Valumi 15
1 Tete vetivii na makakala mu sadika, tiganikiwa kuvatangatila vakulenda. Tikotoka kukita mambu gegatiganisa tavete ndu.
Most of us are sure [that God will not punish us for doing certain things that the laws and rituals God gave Moses said the Jews should not do. But we] should be patient with those who are uncertain [about such things], and we should not let them irritate us. We should not [simply] please ourselves.
2 Kila mmonga witu iganikiwa kumganisa mundu yungi kwa kumkitila gabwina na muni amkangamalisa mu sadika.
Each of us should [do the things that] please the fellow [believers with whom we come in contact, and things that will] benefit them. [We should do those things] in order to help them mature [spiritually].
3 Muni Kilisitu ajiganisi lepi mwene. Pahali paki Mayandiku chegijova, “Maligu goha gevakuligili, ganikolili nene.”
[We should please our fellow believers], since Christ [has set us an example]. He did not [do things to] please himself. On the contrary, [he tried to please God even when others insulted him. That was] as it is written {as ([someone/the Psalmist]) wrote} [in Scripture that the Messiah said to God]: “When people insulted you [(sg)], [it was as though] they were also insulting me.”
4 Muni, goha gegayandikiwi kadeni gayandikwi kutiwula tete, muni kwa kusindimala na kupoleswa mtima, yetipata mu Mayandiku ago, tivya na huvalila.
And [you need to remember that] what was written previously {what [God’s servants] previously wrote} [in the Scriptures], was written {[they] wrote} to teach us in order that we would be patient and be encouraged by [reading/believing] what they wrote. If we do that, we can confidently expect [God to do for us all he has promised].
5 Chapanga mwakuvapela usindimala na kupoleswa mtima avapela nyenye mpungu wa umonga pagati yinu, pemukumlanda Yesu Kilisitu,
God is the one who enables us to be patient and encourages us. ([Ask/Pray to]) [him that he would] enable you [all] to live harmoniously with each other, doing as Christ Jesus [did].
6 mwavoha nyenye, kwa mtima umonga na lwami lumonga, mumlumbalila Chapanga mweavili Dadi wa BAMBU witu Yesu Kilisitu.
Then, as you are united in what you think and say [MTY], you will praise God, [who is the heavenly] father [MET] of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Hinu, mumpokelana nyenye kwa nyenye ngati Kilisitu cheavapokili ndava ya Ukulu wa Chapanga.
So [I say to all of you believers at Rome], accept each other. [If you do that], people will praise God [as they see you behaving like Christ. Accept each other] just like Christ accepted you!
8 Muni, chakaka nikuvajovela kuvya, Kilisitu akitili uhengaji ndava ya Vayawudi kulangisa usadika wa Chapanga na lilaganu lila levapewili vagogo vitu litimilikayi,
I want [you to remember] that Christ [helped us] Jews [MTY] by what he did, in order to show that God (is faithful/does what he says he will do). That is, [his coming as our Messiah] fulfilled what God promised to [our Jewish] ancestors.
9 Mewawa vandu vangali Vayawudi vamulumbalila Chapanga ndava ya lipyana laki. Ngati Mayandiku Gamsopi chegijova, “Hinu yati tikumlumbalila pagati ya vandu vangali Vayawudi. Yati niyimba lunyimbu lwa kulilumbalila liina laku.”
And [by acting mercifully to them, he also caused] non-Jews to praise him. [What he has done for non-Jews] fulfills what is written [in the Scriptures that David said to God]: “So I will praise you [(sg) when I am] among the non-Jews, and I will sing to you [MTY].”
10 Kangi Mayandiku chegijova, “Muhekelela, nyenye vandu vangali Vayawudi, muhekelela pamonga na vandu va Chapanga.”
[David] also wrote, “You non-Jews, rejoice with us who are God’s people.”
11 Na kavili, “Nyenye vandu voha vangali Vayawudi, mumlumbalila BAMBU, vandu voha mumlumbayi.”
[And Moses wrote in] the [Scriptures], “Praise the Lord, all [you] non-Jews, and may everyone praise him [DOU].”
