Romans 1

1 [I], Paul, who serve Christ Jesus, [am writing this letter]. God chose me to be an apostle, and I was appointed by him {he appointed me} in order that [I should proclaim] (the good message/the gospel) that [comes from him].

Paulusi, muhikana wa Jesu Kreste, yava sumpwa kuva mu Apositola, niku kauhanyezwa hembali che ivangeli ye Ireeza.

2 Long before [Jesus came to earth, God] promised [that he would reveal] this good message by means of what his prophets [wrote] in the sacred Scriptures.

Iyi nje ivangeli yava sepisi inako ni seni kusika ca ma porofita mumanolo a njolola.

3 This good message is [about the one whom we know as] his Son. As to his Son’s physical/human nature, he was born a descendant of [King] David.

Ku amana ni mwanakwe, yava zalwa kwi shika lya Davida chokuya ke nyama.

4 As to his divine nature, it was shown {[God] showed} powerfully that he is (God’s own Son/the man who is also God). [God] showed this by his Holy Spirit causing him to become alive again after he died. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.

Cho kuvuka ku vafwile, ave zibahazwa kuva iye Mwana we Ireeza we ziho cho Luhuho loku jolola- Jesu Kreste Simwine wetu.

5 He is the one who appointed me, who did not deserve it, [to be] an apostle. He did that in order that [many] among the non-Jews would honor [him] and would obey him as a result of their believing [my message about him].

Chakwe tuva hewa chishemo ni vu apostola cho kusepahala kwe ntumelo mwi fasi lyonse, chevaka lye zina lyakwe.

6 You [believers] who are living in Rome [city] are included among those whom God has chosen to belong to Jesus Christ.

Mukati kezi inkanda, nanwe vulyo muva sumpwa kuti muve kwa Jesu Kreste.

7 [I am writing this letter] to all of [you in Rome] whom God loves and whom he has chosen [to become his] people. [I pray that] God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will [continue to] act kindly toward you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.

Ilyi ñolo njilyavo vonse vena mwa Roma, va sakiwa ve Ireeza, va sumpwa kuva vantu va jolola. Chishemo chive kwenu, ni nkozo izwa kwe Ireeza Ishetu ni Jesu Kreste.

8 As I begin [this letter], I thank my God for all you [believers in Rome]. It is because of [what] Jesus Christ [has done for us that] I [am able to do that]. I thank him because your trusting [in Jesus Christ] is something that people all over [the Roman Empire] [HYP] are talking about.

Chentanzi, ni litumela kwe Ireeza ka Jesu Kreste henu muvonse, kakuti i ntumelo yenu ya wambwa mwi nkanda yonse.

9 God, whom I devotedly serve as I [proclaim to people] the gospel concerning his Son, knows that I tell the truth when I say that I always mention you whenever [DOU] I pray [to God] [HYP].

Kaho Ireeza impaki yangu, ini seveleza mu Luho lwangu mwi evangeli ya mwana, muni zwile havusu kuwamba zakwe.

10 I especially ask God that if he desires [me to visit you], somehow at last I shall be able to do so.

Inako ni nako ni kumbilanga mwi ntampelo zangu kapa mwinzila yonse kumamani mani nive yo zwila havusu hanu ke ntato ye Ireeza mwikwiza kwenu.

11 [I pray this] because I long to visit you to help you spiritually, in order that you will become stronger [spiritually].

Kaho ni tavela kukuvona, kuti ni mihe mupuzo za Luhuho, kuti ni mikolise.

12 I long to visit you in order that you and I might encourage each other [by means of our sharing with each other] how each of us trusts [in Jesus].

China njichi, ni nungwa kuva yo susuwezwa mu kati kenu, ke ntumelo yetu tu vonse, yenu ni yangu.

13 My fellow believers, many times I planned to visit you. I certainly want you to know [LIT] that. [But I have not been able to come to you because] I have been hindered {[things] have always prevented me} until the present time. I have wanted to come in order that I might help you to mature spiritually [IDM], as [I have helped people to mature spiritually] in many other non-Jewish groups [HYP].

