Ephesians 5

فَاقْتَدُوا إِذَنْ بِاللهِ كَأَوْلادٍ أَحِبَّاءَ،

and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

وَاسْلُكُوا فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ عَلَى مِثَالِ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي أَحَبَّنَا وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِنَا تَقْدِمَةً وَذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ طَيِّبَةَ الرَّائِحَةِ.

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.

أَمَّا الزِّنَى، وَكُلُّ نَجَاسَةٍ أَوْ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، فَلا يُذْكَرْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَتَّى اسْمُهَا، كَمَا يَلِيقُ بِالْقِدِّيسِينَ.

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَذَاءَةُ وَالْكَلامُ السَّفِيهُ وَالْهَزْلُ، فَهِيَ غَيْرُ لائِقَةٍ. وَإِنَّمَا أَحْرَى بِكُمْ أَنْ تَلْهَجُوا بِالشُّكْرِ لِلهِ!

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.^[a]

فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ هَذَا جَيِّداً: أَنَّ كُلَّ زَانٍ أَوْ نَجِسٍ أَوْ صَاحِبِ شَهْوَةٍ نَهِمَةٍ، مَا هُوَ إِلّا عَابِدُ أَصْنَامٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الْمَسِيحِ وَاللهِ.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

لَا يَخْدَعْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بِكَلامٍ بَاطِلٍ! فَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ يَحِلُّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الْعِصْيَانِ.

Therefore do not be partners with them.

إِذَنْ، لَا تَكُونُوا شُرَكَاءَ لَهُمْ:

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light

فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ فِي الْمَاضِي ظَلاماً، وَلَكِنَّكُمُ الآنَ نُورٌ فِي الرَّبِّ. فَاسْلُكُوا سُلُوكَ أَوْلادِ النُّورِ.

(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

فَإِنَّ ثَمَرَ النُّورِ يَكُونُ فِي كُلِّ صَلاحٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةٍ وَحَقٍّ.

and find out what pleases the Lord.

هَكَذَا تَخْتَبِرُونَ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي تُرْضِي الرَّبَّ.

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

وَعَلَيْكُمْ أَلّا تَكْتَفُوا بِعَدَمِ الاشْتِرَاكِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الظَّلامِ الْعَقِيمَةِ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى أَنْ تَفْضَحُوهَا أَيْضاً.

It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

فَالأُمُورُ الَّتِي يَفْعَلُونَهَا سِرّاً، قَبِيحٌ حَتَّى ذِكْرُهَا.

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

إِلّا أَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، إِذَا مَا فَضَحَ النُّورُ أَمْرَهُ، يَصِيرُ مَكْشُوفاً:

This is why it is said:

لأَنَّ الَّذِي يَكْشِفُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ النُّورُ. لِذَلِكَ يُقَالُ: «اسْتَيْقِظْ أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُ، وَقُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، فَيُشْرِقَ عَلَيْكَ نُورُ الْمَسِيحِ!»

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,

فَانْتَبِهُوا تَمَاماً إِذَنْ كَيْفَ تَسْلُكُونَ بِتَدْقِيقٍ، لَا سُلُوكَ الْجُهَلاءِ بَلْ سُلُوكَ الْعُقَلاءِ،

making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

مُسْتَغِلِّينَ الْوَقْتَ أَحْسَنَ اسْتِغْلالٍ، لأَنَّ الأَيَّامَ شِرِّيرَةٌ.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

لِذَلِكَ لَا تَكُونُوا أَغْبِيَاءَ، بَلِ افْهَمُوا مَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ الرَّبِّ.

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

لَا تَسْكَرُوا بِالْخَمْرِ، فَفِيهَا الْخَلاعَةُ، وَإِنَّمَا امْتَلِئُوا بِالرُّوحِ،

speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

مُحَدِّثِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِمَزَامِيرَ وَتَسَابِيحَ وَأَنَاشِيدَ رُوحِيَّةٍ، مُرَنِّمِينَ وَمُرَتِّلِينَ بِقُلُوبِكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ؛

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households

رَافِعِينَ الشُّكْرَ كُلَّ حِينٍ وَعَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِلهِ وَالآبِ، بِاسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ؛

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

خَاضِعِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِي مَخَافَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

وصايا للبيت المسيحي

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

أَيَّتُهَا الزَّوْجَاتُ، اخْضَعْنَ لأَزْوَاجِكُنَّ، كَمَا لِلرَّبِّ.

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.

فَإِنَّ الزَّوْجَ هُوَ رَأْسُ الزَّوْجَةِ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ أَيْضاً هُوَ رَأْسُ الْكَنِيسَةِ (جَسَدِهِ)، وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ مُخَلِّصُ الْجَسَدِ.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

فَكَمَا أَنَّ الْكَنِيسَةَ قَدْ أُخْضِعَتْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، فَكَذلِكَ الزَّوْجَاتُ أَيْضاً لأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

أَيُّهَا الأَزْوَاجُ، أَحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِكُمْ مِثْلَمَا أَحَبَّ الْمَسِيحُ الْكَنِيسَةَ وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لأَجْلِهَا،

to make her holy, cleansing^[b] her by the washing with water through the word,

لِكَيْ يُقَدِّسَهَا مُطَهِّراً إِيَّاهَا بِغَسْلِ الْمَاءِ، بِالْكَلِمَةِ،

and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

حَتَّى يَزُفَّهَا إِلَى نَفْسِهِ كَنِيسَةً بَهِيَّةً لَا يَشُوبُهَا عَيْبٌ أَوْ تَجَعُّدٌ أَوْ أَيَّةُ نَقِيصَةٍ مُشَابِهَةٍ بَلْ تَكُونُ مُقَدَّسَةً خَالِيَةً مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ.

In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

عَلَى هَذَا الْمِثَالِ يَجِبُ عَلَى الأَزْوَاجِ أَنْ يُحِبُّوا زَوْجَاتِهِمْ كَأَجْسَادِهِمْ. إِنَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ زَوْجَتَهُ، يُحِبُّ نَفْسَهُ.

After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—

فَلا أَحَدَ يُبْغِضُ جَسَدَهُ الْبَتَّةَ، بَلْ يُغَذِّيهِ وَيَعْتَنِي بِهِ، كَمَا يُعَامِلُ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً الْكَنِيسَةَ.

for we are members of his body.

فَإِنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَعْضَاءُ جَسَدِهِ.

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”^[c]

لِذَلِكَ يَسْتَقِلُّ الزَّوْجُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ، وَيَتَّحِدُ بِزَوْجَتِهِ، فَيَصِيرُ الاثْنَانِ جَسَداً وَاحِداً.

This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

هَذَا السِّرُّ عَظِيمٌ وَلَكِنَّنِي أُشِيرُ بِهِ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ وَالْكَنِيسَةِ!

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

إِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً، كُلٌّ بِمُفْرَدِهِ، لِيُحِبْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ زَوْجَتَهُ كَنَفْسِهِ. وَأَمَّا الزَّوْجَةُ، فَعَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَهَابَ زَوْجَهَا.