Ba Loma 6
1 Twambe buti? Tunochinkilila anembo na akubisya kuti luzyalo lukayindilile kuvula?
What, then, shall we say? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
2 Takwelede kuba obo pe. Iswe nitwakafwa kuchibi, tunochikonzya buti kuchinopona kulinchicho.
It can not be. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?
3 Tamuzi na kuti mbuli bingi mbubakabbabbatizigwa muliKkilisto Jesu bakabbabbatisigwa mulufulwakwe.
Know you not that as many of us as were immersed into Christ Jesus, were immersed into his death?
4 Twakavwikwa, alimwi, anguwe kwinda mulubbabbatizyo amulufu. Ezi zyakachitika nkambo kakuti Kkilisto wakabusigwa kuzwa kubafu mubulemu bwawisi, kuti aswebo tweende mubumi bupya.
Therefore, we are buried with him, by immersion, into death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also we should walk in a new life.
5 Kuti twaba abujatane muchikozyano chalufu lwakwe, aboobo tatukoyoba abujatane mububuke bwakwe kubafu.
For if we have become united to him by the likeness of his death, we shall certainly be united to him by the likeness of his resurrection;
6 Tulizi ezi, kuti muntu wesu mukulukulu wakabambulwa anguwe kuti mubiliwazibi ukonzye kulobesegwa. Ezi zyakachitika kuti tutachibi bazike bachibi.
knowing this, that our former man has been crucified with him, in order that the sinful body may be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer serve sin:
7 Oyoo wakafwa wakambwa kululama kumulandu wachibi.
for he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Pesi kuti twakafwa aKkilisito, tulasyoma kuti tuyokkala antomwe anguwe.
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;
9 Tulizi kuti Kkilisito mbakabusigwa kuzwa kubafu, takonzyi kufwa lubo pe; lufu taluchikwe bwami pe alinguwe.
because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more; death has dominion over him no longer;
10 Nkabela mukujatikizya mulufu ndwakwafwa kamwi kwalyoonse. Nekuba boobo, buumi mbwapona uponena Leza.
for, as it regards his dying, he, once for all, died to sin; but as it regards his living, he lives to God.
11 Munzila ikozyene, anywebo mweelede kulibweza mbuli bafwide kuchibi, pesi baponede kuli Leza muliJesu Kkilisito.
So also do you count yourselves as dead indeed to sin, but as living to God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Aboobo mutalekeli chibi kuti chimwendelezye mumibili yanu ifwika mutakasiki nkumulemeka zisusi zyanyama.
Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it;
13 Mutaabili zizo zyaanu kuchibi, kuti zibe zibelesyo zyakuchita bubi. Pele amulitondezye kuli Leza mbuli aabo bakeetwa kuzwa kulufu kuya kubuumu, amutondezye zizo zyanu kuliLeza mbuli zibelesyo zyakuchitya bululami.
and present not your members to sin, as instruments of unrighteousness: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead; and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness.
14 Mutazumini chibi kuti chimwendelezye. Nkambo nywe tamuli munsi amulawu pe, pesi munsi aluzyalo.
For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under law, but under grace.
15 Twambe buti lino? Tulakonzya kubisya na nkambo tatulimunsi amulawu, pesi munsi aluzyalo? Kutakabi boobo pe.
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It can not be.
16 Sa tamuzi na kuti naa mwalitondezya mbuli bazike mulibazike kuliyooyo ngomulemeka? Mukonzya kuba bazike kuchibi, chitola kulufu, naanka bazike kululemeko lutola kubululami.
Know you not, that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether of sin that leads to death, or of obedience that leads to righteousness?
17 Pesi kupa kulumba kuliLeza! Nkambo mwakalibazike bachibi, pesi mwakalemeka kuzwa kumyoyo inzila yanjisyo eyo njimwakapegwa.
But thanks be to God, that though you were the servants of sin, yet you have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching, in which you have been instructed;
18 Mwakangununwa kuzwa kuchibi akuchitwa balanda mubululami.
and being made free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness.
19 Ndambula mbuli muntu nkambo kabukompami bwanyama zyanu. Mbuli mbumwaka tondezya zizo zyanu mbulibazike kubusofwazi akubusendami kachizyala kubusendami kwindilililede, munzila imwi biyo, lino mutondezye zizo zyanu mbuli bazike kubululami akukusalazigwa.
I speak of what is common among men, oil account of the weakness of your flesh: for as you have presented your members as servants to uncleanness, and to lawlessness, in order to lawlessness, so now present your members as servants to righteousness, in order to holiness.
20 Nkambo nimwakachili bazike bachibi, mwakalangunukide kuzwa kubululami.
For when you were the servants of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness.
21 Kuchindi echo njili michelo eyo njimwakali ayo kuzintu zikonzya kumufwisya bweeme? Nkambo mamanino azintu eezi ndufu.
What fruit, therefore, had you at that time, in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
22 Pesi lino mbulimbumwakangununwa kuzwa kuchibi akuba bazike kuli Leza, mula michelo yanu yakusalazigwa. Impindu mbumi butamani. (aiōnios g166)
But now, since you have been made free from sin, and have become servants to God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
