Maroma 1
1 Paulusi, muhikana wa Jesu Kreste, yava sumpwa kuva mu Apositola, niku kauhanyezwa hembali che ivangeli ye Ireeza.
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,
2 Iyi nje ivangeli yava sepisi inako ni seni kusika ca ma porofita mumanolo a njolola.
which God had already promised through His Prophets in Holy Writ, concerning His Son,
3 Ku amana ni mwanakwe, yava zalwa kwi shika lya Davida chokuya ke nyama.
who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,
4 Cho kuvuka ku vafwile, ave zibahazwa kuva iye Mwana we Ireeza we ziho cho Luhuho loku jolola- Jesu Kreste Simwine wetu.
but as regards the holiness of His Spirit was decisively proved by His Resurrection to be the Son of God--I mean concerning Jesus Christ our Lord,
5 Chakwe tuva hewa chishemo ni vu apostola cho kusepahala kwe ntumelo mwi fasi lyonse, chevaka lye zina lyakwe.
through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,
6 Mukati kezi inkanda, nanwe vulyo muva sumpwa kuti muve kwa Jesu Kreste.
among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered:
7 Ilyi ñolo njilyavo vonse vena mwa Roma, va sakiwa ve Ireeza, va sumpwa kuva vantu va jolola. Chishemo chive kwenu, ni nkozo izwa kwe Ireeza Ishetu ni Jesu Kreste.
To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Chentanzi, ni litumela kwe Ireeza ka Jesu Kreste henu muvonse, kakuti i ntumelo yenu ya wambwa mwi nkanda yonse.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is spreading through the whole world.
9 Kaho Ireeza impaki yangu, ini seveleza mu Luho lwangu mwi evangeli ya mwana, muni zwile havusu kuwamba zakwe.
I call God to witness--to whom I render priestly and spiritual service by telling the Good News about His Son-- how unceasingly I make mention of you in His presence,
10 Inako ni nako ni kumbilanga mwi ntampelo zangu kapa mwinzila yonse kumamani mani nive yo zwila havusu hanu ke ntato ye Ireeza mwikwiza kwenu.
always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you.
11 Kaho ni tavela kukuvona, kuti ni mihe mupuzo za Luhuho, kuti ni mikolise.
For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened;
12 China njichi, ni nungwa kuva yo susuwezwa mu kati kenu, ke ntumelo yetu tu vonse, yenu ni yangu.
in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.
13 Hanu kani saki kuti kanzi muvi va sezivite, va kwaangu, kuti niva kusakanga kwiza kwenu, kono niva vinditwe haisi hanu. Niva kusaka izi kuti muve ni miselo mukati kenu sina hamwina mukati ka machava.
And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations.
14 Ni mukoroti hamwina kuma Greeki mi niku mazwahule, hamwina kuvena vutali niva holo.
I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people:
15 Cwale kwangu, nilitukise kuwamba evangeli nikwenu mwina mwa Roma.
so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
16 Kaho kani swaveli evangeli, kaho manta a Ireeza ye mpuluso ya vantu vonse va zumina, kaho ma Juda chetanzi ni ma Greeki.
For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--the Jew first, and then the Gentile.
17 Kaho mwateni kujolola kwa Ireeza kuli vonahaza kwi ntumelo ni ntumelo, sina mwiva ñolelwa, “Va jolola kava hale che ntumelo.”
For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
18 Kaho ku venga kwe Ireeza kulivonahaza kuzwa kwi wulu kwavo vasali ve Ireeza niku vantu vasa jololi, avo mukusa jololi va kakatiza vuniti.
For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry:
19 Ilyo njivaka kuti icho chiziveka kwe Ireeza chivoneka kwavo. Kaho Ireeza avavahi iseli.
because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.
20 Kaho zisa voneki zakwe zivoneka hande kuzwa fela hakuvubwa kwe nkanda. Zi zuwahala che zintu ziva vubwa. Izi zintu nji manta akwe okuya kwile ni mukwa wakwe mulotu. Che nkalavo, ava vantu ka vena mavaka. (aïdios g126)
For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse. (aïdios g126)
21 Ili njivaka, nanga havava kwizi ze Ireeza, kena vava munyamuni chokuva Ireeza, kapa kulitumela kwali. Kono, vavavi zihole mu mihupulo yavo, mi inkulo zavo zi sena mano yavo iva vikwa mwi fifi.
For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
22 Vava kulihinda kuti vena vutali, kona vava sanduki kuva zihole.
While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,
23 Vava lichinchi inkanya yoku samana Ireeza cho kuswana chiswaniso yo kumana kwa muntu, ya zizuni, ni zivatana za matende yone, nizi kokova.
and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
24 Cwale he Ireeza ava vahi kwavo ve ntakazo mwinkulo zavo chokusa jolola, kuti mivili yavo kanzi ikutekwa mukati kavo.
For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings, God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour their bodies among themselves with impurity.
25 Njivona vava chinchi initi ye Ireeza cha mapa, mi vava lapeli niku seveleza chiva vumbwa kusiya yava zivumbi, ya hewa intumbo kuya kwile. Amen. (aiōn g165)
For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen. (aiōn g165)
26 Ke vaka lyechi, Ireeza avava siyi va yende che ntakazo zi swavisa, kaho vanakazi vava chinchi muvekalile kwecho chisa swaneli.
This then is the reason why God gave them up to vile passions. For not only did the women among them exchange the natural use of their bodies for one which is contrary to nature, but the men also,
27 Cho mukwa uwo, va kwame va siya mulawo wavo ku vanakazi nikuhya mwi ntakazo zavo kuhamwina. Ava va kwame vava pangi zintu isali njizona ni vamwi va kwame, mi vava amuheli mupuzo wavo kuzivavapangi.
in just the same way--neglecting that for which nature intends women--burned with passion towards one another, men practising shameful vice with men, and receiving in their own selves the reward which necessarily followed their misconduct.
28 Kakuti kena vava zuminizi kuva ni Ireeza mukapanga kwavo, avavahi ku muhupulo ulyangene, njokuti va pange zintu zisena hande.
And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done.
29 Vava kwizwile kusa jolola, kuva ni lunya, ni ntakazo, ni vuvi. Vezwile muuna, impulayo, inkani, kuchenga, ni zintu zivi.
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
30 Vasoha, vanyefuli, niva toyete Ireeza. Zi vangama, vena mwipo, vali nyamona. vatendi va zintu zivi, mi kave chilili va shemi vavo.
They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,
31 Kavena inkutwisiso; kena voku sepa, kavena irato, mi kavena chishemo.
faithless to their promises, without natural affection, without human pity.
32 Va zuwisisa inkatulo ye Ireeza, kuti avo va tenda izo zintu va swanela ifu. Kono kena kuti va panga izi zintu, va zuminiza ni vamwi va panga izi zintu.
In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
