Romans 15
1 Most of us are sure [that God will not punish us for doing certain things that the laws and rituals God gave Moses said the Jews should not do. But we] should be patient with those who are uncertain [about such things], and we should not let them irritate us. We should not [simply] please ourselves.
lino twevano tuli ni ngufu tunoghile kukuvutola uvuvote vote vwa vano vavote vote, neke natunoghile kujivelelesia jusue.
2 Each of us should [do the things that] please the fellow [believers with whom we come in contact, and things that will] benefit them. [We should do those things] in order to help them mature [spiritually].
umuunhu ghweni mu lyusue amughanaghe un'jake ulwakuva lwe lunono ku vufumbue vwa kukunkangasia.
3 [We should please our fellow believers], since Christ [has set us an example]. He did not [do things to] please himself. On the contrary, [he tried to please God even when others insulted him. That was] as it is written {as ([someone/the Psalmist]) wrote} [in Scripture that the Messiah said to God]: “When people insulted you [(sg)], [it was as though] they were also insulting me.”
ulwakuva naju Kilisite nakajiloghelisie jujuo neke pepano jilyale ndavule jilembilue kuuti, “amaligho gha vala vano vakakulighile ghanyaghile une”.
4 And [you need to remember that] what was written previously {what [God’s servants] previously wrote} [in the Scriptures], was written {[they] wrote} to teach us in order that we would be patient and be encouraged by [reading/believing] what they wrote. If we do that, we can confidently expect [God to do for us all he has promised].
ku kyokyoni kino kilongwile kulembua, kilyalembilue kwa kutuvulanisia ku gila kuuti kukilila ulugudo na kukilila kukangasivua amoojo na malembe twale tuuva nu lukangasio.
5 God is the one who enables us to be patient and encourages us. ([Ask/Pray to]) [him that he would] enable you [all] to live harmoniously with each other, doing as Christ Jesus [did].
lino uNguluve ghwa lugudo nu lwa kukangasia amoojo avapele kuva nu vufumbue vwe vumo kwa muunhu ghweni kuling'ana nu Yesu Kilisite
6 Then, as you are united in what you think and say [MTY], you will praise God, [who is the heavenly] father [MET] of our Lord Jesus Christ.
awesie kuvomba ndiki kuvufumbue vumo muwesie kukumughinia mu njovele jino uNguluve nu Nhaata ghwa mwana ghwitu uYesu Kilisite.
7 So [I say to all of you believers at Rome], accept each other. [If you do that], people will praise God [as they see you behaving like Christ. Accept each other] just like Christ accepted you!
pe lino mumwupilaghe ghweni ndavule vule uKilisite alyavupile umue ku vwimike vwa Nguluve.
8 I want [you to remember] that Christ [helped us] Jews [MTY] by what he did, in order to show that God (is faithful/does what he says he will do). That is, [his coming as our Messiah] fulfilled what God promised to [our Jewish] ancestors.
ulwakuva nijova kuuti uKilisite avombilue kuva m'bombi ghwa kudumula igola ija m'bili ghwa kidimi kukwimila ilweki ja Nguluve. alyavombile ndiki kuuti ndeponu kuvonesia ulufingo luno lulyahumisivie ku vaNhaata,
9 And [by acting mercifully to them, he also caused] non-Jews to praise him. [What he has done for non-Jews] fulfills what is written [in the Scriptures that David said to God]: “So I will praise you [(sg) when I am] among the non-Jews, and I will sing to you [MTY].”
nava pa iisi kukumpaala uNguluve. ku vumosi vwake. ndavule vule jilembiluekuuti, “pe lino nihumia ulughinio kulyuve ku iisi simonga na kukwimba ulughinio kulitavua lyako.
10 [David] also wrote, “You non-Jews, rejoice with us who are God’s people.”
kange jiti, “kange hovokagha, umue mwe vaanhu va iisi, palikimo na vafue vake”.
11 [And Moses wrote in] the [Scriptures], “Praise the Lord, all [you] non-Jews, and may everyone praise him [DOU].”
kange, “mumughiniaghe uMutwa, mwe vanya iisi mweni; neka avaanhu ava iisi voni vamughiniaghe umwene”.
