Efeserne 5

¹ Vorder derfor Guds Efterlignere som elskede Børn,

¹ Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

³ Men Utugt og al Urenhed eller Havesyge bør end ikke nævnes iblandt eder, som det sømmer sig for hellige,

³ But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

⁵ Thi dette vide og erkende I, at ingen utugtig eller uren eller havesyg, hvilket er en Afgudsdyrker, har Arv i Kristi og Guds Rige.

⁵ For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

⁷ Derfor, bliver ikke meddelagtige med dem!

⁷ Therefore do not be partakers with them;

⁹ (Lysets Frugt viser sig jo i al Godhed og Retfærdighed og Sandhed,)

⁹ (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

¹¹ Og haver ikke Samfund med Mørkets ufrugtbare Gerninger. Men revser dem hellere;

¹¹ Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

¹³ men alt dette bliver åbenbaret, når det revses af Lyset. Thi alt det, som bliver åbenbaret, er Lys.

¹³ But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

¹⁵ Ser derfor nøje til, hvorledes I vandre, ikke som uvise, men som vise,

¹⁵ Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,

¹⁷ Derfor bliver ikke uforstandige, men skønner, hvad Herrens Villie er.

¹⁷ So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁹ så I tale hverandre til med Salmer og Lovsange og åndelige Viser og synge og spille i eders Hjerte for Herren

¹⁹ speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

²¹ og underordne eder under hverandre i Kristi Frygt;

²¹ and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

²³ thi en Mand er sin Hustrus Hoved, ligesom også Kristus er Menighedens Hoved. Han er sit Legemes Frelser.

²³ For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

²⁵ I Mænd! elsker eders Hustruer, ligesom også Kristus elskede Menigheden og hengav sig selv for den,

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

²⁷ for at han selv kunde fremstille Menigheden for sig som herlig, uden Plet eller Rynke eller noget deslige, men for at den måtte være hellig og ulastelig.

²⁷ that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

²⁹ Ingen har jo nogen Sinde hadet sit eget Kød, men han nærer og plejer det, ligesom også Kristus Menigheden.

²⁹ for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

³¹ Derfor skal et Menneske forlade sin Fader og Moder og holde fast ved sin Hustru, og de to skulle være eet Kød.

³¹ For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

³³ Dog, også I skulle elske hver især sin egen Hustru som sig selv; men Hustruen have Ærefrygt for Manden! 

³³ Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.