Loma 8

1 Lanwani moala buudi cuonu ba ki go ye yaaba n ye JESU Kilisiti nni po. yaaba n cuoni u TIENU fuomi yua gobidima nni, kaa cuoni ti gbannandi bonbuakaala nni.

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.

2 Kelima U TIENU Fuoma yaama n puuni li mialiJESU nni yaa bali faabi nni leni ti tuonbiadi leni mi kuuma kuliyaa bali maama.

[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.

3 Li balimaama n kaa den fidi ki tieni yaala kelima ti gbannandi tadingu po, U TIENU den tieni la, O den soani O Bijaceli kelima ti tuonbiadi po, ke o taa ya gbannandi n naani leni ti tuonbiadi n diedi yaa gbannandi. Wani den tieni yeni O den buni ki cuo ti tuonbiadi ti gbannandi nni.

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.

4 U TIENU den tieni lankuli ke li balimaama n bili ya teginma n tieni ti nii nni, tinba yaaba n tiendi U TIENU Fuoma n bua yaala, ki naa tiendi ti gbannandi n bua yaala.

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].

5 Moamoani yaaba n tiendi ti gbannandi n bua yaala kuandi bi yama ti gbannandi n bua yaala niinni. Ama yaaba n tiendi u TIENU Fuoma n bua yaala kuandi bi yama u TIENU Fuoma n bua yaala niinni.

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].

6 Yua n kuandi o yama ti gbanandi bonbuakaala nni, li ba gedini o mi kuuma po. Ama yua n kuandi o yama u TIENU Fuoma n bua yaala yaa niinni, li baa gobidi ki gedini o limiali leni mi yanduanma kuli po.

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.

7 Kelima ti gbanandi n bua yaala tie ti yibalindi leni u TIENU, kelima laa tuo ki tiendi uTIENU balimaama n bili yaala, li kan fidi moko.

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].

8 Yaaba n cuoni ti gbanandi bonbuakaala nni kan fidiki mangi u TIENU pali.

The people who let their self-directed nature [control them] cannot do what pleases God.

9 Yinba yaa po, ti gbanandi bonbuakaala ki die yi, ama mi Fuoma n die yi kelima u TIENU fuoma ye yi niinni. Yua n kaa pia Kilisiti fuoma, waa tie KILISITI yua.

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.

10 LI ya tie ke KILISITI ye yi niinni, li tie moamoani ke yi gbanandi kpe kelima ti tuonbiadi po. Ama mi fuoma tie li miali yi niinni kelima li moamoansaalipo.

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.

11 U TIENU yua n den fiini JESU bi tinkpiba siiga ya fuoma ya ye yi pala nni, Wani yua n den fiini JESU Kilisiti bi tinkpiba siiga yeni go ba pa yi gbanandi, yaadi n ba kpe li miali, kelima O fuoma yaama n ye yi niinni yaa po.

[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].

12 Lani yaa po nkpiiba, ti tie yaaba n kubi li panli, ama tii kubi li ti gbanandi bonbuakaala po ka, ŋali yaala ke ti go ba tiendi tin bua yaala.

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].

13 Yi yaa tiendi ti gbanandi n bua yaala, yi ba kpe; ama yi ya teni ke mi fuoma paalu ku yi gbanandi bontienkaala yi baa yte.

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.

14 Kelima mi fuoma n gobidi yaaba kuli, bani n tie U TIENU bijaba.

We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children.

15 Yi naa ba ya fuoma n teni ke yi tie yonbi ki go baa ye i jeje nni ka, ama yi baa U TIENU fuoma yaama n puuni yi mu bimoanmu yaa bali ke ti kpaani ki tua u TIENU: ti BAA, ti BAA.

[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]!”

16 U TIENU Foma mani miba tiendi siedi ti yantiana nni ke ti tie u TIENU bila.

The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits [say], that we are God’s children.

17 TI ya tie u TIENU bila, ti go tie bi fajieba moko, ti tie u TIENU fjieba, ki baa taani leni KILISITI ki je li faali kelima ti ya taani leni Kilisiti O fala nni, ti go ba taani leni o O kpiogidi nni moko.

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.

18 Lani yaapo n bani ke tin laadi ya fala ya yogunu n tie na kan fidi ki nandi nni leni u TIENU n baa doagidi O kpiagidi yaadi n baa ye.

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].

