Eblenba 13
1 Suagi mani ki yaa pia mi buama yi kpiiba po.
Continue to love your fellow believers.
2 Yin da sundi mani ki yaa gaani bi canba cangu. Kelima bi tianba den tieni yeni ki malekinba cangu kaa bani.
Do not forget to be hospitable to needy travelers [LIT]. You need to know that by being hospitable, some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 Yin yaa tiani mani a kpaada po nani yi moko taa yeni ba ki tie kpaada yeni. Yin go yaa tiani ban faligi yaaba po, ki bani ke yi moko ye ti gbanandi nni ki tie ban baa fidi ki faligi yaaba.
Remember [to help] those who are in prison [because they are Christians], as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are being mistreated {whom people are mistreating} [because they are believers. As you do that], consider that you you could suffer as they do.
4 Bi niba kuli n yaa jigindi li potaali, ki da tuo li potaaliyaa duanun tabi yeniti jɔgindi. Kelima, U Tienu baa jiati buudi yeni mi conconma buoli danba kuli.
You must (respect/keep sacred) the marriage relationship in every way, and you must keep sexual relations [EUP] pure, because God will surely condemn those who act immorally and those who act adulterously.
5 Yin da pa maniyi yula i ligi buama po. Ama yin yaa mangidi yi pala yeni yin pia yaala mɔla kelima U Tienu yedi: «N kan ŋa ŋa, N kan lu ŋa hali abada.»
Live without constantly coveting money, and be content with the things you possess, remembering what [Moses] wrote [that God] has said [about supplying what you need], I will never leave you, I will never stop providing for you [DOU].
6 Lanwani tipia li papaali ki yedi: «O Diedo n tie n todika, n kan jie pu. O nisaalobaa fidi ki tieni nni be?»
So we can say confidently [as the Psalmist said], Since the Lord is the one who helps me, I will not be afraid! People can do nothing to me [that will deprive me of God’s blessings] [RHQ].
7 Yin yaa tiani mani yi gobidikaaba po, bani yaaba n den waani yi U Tienu maama. Yin kpaagi mani bi yema yeni bi juodima ki yaa togidibi dandanli.
Your spiritual leaders used to tell you the message from God [before they died]. Remember how they conducted their lives. By considering (how they died/what resulted from how they lived), imitate how they believed [in Christ/God].
Jesus Christ [is] the same now as he was previously, and he will be the same forever. (aiōn g165)
9 Yin daa gaa ti tundi yuodi, kelima li ŋani ki pala n yaa gbie sugli.
[So], do not let yourselves be diverted {let anything divert you} so that you believe various teachings [that are contrary to God’s truth]. It is good that God acts kindly toward us so that we may be strengthened spiritually. [Obeying rules about] various foods, rules that have not benefited those who obeyed them, will not benefit us.
10 Tin pia yaa padibinbinli, yaaba n tuuni li kani naa pia sɔni n ñani li jiema ki je.
We have [Jesus] [MTY]. All those who continue to observe the Jewish rituals [MTY] of sacrifice have no right to obtain the benefits of his sacrifice [MET].
11 Ama ti yandi yaaba ke bi kpaba ti biidi po sɔma ke o padibado cua yeni li o kaangagidiŋami nni. Ama bi yen ñani ban kodi yaa yandi li ñagilinni niinipo.
After the high priest brings into the most holy place the blood of animals [that they have sacrificed to atone] for sins, the bodies of those animals are burned {they burn the bodies of those animals} outside the camp.
12 Ama jesu mɔ bo cagini bi niba po yeni o sɔma.
Similarly, Jesus suffered [and died] outside the gate [of Jerusalem] in order that he might make [us], his people, holy by [offering] his own blood [as a sacrifice to atone for our sins].
13 Lanwani tin ña mani ki gedi o kani li ñagili nni niinpo, ki taani yeni o ofe nni.
So, we must abandon [performing Jewish] sacrifices and rituals [MET] [in order to be saved], and let us go to Jesus [to be saved]. As we do that, we must [be willing to] let others reproach us just like people reproached Jesus.
14 Kelima nekanba ŋanduna nni tii pia yaa dogu n baa ye yaa yogunu kuli, ama ti lingi yu n baa ti cua.
Here on earth, we believers do not have a city [such as Jerusalem where we must] continually [offer sacrifices] [MET]. Instead, we are waiting for a future [heavenly] city [that will last forever].
