Bharumi 16
1 Nikan'kabisi kwa muenga Fibi nd'omb'obhitu, ambajhe ndo mtumishi ghwa kanisa ambalyo lijhele kenkiera,
[By means of this letter] I am introducing and recommending to you our fellow believer Phoebe, [who will be taking this letter to you]. She is a deacon in the congregation in Cenchrea [city].
2 ili kwamba mwibhwesya kumpokela mu Bwana. Mubhombayi naha kwa e'khu kya thamani kya bhaumini, na mujhemayi pamonga ni muene mu lijambo lyolyoha lya ibetakujha ni uhitaji nalu. Ndabha muene ajhe mhudumu ghwa bhamehele, ni kwandabha jha nene ne muene.
[I request that] you receive her because of her relationship with the Lord. [You should do that because] those who are God’s people ought to receive [their fellow believers]. [I am also requesting] that you help her [by giving her] [EUP] whatever she needs, because she has helped many people, including me.
3 Mponesiajhi Priska ni Akila, bhabhibhomba mbombo pamonga ni nene mu Kristu Yesu,
Tell Priscilla and [her husband] Aquila that I (send greetings to/am thinking fondly of) them. They worked with me for Christ Jesus,
4 ambabho kwa maisha gha nene bhaghahatarisi maisha gha bhene. Nibhombesya kwa bhene, na nenelepi tu, bali kabhele kwa makanisa ghoha gha mataifa.
and they were even willing to die [IDM] in order [to save] my life. It is not only I who thank them [for helping me], but the people in all [HYP] the non-Jewish congregations also [thank them for saving my life].
5 Liponesiajhi likanisa ambalyo lijhe kunyumba jha bhene. Mponesiajhi Epanieto mpendwa ghwangu, ambajhe ndo mzalibhwa ghwa kubhuandu bhwa Kristu ku Asia.
Also tell the congregation [that meets] in their house that I (send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of) them. Tell my dear friend Epaenetus the same thing. He is the first man in Asia [province] who [believed] in Christ.
6 Mponesiajhi Mariamu ambajhe abhombilli mbombo kwa bidii kwa ndabha jha muenga.
Tell Mary, who has worked hard [for Christ] in order to [help] you, that I (send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of) her.
7 Muponesiajhi Androniko ni Yunia, jamaa bha nene ni bhafungwa pamonga ni nene. Ndo bha muhimu miongoni mwa bha mitume, ambabho kabhele bhalongolili kumanya Kristu kabla jha nene.
Tell the same thing to Andronicus and [his wife] Junia (OR, and [his sister] Junia) who are my fellow Jews and who were also [previously] in prison with me. They are well-known/respected (OR, respected by the) apostles, and they became Christians before I did.
8 Mponesiajhi Ampliato, mpendwa ghwa nene kwa Bwana.
I also send my greetings to Ampliatus, who is a dear friend because of his relationship with the Lord.
9 Mponesiajhi Urbano, mbomba mahengu pamonga ni nene kwa Kristu, ni Stakisi mpendwa ghwangu.
I also send my greetings to Urbanus, who works for Christ with us, and to my dear friend Stachys.
10 Mponesiajhi Apele, jhaajhedekelibhu kwa Kristu. Bhaponesiajhi bhoha ambabho bhajhele mu nyumba jha Aristobulo.
I also send my greetings to Apelles, whom Christ has approved [because Apelles successfully endured trials]. Tell the [believers] who [live in the house] of Aristobulus that I send my greetings to them.
11 Niposiajhi Herodioni, ndongobhangu. Niposiajhi bhoha bhabhajhele mu nyumba jha Narkiso, ambabho bhajhele kwa Bwana.
Also tell Herodion, who is my fellow Jew, that I send my greetings to him. Tell the same thing to those who [live in the house] of Narcissus who belong to the Lord.
12 Niponesiajhi Trifaina ni Trifosa, bhabhibhomba mbombo kwa bidii kwa Bwana.
Tell the same thing to Tryphaena and [her sister] Tryphosa, who work hard for the Lord. I also send my greetings to Persis. [We all] love her and she has worked very hard for the Lord.
13 Niponesiajhi Persisi mpendwa, ambajhe abhombili mahengu nesu kwa Bwana, Nikamponesya Rufo, jhaasalibhu kwa Bwana ni nyinamunu ni wanene.
Tell Rufus, who is an outstanding Christian, that I send my greetings to him. [Tell the same thing to] his mother, [who has treated me as though] I [were her son] [MET].
14 Mponesiajhi Asinkrito, Flegon, Herme, Patroba, Herma, ni bhalongo bhangu bhoha bhabhajhele pamonga nabhu.
Tell Asyncritus and Phlegon and Hermes and Patrobas and Hermas and the fellow believers who [meet] with them that I am sending my greetings to them.
