Agalatiya 5
1 Tuba wani intukuluho ku zwililila kwa Jesu kreste ya va tulukululi. Linu muve vakolete mi sanzi mu wondwa hape kwi joko lya vuvi.
Christ having made us gloriously free--stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.
2 Muvone, Ime, Paulusi niti kwenu haiva ni muya ku mupato, Kreste kese na mihe mupuzo munzila i mwi ne imwi.
Remember that it is I Paul who tell you that if you receive circumcision Christ will avail you nothing.
3 Hape ni paka mukwame zumwi ni zumwi mukwame ya va yendi ku mupato linu uswanela kukuteka ni kwi chilila mulao wonse.
I once more protest to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law of Moses.
4 Inwe mukauhenye ku “zwililila” kwa krest. muvonse mu va wani ku shemuviwa cha mulao. Muva wilile kule ni chisemo.
Christ has become nothing to any of you who are seeking acceptance with God through the Law: you have fallen away from grace.
5 Kuzwililila ku Luhuho, che ntumelo, linu tulivelele che nsempo ni ku shiyama.
We have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith.
6 Cha Jesu Kereste nanga cha mupato kapa cha kusaya ku mupato kutolokwa chintu chimwina. Kwande ntumelo iseveza che lato nji yiine tuso.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.
7 Zile mutiya hande. Njeni ya va mizimiki ku kuteka buniti?
You were running the race nobly! Who has interfered and caused you to swerve from the truth?
8 Ku susuwezwa ku tenda vulyo, ka ku zwili kwali uzo ya va misumpi.
No such teaching ever proceeded from Him who is calling you.
9 Chi vilisa chi nini chi tende muñende kufunduluka.
A little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough.
10 Ni na nsepo kwenu che Reeza kuti ke se muhupule kusanduka munzila imwi ne imwi. Uzo yo milyanganise u swanela inkatulo ya kwe, iye mwine.
For my part I have strong confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt my view of the matter. But the man--be he who he may--who is troubling you, will have to bear the full weight of the judgement to be pronounced on him.
11 Va kwangu, heva ni ni si kutaza za mupato, chi nzi hani sinyandiswa? Che yo nzila chi sitataliso cha chifano ka chi shinyiwe.
As for me, brethren, if I am still a preacher of circumcision, how is it that I am still suffering persecution? In that case the Cross has ceased to be a stumbling-block!
12 Ni lakaleza avo va mi lyanganisa ka vali kawule avo vene.
Would to God that those who are unsettling your faith would even mutilate themselves.
13 Chokuti Ireeza ava misumpi, vakwangu, kwi ntukuluho. Sanzi mu sevelisi intukuluho yenu sina ha mu wanina ze nyama. Ni hakuvavulyo che lato mutusana ha mwina.
You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.
14 Chokuti mulawo wonse wi zuzilikizwe cha mulawo wumwina, “Mu swanela kusaka va mu vambene navo sina mu mu lisakila inwe mu vene.”
For the entire Law has been obeyed when you have kept the single precept, which says, "You are to love your fellow man equally with yourself."
15 Kono heva ni musumana ni kulisana ha mwina, mutokomele kuti ka mu liholofazi ha mwina.
But if you are perpetually snarling and snapping at one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another.
16 Niti, muyende cha Luhuho, mi ke se mwi zuzilikize intakazo ze nyama.
This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit, and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures.
17 Chokuti inyama ine ntakazo nkando yi lwisa Luhuho, mi Luhuho lwine ntakazo nkando kuhite nyama. Chokuti inzi zi lwisanisa izo ziine. Inkalabo yi chokuti ka muwoli kutenda chintu chi mulakaza kutenda.
For the cravings of the lower nature are opposed to those of the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are opposed to those of the lower nature; because these are antagonistic to each other, so that you cannot do everything to which you are inclined.
18 Kono heva Luhuho lu miyendisa, ka musina mwi konde lya mulawo.
But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not subject to Law.
19 Linu misevezi ye nyama i bwenekete. Vena vuvuki, vahule, vasa njolwele, ve takazo zihitilize,
Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery;
20 ni kulapela vazimu, ni vulozi, ni kuli toya, ni kuli fwila muna, ni kuwamba cha kukalimela,
enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, intrigues, dissensions, factions, envyings;
21 ne fufa, ni muna ni vundakwa, ni vulyavi, ni zimwi zi fosahele. Ni mi kalimela, sina muni va mi kalimeleli ku tanzi, kuti avo va tundamena izo zintu ke se ni va yole muvuso we Reeza.
hard drinking, riotous feasting, and the like. And as to these I forewarn you, as I have already forewarned you, that those who are guilty of such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
22 Linu zichelantu za Luhuho i laato, yi ntavo, inkonzo, inkulo inde, chisemo, vulotu, ni tumelo,
The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;
23 ni kulishuwa ni kuliyeleza. Linu kakwina mulawo ulwisa nisana nezo zintu.
good faith, meekness, self-restraint.
24 Kwavo vena kwa Jesu Kereste vava kokotelwa ni takanzo ze nyama ni hamwina ni ntakazo zi fosahele.
Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites.
25 Heva tu hala cha Luhuho, tu swanela lyaho ku yenda cha Luhuho.
If we are living by the Spirit's power, let our conduct also be governed by the Spirit's power.
26 Sanzi tu saki ku vuvekwa ku sene ntuso, kuli shemayeta kapa kuli fwila muna.
Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.
