Rome 6
1 Chuti ahileh aphai, Pathen in alungsetna kidangtah eichansahbe chehna dinguva ichonset jing dingu ham?
Someone might [RHQ] say [in reply to what I have written] that [since God acted kindly toward us] in a way we did not deserve [because we sinned], perhaps we should continue to sin in order that he may continue to act even more kindly toward us [and keep on forgiving us]! [RHQ]
2 Chuti thei ponte. Eiho chonsetna'a thisaho chu iti dan'a chuti bep'a chu ihinjom nahlai dingu ham?
[I would reply], No, certainly not! We [ought to consider that] our sinful desires [MET] [cannot make us do what they want us to do], [just like we cannot make] a corpse do what we want it to do. So it is not right that we continue to sin! [RHQ]
3 Ahilou jongleh eiho Christa Yeshua to kijop matna'a baptize chang chengse hi, Ama thina'a thitha ihiu nasuhmil'u hitam?
When we were baptized {[asked someone to] baptize us} in order to show that we have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Jesus Christ, our [being baptized was to declare that it was as though] we died with Christ. ([I want] you to remember that!/Do you not know that?) [RHQ]
4 Ajehchu eiho baptize ichan'u hi Christa toh thithaa chule kivuitha ihitauve. Ajehchu Pa thaneina loupitah chun Christa athia kona akaithou banga chu, tua hi eiho jong hinkho thah a ihinthei dingu ahitai.
So, when we were baptized {someone baptized us}, [it was as though] we were buried with Christ. [We were baptized] in order to indicate that [we would not let our sinful desires make us do what they want us to do, just like people cannot make] a corpse [do what they want it to] do [MET]. We [were baptized] to [signify that we would] continually conduct our lives in a new way, just like Christ was caused to live again in a new way by the great [power] of [God his] Father.
5 Ama thina a thikhom'ah ihiu banga chu, Ama thokit banga eiho jong hinna'a kaithouva umkit ding ihiu ahi.
Because of our close relationship with Christ, we have [separated ourselves from the former way in which we conducted our lives], just like he [was separated from his physical life when he] died [MET]. But God will also certainly [enable us to live in a new way, just like he] enabled Christ to live again.
6 Eihoa um ihinau milui chonsetna chu Christa to khetbeh tha ihitah jeh uva, chonset in ihinkho uva tha aneina chu lahmanga um ding ahi.
We must keep remembering that when Christ died on the cross [MET], [it was as though] our sinful nature [died with him. It has] lost its power to make us do what it wants us to do [MET]. That happened in order that we would not do the sinful [things that our bodies] [MET], which desire to sin, want us to do, and in order that we would no longer have to sin [MET], as slaves [have to do what their masters want].
7 Ajehchu eiho Christa toh ithiuva chu chonset thaneina noija kon eichamlhatsah-u ahitai.
[We are, as it were, freed] {[free]} [from] sinful [desires] [MET] [controlling us, just like] those who have died are free [from anything controlling them].
8 Chule eiho Christa toh thithaihitah jeh uva, eiho Amato ihin dingu ahi ti iheuve.
Since [it is as though] we died with Christ, we believe that we will continue to live with him.
9 Christa chu athilah a kona thoudoh'a ahitah jeh a, hiche hi ihetchen'u ahi, chule Ama chunga thinan thu aneitah loujeh-a Ama thikit talou ding ahi. Thina chun achunga thu aneitah lou ding ahitai.
We know that since [God] enabled Christ to live again after he died, Christ will never die again. Nothing will ever be able to make him die again [PRS].
10 Ama athia chu chonset sulha dinga khatvei thia ahitai. Hinla, tua Ama ahintah jeh a, Pathen loupina dinga Ama dia hinga ahitai.
When he died, he died once for [people] who had sinned, and he will never die again; but in regard to his living [again now], he lives in order to [serve/honor] God.
11 Hijeh a hi nangho jong chonset thaneinaa chu athia nakigel dingu, chule Christa Yeshua jal'a ahinga nakigel dingu ahitai.
Similarly, you must consider that [it is as though] you have become [unable to do what your] sinful [desires] [MET] want, as a corpse [is not able to do what anyone wants it to do]. You must also consider that because of your relationship to Christ Jesus you are living [in a new way] in order to [serve/honor] God.
12 Hijehchun, natahsau thithei chunga hin tahsa lung ngaichat lam'a chonna dingin chonset vaihomsah hih hel'un
So, do not let the [desire to] sin [PRS] control your bodies [MET] with the result that you do the sinful things that you desire to do. [Remember that] your bodies will surely die, [but your spirits will never die].
13 Natibah chengu chu hoipen hijongleh chonset bolnaa man dingin pedoh hihbeh-un. Chusang'in, Pathen ah kipe thengun, ajehchu nangho athisa nahiuvin, hinla tun hinna naneitauve. Hijehchun, natahsa pumpiu chu Pathen loupina dingin adihlam bolna in manguvin.
