< Romans 8 >
1 Because [God has erased the record of our sins because we trust in what Christ has done for us], now [God will] not condemn and punish those/us who have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Christ Jesus.
Acunakyase, tuhkbäih Khritaw Jesuh üng vekiea phäha mkatnak am ve ti.
2 [God’s] Spirit causes us to live [in a new way] [PRS] as a result of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. And he has set up a way by which he frees [each of] us from continually being forced to sin (OR, to obey our self-directed natures) and from being separated from God.
Ngmüimkhya thum naw Jesuh khritaw üngkhyüh lawki xünnak ning jah pe khai. Acuna xünnak naw mkhyekatnak ja thihnak üngkhyüh ning jah mhlät pängki.
3 What [we] could not do [by trying to obey] the laws [of God] [PRS], because our self-directed nature was too weak [to obey them], God did. He sent his own Son [into the world in order that his Son might atone] for our sin. His Son came having a body (OR, human nature) that was like [the body] (OR, the [human nature]) of us people who sin. [By sending his Son in this way], he condemned and punished [his Son, who never sinned, instead of punishing us, who] sinned [MTY]. He did that [by making his Son’s] body [a sacrifice] (OR, [by causing his Son’s] body [to suffer/die]) for [all our] sin.
Ktha ngcekia nghngicim kyase Thum naw am a pawh khawh cun Pamhnam naw a pawh ni. Pamhnam naw nghngicima mäiha amäta Cakpa Jesuh Khritaw tüih law lü ani cun mkhyemsawhki nghngicima mäia law lü mkhyekatnak cun nängeiki.
4 So we can [now] fulfill all that God required in his laws. We do this, not by our acting the way our sinful human nature [desires], but instead by living as [God’s] Spirit [desires us to live].
Pamhnam naw a pawh hin ngsungpyunki ngjak'hlü Thum cun mimi üng kümkawi lü mimi Ngmüimkhya üng xüng. Acun hin nghngicima mtisa lama am kya.
5 People who live according to what their self-directed nature [desires] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires]. But people who [live] according to what [God’s] Spirit [desires think about and are concerned about] what [God’s] Spirit [desires].
Pumsa thuma vekie naw mtisa lama ami mlung takie; Ngmüimkhya thuma vekie naw Ngmüimkhya lama ami mlung takie.
6 Those people who [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires] will not live eternally (OR, will be separated from God). But those people who think about and are concerned about what [God’s] Spirit [desires] will live [eternally] and have [inner] peace.
Pumsa lama mlung tak cun thihnaka kyaki, Ngmüimkhya lama mlung tak cun xünnak ja dim’yenaka kyaki.
7 Let me explain this. [To the extent that] people [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires], they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey the laws of God. In fact, they are not even able [to obey his laws].
Acunakyase, mtisa thum üng xün law üng Pamhnama yea kya lawki he. Pamhnam thum am läk u lü a läka pi am läk khawh u.
8 The people who let their self-directed nature [control them] cannot do what pleases God.
Acunakyase, mtisa thuma vekie naw, Pamhnam am jesak thei u.
9 But we do not have to let our self-directed nature [control us]. Instead, we can [let] God’s Spirit [control us], because he lives within us. If people do not have [living in them] the Spirit [who comes from] Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
Cunsepi, Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya nangmi üng ve kcangkia akya üng mtisa üng am ve u lü, Ngmüimkhya üng nami veki ni. Cunsepi, u pi Khritawa Ngmüimkhya am taki cun ania khyanga am kya.
10 But since Christ [is living in you/us by his Spirit, although] your/our bodies [are certain to] die because you/we sin, your/our spirits are alive because God has erased the record of your/our sins.
Cunsepi, Khritaw nangmi üng a ve üng, mkhyekatnaka phäha thi khai mtisa pi Pamhnam am nami ngsungpyunkia kyase Ngmüimkhya cun nami xüngnaka kyaki.
11 [God] caused Jesus to live again after he died. And because his Spirit lives in you/us, [God] will also make your/our bodies, which [now] are sure to die, live [again after you/we die]. God, who caused Christ to live again after he died, will make you/us live again by [causing] his Spirit, who lives within you/us, [to do it].
Jesuh thihnak üngkhyüh mtho bekia Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya nangmi üng a ve ta, Khritaw thihnak üngkhyüh mtho beki nami k'uma veki ania Ngmüimkhya naw thi theikia nami mtisa üngpi xünnak ning jah pe khai.
12 Therefore, my fellow believers, we must [live as the Spirit directs us]. What we do not have to do is to live as our self-directed nature [guides us].
Acunakyase, ka püie aw, mi mta veki, lüpi mtisa thuma a hlüeia mi xün khaia am kya.
13 If you live the way your self-directed nature [directs], you will surely not live [eternally] (OR, will surely be eternally separated from God). But if by [the power of God’s] Spirit you quit doing the [sinful] things that your bodies [desire] [MET], you will live eternally.
Mtisa thuma nami ve üng nami thi khai; cunsepi, mtisa bilawhe cun Ngmüimkya am nami ja thihsak üng nami xüng khai.