Hanu kani saki kuti kanzi muvi va sezivite, va kwaangu, kuti niva kusakanga kwiza kwenu, kono niva vinditwe haisi hanu. Niva kusaka izi kuti muve ni miselo mukati kenu sina hamwina mukati ka machava.

14 I feel obliged [to proclaim the gospel to all non-Jewish people], specifically to [people who know] the Greek [language and culture] and to those who do not know it, to people who are educated and to those who are uneducated.

Ni mukoroti hamwina kuma Greeki mi niku mazwahule, hamwina kuvena vutali niva holo.

15 So what I have eagerly desired is that I might proclaim this good message to you who are living in Rome also.

Cwale kwangu, nilitukise kuwamba evangeli nikwenu mwina mwa Roma.

16 [That leads me to say that] I very confidently proclaim [LIT] the good message [about what Christ has done], because this good message is the powerful [means] that God [uses] to save [from the guilt of their sins] all people who trust [in what Christ has done for them]. Specifically, God first has saved the Jews [who believe the good message], and then he has saved non-Jews.

Kaho kani swaveli evangeli, kaho manta a Ireeza ye mpuluso ya vantu vonse va zumina, kaho ma Juda chetanzi ni ma Greeki.

17 By means of this good message God reveals how he erases the record of people’s sins (OR, declares people no longer guilty for having sinned); and his doing this is entirely because [IDM] they trust [in Christ. This is confirmed] by what [a prophet long ago] wrote [that God said], “Those (whose record of sin [I] have erased/whom [I] have declared no longer guilty for sin) because they trust [in me] will live [forever].”

Kaho mwateni kujolola kwa Ireeza kuli vonahaza kwi ntumelo ni ntumelo, sina mwiva ñolelwa, “Va jolola kava hale che ntumelo.”

18 From [where God rules in] heaven he is making it clear to all [non-Jewish] people who show no respect for God and who do wicked things, that he is angry with them [and that they deserve to be punished] {[that he would punish them]} [MTY]. By means of [their behaving] wickedly, they keep other people [from believing what they know] to be true [about God].

Kaho ku venga kwe Ireeza kulivonahaza kuzwa kwi wulu kwavo vasali ve Ireeza niku vantu vasa jololi, avo mukusa jololi va kakatiza vuniti.

19 [Everyone] can clearly know what God [is like], because God himself has revealed to everyone [what he is like].

Ilyo njivaka kuti icho chiziveka kwe Ireeza chivoneka kwavo. Kaho Ireeza avavahi iseli.

20 [People] cannot see what God is like. But ever since he created the world, by means of what he created he has clearly revealed what he is like. He has made clear to everyone that he has always been able to do very powerful things. [Therefore, we should recognize that] God is powerful, [completely different from all that he created]. So no one has a basis for saying, [“We never knew about God].” (aïdios g126)

Kaho zisa voneki zakwe zivoneka hande kuzwa fela hakuvubwa kwe nkanda. Zi zuwahala che zintu ziva vubwa. Izi zintu nji manta akwe okuya kwile ni mukwa wakwe mulotu. Che nkalavo, ava vantu ka vena mavaka. (aïdios g126)

21 Although [the non-Jews] knew what God [is like], they did not honor him as God, nor did they thank [him for what he had done]. But instead, they began to think foolish [things about him], and they became unable to understand [MET] [what he wanted them to know].

Ili njivaka, nanga havava kwizi ze Ireeza, kena vava munyamuni chokuva Ireeza, kapa kulitumela kwali. Kono, vavavi zihole mu mihupulo yavo, mi inkulo zavo zi sena mano yavo iva vikwa mwi fifi.

22 Although they claimed that they were wise, they became foolish,

Vava kulihinda kuti vena vutali, kona vava sanduki kuva zihole.

23 and they refused to [admit that] God is glorious and will never die. Instead, they made and worshipped idols [that resembled people who] will some day die, and [then they made other idols that resembled] birds and four-footed animals, and [finally] they made idols that resembled reptiles.

Vava lichinchi inkanya yoku samana Ireeza cho kuswana chiswaniso yo kumana kwa muntu, ya zizuni, ni zivatana za matende yone, nizi kokova.

