Ephesians 5

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 As God's dear children, then, take him as your pattern,	1 לָכֵן לְכוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ הָאֱלֹהִים כְּבָנִים חֲבִיבִים
2 and fol ow Christ by loving as he loved you, giving himself up for us as an offering and a sweet-smel ingsacrifice to God.	2 וְהִתְהַלְּכוּ בְּאַהֲבָה כַּאֲשֶׁר גַּם־הַמָּשִׁיחַ אָהַב אֹתָנוּ וְהִקְרִיב אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ בַּעֲדֵנוּ לְקָרְבָּן וָזֶבַח לֵאלֹהִים לְרֵיחַ נִיחוֹחַ
3 Among you there must be not even a mention of sexual vice or impurity in any of its forms, or greed:this would scarcely become the holy people of God!	3 אֲבָל זְנוּת וְכָל־טֻמְאָה וְאַהֲבַת בֶּצַע בַּל־יִזָּכֵר בֵּינֵיכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר נָאוֶה לַקְּדשִׁים
4 There must be no foul or salacious talk or coarse jokes -- al this is wrong for you; there should ratherbe thanksgiving.	4 גַּם־לֹא נִבּוּל פֶּה וְדִבְרֵי סִכְלוּת וָלַעַג אֲשֶׁר לֹא כְהֹגֶן כִּי אִם־קוֹל תּוֹדָה
5 For you can be quite certain that nobody who indulges in sexual immorality or impurity or greed -- whichis worshipping a false god -- can inherit the kingdom of God.	5 כִּי־זֹאת יָדֹעַ תֵּדְעוּ כִּי כָל־זֹנֶה וְטָמֵא וְאֹהֵב בֶּצַע שֶׁהוּא עֹבֵד אֱלִילִים אֵין־לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה בְּמַלְכוּת הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְהָאֱלֹהִים
6 Do not let anyone deceive you with empty arguments: it is such behaviour that draws down God'sretribution on those who rebel against him.	6 אַל־יַשִּׁיא אִישׁ אֶתְכֶם בְּדִבְרֵי רִיק כִּי בִגְלַל־אֵלֶּה חֲרוֹן אֱלֹהִים בָּא עַל־בְּנֵי הַמֶּרִי
7 Make sure that you do not throw in your lot with them.	7 עַל־כֵּן אַל־יְהִי חֶלְקְכֶם עִמָּהֶם
8 You were darkness once, but now you are light in the Lord; behave as children of light,	8 כִּי מִלְּפָנִים הֱיִיתֶם חשֶׁךְ וְעַתָּה הִנְּכֶם אוֹר בַּאֲדֹנֵינוּ הִתְהַלְּכוּ־נָא כִּבְנֵי אוֹר
9 for the effects of the light are seen in complete goodness and uprightness and truth.	9 כִּי־פְרִי הָרוּחַ כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂי חֶסֶד וְצֶדֶק וֶאֱמֶת
10 Try to discover what the Lord wants of you,	10 וּבַחֲנוּ מַה־הוּא רָצוּי בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנֵינוּ
11 take no part in the futile works of darkness but, on the contrary, show them up for what they are.	11 וְאַל־תִּשְׁתַּתְּפוּ עִם־מַעֲשֵׂי הַחשֶׁךְ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יַעֲשֹוּ פֶרִי כִּי אִם־הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחוּ אוֹתָם
12 The things which are done in secret are shameful even to speak of;	12 כִּי מַה־שֶּׁהֵם עֹשִׂים בַּסֵּתֶר חֶרְפָּה הִיא אַךְ־לְסַפֵּר
13 but anything shown up by the light wil be il uminated	13 אֲבָל כָּל־זֹאת יְגֻלֶּה כְּשֶׁיּוּכַח עַל־יְדֵי הָאוֹר כִּי כָל־הַנִּגְלֶה אוֹר הוּא
14 and anything illuminated is itself a light. That is why it is said: Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead,and Christ wil shine on you.	14 עַל־כֵּן הוּא אוֹמֵר עוּרָה הַיָּשֵׁן וְקוּמָה מִן־הַמֵּתִים וְיָאֵר לְךָ הַמָּשִׁיחַ
15 So be very careful about the sort of lives you lead, like intel igent and not like senseless people.	15 וְעַתָּה רְאוּ וְהִזָּהֲרוּ לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ לֹא כַּכְּסִילִים כִּי אִם־כַּחֲכָמִים
16 Make the best of the present time, for it is a wicked age.	16 מוֹקִירִים הָעֵת כִּי הַיָּמִים רָעִים הֵמָּה
17 This is why you must not be thoughtless but must recognise what is the will of the Lord.	17 עַל־כֵּן אַל־תִּהְיוּ חַסְרֵי דָּעַת כִּי אִם־מְבִינִים לָדַעַת מַה־הוּא רְצוֹן אֲדֹנֵינוּ
