Valumi 8
1 Ndi hinu, kawaka kuhamuliwa mbunu kwa vala vevawungini na Kilisitu Yesu.
Because [God has erased the record of our sins because we trust in what Christ has done for us], now [God will] not condemn and punish those/us who have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Christ Jesus.
2 Muni, mukuwungana na Yesu Kilisitu, Malagizu ga Mpungu Msopi mweileta wumi kwa yinigombwili kuhuma mu malagizu ga kumbudila Chapanga na lifwa.
[God’s] Spirit causes us to live [in a new way] [PRS] as a result of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. And he has set up a way by which he frees [each of] us from continually being forced to sin (OR, to obey our self-directed natures) and from being separated from God.
3 Chapanga akitili lijambu lila langahotoleka kuhengeka na Muhilu ndava ya mnogo uhakau wetavelekiwi nawu, wewayikitili Malagizu genago kuvya ganyong'onyo. Chapanga amtumili Mwana waki ngamwene mweavi na higa ngati tete vetibuda, muni ahukumwayi kubuda, na kwa higa yaki yeniyo akakomekesa kubuda.
What [we] could not do [by trying to obey] the laws [of God] [PRS], because our self-directed nature was too weak [to obey them], God did. He sent his own Son [into the world in order that his Son might atone] for our sin. His Son came having a body (OR, human nature) that was like [the body] (OR, the [human nature]) of us people who sin. [By sending his Son in this way], he condemned and punished [his Son, who never sinned, instead of punishing us, who] sinned [MTY]. He did that [by making his Son’s] body [a sacrifice] (OR, [by causing his Son’s] body [to suffer/die]) for [all our] sin.
4 Chapanga akitili chenichi muni gala gegiganikiwa na Malagizu ga Musa gahengekayi mugati yitu neju, tete vetitama kwa makakala ga Mpungu Msopi ndi lepi kwa makakala ga mnogo uhakau wetivelekiwi nawu.
So we can [now] fulfill all that God required in his laws. We do this, not by our acting the way our sinful human nature [desires], but instead by living as [God’s] Spirit [desires us to live].
5 Muni, vala vevitama kulandana na mnogo uhakau wa wakuvelekewa nawu maholo gavi gitalaliwa na mnogo uhakau wenuwo. Nambu vala vevitama kulandana na uganu wa Mpungu Msopi, vitalaliwa na gala geigana Mpungu Msopi,
People who live according to what their self-directed nature [desires] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires]. But people who [live] according to what [God’s] Spirit [desires think about and are concerned about] what [God’s] Spirit [desires].
6 maholo gegilongoswa na mnogo uhakau wakuvelekewa nawu weyileta lifwa, nambu uholalelu wewilongoswa na Mpungu Msopi uleta wumi na uteke.
Those people who [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires] will not live eternally (OR, will be separated from God). But those people who think about and are concerned about what [God’s] Spirit [desires] will live [eternally] and have [inner] peace.
7 Mundu, mweitalaliwa na maholo ga mnogo uhakau weavelikwi nawu ivya likoko wa Chapanga. Ndava muni ilanda lepi Malagizu ga Chapanga mewa akuyiyidakila lepi.
Let me explain this. [To the extent that] people [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires], they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey the laws of God. In fact, they are not even able [to obey his laws].
8 Vandu vevilongoswa na mnogo uhakau wa higa yeavelekiwi nayu nakuhotola kumganisa Chapanga.
The people who let their self-directed nature [control them] cannot do what pleases God.
9 Nambu nyenye Mpungu wa Chapanga akatama mugati yinu yati mwilongoswa lepi na mnogo uhakau wa higa weavelekiwi nawu nambu mwilongoswa na mpungu. Ngati mundu yoyoha avi lepi na mpungu wa Kilisitu, mwenuyo lepi wa Kilisitu,
But we do not have to let our self-directed nature [control us]. Instead, we can [let] God’s Spirit [control us], because he lives within us. If people do not have [living in them] the Spirit [who comes from] Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
10 Nambu ngati Kilisitu avili mugati yinu, mpungu akuvapela wumi muni nyenye muvalangiwi ubwina palongolo ya Chapanga. Hati ngati higa yinu yati yifwa ndava ya kubuda nyenye mwakona mumi.