14 We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children.
Pamhnama Ngmüimkya naw a jah khyüisawe cun Pamhnama caa kyakie.
15 [You have showed that this is true], because you received [from God] a Spirit that is not one that makes you fear [God] again. You are not like slaves who [fear their masters] [MET]. On the contrary, we have received a Spirit by whose [work in our hearts God] has adopted us. The Spirit now enables us to cry out [to God], “[You(sg) are my] Father [DOU]!”
Pamhnam naw a ning jah peta Ngmüimkhya naw kyühnak ja mpya kyanak be am ning jah pe. Lüpi Ngmüimkhya naw Pamhnama ca thawnnak ja “ka Pa, ka Pa” ti lü ngkhünak vaia ngmüimkhyaa johit ning jah petki.
16 The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits [say], that we are God’s children.
Acuna Ngmüimkya Ngcim kung naw mi ngmüimkya üng Pamhnama caea mi kyaki ti cun jah ksingsaki;
17 Because we are [God’s] children, we also will some day receive/inherit [eternal blessings/privileges]. We will receive/inherit them from God, and we will [also] receive/inherit [them] just like Christ has [inherited them]. But we must suffer [for doing good] as Christ did, in order to receive splendor as he did.
A caea mi kyak üng a khyangea phäh a tak khawhthem mi yah khai. Pamhnam naw Khritaw üng a tak pet khawhthem pi mi yah khai isetiakyaküng Khritawa khuikhanak pi mi khameipüi lü a hlüngtainak pi mi yümeipüi khai.
18 I consider that what we suffer during the present time is not worth [paying attention to, because] the future splendor/glory that will be revealed {that [God] will reveal} to us [is so great].
Tuhkbäih khuikhanake hin, malama hlüngtainak ngdang law khai üng am jah mtäng phyaki ni.
19 The [things that God has] created are very eagerly waiting for [the time] [PRS, DOU] when God will reveal who his [true] children are.
A mhnünmcenge naküt naw äpeinak am, Pamhnama caea ngdang lawnak vai k'äihkie.
20 [God] caused the things that he created to be unable to achieve [what he had purposed. That was] not because they wanted to [be unable to do that]. On the contrary, [God] made them that way because he wanted them to keep confidently expecting
A mhnünmcenge naw ami vecawh ning ami mkhyüh hin ami hlüeia am kya lüpi Pamhnam naw acukba a hlüeia kyaki. Lüpi äpeinak veki,
21 that the things that [he] created will be freed {that [he] will free the things that [he] created} from their sure decay [MET]. [He] will free them in order that [he can give them] the same glory that belongs to his children.
A mhnünmcenge kung pi pyüpyenaka mpya üngka naw jah mhläta kya khai, Pamhnama caea hlüngtaikia lätnak yah hnga khaiea kyaki.
22 We know that until now [it is as though] all [things] that God created have been groaning together, [and they long for that glory, just like a mother having the pains before bearing a child] groans [and longs for her baby’s birth] [MET].
A mhnünmcenge naküt tuhvei cäpa ngko u lü na hmi law khaia nghnumia mäiha jah msomhlei u lü vekie tia mi ksingki.
23 Not only [do those things groan], but we ourselves also groan inwardly. We who have [God’s] Spirit, who is like a partial gift [MET] we have received as we wait for [the future glory, groan inwardly]. We groan while we wait eagerly for the time when we will receive our [full] rights as God’s adopted children. That [will include] his freeing our bodies [from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies].
Mhnünmceng däka am kyase, Pamhnam naw amdanga a jah yeta Ngmüimkhya mi taki pi mi mlung k'uma mi ngkoki. Pamhnama caa mi kyaknak vai ja a mhnünmcenge a jah mhlät vai pi mi k'äihei sihki.
24 Ever since we were saved {since [God] saved us}, we have continued to confidently expect [that future glory]. If we had what we waited for, we would not [need to] wait for it any longer, because those who have something, certainly do not continue to wait for it! [RHQ]
Äpeinak am küikyannak mi yah ve; cunsepi, hmu u lü äpei cun äpeinaka am kya. Khyang naw a hmuh thei cun ihawkba mi äpei khai ni?
25 But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly.
Am mi hmuh thei mi äpei üng, mlung msaünak am mi k'äih khai.
26 Similarly, in addition to our continuing to wait for what God will give us, God’s Spirit helps us when our spirits feel weak. We do not know what is proper/necessary for us to pray. But God’s Spirit knows, and he prays for us when we groan (OR, he groans) in a way that cannot be expressed in words (OR, prays with us, groaning in a way that cannot be expressed in words).
Acun käna, Ngmüimkhya naw am mi kyannake üng ja kpüiki. Mi ktaiyü üng ihawkba ktaiyü vai tia am mi ksing. Cunsepi, mi ktaiyü üng ngthu üng am pyen theia ngkonak am Ngmüimkhya naw ngko lü jah ktaiyü peki.
27 God, who examines our inner feelings, understands what his Spirit desires. What God understands is that his Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray.
Acunüng, Mi mlung jah teng lü Ngmüimkhya naw i cungaiki ti cun ksingki, isetiakyaküng khyangea kcaha Pamhnama veia a ktaiyü hin Pamhnama ngjak'hlüa kyaki.
