Romans 16
1 [By means of this letter] I am introducing and recommending to you our fellow believer Phoebe, [who will be taking this letter to you]. She is a deacon in the congregation in Cenchrea [city].
Mi si tsro yi Fibi wa ani tindu ni ikillisiya wa ahe ni kankiriya.
2 [I request that] you receive her because of her relationship with the Lord. [You should do that because] those who are God’s people ought to receive [their fellow believers]. [I am also requesting] that you help her [by giving her] [EUP] whatever she needs, because she has helped many people, including me.
Bika kpaa ni mi Bachi, nitu iko wa ahi ni biwa ba kpa njanji, kri wu ni mi iya ma. Nakima wawu ni tuma, a ta zo di gbugbuu, ni me game.
3 Tell Priscilla and [her husband] Aquila that I (send greetings to/am thinking fondly of) them. They worked with me for Christ Jesus,
Chi Bilkisu mba Akila, kpukpan bi du ni mi Yesu Kristi.
4 and they were even willing to die [IDM] in order [to save] my life. It is not only I who thank them [for helping me], but the people in all [HYP] the non-Jewish congregations also [thank them for saving my life].
Nakima, nitu mu bari ba ka dri mba grji, mi singiri ni bawu, ana me nikankrji muna, aman ni ikillisiyoyi ba wawu'u, ni bi kora ba.
5 Also tell the congregation [that meets] in their house that I (send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of) them. Tell my dear friend Epaenetus the same thing. He is the first man in Asia [province] who [believed] in Christ.
Chi ikillisiya wa ahei ni koh mba. Chi Abainitas u son me, wa a guci kpah Kristi ni Asiya.
6 Tell Mary, who has worked hard [for Christ] in order to [help] you, that I (send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of) her.
Bika chi Maryamu wa ati ndu ni yu'u gbugbu'u.
7 Tell the same thing to Andronicus and [his wife] Junia (OR, and [his sister] Junia) who are my fellow Jews and who were also [previously] in prison with me. They are well-known/respected (OR, respected by the) apostles, and they became Christians before I did.
Bika chi Andaranikas mba Yuniyas, mri yah baba kpukpan bi son kotro. Ba toh nimi hi toh du, biwa ba hei ni mi Kristi guci ni mu.
8 I also send my greetings to Ampliatus, who is a dear friend because of his relationship with the Lord.
Bika chi Amfiliyas u son ni mi Bachi.
9 I also send my greetings to Urbanus, who works for Christ with us, and to my dear friend Stachys.
Bika chi Urbanas ikpan u tindu mbu nimi Kristi mba Istakis u son mu.
10 I also send my greetings to Apelles, whom Christ has approved [because Apelles successfully endured trials]. Tell the [believers] who [live in the house] of Aristobulus that I send my greetings to them.
Bika chi Abalis wa mi kpa nyme niwu ni mi Kristi. Chi biwa ba hei ni ko Aristobulus.
11 Also tell Herodion, who is my fellow Jew, that I send my greetings to him. Tell the same thing to those who [live in the house] of Narcissus who belong to the Lord.
Bika chi Hirudiya vayi mu ni biwa ba hei ni koh Narkissa, bi wa ba hei ni mi Bachi.
12 Tell the same thing to Tryphaena and [her sister] Tryphosa, who work hard for the Lord. I also send my greetings to Persis. [We all] love her and she has worked very hard for the Lord.
Bika chi Tarafina mba Tarafusa biwa ba si ti ndu Bachi. Bika chi Basisa u son wa a ti ndu Bachi gbugbu'u.
13 Tell Rufus, who is an outstanding Christian, that I send my greetings to him. [Tell the same thing to] his mother, [who has treated me as though] I [were her son] [MET].
Bika chi Rufus u chu'u ni mi Bachi mba iyi ma ni me.
14 Tell Asyncritus and Phlegon and Hermes and Patrobas and Hermas and the fellow believers who [meet] with them that I am sending my greetings to them.
Bika chi Asinkiritas mba Filiguna mba Hamis mba Baturobas, mba Hamisu baba mri yah wa ba hei baba.