24 So God allowed [the non-Jews] do immoral sexual things that they [SYN] strongly desired, things [that their desires were compelling them to do]. As a result, they [began to] dishonor each other’s bodies [by their sexual actions].

Cwale he Ireeza ava vahi kwavo ve ntakazo mwinkulo zavo chokusa jolola, kuti mivili yavo kanzi ikutekwa mukati kavo.

25 Also, they [chose to worship] false [gods] instead (of admitting/of choosing to believe) what is true [about] God. They worshipped and served things [that God] created instead of [worshipping and serving God himself], the one who created [everything. They did this even though] he [deserves that those he created] would forever praise him. Amen!/May it be so! (aiōn g165)

Njivona vava chinchi initi ye Ireeza cha mapa, mi vava lapeli niku seveleza chiva vumbwa kusiya yava zivumbi, ya hewa intumbo kuya kwile. Amen. (aiōn g165)

26 So, God allowed [the non-Jews to do] shameful [sexual] things that they [strongly] desired. As a result, many women did not have natural sexual relations [with their husbands] [EUP]. Instead, they were doing sexual actions with other women [EUP].

Ke vaka lyechi, Ireeza avava siyi va yende che ntakazo zi swavisa, kaho vanakazi vava chinchi muvekalile kwecho chisa swaneli.

27 Similarly, [many] men stopped having/did not have natural sexual relations with women [EUP]. Instead, they strongly desired to have sexual relations with other men. They committed [homosexual] acts with other men, acts that were shameful. As a result, [God has] punished them [by sicknesses] in their bodies, which is what they deserve [because] they [thought] wrongly [that God would not punish them for doing that].

Cho mukwa uwo, va kwame va siya mulawo wavo ku vanakazi nikuhya mwi ntakazo zavo kuhamwina. Ava va kwame vava pangi zintu isali njizona ni vamwi va kwame, mi vava amuheli mupuzo wavo kuzivavapangi.

28 Furthermore, because they decided that it was not [worthwhile] to know God, he allowed their own worthless thoughts [to completely control them]. As a result, they began doing [evil] things that [God says that people] should not do.

Kakuti kena vava zuminizi kuva ni Ireeza mukapanga kwavo, avavahi ku muhupulo ulyangene, njokuti va pange zintu zisena hande.

29 They strongly desire to do all [kinds of] unrighteous [things]. They strongly desire to do all [kinds of] evil things [to others]. They strongly desire to possess things that [belong to others]. They strongly desire to harm [others] in various ways. [Many non-Jews] are constantly envying [other people. Many] constantly desire to murder [people. Many] constantly desire to cause strife [between people. Many] constantly desire to deceive [others. Many] constantly desire to speak hatefully [about others] (OR, [to speak harmful things about others, things that are not true]). [Many] gossip [about others].

Vava kwizwile kusa jolola, kuva ni lunya, ni ntakazo, ni vuvi. Vezwile muuna, impulayo, inkani, kuchenga, ni zintu zivi.

30 [Many] slander [others. Many] act especially hatefully toward God. [Many] speak or act in an insulting way [toward others. Many] treat others contemptuously. [Many] boast [about themselves to others. Many] invent new ways to do evil things. [Many non-Jewish children] disobey their parents.

Vasoha, vanyefuli, niva toyete Ireeza. Zi vangama, vena mwipo, vali nyamona. vatendi va zintu zivi, mi kave chilili va shemi vavo.

31 [Many non-Jews] act in other morally foolish ways. [Many] do not do what they promised [others that they would do. Many] do not [even] love [their own family members. And many] do not act mercifully [toward other people].

Kavena inkutwisiso; kena voku sepa, kavena irato, mi kavena chishemo.

32 Although they know that God has declared that those who do such things deserve to be killed, they not only habitually do these [kinds of evil] things, but they also approve of others who habitually do them.

Va zuwisisa inkatulo ye Ireeza, kuti avo va tenda izo zintu va swanela ifu. Kono kena kuti va panga izi zintu, va zuminiza ni vamwi va panga izi zintu.