Do not let any of your body parts do wicked things, as [you did] [MET] [when you were spiritually] dead. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who are alive [spiritually]. Present all your body parts to God, [to allow him] to use them to [do] righteous things.
14 Nangho Danthu noija naum tahlou jeh uvin, chonset soh nahi tapouve. Chusangin, Pathen lungsetna noija chamlhat nahi tauve.
Do not let a [desire to] sin control you [PRS]. The laws [that God gave Moses] did not enable you [to stop sinning]. But [now] God controls you and kindly helps you [not to sin].
15 Achutileh aphai! Pathen lungsetna chun Danthu noija kona eilha ongu ahitahleh, ichonset jom jing thei nahlaiyu ahi tina ham? Hiti chu hithei ponte.
[I suppose that certain people might think about what I have just said and they might] say [RHQ], “[You say that] the laws [God gave Moses] did not [enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now] treating us kindly in ways we do not deserve. ([That seems to mean that God permits] us to continue sinning./[Does that mean that God permits] us to continue sinning?) [RHQ]” My reply to that is no, we should certainly not continue [sinning]
16 Koi hijeng jongleh asoh hidinga nakipehna pen dinga chu athua naum ding chu geldoh louva nahim? Nangma chonset soh nahithei, hichun thinaa napuilut ding, ahilouleh chonphatna hinkho Pathen seingaina hinkho naman thei ahi.
[Slaves] have to obey [what their masters command] [MET] [them to do]. (I want you to remember this./Do you not know this?) [RHQ] Similarly, if you present yourselves to someone [in order to] obey him, you will be the slaves [MET] of the person you obey. Similarly, [if you have yielded yourselves to do the] sinful things [you desire], you are slaves of your sinful desires [PRS], and you will be eternally separated from God. [If you have yielded yourselves] to obey [God], you are slaves of God and you need to [live] righteously.
17 Pathen chu thangvah in umhen! Khatvei chu chonset soh nana hiu ahin, hinla tun nanghon hiche thuhil kahil nau hi nalung pum piuvin nangaiyuve.
You were once slaves [to] your sinful [desires]. But you began to sincerely obey the new teaching [MET] that you were taught {that [people] taught you}. I thank God for that.
18 Tua hi nangho chonset soh nahiuva kona nachamlhat'u ahitan, chule chonphatna hinkhoa sohna natoh-u ahitai.
[I] also [thank God that] you have been freed {[that] he has freed you} from [being controlled by a desire to] sin, and that you have become [as though you were] slaves [MET] to [living] righteously [MET].
19 Na mihinauva lhahsamna aumjeh a, hichea kiseiho jouse hi nahet theina dinguva soh thudol'a vetsahna a kasei ahi. Tumasang sea chu thenlouna le chonkhel na a sohchanga nahiu ahin, hichun chonset'a lhahlut thuh chehna a napui lut'u ahi. Tua hi nangho chonphatna soh a nakipeh lut joh dingu, hichun nathen sah dingu ahi.
I am illustrating what I say [by talking about slavery] because your human nature prevents you from understanding [spiritual truth] easily. [In the past] you willingly did the immoral and unlawful things that [your minds compelled] your bodies to do [MET], [just like] slaves [do what their masters compel them to do]. As a result, you did even more unlawful things. Now, [you need to] willingly allow [your minds to compel] your bodies to [act] righteously [MET], in order that you will behave in a holy/pure way.
20 Nangho chonset soh nahipet uva chu thilpha bolna lama chamlhat nanahiuve.
When you were [like] slaves [because your sinful desires compelled you to do] sinful things [MET], you were not [concerned about behaving] righteously [MET].
21 Chule hichun, aga ipi asodoh em? Nanghon nanabol hou chu najachat piu ahitai, hicheho chun tonsot themmona a napuilut dingu ahi.
Nevertheless, [doing] those things resulted in your being separated from God, so you did not benefit at all from [doing] the [sinful] things that you are now ashamed of. [RHQ]
22 Hinlah tun, nangho chonset thaneina noiya ongthola nahi tahjeh uva Pathen sohte hung hia nahi tauve. Tun, nanghon hicheho hi nabol'u hin thenna le tonsot hinna ah nalha theitauve. (aiōnios g166)
But you have been freed {[God] has freed you} from [letting the desire to] sin control you. You have become [as though you are] [MET] the slaves of God. So now the result is that God has caused you to completely belong to him and, as a result, you will live eternally. (aiōnios g166)
23 Ajeh iham itileh chonset natohman thina ahi, hinla Pathen in manbeiya athilpeh hi, i-Pakaiyu Christa Yeshua jal'a Tonsot Hinna ahi. (aiōnios g166)
[What people receive for] sinning [is that they are] eternally separated from God. That is [like] wages that [people receive] [MET]. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of [our relationship with] (OR, because [we are united to]) Christ Jesus our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
