1 Do as God does. After all, you are his dear children. 2 Let love be your guide. Christ loved us and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.
3 You are God's people, so don't let it be said that any of you are immoral or indecent or greedy. 4 Don't use dirty or foolish or filthy words. Instead, say how thankful you are. 5 Being greedy, indecent, or immoral is just another way of worshiping idols. You can be sure people who behave in this way will never be part of the kingdom that belongs to Christ and to God.
Living as People of Light
6 Don't let anyone trick you with foolish talk. God punishes everyone who disobeys him and says foolish things. 7 So don't have anything to do with anyone like that.
8 You used to be like people living in the dark, but now you are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light 9 and make your light shine. Be good and honest and truthful, 10 as you try to please the Lord. 11 Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are. 12 It is disgusting even to talk about what is done in the dark. 13 But the light will show what these things are really like. 14 Light shows up everything, just as the Scriptures say,
“Wake up from your sleep
and rise from death.
Then Christ will shine on you.”
15 Act like people with good sense and not like fools. 16 These are evil times, so make every minute count. 17 Don't be stupid. Instead, find out what the Lord wants you to do. 18 Don't destroy yourself by getting drunk, but let the Spirit fill your life. 19 When you meet together, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, as you praise the Lord with all your heart. 20 Always use the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to thank God the Father for everything.
Wives and Husbands
21 Honor Christ and put others first. 22 A wife should put her husband first, as she does the Lord. 23 A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body. 24 Wives should always put their husbands first, as the church puts Christ first.
25 A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. 26 He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water. 27 Christ did this, so he would have a glorious and holy church, without faults or spots or wrinkles or any other flaws.
28 In the same way, a husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself. A husband who loves his wife shows he loves himself. 29 None of us hate our own bodies. We provide for them and take good care of them, just as Christ does for the church, 30 because we are each part of his body. 31 As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother to get married, and he becomes like one person with his wife.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I understand it to mean Christ and his church. 33 So each husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself, and each wife should respect her husband.
Moo kutoo la baluuñaa
1 Wo kamma la, ali ke Alla nikinnaalu ti, kaatu ali mu a kanudiŋolu le ti. 2 Ali taama kanoo kono, ko Kiristu* ye ǹ kanu ñaameŋ, fo a ye a faŋo dii ǹ na sadaa* ti, meŋ seeroo diyaata Alla ye. 3 Bari ali si fata laañooyaa tuluŋo ma, seneyaabaliyaa siifaa bee aniŋ hadumoo, ñiŋ kuwolu maŋ ñaŋ na fo la ali kono faŋ, kaatu wolu maŋ ke moo senuŋolu la kuwo ti. 4 Kuma nooriŋo, diyaamu kalantaŋo aniŋ sanaari jawoo kana bo ali daa kono. Ñiŋ kuwolu maŋ beteyaa, bari ì noo to, ali si Alla tentu. 5 Ali si ñiŋ loŋ koyirinke ko, laañooyaa tulunnaa, moo seneyaabaloo waraŋ moo hadumeriŋo, wolu nene te kara soto la Kiristu niŋ Alla la mansabaayaa to. Moo meŋ hadumeta, ali si ñiŋ loŋ a la kuwo to ko, hadumoo mu jalambatoo le ti. 6 Ali kana soŋ, moo ye ali neenee niŋ kuma kenseŋolu la. Ñiŋ kuwolu le ye a tinna, Alla la kamfaa baa be naa la moolu kaŋ, mennu maŋ soŋ a ma. 7 Wo kamma la, ali niŋ wo moo siifaalu kana kafuñooyaa soto. 8 Ali mu diboo le ti nuŋ, bari saayiŋ ali mu maloo le ti Maariyo kono. Wo kamma la, ali baluu ko moolu mennu mu maloo taa ti. 9 Kaatu kuwolu, maloo ka mennu diŋ, ì ka je beteyaa, tiliŋo aniŋ tooñaa le kono. 10 Aduŋ ali si a kata ka kuwo loŋ, meŋ si Maariyo kontaanindi. 11 Ali kana ali daa bula diboo la baara nafantaŋolu kono, bari ali si wolu waañaari. 12 Ì ka mennu ke kulloo kono, hani ka wolu fo faŋ, wo mu malu kuwo le ti. 13 Bari feŋ-wo-feŋ maloo ye meŋ waañaari, wo ka je le, a mu meŋ ti, 14 aduŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ meŋ jeta maloo kono, wo fanaa keta maloo le ti. Wo kamma la, a fota le ko:
“Ite siinoolaa, kuniŋ i ye wuli saayaa kono,
aduŋ Kiristu be a la maloo mala la i kaŋ ne.”