12 Isaya ijova, “Yati ihumalila nkosi mu lukolo lwa Yese, na kuvatalalila vandu vangali Vayawudi, na vene yati vakumuhuvalila.”
And Isaiah wrote [in the Scriptures], “There will be a descendant [MET] of [King] David who will begin to rule the non-Jews. They will confidently expect him [to fulfill what he has promised].”
13 Hinu, Chapanga mweileta huvalila, avamemesa luheku lwoha lwa uteke mu sadika yinu. Na huvalila yinu yiyonjokesa kwa makakala ga Mpungu Msopi.
God is the one who causes you to confidently expect [him to do what he has promised. I pray/ask] that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust [in him]. As you do that, the Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect [to receive what God has promised you].
14 Valongo vangu, nene nivii na uchakaka kuvya nyenye mmemili ubwina, muna mawuliwu goha hati muhotola kuwulana nyenye kwa nyenye.
My fellow believers, I myself am [completely] sure that you yourselves [have acted toward others] in a completely good way. You have done that because you have known completely [all that God wants you to know] [HYP], and because you are able to teach each other.
15 Nambu mubalua iyi nivayandikili changali wogohi, mu mambu ndalindali muni ivakumbusayi kavili. Nivili na ukekesi ndava ya ubwina wa Chapanga wenipewili nayu,
However, I have written to you quite frankly [in this letter] about some things in order to remind you [about those things]. [I have written this letter] because I have been appointed by God {God has [appointed] me}, which I did not deserve,
16 kuvya mtumisi wa Yesu Kilisitu kwa vandu vangali Vayawudi. Nikita lihengu langu kwa ukekesi kukokosa Lilovi La Bwina la Chapanga muni vandu vangali Vayawudi vavyai luteta lweluyidakiliwa na Chapanga, yeyinyambiswa na Mpungu Msopi.
in order that I would work for Jesus Christ among non-Jews. [God has appointed me] to act like a priest as I [proclaim] his good message in order that he will accept the non-Jews [who believe in Christ. They will be] like an offering [MET] [to God] as a result of their being dedicated [to him] by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit dedicating them [to God]}.
17 Ndi cheniwungini na Yesu Kilisitu, nihotola kumekela lihengu langu lenili kwa kumhengela Chapanga.
It follows that, because [of my relationship with] (OR, because [I belong to]) Christ Jesus, I am happy about [my work for] God.
18 Nangahotola kuyonjokesa chindu chingi, ndi chila Yesu Kilisitu achihengili kwa kunitumila nene muni vandu va milima vahotola kuyidakila. Akitili chenicho kwa malovi na matendu,
I will speak boldly only [LIT] about the work that Christ has enabled me to do. [I do that work] in order that non-Jews might pay attention to [the message about Christ] as a result of what I have said and done,
19 kwa makakala ga chinamtiti na kukangasa, na kwa makakala ga Mpungu wa Chapanga. Hinu kwa kuvya mulugendu kila pahala, kuhumila Yelusalemu mbaka mulima Luliko, na kila pandu nikokwisi cha kukamilika vandu Lilovi la Bwina la Kilisitu.
specifically, by [my performing] many powerful miracles [DOU]. [I have done those things] as a result of [God’s] Spirit powerfully [enabling me]. As a result [of doing those things, while traveling] all the way around from Jerusalem to Illyricum [province], I have completed [my work] of proclaiming the message about Christ [in those places].
20 Chenigana magono goha ndi chindu chimonga, kukokosa Lilovi la Bwina popoha pala liina la Kilisitu lakona kuyuwanika, nikotoka kujenga mkingisa weujengiwi na mundu yungi.
As [I proclaim] that message, I am always eagerly trying to proclaim it [in places] where people have not already heard about Christ. I do that in order that [as I work for God] I might not [be continuing the work for him that someone else already started] [MET]. [I do not want to be like a man who] builds [a house] on someone else’s foundation.
21 Ngati chegijova Mayandiku Gamsopi, “Vandu voha vangajovewa makokoselu gaki yati vilola, na vala vangayuwana makokoselu gaki, yati vimanya.”
On the contrary, [I teach non-Jews, so that what happens may be like] what was written {the prophet Isaiah wrote} [in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: “Those who did not hear about him previously will know [the truth about him]. Truly, those who have not heard [about him will hear and] understand [his message] [DOU].”