15 Niponesiajhi Filologo ni Yulia, Nerea ni ndongomunu, ni Olimpa, ni bhaumini bhoha pamonga nabhu.
I also send my greetings to Philologus, to [his wife] Julia (OR, [his sister] Julia), to Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas, and to all God’s people who [meet] with them.
16 Niponesiajhi khila mmonga kwa libusu takatifu. Makanisa ghoha mu Kristu ghakabhaponesya.
Greet one another affectionately, but in a pure way, [when you gather together]. The [believers in] all the Christian congregations [HYP] [in this area (send their] greetings to/say they are thinking fondly of) you.
17 Henu nikabhasihi, bhalongobhangu, kutafakari panani pa abhu ambabho bhisababisya mgabhwanyiku ni fip'engamisi. Bhilota kinyume ni mafundisu ambagho nimalikwinanyisya. Musanukayi mubhokayi kwa bhene.
My fellow believers, I exhort you that you beware of those people who are causing divisions among you and who cause people to turn away [from God] [MTY] [because they teach things that] are contrary to the message [about Christ] that you have learned (OR, that others taught you). Keep away from such people!
18 Kwa ndabha bhanu kama abha bhakan'tumikila lepi Kristu Bwana, bali maleme gha bhene. Kwa malobhi gha bhene malaini ni pongezi sya udesi bhikofya mioyo gha bhadulili hatia.
They do not serve our Lord Christ! On the contrary, they only want to satisfy their own desires [MTY]! Also, by all the eloquent things that they say [DOU] they deceive those people who do not realize [that their teaching is false].
19 Kwa mfano ghwa bhutii bhwa muenga mukamfikila khila mmonga. Henu nihobhuiki panani pa muenga, lakini nikabhalonda muenga mujhelayi ni busara mu hali jha bhwema, ni kubela kujha ni hatia palongolo pa ubhofu.
[Believers] everywhere know that you have paid attention to [the good message about Christ], with the result that I rejoice about you. But I also want you to be wise, [with the result that you do] what is good. I also want you to avoid doing what is evil.
20 K'yara ghwa amani ibetalepi kukabhela kunjangamisya syetani pasi pa njanyu sya muenga. Neema jha Bwana Yesu Kristu ijhelayi pamonga ni muenga.
[If you avoid people who teach what is false], what will [soon happen] [MET] [will be as though] God, who causes us to be peaceful, will be crushing Satan under your feet! [I pray that] our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly towards you.
21 Timotheo, mbombambombo pamonga ni nene, ikabhaponesya, ni Lukio, Yasoni ni Sospeter, bhalongobhangu.
Timothy, who works with me, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, who are my fellow Jews, [want you to know that they are] (sending their greetings to/thinking fondly of) you.
22 Nene, Tertio, jhanabhulembili bhwaraka obho, nikabhabhaponesya mu lihina lya Bwana.
I, Tertius, [one who belongs to] the Lord, [also want you to know] that I am (sending my greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. [I am writing this letter as Paul tells me what to write for him].
23 Gayo jhaanitunzili ni kwa likanisa lyoha, likabhaponesya. Erasto, mtunza hazina ghwa mji, ikabhaponesya, pamonga ni Kwarto jhaajhe ndongo.
I, [Paul], am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole congregation [here meets] in his house. He [also wants you to know] that he is (sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. Erastus, the treasurer of [this] city, also [wants you to know that] he is (sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. Our fellow believer Quartus also (sends his greetings to you./says he is thinking fondly of you.)
24 (Zingatilayi: Mu nakala syabhukweli sya kubhuandu, n'sitari obho ujhelepi. Langayi Warumi 16: 20. “Neema jha Bwana Yesu Kristu itamayi namu mwebhoha, Amina”)
25 Henu kwa muene jhajhe ni bhuwesu kubhomba mujhemayi kul'engana ni injili ni mafundisu gha Yesu Kristu, kul'engana ni bhufunuo bhwa siri jhajhafighibhu kwa muda bhutali, (aiōnios g166)
As [I] proclaim [the good message about] Jesus Christ, [I tell about God], the one who is able to strengthen you [spiritually]. I also proclaim the [truth] that was not revealed {which [God] did not reveal} in all previous ages/times (aiōnios g166)
26 lakini henu jhimali kufunulibhwa ni kubhombibhwa kumanyikana ni majhandiku gha bhunabii kul'engana ni amri jha K'yara ghwa milele, kwa bhutii bhwa imani miongoni mwa mataifa ghoha? (aiōnios g166)
but which has now been {which [he] has now} revealed. [I, along with others, have proclaimed] what the prophets wrote [about Christ]. We are doing what the eternal God commanded [us(exc)/me to do]. We want [people in] all ethnic groups to know [Christ] so that they can believe [in him] and obey [him]. (aiōnios g166)