15 Wo to, ali ali hakiloo tu ali baluuñaa to. Ali kana ke ñaamembaloolu ti, bari ali si ke ñaamendiŋolu ti. 16 Ali ali la waatoo taa kuu, kaatu ñiŋ luŋolu jawuyaata le. 17 Wo kamma la, ali kana tooleeyaa, bari ali si a fahaamu, meŋ mu Maariyo la lafoo ti.
18 Aduŋ ali kana siira doloo la, meŋ ka fankeñaa lombaliyaa saabu ka kuu nooriŋolu ke, bari ali si faa niŋ Noora Kuliŋo la. 19 Ali diyaamu ñoo ye niŋ jabuuroolu la, jayiri suukuwolu aniŋ suukuu senuŋolu. Ali Maariyo tentu ali la suukuwolu la, ali ye a jayi niŋ ali sondomoolu bee la. 20 Kuu-wo-kuu to, ali si tenturoo dii Alla la, m̀ Faamaa, m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu too la.
Futuuñoolu la baluuñaa senuŋo
21 Ali soŋ ñoo ma Kiristu ñaasilaŋo kamma la. 22 Musoolu, ali soŋ ali keemaañolu ma, ko ali ñanta soŋ na Maariyo ma ñaameŋ. 23 Kaatu kewo le mu kuntiyo ti a la musoo ye ko Kiristu mu kuŋo ti a baloo ye ñaameŋ, meŋ mu a la kafoo ti, a faŋo mu ǹ na Kiisandirilaa le ti. 24 Ko Kiristu la kafoo ka soŋ a ma ñaameŋ, musoolu fanaa ñanta soŋ na ì keemaañolu ma wo le ñaama kuu-wo-kuu to.
25 Kewolu, ali ali la musoolu kanu ko Kiristu ye a la kafoo kanu ñaameŋ. A ye hani a faŋo dii a la le, 26 fo a si a seneyandi. A ye a kuu niŋ batiseeroo* le la, aniŋ a la kumoo ti, 27 fo a si a parendi a faŋo ye kallankeeyaa* kono. A ye wo ke le, fo lanjuuroo, noroo waraŋ wo ñoŋ kuu siifaa doo te soto la a bala, bari a si seneyaa sootaaribaliyaa kono. 28 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, kewolu ñanta ì la musoolu kanu la le ko ì ye ì faŋolu baloolu kanu ñaameŋ. Kewo meŋ ye a la musoo kanu, a ye a faŋo le kanu. 29 Kaatu moo nene maŋ a faŋo baloo koŋ, bari a ka a domorindi le, aduŋ a ka a topatoo le, ko Kiristu fanaa ka a la kafoo topatoo ñaameŋ, 30 baawo ntolu mu suufoolu le ti a baloo ye.
31 “Wo kamma la, kewo ka a baa niŋ a faa bula jee le,
a niŋ a la musoo ye naki ñoo la, ì ye ke balajaata kiliŋ ti.”
32 Kulloo baa be maaboriŋ ñiŋ kumoo kono le, bari ŋa a fahaamu ko, a ka Kiristu niŋ a la kafoo la kuwo le yitandi. 33 Hani wo, ali meŋ-wo-meŋ ñanta ali la musoolu kanu la le ko ali ye ali faŋolu kanu ñaameŋ, aduŋ musoo ñanta a keemaa horoma la le.
