Jo-Rumi 15
1 Wan joma otegno nyaka watingʼ nyawo mar joma yomyom ma ok watimo mana gik mamorowa wan wawegi.
As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.
2 Ngʼato ka ngʼato kuomwa nyaka tim gik mamoro nyawadgi, ka en gi paro maber mar gere.
Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.
3 Nimar kata Kristo bende ne ok otimo gik mamore en owuon, to mana kaka ondiki: “Ayany duto mag joma yanyi nolwar kuoma.”
For even the Christ did not seek His own pleasure. His principle was, "The reproaches which they addressed to Thee have fallen on me."
4 Nimar weche duto ma nondiki e ndalo machon, nondiki mondo opuonjwa, mondo kwachungʼ motegno kendo ka wajiwore gi Ndiko, to wanyalo bedo gi geno.
For all that was written of old has been written for our instruction, so that we may always have hope through the power of endurance and the encouragement which the Scriptures afford.
5 Mad Nyasaye mamiyo ji kinda kendo ma jiwo ji, omi ubed gi chuny achiel e kindu uwegi, kendo kuluwo Kristo Yesu,
And may God, the giver of power of endurance and of that encouragement, grant you to be in full sympathy with one another in accordance with the example of Christ Jesus,
6 mondo ka un gi chuny achiel kendo uwacho gi chuny achiel kamano, to umi Nyasaye ma wuon Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo duongʼ.
so that with oneness both of heart and voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Kuom mano, rwakuru joweteu mana kaka Kristo bende norwakou eka Nyasaye oyud pak.
Habitually therefore give one another a friendly reception, just as Christ also has received you, and thus promote the glory of God.
8 Nimar anyisou ni Kristo osedoko jatich jo-Yahudi mondo ochop adiera mar Nyasaye, mondo omi singruok mane omi kwerewa otimre,
My meaning is that Christ has become a servant to the people of Israel in vindication of God's truthfulness-- in showing how sure are the promises made to our forefathers--
9 kendo joma ok jo-Yahudi omi Nyasaye duongʼ kuom kechne, mana kaka ondiki niya, “Emomiyo anapaki e kind ogendini, kendo anawer wende mapako nyingi.”
and that the Gentiles also have glorified God in acknowledgment of His mercy. So it is written, "For this reason I will praise Thee among the Gentiles, and sing psalms in honour of Thy name."
10 Owacho kendo niya, “Moruru un joma ok jo-Yahudi kaachiel gi joge,”
And again the Psalmist says, "Be glad, ye Gentiles, in company with His People."
11 Kendo niya, “Pakuru Jehova Nyasaye un joma ok jo-Yahudi duto, ee ji duto mondo odende,”
And again, "Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and let all the people extol Him."
12 Isaya bende wacho niya, “Nyakwar Jesse nobi, en ema nowuogi mondo otel ni joma ok jo-Yahudi, kendo ogendini nogen kuome.”
And again Isaiah says, "There shall be the Root of Jesse and One who rises up to rule the Gentiles. On Him shall the Gentiles build their hopes."
13 Mad Nyasach geno opongʼu gi mor kod kwe mogundho ka ugeno kuome, mondo omi upongʼ gi geno malach kuom teko mar Roho Maler.
May God, the giver of hope, fill you with continual joy and peace because you trust in Him--so that you may have abundant hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
14 Jowetena, angʼeyo chutho ni un joma beyo kendo mariek kendo ngʼato ka ngʼato kuomu nyalo puonjo nyawadgi.
But as to you, brethren, I am convinced-- yes, I Paul am convinced--that, even apart from my teaching, you are already full of goodness of heart, and enriched with complete Christian knowledge, and are also competent to instruct one another.
15 Kata kamano, asendikonu kuom weche moko ka an gi chir mana mondo aparnugi, kendo kuom ngʼwono ma Nyasaye omiya,
But I write to you the more boldly--partly as reminding you of what you already know--because of the authority graciously entrusted to me by God,
16 mar bedo Jatich Kristo Yesu e kind joma ok jo-Yahudi, ka atiyo tich dolo mar lando Injili Maber mar Nyasaye mondo ogendini obed misango maler ma Nyasaye oyiego kendo ma Roho Maler opwodho.
that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, doing priestly duties in connexion with God's Good News so that the sacrifice--namely the Gentiles--may be acceptable to Him, being (as it is) an offering which the Holy Spirit has made holy.