18 Do not get drunk with wine; this is simply dissipation; be fil ed with the Spirit.	18 וְאַל־תִּשְׁתַּכְּרוּ מִיַּיִן הַמֵּבִיא לִידֵי פְרִיצוּת כִּי אִם־הִמָּלְאוּ בָּרוּחַ
19 Sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs among yourselves, singing and chanting to the Lord inyour hearts,	19 וְשִׂיחוּ אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ בִּתְהִלּוֹת וְתִשְׁבָּחוֹת וְשִׁירוֹת רוּחָנִיּוֹת שִׁירוּ וְזַמְּרוּ לַאדֹנָי בִּלְבַבְכֶם
20 always and everywhere giving thanks to God who is our Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.	20 וְהוֹדוּ בְכָל־עֵת עַל־הַכֹּל לֵאלֹהִים אָבִינוּ בְּשֵׁם אֲדֹנֵינוּ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ
21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.	21 הִכָּנְעוּ אִישׁ לְאָחִיו בְּיִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים
22 Wives should be subject to their husbands as to the Lord,	22 הַנָּשִׁים הִכָּנַעְנָה לְבַעֲלֵיכֶן כְּמוֹ לַאֲדֹנֵינוּ
23 since, as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so is a husband the head of his wife;	23 כִּי הָאִישׁ הוּא־רֹאשׁ הָאִשָּׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר הַמָּשִׁיחַ הוּא רֹאשׁ הָעֵדָה וְהוּא מוֹשִׁיעַ שֶׁל־הַגּוּף
24 and as the Church is subject to Christ, so should wives be to their husbands, in everything.	24 אֲבָל כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּכָּנַע הָעֵדָה לַמָּשִׁיחַ כָּכָה גַּם־הַנָּשִׁים לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן בְּכָל־דָּבָר
25 Husbands should love their wives, just as Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her	25 הָאֲנָשִׁים אֶהֱבוּ אֶת־נְשֵׁיכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר גַּם־הַמָּשִׁיחַ אָהַב אֶת־הָעֵדָה וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ בַּעֲדָהּ
26 to make her holy by washing her in cleansing water with a form of words,	26 לְמַעַן קַדְּשָׁהּ בִּדְבָרוֹ אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר־טִהֲרָהּ בִּרְחִיצַת הַמָּיִם
27 so that when he took the Church to himself she would be glorious, with no speck or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and faultless.	27 לַהֲקִימָהּ בְּכָבוֹד לוֹ לְעֵדָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ כֶּתֶם וָקֶמֶט וּכְדוֹמֶה כִּי אִם־לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה קְדוֹשָׁה וּתְמִימָה
28 In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies; for a man to love hiswife is for him to love himself.	28 כֵּן הָאֲנָשִׁים חַיָּבִים לֶאֱהֹב אֶת־נְשֵׁיהֶם כְּגוּפָם כִּי הָאֹהֵב אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ אֹהֵב אֶת־עַצְמוֹ
29 A man never hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is the way Christ treats theChurch,	29 כִּי מֵעוֹלָם לֹא־שָׂנֵא אִישׁ אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֹ כִּי אִם־זָן וּמְכַלְכֵּל אֹתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר גַּם־הָאָדוֹן אֶת־עֲדָתוֹ
30 because we are parts of his Body.	30 כִּי־אֵבָרֵי גוּפוֹ אֲנַחְנוּ מִבְּשָׂרוֹ וּמֵעֲצָמָיו
31 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and the twobecome one flesh.	31 עַל־כֵּן יַעֲזָב־אִישׁ אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד
32 This mystery has great significance, but I am applying it to Christ and the Church.	32 גָּדוֹל הַסּוֹד הַזֶּה וַאֲנִי מְפָרֵשׁ אֹתוֹ עַל־הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְעַל־עֲדָתוֹ
33 To sum up: you also, each one of you, must love his wife as he loves himself; and let every wiferespect her husband.	33 וְאוּלָם גַּם־אַתֶּם כָּל־אִישׁ מִכֶּם יֶאֱהַב אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ כְּנַפְשׁוֹ וְהָאִשָּׁה הִיא תִזָּהֵר וְתִירָא אֶת־בַּעְלָהּ