Ephesians 6 – NIVUK & NASV

New International Version – UK

Ephesians 6:1-24

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2‘Honour your father and mother’ – which is the first commandment with a promise – 3‘so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.’6:3 Deut. 5:16

4Fathers,6:4 Or Parents do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6Obey them not only to win their favour when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

9And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favouritism with him.

The armour of God

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Final greetings

21Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing. 22I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.

23Peace to the brothers and sisters,6:23 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family. and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

24Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.6:24 Or Grace and immortality to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.

New Amharic Standard Version

ኤፌሶን 6:1-24

ወላጆችና ልጆች

1ልጆች ሆይ፤ ለወላጆቻችሁ በጌታ ታዘዙ፤ ይህ ተገቢ ነውና። 2“አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር” በሚለው ቀዳሚ ትእዛዝ ውስጥ ያለው ተስፋ፣ 3“መልካም እንዲሆንልህ፣ ዕድሜህም በምድር ላይ እንዲረዝም” የሚል ነው።

4አባቶች ሆይ፤ እናንተም ልጆቻችሁን አታስቈጧቸው፤ ነገር ግን በጌታ ምክርና ተግሣጽ አሳድጓቸው።

ጌቶችና ባሪያዎች

5ባሪያዎች ሆይ፤ ለክርስቶስ እንደምትታዘዙ፣ በምድር ጌቶቻችሁ ለሆኑት በአክብሮትና በፍርሀት፣ በልብ ቅንነትም ታዘዙ፤ 6ለታይታና ከእነርሱ ሙገሳን ለማግኘት ሳይሆን፣ እንደ ክርስቶስ ባሪያዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ፈቃድ ከልብ በመፈጸም ታዘዟቸው። 7ሰውን ሳይሆን ጌታን እንደምታገለግሉ ሆናችሁ በሙሉ ልብ አገልግሉ፤ 8ምክንያቱም ባሪያም ሆነ ነጻ ሰው ለሚያደርገው በጎ ነገር ሁሉ ሽልማቱን ከጌታ እንደሚቀበል ታውቃላችሁ።

9እናንተም ጌቶች ሆይ፤ ለባሮቻችሁ እንዲሁ አድርጉላቸው፤ የእነርሱም፣ የእናንተም ጌታ የሆነው በሰማይ እንዳለ፣ የሰውንም ፊት አይቶ እንደማያደላ ታውቃላችሁና አታስፈራሯቸው።

የእግዚአብሔር ጦር ዕቃ

10በተረፈ በጌታና ብርቱ በሆነው ኀይሉ ጠንክሩ። 11የዲያብሎስን የተንኰል ሥራ መቋቋም ትችሉ ዘንድ፣ የእግዚአብሔርን ሙሉ የጦር ዕቃ ልበሱ። 12ምክንያቱም ተጋድሏችን ከሥጋና ከደም ጋር ሳይሆን ከዚህ ከጨለማ ዓለም ገዦች፣ ከሥልጣናትና ከኀይላት እንዲሁም በሰማያዊ ስፍራ ካሉ ከርኩሳን መናፍስት ሰራዊት ጋር ነው። 13ክፉው ቀን ሲመጣ መቋቋም ትችሉ ዘንድ የእግዚአብሔርን ሙሉ የጦር ዕቃ ልበሱ፤ ሁሉን ከፈጸማችሁ በኋላ ጸንታችሁ መቆም ትችላላችሁና። 14እንግዲህ ወገባችሁን በእውነት ዝናር ታጥቃችሁ፣ የጽድቅንም ጥሩር ለብሳችሁ፣ 15በሰላም ወንጌል ዝግጁነት እግሮቻችሁ ተጫምተው ቁሙ። 16ከእነዚህም ሁሉ ጋር፣ የሚንበለበሉትን የክፉውን ፍላጻዎች ሁሉ ልታጠፉ የምትችሉበትን የእምነትን ጋሻ አንሡ፤ 17የመዳንን ራስ ቍር አድርጉ፤ የመንፈስንም ሰይፍ ያዙ፤ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው። 18በሁሉ ዐይነት ጸሎትና ልመና፣ በማንኛውም ሁኔታ በመንፈስ ጸልዩ፤ ይህንም በማሰብ ንቁ፤ ስለ ቅዱሳንም ሁሉ በትጋት ልመና አቅርቡ።

19የወንጌልን ምስጢር ለመግለጥ አፌን በምከፍትበት ጊዜ ሁሉ በድፍረት እንድናገር ቃል ይሰጠኝ ዘንድ ጸልዩልኝ። 20በሰንሰለት የታሰረ መልእክተኛ የሆንሁት ለዚሁ ነውና። ስለዚህ መናገር የሚገባኝን ያለ ፍርሀት እንድናገር ጸልዩልኝ።

የመጨረሻ ሰላምታ

21በምን ሁኔታ እንዳለሁና ምን እንደማደርግ ታውቁ ዘንድ ተወዳጅ ወንድምና በጌታ ታማኝ አገልጋይ የሆነው ቲኪቆስ ሁሉንም ነገር ይነግራችኋል። 22የእኛን ሁኔታ እንድታውቁና ልባችሁን እንዲያበረታ ለዚሁ ስል ወደ እናንተ ልኬዋለሁ።

23ከእግዚአብሔር አብ፣ ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰላም፣ ፍቅርም ከእምነት ጋር ለወንድሞች ይሁን።

24ጌታችንን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን በማይጠፋ ፍቅር ለሚወድዱ ሁሉ ጸጋ ይሁን።