Okweenda kuyapuki kwOvakriste
1 Ningeni hano ovahopaeleli vaKalunga ngaashi ovana ovaholike, 2 nye mu kale nokweenda mohole ngaashi Kristus kwa li e mu hole nokwe liyandja molwetu oshali, eyambo, edimba liwa, la hokiwa kuKalunga.
3 Ndelenee oluhaelo nakeshe tuu onyata youlunde ile olwisho inali tumbulwa nande vali mokati keni, ngaashi sha wapalela ovayapuki, 4 neendjovo defifohoni nomashendjo oulai inali udika mo, ndelenee edi domapandulo. 5 Osheshi nye omu shi shii nawa, nye mu shi wete, keshe omuhaeli ile omulinyateki noulunde, nomunalwisho, osheshi ou omulongeli woikalunga, ke noshitukulwa shefyuululo mouhamba waKristus nowaKalunga.
6 Paha kale ou te mu pukifa neendjovo dongaho, osheshi omolwaai ehandu laKalunga otali hange ovana vokuhadulika; 7 hano inamu kwatafana nayo pamwe naavo. 8 Osheshi nale omwa li omulaulu, ndelenee paife mwa ninga ouyelele mOmwene. Kaleni nokweenda ngaashi ovana vouyelele, 9 osheshi ouwa keshe nouyuki noshili, oyo oshiimati shOmhepo. 10 Ndele shipashipeni eshi tashi wapalele Omwene, 11 ndele inamu kala mu neendafano nande linini noilonga yomulaulu ihai imike, ndelenee oshipu mu i hanyene. 12 Osheshi ohoni yongaho nokuli okutonga eshi tave shi longo meholeko. 13 Ndelenee aishe ei tai ka pewa oushima eshi tai hololwa pouyelele, osheshi ashishe eshi tashi ka hololwa, osho ouyelele. 14 Onghee ta ti:
“Penduka ove ou ho kofa, ndele nyumuka movafi,
Kristus ote ku minikile.”
15 Litaleni hano nawa nhumbi hamu ende, hangaashi omalai, ndelenee ongaashi ovanaendunge; 16 longifeni nawa efimbo, osheshi omafiku omai. 17 Onghee hano inamu kala muhe neendunge, ndele shiiveni ehalo lOmwene olilipi. 18 Inamu kolwa komaviinyu omo hamu di eliefo, ndelenee yadifweni kOmhepo; 19 hokololelafaneni omapsalome nomalwiimbo opamhepo, nokwiimbila nokuhambelela Omwene momitima deni, 20 nokupandula alushe Kalunga, Tate, omolwaaishe medina lOmwene Jesus Kristus, 21 mu dulikafane keshe tuu komukwao mokutila Kristus.
Ehombolo lOvakriste
22 Ovakainhu, dulikeni kovalumenhu veni ongaashi kOmwene. 23 Osheshi omulumenhu oye omutwe womukainhu, ngaashi Kristus yo Oye omutwe weongalo, Ye Omuxupifi wolutu. 24 Ndelenee ngaashi eongalo hali dulika kuKristus, osho tuu ngaha ovakainhu nava dulike kovalumenhu vavo moinima aishe.
25 Onye ovalumenhu, holeni ovakainhu veni ngaashi Kristus e hole eongalo, nokwe liyandja molwalo, 26 opo e li yapule noku li yelifa mekosho lomeva oneendjovo, 27 opo a dule okukaleka ofika moipafi yaye mwene eongalo la yelifwa lihe nedilo ile eengonyoto ile oinima inai wapala, ndelenee li kale liyapuki nolihe noshipo. 28 Osho ngaha novalumenhu ve nokuhola ovakainhu vavo ngaashi omalutu avo vene; oye ou e hole omukainhu waye, oye oku lihole ye mwene. 29 Osheshi kape na ou ha tondo ombelela yaye mwene, ndelenee ohe i palula nohe i tekula, ngaashi Kristus ha tekula eongalo laye. 30 Osheshi ofye oinhimbu yolutu laye noyombelela yaye nomakipa aye. 31 “Onghee hano omulumenhu e nokufiya po xe naina nokulimangela komukainhu waye, vo vavali tava ningi omunhu umwe.” 32 Oshiholekwa eshi oshinene, ndelenee ohandi tongo Kristus neongalo laye. 33 Ndelenee keshe womunye na kale yo e hole omukainhu waye mwene ngaashi e lihole ye mwene, ndele omukainhu na fimaneke omulumenhu waye.
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.