28 And we know that to those/us who love God, he works out all things that happen [to them/us] in a way that produces good [spiritual] benefits [for us]. He does these things for those/us whom he has chosen, because that was (OR, was according to) what he planned to do.
Avan üng atänga Pamhnam mhläkphyanakie, a titänga a jah khüea phäha akdaw vaia biloki tia mi ksingki.
29 God knew previously [that we would believe] in him (OR, [would be saved]). We are those who God also decided previously would develop a character like his Son’s character. The result of that is that [Christ is like] a firstborn/highest-ranking [son], and [those/we who are God’s children] [MET] are [like] [MET] many [younger] brothers [of Jesus].
A jah ksing pänge cun amäta a ca mäiha ve khaiea a jah na mhnün päng, a Cakpa cun bena khawhahea ksunga ca kcüka a kya lawnak thei vaia kyaki.
30 And us who God decided previously [that we would become like his Son], he also summoned. And for us whom he summoned, he also erased the record of our sins. And for us whose record of sins he has erased, he also will surely give future splendor.
Acunakyase a jah na phyäi pänge ni a jah khü; a jah khüe ni amät am a jah ngsungpyunsak; a jah ngsungpyunsak pänge ni a jah mhlünmtai.
31 So (I will tell you what we must conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]./what shall we conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]?) [RHQ] Because God [is acting] on our behalf, (no one can win against us!/can anyone defeat us? (OR, it does not matter if anyone opposes us)!) [RHQ]
Acunüng a hina ngthue üng i mi pyen thei khai? Pamhnam mimi phäha a ve üng u naw jah tu thei khai ni?
32 God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over [to others to cruelly kill him] in order that all we [who believe in him] may benefit [from his dying for us. Therefore, because God did that], (he will also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ./will he not also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ?) [RHQ]
Amäta Cakpa pi am kpamei lü mi vana phäha jah peki naw, avan naküt amdanga am jah pet sih khai aw?
33 It is God himself who erases the record of our sins. So (no one who accuses us [before God will win against us] (OR, [it does not matter] if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen./is it possible that anyone who accuses us [before God] will win against us (OR, does it matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen?) [RHQ]
Pamhnama xüa khyange cun u naw jah ksekha na thei khai ni? Pamhnam amät kung naw am mkhyekat u a ti.
34 It is Christ Jesus himself who pleads [with God] for us, so (no one can condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)./can anyone condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)?) [RHQ] Christ died [for us], but he was also brought back to life {[God] also raised him from the dead}, and he is now at the place of honor [ruling] with God [MTY].
U naw jah mkatei thei khai ni? Khritaw Jesuh naw am jah mkatei. Thi lü, thi däkia am kya lü, thihnak üngka naw tho law be lü Pamhnama khet lama ve lü jah ktaiyü peki cun Khritawa kyaki ni.
35 Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! [RHQ] That could not [RHQ] happen [because someone] caused us to have trouble [DOU], or [because someone did things to] harm us, or [because we did] not have anything to eat, or [because we did] not have enough clothes, or [because we lived in a] dangerous situation, or [because someone killed us with] a sword [MTY] (OR, murdered us).
Khritawa mhläkphyanak üngka naw u naw ja mtai thei khai aw? Khuikhatnak naw pi kyase, khaknak naw pi kyase, mkhuimkhanak naw pi kyase, cawixainak naw pi kyase, akpuma venak naw pi kyase, kyühkyawknak naw pi kyase, thihnak naw pi kyase, jah mtai thei khai aw?
36 [Such things may happen to us, just like] it is written {[as David] wrote} [that David said to God], “Because we are your [(sg)] people, [other people repeatedly attempt to] kill us. They consider that we are [only people to be killed], [like a butcher considers] that sheep are [only] animals to be slaughtered [MET].”
“Nanga phäha anglät se thihnak vai üng kami veki; hnim vaia toca mäia ami jah pawh” tia Cangcim naw pyenki.
37 But even though all these bad things [may happen to us], we win a great victory/triumph [over these things because Christ], who loves us, [helps us].
Am jah mtai, jah jawngnakia a bäkhäknaka phäha acune naküt kami jah näng päng ni.
38 I am absolutely certain that neither being dead (OR, being killed), nor [what happens to us while] we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful [beings/forces],
Isetiakyaküng, thihnaka pi kyase, xünaka pi kyase, khankhaw ngsäa pi kyase, khawyai ksea pi kyase, khankhaw anaa pi kyase, tuhkbäih üngkaea pi kyase, tuha ve law khaiea pi kyase,
39 nor [powerful beings] above [the horizon] or below [the horizon] [MTY], nor anything else that [God has] created can cause God to stop loving us. [God showed us that he loves us by sending] Jesus Christ our Lord [to die for us].
ak’hlünga pi kyase, aknema pi kyase, mhnünmceng naküt üngka i naw pi, mi Bawipa Jesuh Khritaw vei mi yaha Pamhnama mhläkphyanak üngka naw am jah mtai thei khai tia akcanga ka ksingki.