But since Christ [is living in you/us by his Spirit, although] your/our bodies [are certain to] die because you/we sin, your/our spirits are alive because God has erased the record of your/our sins.
11 Ngati Mpungu wa Chapanga mweamuyukisi Yesu kuhuma mulifwa itama mugati yinu, ndi mwenuyo mwamuyukisi Kilisitu mewawa yati akuiyukisa higa yinu yeyifwa. Yati ikita chenicho mu njila ya Mpungu waki wewitama mugati yinu.
[God] caused Jesus to live again after he died. And because his Spirit lives in you/us, [God] will also make your/our bodies, which [now] are sure to die, live [again after you/we die]. God, who caused Christ to live again after he died, will make you/us live again by [causing] his Spirit, who lives within you/us, [to do it].
12 Hinu ndi, valongo vangu, tivii na lihengu, tiganikiwa lepi kutama ngati mnogo witu uhakau wetivelekiwi nawu chewigana titama.
Therefore, my fellow believers, we must [live as the Spirit directs us]. What we do not have to do is to live as our self-directed nature [guides us].
13 Ndava muni, mukatama ngati higa cheyigana chakaka yati mwifwa. Nambu ngati mkagakoma matendu ginu gahakau mu njila ya Mpungu Msopi, yati mwivya muwumi.
If you live the way your self-directed nature [directs], you will surely not live [eternally] (OR, will surely be eternally separated from God). But if by [the power of God’s] Spirit you quit doing the [sinful] things that your bodies [desire] [MET], you will live eternally.
14 Ndava muni voha vevilongoswa na Mpungu wa Chapanga ndi vana va Chapanga.
We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children.
15 Ndava muni, mwampokili lepi Mpungu mweakuvakita vavanda kangi mweakuvayogofya, nambu mwampokili Mpungu mweakuvakita vana va Chapanga. Ndi tikumkemela Chapanga “Aba,” Ndi mana yaki “Dadi!”
[You have showed that this is true], because you received [from God] a Spirit that is not one that makes you fear [God] again. You are not like slaves who [fear their masters] [MET]. On the contrary, we have received a Spirit by whose [work in our hearts God] has adopted us. The Spirit now enables us to cry out [to God], “[You(sg) are my] Father [DOU]!”
16 Mpungu wa Chapanga mwene iwungana na mpungu witu na ijova kuvya chakaka tete ndi tavana va Chapanga.
The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits [say], that we are God’s children.
17 Hinu, yikavya tete tavana vaki, ndi vahali va Chapanga yati tipokela vindu vyeativikili Chapanga pamonga na Kilisitu, muni tikang'aikayi pamonga nayu mewawa yati tihanganila nayu muukulu waki.
Because we are [God’s] children, we also will some day receive/inherit [eternal blessings/privileges]. We will receive/inherit them from God, and we will [also] receive/inherit [them] just like Christ has [inherited them]. But we must suffer [for doing good] as Christ did, in order to receive splendor as he did.
18 Nilola kuvya mang'ahiso ga lukumbi ulu lwa hinu katu chindu lepi ngati tiwanangisa na ukulu weugubukuliwa kwitu.
I consider that what we suffer during the present time is not worth [paying attention to, because] the future splendor/glory that will be revealed {that [God] will reveal} to us [is so great].
19 Viumbi vyoha vilindila kwa mnogo uvaha Chapanga avamanyisa vana vaki.
The [things that God has] created are very eagerly waiting for [the time] [PRS, DOU] when God will reveal who his [true] children are.