19 Mi tagima kuli guu leni mi suginma u TIENU n baa doagidi O bila ya yogunu.

The [things that God has] created are very eagerly waiting for [the time] [PRS, DOU] when God will reveal who his [true] children are.

20 Mi tagima n den tua fanma bonla yeni, laa den tie ke mani n bua ki tua yeni, ama u TIENU n den bua yeni.

[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

21 Ama mi tagima yeni pia yaa suginma n tie na: ke danyenli u TIENU n faabi ma ke mi kan go bedi, ki teni man taani leni u TIENU bila faabima yaama n pia tikpiagidiyaa niinni.

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.

22 U TIENU bani ke ŋali moala mi tagima kuli ye leni fala ki duni nani u maditugukoanu n cuo yaa pua yeni.

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].

23 Lani bebe ka, tinba yaaba n pia u TIENU paakpiabu, yaabu n tie O Fuoma, ti moko duni ti pala nni, ki guu u TIENU n baa ti teni tin tua O bimoanmu cain yaa yogunu, ki fabi ti gbanandi.

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].

24 U TIENU den faabi ti ke ti pia laa suginma. Ama o nilo yaa laa wan sugini yaala, laa go tie suginma. kelima o nilo ya laa wan sugini yaala, be yaa po ke o go baa sugini ke li baa cua.

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]

25 Ama ti ya sugini tin kaa nua yaala, ti baa guu leni li juunli.

But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly.

26 Li tie yeni, mi fuoma moko todi ti ti tadingu nni, kelima tii bani lan pundi tin mia u TIENU ya miabu ti jaandi nni. Ama mi fuoma mani miba miadi u TIENU ti po ki duni yaa dunli n kaa pia maama.

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).

27 Wani yua n bigidi bi niba pala bani yaala n ye O fuoma yantiali nni, kelima O fuoma miadi wani u TIENU nigagidiŋanba po nani wani u TIENU n bua maama.

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.

28 Ti bani ke u TIENU tuuni li bonla kuli nni yaba n bua O yaa ŋamu po, bani wan yini yaaba o yanjagili po.

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.

29 U TIENU n den tuodi ki bani yaaba, O go den tuodi ki gandi ba ki baa teni ban tua nani O bijua yeni, ke O bijua n tua O bijakpelo, o waamu u TIENU bila boncianla siiga.

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].

30 Lanwani u TIENU den ini wan den tuodi ki gandi yaaba wan den yini yaaba, O go den puni ba li momoansaali. wan den puni yaaba li moamoansaali, O teni ke bi baa ti kpiagidi moko.

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.

31 Lan tie mama yeni, ti baa yedi lede? U TIENU yaa ki tie ti po, ŋmee baa fidi ki sedi tipo?

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]

32 wani u TIENU, yua n kan den yie ke O bijua n da le fala, den soani o ki teni o bi niba nuunni ke o kpe tikuli po. Lani li ba ga lede ke O kan pa ti li bonla kuli leni wani o bijua leni ti bulicindi?

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]

33 ŋmee baa kuli u TIENU n gandi yaaba? oba kuli, kelima u TIENU wani oba n tie o moamoansaalo.

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]

34 ŋmee baa jia leni ba ti buudi ki cuoba? oba kuli, kelima jesu kilisiti kpe, li cie yeni. O go den fii bi tinkpiba siiga. O ye u TIENU jienu po ki miadi O ti po.

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].

35 ŋmee n ba paadi ti leni kilisiti yaa buama? naani fala bii? bi mi koma, bi mi luoma, bi ya fala n baa fidi ki cuani mi kuuma, bi ki jugisiega n baa paadi ti leni O buama?

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).

36 Nani lan diani maama: a yaa po n teni ke bi kpaani ti daali kuli, ki nua ti nani ban kodi ya pe yeni.

[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].”

37 Ama laa bonla kuli siiga, yua n den bua ti yeni tendi ke ti paadi li kuli cain.

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].

38 Moala n bani cain ke bonla ba kuli kan fidi ki paadi ti leni u TIENU buama, baa mi kuuma, baa li miali, baa malekinba, baa mi fawaama paaciami danba, baa yaala n ye moala na, baa yaala n ba ti cua

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],

39 baa i paciami, baa yaaba n ye tanpoli, baa yaaba n ye tiipo, mi tagima kuli nni liba kuli kan fidi ki paadi tileni U TIENU n pia tipo ya buama yaama n den doagidi ti DIEDO JESU Kilisiti nni.

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].