22 Hinu yeniyo ndi yeyanidivalili nene pamahele kubwela kwinu.
Because [I have attempted to preach the message about Christ in places where they have not heard about him], I have been hindered {things have hindered me} many times [from being able] to visit you.
23 Nambu hinu nimali lihengu langu kwa upandi uwu wa mulima, ndava muni ninogili pamahele kubwela kwinu,
But now there are no more places in these regions [where people have not heard about Christ]. Furthermore, for several years I have wanted to visit you.
24 nihuvalila kukita chenicho hinu. Nigana kuvalola penivyai mulugendu kuhamba Isipania na kupata utangatilu winu kwa lugendu, panivyai pamonga na nyenye kwa magono.
[So I hope to go/come to see you]. I hope to do that as soon as I am on my way to [the provinces in] Spain. I hope to see you as I journey through [your area], and I hope that [by whatever you give me] [EUP] you will help me on my journey to Spain. But before [I go there], I want to enjoy being with you for a little while, although [I would like to stay with you longer].
25 Nambu hinu, nihamba hoti kuvahengela vandu va Chapanga ku Yelusalemu.
But [I cannot visit you] now, because I am about to go to Jerusalem in order to take money [EUP] for God’s people [there].
26 Muni misambi ya vandu vevakumsadika Kilisitu va Makedonia na Akaya, vahekalili kutipela michangu yavi kuvatangatila vandu va Chapanga vevavili vangangu ku Yelusalemu.
[The believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces] [MTY] decided to contribute some [money] [EUP] for those of God’s people in Jerusalem who are poor.
27 Vene vahekalili kuvatangatila, muni chakaka lihengu la kuvatangatila mu lenili, vandu vanga Vayawudi, vahanganili mota za chimpungu za Vayawudi, na vene viganikiwa kuvatangatila Vayawudi muvindu vyevigana muwumi wavi.
They themselves decided [to do this, but] truly they owe something to God’s people in Jerusalem. The non-Jewish [believers] benefited spiritually from Jewish [believers as a result of hearing the message about Christ from them], so the non-Jews should also help the Jewish believers [in Jerusalem by giving them] material things (OR, money) [EUP].
28 Hinu penimali lihengu la kuvahikisila mchangu wenipewili ndava yavi, yati nikuvagendelela nyenye penivya mulugendu lwa kuhamba ku Isipania.
So when I have finished this [task] by safely delivering all this money [MET, EUP] [that the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have given], I will leave [Jerusalem and visit] you [in Rome while I am] on my way to Spain.
29 Nimanyili penibwela kwinu, yati nibwela na mota ng'onyo kuhuma kwa Kilisitu.
And I know that when I visit you, Christ will abundantly bless [us] (OR, enable [me] to bless [you]).
30 Hinu, Valongo vangu, nivayupa neju kwa liina la BAMBU witu Yesu Kilisitu na kwa uganu weubwela na Mpungu Msopi, munitangatila kwa kuniyupila neju kwa Chapanga.
Because [we belong to] our Lord Jesus Christ and because the Spirit [of God causes us to] love [each other], I urge you [all] that [you help me] by fervently/intensely praying to God for me.
31 Muyupa muni nihotola kuhuma changalemaswa pagati ya vala vangamsadika Kilisitu vevavi Yudea, ndi muni lihengu langu liyidakiwayi na vandu va ku Yelusalemu.
[Pray that] I will be protected {[that God] will protect me} so that the [Jews] in Judea who do not believe [the message about Christ will not harm me]. Also pray that God’s people in Jerusalem will accept the money [EUP] that I [take] to them.
32 Hinu, Chapanga akaganayi, yati nihotola kubwela kwinu na mtima wa luheku, nipumulilayi pamonga na nyenye.
Pray these things in order that I may go/come to you if God wants me to go/come, and that I may go/come joyfully, and that then God will refresh my [spirit as a result of my visiting/being] with you.
33 Chapanga mweileta uteke ndi avyayi na mwavoha nyenye! Ena!
[I pray that] God, who [causes us to have inner] peace, will be with all of you [and will help] you. (May it be so!/Amen!)