17 Emomiyo ei Kristo Yesu anyalo sungora kuom tichna matiyo ni Nyasaye.
I can therefore glory in Christ Jesus concerning the work for God in which I am engaged.
18 To ok anyal hedhora mar wacho gimoro amora, makmana gigo ma Kristo osetimo kotiyo koda kuom loko joma ok jo-Yahudi mondo oluor Nyasaye, kuom wechena gi timbena,
For I will not presume to mention any of the results that Christ has brought about by other agency than mine in securing the obedience of the Gentiles by word or deed,
19 kotiyo gi teko mar honni gi ranyisi kuom teko mar Roho Maler mar Nyasaye. Kamano aselworora e piny Jerusalem nyaka Iliriko, kalando Injili mar Kristo.
with power manifested in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. But--to speak simply of my own labours--beginning in Jerusalem and the outlying districts, I have proclaimed without reserve, even as far as Illyricum, the Good News of the Christ;
20 Aseketo chunya mondo ayal Injili kuonde ma ji pok ongʼeyoe Kristo, mondo kik agedi ewi mise ma ngʼat machielo ema nochako.
making it my ambition, however, not to tell the Good News where Christ's name was already known, for fear I should be building on another man's foundation.
21 To mana kaka ondiki ni: “Joma ne pok onyis wach kuome none kendo jogo mapok owinjo kuome nowinj tiend wach.”
But, as Scripture says, "Those shall see, to whom no report about Him has hitherto come, and those who until now have not heard shall understand."
22 Ma emomiyo asetemo ndalo mangʼeny mar biro iru to osetama.
And it is really this which has again and again prevented my coming to you.
23 To kaka koro onge kuonde modongʼ ma anyalo tiye e gwengegi, kendo nikech asebedo ka anenou kuom higni mangʼeny,
But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,
24 achano mar timo kamano kadhi Spania. Ageno mar limou ka abiro akadho mondo bangʼ bedo kodu moromo to ukonya e wuodhano.
I hope, as soon as ever I extend my travels into Spain, to see you on my way and be helped forward by you on my journey, when I have first enjoyed being with you for a time.
25 Sani to pod an e wuodha adhi Jerusalem mondo adhi akony jomaler man kuno.
But at present I am going to Jerusalem to serve God's people,
26 Nimar jo-Makedonia gi jo-Akaya osechiwo kony gimor ne jomaler modhier man Jerusalem.
for Macedonia and Greece have kindly contributed a certain sum in relief of the poor among God's people, in Jerusalem.
27 Negimor mar timo ma, to chutho gin jogop jogo. Nimar owinjore mondo joma ok jo-Yahudi, moseyudo konyruok mar chuny mar jo-Yahudi opog negie mwandu mag pinyni.
Yes, they have kindly done this, and, in fact, it was a debt they owed them. For seeing that the Gentiles have been admitted in to partnership with the Jews in their spiritual blessings, they in turn are under an obligation to render sacred service to the Jews in temporal things.
28 Omiyo ka asechopo wuodhani, kendo ka aseneno ni giyudo olemoni, to abiro dhi Spania, kendo anaraw alimu kakadho.
So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there;
29 Angʼeyo ni ka abiro iru to anabi katingʼo gweth mogundho mar Kristo.
and I know that when I come to you it will be with a vast amount of blessing from Christ.
30 Owetena, ajiwou kuom Ruodhwa Yesu Kristo, kendo kuom hera mar Roho, mondo uriwru koda e nyagruokna, kulamona Nyasaye.
But I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love which His Spirit inspires, to help me by wrestling in prayer to God on my behalf,
31 Lamnauru mondo Nyasaye oresa e lwet joma odagi yie man Judea, kendo mondo jomaler man Jerusalem orwak tich ma atimo e diergi,
asking that I may escape unhurt from those in Judaea who are disobedient, and that the service which I am going to Jerusalem to render may be well received by the Church there,
32 mondo ka Nyasaye oyie to abi iru ka amor kendo mondo ka an kodu to uduog chunya, to an bende aduog chunyu.
in order that if God be willing I may come to you with a glad heart, and may enjoy a time of rest with you.
33 Nyasach kwe mondo obed kodu uduto. Amin!
May God, who gives peace be with you all! Amen.
