and do not be harsh with them. Train up a child in the way he should go,

不可苦待她們。教養孩童，使他走當行的道，

and when he is old he will not depart from it.

就是到老他也不偏離。

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave

並要以恩慈相待，存憐憫的心，彼此饒恕，正如神在基督裡饒恕了你們一樣。

you. Therefore a man shall leave his father and

因此，人要離開父母，

his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

與妻子連合，二人成為一體。

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive

你妻子在你的內室，好像多結果子的葡萄樹；

shoots around your table. Listen, my son, to your father's instruction

你兒女圍繞你的桌子，好像橄欖栽子。我兒，要聽你父親的訓誨，

and do not forsake your mother's teaching. Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit

不可離棄你母親的法則（或譯：指教）；擾害己家的，必承受清風；

only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

愚昧人必作慧心人的僕人。

The wicked die and disappear, but the family of the godly stands firm.

惡人傾覆，歸於無有；義人的家必站得住。

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

智慧子使父親喜樂；愚昧人藐視母親。

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother".

你們作兒女的，要在主裡聽從父母，這是理所當然的。

Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord.

你們作兒女的，要凡事聽從父母，因為這是主所喜悅的。

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth

丈夫也當照樣愛妻子，如同愛自己的身子；愛妻子便是愛自己了。

himself. And I will be a father to you, and you shall

我要作你們的父；

be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.

你們要作我的兒女。這是全能的主說的。

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household,

人若不看顧親屬，就是背了真道，

he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

比不信的人還不好，不看顧自己家裡的人，更是如此。

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord

當孝敬父母，使你的日子在耶和華─你神所賜你的地上得以長久。

your God is giving you. However, let each one of you love his wife

然而，你們各人都當愛妻子，

as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

如同愛自己一樣。妻子也當敬重他的丈夫。