ወደ ኤፌሶን ሰዎች 5:25-33 (አማ54)
ባሎች ሆይ፥ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን እንደ ወደዳት ሚስቶቻችሁን ውደዱ፤ በውኃ መታጠብና ከቃሉ ጋር አንጽቶ እንዲቀድሳት ስለ እርስዋ ራሱን አሳልፎ ሰጠ፤ እድፈት ወይም የፊት መጨማደድ ወይም እንዲህ ያለ ነገር ሳይሆንባት ቅድስትና ያለ ነውር ትሆን ዘንድ ክብርት የሆነችን ቤተ ክርስቲያን ለራሱ እንዲያቀርብ ፈለገ። እንዲሁም ባሎች ደግሞ እንደ ገዛ ሥጋቸው አድርገው የገዛ ሚስቶቻቸውን ሊወዱአቸው ይገባቸዋል። የገዛ ሚስቱን የሚወድ ራሱን ይወዳል፤ ማንም የገዛ ሥጋውን የሚጠላ ከቶ የለምና፥ ነገር ግን የአካሉ ብልቶች ስለሆንን፥ ክርስቶስ ደግሞ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን እንዳደረገላት፥ ይመግበዋል ይከባከበውማል። ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ። ይህ ምሥጢር ታላቅ ነው፥ እኔ ግን ይህን ስለ ክርስቶስና ስለ ቤተ ክርስቲያን እላለሁ። ሆኖም ከእናንተ ደግሞ እያንዳንዱ የገዛ ሚስቱን እንዲህ እንደ ራሱ አድርጎ ይውደዳት፥ ሚስቱም ባልዋን ትፍራ።
Ephesians 5:25-33 (ESV)
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