15 I also send my greetings to Philologus, to [his wife] Julia (OR, [his sister] Julia), to Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas, and to all God’s people who [meet] with them.
Bika chi Filolugus mba Yuliya, mba Niriyas baba mri vayi ma, ni Ulumfas ni bi wa ba tsatsra wa ba hei baba.
16 Greet one another affectionately, but in a pure way, [when you gather together]. The [believers in] all the Christian congregations [HYP] [in this area (send their] greetings to/say they are thinking fondly of) you.
Bika chi kpa hi ni bi tsatsra ni sumba. Ikillisiyoyi Almasihu wawu basi chi yi.
17 My fellow believers, I exhort you that you beware of those people who are causing divisions among you and who cause people to turn away [from God] [MTY] [because they teach things that] are contrary to the message [about Christ] that you have learned (OR, that others taught you). Keep away from such people!
Ziza'a misi bre yi mri yah, bi ka rhi mren fa nitu biwa jin gakpa ni kub zah. Bina si hu itsro, bika hi gbugban bu.
18 They do not serve our Lord Christ! On the contrary, they only want to satisfy their own desires [MTY]! Also, by all the eloquent things that they say [DOU] they deceive those people who do not realize [that their teaching is false].
Nakima iri ndi bi yi ba na bi gran Bachi Yesu sei ni mi ne ba. Ni roh yun ba, basi gyuru isuro wa ana lahtre na.
19 [Believers] everywhere know that you have paid attention to [the good message about Christ], with the result that I rejoice about you. But I also want you to be wise, [with the result that you do] what is good. I also want you to avoid doing what is evil.
Nakima nzren bi u bi hu, a zren hi ni ton ndi ba wawu'u isuron mu ti kikla rei me ni yi, aman me so du yi hei ni toh nitu ikpie wa a didima, i bi na hei ni lahtre na nitu ikpie wa a meme ma.
20 [If you avoid people who teach what is false], what will [soon happen] [MET] [will be as though] God, who causes us to be peaceful, will be crushing Satan under your feet! [I pray that] our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly towards you.
Irji u sun si ani du yi chan ibrji ni inda zah bi. Zizi u Bachi bu Yesu Almasihu du sun ni yi.
21 Timothy, who works with me, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, who are my fellow Jews, [want you to know that they are] (sending their greetings to/thinking fondly of) you.
Timothy ikpan u du mu, ani chi yi, nakima Lukiyas ba Yason ba Susibataras ni mri vayi mu.
22 I, Tertius, [one who belongs to] the Lord, [also want you to know] that I am (sending my greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. [I am writing this letter as Paul tells me what to write for him].
Me Tartiyas wa ba nha ibe, ki chi yi ni mi Bachi.
23 I, [Paul], am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole congregation [here meets] in his house. He [also wants you to know] that he is (sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. Erastus, the treasurer of [this] city, also [wants you to know that] he is (sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. Our fellow believer Quartus also (sends his greetings to you./says he is thinking fondly of you.)
Gayus wa ani kpa me ni ikillisiya wawu'u basi chi yi. Arastas u zi klen u gbu ani chi yi ni kwartus vayi mu.
Zizi u Bachi bu Yesu Almasihu du sun ni yi wawu bi. Amin.
25 As [I] proclaim [the good message about] Jesus Christ, [I tell about God], the one who is able to strengthen you [spiritually]. I also proclaim the [truth] that was not revealed {which [God] did not reveal} in all previous ages/times (aiōnios g166)
Ziza'an wa ahei ni gbengbenlen u karfafa yi nitu tre ni wa'azi Yesu Almasihu wa nitu ma ba tsro ikpie biwa ba hei ni bu ni sen mu. (aiōnios g166)
26 but which has now been {which [he] has now} revealed. [I, along with others, have proclaimed] what the prophets wrote [about Christ]. We are doing what the eternal God commanded [us(exc)/me to do]. We want [people in] all ethnic groups to know [Christ] so that they can believe [in him] and obey [him]. (aiōnios g166)
Nakima ziza'a ba toh ba nitu ibe, u bi Annabawa nitu umarni Rji u tutrun, don hu njanji ni mi bi kora wawu'u. (aiōnios g166)
