Agalatia 6
1 Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, mũndũ angĩkorwo ahĩtĩtie-rĩ, inyuĩ arĩa mũrĩ na roho mũcookagĩrĩriei mũhooreire. No mwĩmenyererei, o na inyuĩ mũtikae kũgerio.
My fellow believers, if [you] discover that a person [among your congregation] is sinning, [those of] you whom [God’s] Spirit [is directing and empowering] should gently correct that person. [Furthermore, each of] you [who corrects another person should] be very cautious in order that you might not [sin like that when] you are tempted {[when something] tempts you}.
2 Teithanagiai mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ maũndũ marĩa mamũritũhagĩra, na mweka ũguo-rĩ, nĩmũrĩhingagia watho wa Kristũ.
[When there are ones who have] problems, you should help each other. By doing that, you will complete what Christ requires.
3 Mũndũ angĩĩciiria atĩ we nĩ wa bata hĩndĩ ĩrĩa atarĩ kĩene-rĩ, nĩ kwĩheenia areheenia.
Keep in mind that those who [refuse to help others because they think that they are more important than other people, although they are] not really more important, are deceiving themselves.
4 O mũndũ nĩarorage wĩra wake mwene. Hĩndĩ ĩyo no ahote kwĩraha, atekwĩiganania na mũndũ ũngĩ,
Instead, each [of you] should [constantly] test/judge [and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking]. Then you can boast because of what you yourself [are doing and thinking], and not because what you are doing is superior to what other persons [are doing].
5 nĩgũkorwo o mũndũ no nginya akuue mũrigo wake.
Keep in mind that you must each perform your own [individual] tasks.
6 Mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũrutagwo ũhoro wa Ngai nĩagayanage indo ciothe iria njega na mũmũruti.
[You] who are being taught {whom others are teaching} [God’s truth] should share your various [material] things [EUP] with your teachers.
7 Mũtikanaheenio: Ngai ndangĩnyũrũrio. Kĩrĩa mũndũ ahaandaga no kĩo agethaga.
You should not deceive yourselves. [Remember that] God is never outwitted {no one ever fools God}. [Just like] a farmer will reap exactly the kind [of crop that] he plants [MET], [God will reward people according to what they have done] [MET].
8 Mũndũ ũrĩa ũhaandaga maũndũ ma gũkenia merirĩria ma mwĩrĩ-rĩ, ũcio akaagetha kwanangĩka kũrĩa kuumanaga na maũndũ macio. No ũrĩa ũhaandaga maũndũ ma gũkenia Roho-rĩ, ũcio akaagetha muoyo wa tene na tene ũrĩa uumanaga na Roho. (aiōnios g166)
[God] will punish eternally those who do what their self-directed natures urge them to do. But those who please [God’s] Spirit will live forever [with God] because of what [God’s] Spirit does for them. (aiōnios g166)
9 Ningĩ tũtikanogio nĩ gwĩka wega, nĩgũkorwo ihinda rĩrĩa rĩagĩrĩru rĩakinya nĩtũkaagetha magetha twaga gũkua ngoro.
But we should not (tire of/become discouraged while) doing what pleases God, because [eventually], at the time [that God] has determined, we will receive a reward [MET], if we do not stop [doing the good things that we have been doing].
10 Na nĩ ũndũ ũcio, rĩrĩa rĩothe twagĩa na ihinda rĩagĩrĩru, nĩtwĩkage andũ othe maũndũ mega, na makĩria twĩkage wega andũ arĩa marĩ a nyũmba ya arĩa metĩkĩtie.
So, whenever we have opportunities, we should do [what is] good to all people. But especially we should do what is good to all our fellow believers.
11 Onei ũrĩa ndĩramwandĩkĩra marũa maya na ndemwa nene na guoko gwakwa mwene!
I am now writing this last part of this letter to you in my own handwriting. Notice the large letters with which I am now writing. I am doing this in order that I might emphasize this:
12 Andũ acio mendaga kwĩonania atĩ nĩagĩrĩru makĩonwo-rĩ, nĩo maramũringĩrĩria atĩ mũrue. Mekaga ũguo no geetha matikanyariirwo nĩ ũndũ wa mũtharaba wa Kristũ.
Some Jewish believers are trying to force you to perform certain rituals so that other Jews will think highly of them. They are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone must circumcise you}. They are doing that only in order that other Jews would no longer (persecute them/cause them to suffer) for proclaiming that God will save us because of our trusting in what Christ accomplished when he died on the cross [MTY, MET].
13 O na acio maruaga matiathĩkagĩra watho, no nĩmendaga inyuĩ mũrue nĩguo metĩĩage nĩ ũndũ wa mĩĩrĩ yanyu.
The reason that I say that is that the ones who are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone circumcise you} do not themselves fully obey the laws that God gave to Moses. Instead, they desire that you let someone circumcise you in order that they might boast to those Jews who would (persecute them/cause them to suffer) that you did that because they insisted [MTY] that you do it.
14 No niĩ-rĩ, ndĩroaga gwĩtĩĩa, tiga o ndĩtĩĩire nĩ ũndũ wa mũtharaba wa Mwathani witũ Jesũ Kristũ, na nĩ ũndũ waguo-rĩ, maũndũ ma thĩ nĩmambĩtwo mũtĩ-igũrũ nĩguo mehere harĩ niĩ, na niĩ ngaambwo harĩ maũndũ ma thĩ nĩguo njehere harĩ mo.
I myself, however, strongly desire that I never boast about anything like that. The only thing I will boast about is what our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished by dying on the cross [MTY]. Because of what Christ did on the cross, I no longer am interested in the things that those who do not trust Christ [MTY] think are important, and those people are no longer interested in the things that I [MET] think are important.
15 Kũrua kana kwaga kũrua gũtirĩ bata; kĩrĩa kĩrĩ bata nĩ mũndũ agarũrũke atuĩke kĩũmbe kĩerũ.
I will boast about Christ dying on the cross because God is concerned neither that people are circumcised nor that people are not circumcised. Instead, he is concerned only that people conduct their lives in a completely new way.
16 Thayũ na kũiguĩrwo tha kũrogĩa na andũ arĩa marũmagĩrĩra wathani ũyũ, o hamwe na andũ a Isiraeli arĩa a Ngai.
I pray that God will give inner peace and act kindly towards all who will act according to this new way of life. It is all those who live according to this new way of life who are now truly God’s people [MET], as the Israeli people were God’s people previously.
17 Ngĩrĩkĩrĩria nguuga atĩrĩ, gũtikagĩe mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũkũndehere thĩĩna, nĩgũkorwo nĩnjoretwo njoro cia Jesũ mwĩrĩ-inĩ wakwa.
Finally, I say that people have persecuted me/caused me to suffer for declaring the truth about Jesus, and as a result I have scars on my body. Your new teachers do not have scars like mine! So do not trouble/bother me about these matters again!
18 Wega wa Mwathani witũ Jesũ Kristũ ũrogĩa na maroho manyu, inyuĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ. Ameni.
My fellow believers, I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will kindly accomplish what he desires within you. (Amen!/May it be so!)