15 Lanwani kelima Jesu po, tin yaa pali mani U TIenu po yaa padili n tie ti pagidi yaa yogunu kuli, la tie ti ñɔna n yaa pagi o yeli.
With [the help of] Jesus, we must continually praise God. That will be something we can sacrifice [to him] [MET] [instead of our sacrificing animals only at specific times]. Specifically, we must say openly [MTY] [that we have trusted] in Christ [MTY].
16 Yin daa sundi ki yaa tiani mi ŋanma yeni ti bulcindi, kelima lani ntie yaa pada buolu n mangidi U Tienu pali.
Be continually [LIT] doing good deeds [for others], and be continually sharing [with others the things you have], because doing things like that will [also] be [as though you are offering] sacrifices that will please God.
17 Yin yaa tuodi ki ŋua mani yaaba n gobidi yi, ki yaa fangi ba kelima bi gu yi naani, ki bani ke bi baa togidi U Tienu yi maama. Yaa tiendi mani yenike ban fidi ki yaa togidi ma yeni li pamanli kinaa yenbidi, kelima li kan yaa pia yipo fuomaba.
Obey your [spiritual] leaders; do what they tell you, since they are the ones who are looking out for your spiritual welfare [SYN]. [Some day] they will have to stand before God so that he can say if he approves of what they have done. Obey them in order that they can do the work of guarding you joyfully, and not have to do it sadly, because if you cause them to do it sadly, that will certainly not help you at all (OR, they will not be able to help you at all).
18 Yaa jaandimanitipo kelima ti bani cain ke ti pala siadi ŋani ki go bua ti tagi nyaa tiegili bonla kuli nni.
Pray for me. I am certain that I have not done anything that displeases God. I have tried to act honorably [toward you] in every way.
19 Min miadi yaala hali bonciala tie ke yin yaa tiendi yeni ke U Tienu npa nni u saanu min gɔ ki cua yikani tontoni.
I urge you earnestly to pray that [God] will quickly remove the things that hinder my coming to you.
20 Mi yanduama Tieni yua n den fiini ti Diedo Jesu bi tinkpiiba siiga wani yua n tie i pe yankpaciamo, kelima o sɔma yaama yaa yogunu kulipo. (aiōnios g166)
Jesus [provides for us], [protects us, and guides us as] a great shepherd does for his sheep [MET]. And God, who gives us [inner] peace, brought our Lord Jesus back to life. By doing that, God ratified his eternal covenant with us by the blood [that flowed from Jesus when he died on the] cross. (aiōnios g166)
21 Wani n teni yin fidi ki yaa tiendi yaala ŋani kuli. Wani go teni Jesu Kilisiti n yaa baadi ti kpiagidi hali yaa yogunu kuli. Amina. (aiōn g165)
So I pray that God will equip you with everything good [that you need in order] that you may do the things that he desires. May he accomplish in our lives whatever he considers pleasing as a result of Jesus Christ [equipping us]. May Jesus Christ be praised forever. (Amen!/May it be so!) (aiōn g165)
22 N kpiiba, n mia yi ke yinjuuni kiga i nnaa tundi, kelima min diani yipo yaa maama ki fuu.
My fellow believers, I appeal to you that you patiently consider [what] I have written in this short letter, to exhort you.
23 N bua yin bandi ke bifaabi ti kpiilo Timot. O yaacua n kani tonma, ti baa yegi kicua ki le yi.
I want you to know that our fellow believer Timothy has been released {[the authorities] have released our fellow believer Timothy} [from prison]. If he comes here soon, he will accompany me when I go to see you.
24 Yin fuondi mani yi gobidikaaba kuli yeni bi nigagidiŋanba kuli. Yaaba n ye hali diema fuondi yi.
Tell all your [spiritual] leaders and all the [other] fellow believers [in your city] that (I am thinking fondly about them/I am sending them my greetings). The believers [in this area who have come] from Italy [want you to know they] are (thinking about you/sending you their greetings).
25 U Tienu ŋanbdi n yaa ye yeni yikuli.
[I pray that] you will continue to experience God’s acting kindly toward you all.
