Kalatih 5
1 Lätnak mi taki. Khritaw naw jah lätsaki! Khyang kläta mäiha ngdüitho u. Namimät m'yaa ä ngpawhei be ua.
It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.
2 Kei Pawluh naw nami veia pyen veng, ngai ua: nami vun nami mawih üng nami phäha Khritaw amdanga kya khai.
Understand that I, Paul, myself tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will avail you nothing.
3 A vun mawi khaia büki cun Thum avan läk khaia leimah ve tia ning jah mtheh veng.
I again declare to everyone who receives circumcision, that he binds himself to obey the whole Law.
4 Thum läknak am Pamhnama veia ngsungpyun khaia nami büki naw Khritaw nami thuknaki ni. Pamhnama bäkhäknaka kpunga nami awmki ni.
You have severed yourselves from Christ – you who are seeking to be pronounced righteous through Law; you have fallen away from love.
5 Keimia äpnak ta Pamhnam naw amäta veia jah ngsungpyun sak khai tia kya ve. Ahin ni Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya johit naw kami jumnak üng a bilawh kami ngängeia akya ve.
For we, by the help of the Spirit, are eagerly waiting for the fulfilment of our hope – that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.
6 Khritaw Jesuh üng vun mawih la vun am mawih hngalangnak am ve. Jawng'engnak üngka pawhmsaha jumeinak ni aktunga akya vei.
If we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.
7 Akyäpa nami pawhki cen! U naw ngthungtak nami läknak üng a ning jah pyaisak ni? Ihawkba a ning jah kdäk ni?
You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 Ahin hin ning jah khüki Pamhnama pawha am kya.
The persuasion brought to bear on you does not come from him who calls you.
9 “Kcaw ajawca naw buh avan thawhsak theiki” ami tia kba.
A little yeast leavens all the dough.
10 Atuh vei cäpa ka ning jah mkhü üpnaki. Nami cungaihnak ä hngalang se. Nami mlung ning jah uplatsakia khyang naküt pi Pamhnam naw mkhuimkha be khai tia mi Bawipa jumeinak üng mkhü üpnak ka taki.
I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.
11 Ka püi he aw, vun mawih vai hlüki tia mawng ngthu ka sang laih laihkia akya üng ise mkhuimkhaa ka kyaki ni? Acun he hmankia akya üng Khritawa kutlamktung ka sang naw khuikhanak i am pawh.
If I, friends, am still proclaiming circumcision, why am I still persecuted? It seems that the cross has ceased to be an obstacle!
12 Ning jah uplatsaki he naw ami vun mawih däng ä khäk lü ami kte pi ami kphyet vai täng veng.
I could even wish that the people who are unsettling you would go further still and mutilate themselves.
13 Ka püi he aw, nami lät khaia ning jah khüa nami kyaki. Cunsepi nami läta phäha nami pumsa hlükawnak naw ä ning jah näng se. Acuna kthaka ta jawng'engnak am nami püi mcei ua.
Remember, friends, to you the call came to give you freedom. Only, do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence but serve one another in a loving spirit.
14 “Namät na jawngnaka mäiha na impei loceng na jawngnak vai” tia ngthupet mat naw Thum naküt kümsaki.
Indeed, the whole Law has been summed up in this one precept – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself.”
15 Cunsepi sakyung hea kba mat la mat mhlem kyu u lü ngtun u lü nami ve vai mcei ua, mät naw mät nami kpyehei khai ni.
But, if you are continually wounding and preying on one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.
16 Acunakyase ahikba pyen veng: nghngicim ngneiksak üng am nami yängsä khaia Ngmüimkhya naw nami xünnake lam ning jah msüm kawm.
This is what I have to say – Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.
17 Mi nghngicim ngneiksak naw Ngmüimkhya ngneisak ä ngja hlü se, Ngmüimkhya ngneiksak naw pi mi nghngicim ngneiksak ä ngja hlüki. Ahin xawi cun ye xawi ni. Acunakyase namäta ngjak hlü ä na bi theiki.
For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature – they are two contrary principles – so that you cannot do what you wish.
18 Ngmüimkhya naw a ning jah ngkhahpüi üng Thuma keha am nami awmki ni.
But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to Law.
19 Nghngicim ngneiksaka bilawh cun ngdangki. Acun he cun hüipawmnak, phyawksaknak, am dawkia ngneiksak,
The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these – sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,
20 Juktuh sawkkhahnake la tuiyaia luhvangnake ni. Khyang he nghneng lawki he, ng’eihei lawki he, ami mlung thüi lawki, ngnütei lawki he. Ngpai law u lü ngtai lawki he;
idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
21 hnaihei law kyu peki he, ju aw ngenki he, hlimtui ngen u lü akce he pi jah pawhki he. Ajana ka ning jah mtheha kba atuh pi ning jah mtheh be tü veng: Ahin he jah tiki naw Pamhnama Khaw am ka na.
feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the kingdom of God.
22 Cunsepi Ngmüimkhya naw jawngnak, jekyainak, dim’yenak, mlung saünak, bänak, dawnak, sitihnak,
But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.
23 mlung hnemnak, mät la mät ngxungei kyunake cun jah ngtheipai lawsaki. Acun he jah kpetkia Thum am ve.
Against such things there is no law!
24 Khritaw Jesuha khyang he naw ami nghngicim ngneiksaka mtisa hlükawnak naküt cun jah thihsak pängki he ni.
And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.
25 Ngmüimkhya naw xünak jah pe pängki; ani naw mi xünake pi jah ngkhahpüi khai.
Since our life is due to the Spirit, let us rule our conduct also by the Spirit.
26 Am mi awhcah u lü, mat la mat ä mi ngsähna lü, mat la mat ä mi ng’eih kawm.
Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.