12 And Isaiah wrote [in the Scriptures], “There will be a descendant [MET] of [King] David who will begin to rule the non-Jews. They will confidently expect him [to fulfill what he has promised].”
kange uYesayi akati, “kuliiva nu mhela ghwa Yese nu junge juno ilikwima kutema ku iisi sooni. avapanji viiva nuluhuvilo mwa mwene.
13 God is the one who causes you to confidently expect [him to do what he has promised. I pray/ask] that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust [in him]. As you do that, the Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect [to receive what God has promised you].
lino uNguluve ghwa luhuvilo avamemesiaghe ulukelo lwoni nu lutengano lwa kwitika, neke kuuti ndeponu mughine ku luhuvilo ku ngufu sa Mhepo uMwimike.
14 My fellow believers, I myself am [completely] sure that you yourselves [have acted toward others] in a completely good way. You have done that because you have known completely [all that God wants you to know] [HYP], and because you are able to teach each other.
vanyalukolo vango munidenginie, munidenginie kuuti najumue mumemilue uvugholofu, mdumemilue nu luhala lwoni. nidengilue kuuti, numue ndeponu mukangasianagha mweni.
15 However, I have written to you quite frankly [in this letter] about some things in order to remind you [about those things]. [I have written this letter] because I have been appointed by God {God has [appointed] me}, which I did not deserve,
neke nikuvalembela kulukangasio kyongo mu simonga neke kukuvakumbusia kange, ulwakuva ikipeelua kino mupelilue nu Nguluve.
16 in order that I would work for Jesus Christ among non-Jews. [God has appointed me] to act like a priest as I [proclaim] his good message in order that he will accept the non-Jews [who believe in Christ. They will be] like an offering [MET] [to God] as a result of their being dedicated [to him] by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit dedicating them [to God]}.
ikipeelua iki kilyale kuuti ndeponu nive m'bombi ghwa Yesu kilisite juno alyasung'ilue mu iisi, kujihumia hwene ntemi ghwa livangili lya nguluve. nale niwesia kuvomba ndiki neke kujihumia kwango ku iisi kuve kwitikilue, kuvikilue patali nu Nguluve ku sila ja Mhepo uMwimike.
17 It follows that, because [of my relationship with] (OR, because [I belong to]) Christ Jesus, I am happy about [my work for] God.
pe ulukelo lwango luli mwa Kilisite yesu na mumbombo sa Nguluve.
18 I will speak boldly only [LIT] about the work that Christ has enabled me to do. [I do that work] in order that non-Jews might pay attention to [the message about Christ] as a result of what I have said and done,
ulwakuva ndeponu naningaghele kujova lyolyoni looli kuuti uKilisite avombile kukilila kulyune uvwitiki vwa iisi. agha ghavombike ku masio na maghendele.
19 specifically, by [my performing] many powerful miracles [DOU]. [I have done those things] as a result of [God’s] Spirit powerfully [enabling me]. As a result [of doing those things, while traveling] all the way around from Jerusalem to Illyricum [province], I have completed [my work] of proclaiming the message about Christ [in those places].
ku ngufu sa fivalilo na gha kukwoghofia kwa ngufu sa Mhepo uMwimike. iji jilwale kuuti kuhuma ku Yelusalemu, na kusyutila kutali ndavule ku Ililiko, ndeponu kukujitola kunji ilivangili lwa Kilisite kuvunyilifu.
20 As [I proclaim] that message, I am always eagerly trying to proclaim it [in places] where people have not already heard about Christ. I do that in order that [as I work for God] I might not [be continuing the work for him that someone else already started] [MET]. [I do not want to be like a man who] builds [a house] on someone else’s foundation.
ku sila iji, uvufumbue vwango vwale kupulisia ilivangili, neke na pepala pano uKilisite ikagulika ku litavua neke kuuti nikunuaghe kujenga uvwalo kwa muunhu ujunge.
21 On the contrary, [I teach non-Jews, so that what happens may be like] what was written {the prophet Isaiah wrote} [in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: “Those who did not hear about him previously will know [the truth about him]. Truly, those who have not heard [about him will hear and] understand [his message] [DOU].”
ndavule jilembilue kuuti, “vano kwa mwene vasila mhola sake angise mukumwagha, na vala vano navakampulike vilikunkagula”.
