa mo. Efisɛ saa nneɛma no na ɛma Onyankopɔn bo fuw wɔn a wɔyɛ asoɔden no.Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

7Enti mo ne saa nnipa no nyɛ biribiara.Therefore do not be partakers with them.

8Bere bi, na moyɛ sum, nanso mprempren de, moyɛ hann wɔ Awurade mu. Ne saa nti montena ase sɛ hann mma.For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

9Efisɛ hann no ma moyɛ papa, atreneefo ne nokwafo,for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

10na ɛhwehwɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani.Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

11Montwe mo ho mfi nneɛma hunu a wɔyɛ wɔ sum mu ho, na mompa ho ntama.Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12Ɛyɛ aniwu sɛ wɔbɔ nneɛma a asoɔdenfo yɛ no wɔ sum mu no so.For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13Nanso sɛ hann no tɔ wɔn so a, yebehu nnebɔne biara a wɔyɛ.But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

14Efisɛ hann da biribiara adi. Enti na wɔaka se, “Nyan, wo a woada, na sɔre fi awufo mu, na Kristo bɛhyerɛn wɔ wo so.”So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

15Enti monhwɛ mo akwan yiye, ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔn a wonnim nyansa, na mmom sɛ wɔn a wonim nyansa.Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

16Monyɛ mo akwannya biara so ade, efisɛ, nna yi yɛ nna bɔne.redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17Monnyɛ adwene mu harefo, na mmom monte Awurade apɛde ase.Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

18Monnnom nsa mmmow na amfa mo ankɔ ahohwibɔ mu. Na mmom momma Honhom no nhyɛ mo ma.Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

19Momfa nnwom, ayeyi nnwom ne honhom mu nnwom nkasa nkyerɛ mo ho mo ho. Monto dwom mma Awurade na monkamfo no wɔ koma mu,Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

20na monna Agya Onyankopɔn ase bere biara wɔ biribiara ho wɔ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo din mu.always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

21Mumfi nidi a mowɔ ma Kristo mu no mmrɛ mo ho ase mma mo ho mo ho.Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22Ɔyerenom, mommrɛ mo ho ase mma mo kununom sɛnea mobrɛ mo ho ase ma Awurade no,Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

23efisɛ okunu yɛ ɔyere no ti sɛnea Kristo yɛ asafo no ti ne ne Gyefo no. Asafo no yɛ Kristo nipadua.For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

24Sɛnea asafo no brɛ ne ho ase ma Kristo no, saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyerenom brɛ wɔn ho ase wɔ biribiara mu ma wɔn kununom.Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25Okununom, monnodɔ mo yerenom sɛnea Kristo dɔɔ asafo no na ɔde ne kra too hɔ maa no,Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

26na ɔnam asɛm no so de nsu guaree no yɛɛ no kronkron,to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

27de maa ne ho sɛ asafo a ɛhyerɛn, a enni nkekae anaasɛ mpomponoe anaasɛ dɛm biara, na mmom ɛyɛ kronkron a enni sintɔ.and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

28Saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ mmarima dɔ wɔn yerenom sɛnea wɔdɔ wɔn nipadua no. Ɔbarima a ɔdɔ ne yere no dɔ nʼankasa ne ho.In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29Obiara ntan ne ho. Mmom ɔma no aduan hwɛ no yiye sɛnea Kristo yɛ asafo no,Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

30na yɛn nso yɛyɛ ne nipadua no ho akwaa.For we are members of His body.

31“Eyi nti, ɔbarima begyaw nʼagya ne ne na, na ɔde ne ho akɔbɔ ne yere na wɔn baanu no nyinaa abɛyɛ ɔhonam baako.”“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

32Eyi yɛ ahintasɛm a mu dɔ, nanso mereka Kristo ne asafo no ho asɛm.This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

33Enti ɛsɛ sɛ okunu biara dɔ ne yere sɛ nʼankasa ne ho, na ɔyere biara nso de nidi ma ne kunu.Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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