22 Because [I have attempted to preach the message about Christ in places where they have not heard about him], I have been hindered {things have hindered me} many times [from being able] to visit you.
pe lino nikasighilue ke kinga kukwisa kulyumue,
23 But now there are no more places in these regions [where people have not heard about Christ]. Furthermore, for several years I have wanted to visit you.
neke lino nilinsila lubale lwolwoni mufighavo iifi kange nanogheluagha ku maka minga kukwisa kulyumue.
24 [So I hope to go/come to see you]. I hope to do that as soon as I am on my way to [the provinces in] Spain. I hope to see you as I journey through [your area], and I hope that [by whatever you give me] [EUP] you will help me on my journey to Spain. But before [I go there], I want to enjoy being with you for a little while, although [I would like to stay with you longer].
lini jaatu ningakile pano niluta ku Hisipania nihuvila kuvavona. na kuwesia kutwalua ku sila jango palikimo numue, pe baho kyale nihovwike kuvomba lumo numue ku nsiki.
25 But [I cannot visit you] now, because I am about to go to Jerusalem in order to take money [EUP] for God’s people [there].
neke lino niluta ku Yelusalemu kukuvavombela avitiki avange.
26 [The believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces] [MTY] decided to contribute some [money] [EUP] for those of God’s people in Jerusalem who are poor.
ulwakuva lulyavanoghile avaanhu va kuMakedinia na ku Akaya kusangula isongo sino sinoghile ku avakotofu vamonga mu vitiki ku Yelusalemu.
27 They themselves decided [to do this, but] truly they owe something to God’s people in Jerusalem. The non-Jewish [believers] benefited spiritually from Jewish [believers as a result of hearing the message about Christ from them], so the non-Jews should also help the Jewish believers [in Jerusalem by giving them] material things (OR, money) [EUP].
Ena, jilyale kulughano lwave, kange na ku kyang'haani valyale vasighilua vaave. lwakuva nave avapa iisi vahangilanile mu mbombo save isa mu mwoojo, voope kange visighilua kukuvavombela inofu ku vufumbue vwitu,
28 So when I have finished this [task] by safely delivering all this money [MET, EUP] [that the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have given], I will leave [Jerusalem and visit] you [in Rome while I am] on my way to Spain.
pe lino unsiki ghuno nivombile ndiki na kuva nulu kwilano lwa mheke iji kuveene, pe niluta mu sila palikimo numue ku Hisipania.
29 And I know that when I visit you, Christ will abundantly bless [us] (OR, enable [me] to bless [you]).
nikagula kuuti unsiki nikwisa kulyumue nikwisa ku vunywilifu vwa lufunyo lwa Kilisite.
30 Because [we belong to] our Lord Jesus Christ and because the Spirit [of God causes us to] love [each other], I urge you [all] that [you help me] by fervently/intensely praying to God for me.
lino nikuvasuuma vanyalukolo kwa Mutwa ghwitu uYesu Kilisite na kulughano lwa Mhepo, kuuti muvombaghe palikimo nune mu nyifunyilo siinu ka Nguluve vwimila jango.
31 [Pray that] I will be protected {[that God] will protect me} so that the [Jews] in Judea who do not believe [the message about Christ will not harm me]. Also pray that God’s people in Jerusalem will accept the money [EUP] that I [take] to them.
munisumilaghe kuuti ndeponu nipokua kuhuma kuva Yudea vano naviti. na kuuti imbombele jango ku Yelusalemu ndeponu jupiluaghe na vitiki.
32 Pray these things in order that I may go/come to you if God wants me to go/come, and that I may go/come joyfully, and that then God will refresh my [spirit as a result of my visiting/being] with you.
musuumilaghe kuuti ndeponu nikwisa kulyumue ku lukelo kukilila ulughano lwa Nguluve na kuuva ndeponu nipuma palikimo numue.
33 [I pray that] God, who [causes us to have inner] peace, will be with all of you [and will help] you. (May it be so!/Amen!)
nu Nguluve ghwa lutengano avisaghe palikimo numue mweni. Ameni