20 Ndava muni, viumbi vyoha vyabadiliswi na kuvya vyangali mana, lepi kwa kugana vyene nambu vyakitiwi kwa uganu wa Chapanga, Hati naha livii huvalila,
[God] caused the things that he created to be unable to achieve [what he had purposed. That was] not because they wanted to [be unable to do that]. On the contrary, [God] made them that way because he wanted them to keep confidently expecting
21 muni viumbi na vyene yati vilekekeswa kuhuma mu uvanda wa kuhalibika, na viyingila muukulu wa kulekewa kwa vana va Chapanga.
that the things that [he] created will be freed {that [he] will free the things that [he] created} from their sure decay [MET]. [He] will free them in order that [he can give them] the same glory that belongs to his children.
22 Muni timanyili mbaka hinu, viumbi vyoha ving'ita kwa mvinisu ngati lipyanda la kuveleka mwana.
We know that until now [it is as though] all [things] that God created have been groaning together, [and they long for that glory, just like a mother having the pains before bearing a child] groans [and longs for her baby’s birth] [MET].
23 Nambu lepi viumbi vyenivyo ndu, hati tete vetivili na Mpungu mwenuyo, mweavili njombi ya kutumbula ya Chapanga, mewawa cha mugati ting'ita kwa lipyanda, tilindila kwa mnogo ligono lila Chapanga leakutigubukula tete kuvya vana vaki chakaka na kuying'anamusa higa zitu kuvya zamupya.
Not only [do those things groan], but we ourselves also groan inwardly. We who have [God’s] Spirit, who is like a partial gift [MET] we have received as we wait for [the future glory, groan inwardly]. We groan while we wait eagerly for the time when we will receive our [full] rights as God’s adopted children. That [will include] his freeing our bodies [from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies].
24 Muni tisanguliwi nambu takona tivii na huvalila yeniyi. Nambu chindu chechihuvaliwi chakalolekana, lepi huvalila kavili. Ndi mundu yoki ihuvalila chindu chila cheavili nachu?
Ever since we were saved {since [God] saved us}, we have continued to confidently expect [that future glory]. If we had what we waited for, we would not [need to] wait for it any longer, because those who have something, certainly do not continue to wait for it! [RHQ]
25 Ngati tikuchihuvalila chila tangachiwona, ndi tikuchilindila kwa kusindimala.
But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly.
26 Mewawa, na mwene Mpungu Msopi akutitangatila mu kulenda kwitu. Muni timanyi lepi cheyiganikiwa tiyupayi, na Mpungu mwene akutiyupila tete kwa Chapanga kwa kung'ita kwa malovi gangajoveka.
Similarly, in addition to our continuing to wait for what God will give us, God’s Spirit helps us when our spirits feel weak. We do not know what is proper/necessary for us to pray. But God’s Spirit knows, and he prays for us when we groan (OR, he groans) in a way that cannot be expressed in words (OR, prays with us, groaning in a way that cannot be expressed in words).
27 Ni mwene Chapanga mweilola mbaka mumitima ya vandu, amanyili uholalelu lwa Mpungu, muni Mpungu akuvayupila vandu va Chapanga, kulandana na uganisu wa Chapanga.
God, who examines our inner feelings, understands what his Spirit desires. What God understands is that his Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray.
28 Chakaka timanyili mu mambu goha Chapanga ihenga lihengu kwa chiyonjokesu cha vala vevakumgana, vala vevakemeliwi kuhenga gala geigana mwene gahengekayi.
And we know that to those/us who love God, he works out all things that happen [to them/us] in a way that produces good [spiritual] benefits [for us]. He does these things for those/us whom he has chosen, because that was (OR, was according to) what he planned to do.
29 Muni avo Chapanga avamanyili kutumbula kadeni, ndi avahagwili vawananganayi na Mwana waki, muni mwana avyayi wa kutumbula pagati ya valongo vamahele.
God knew previously [that we would believe] in him (OR, [would be saved]). We are those who God also decided previously would develop a character like his Son’s character. The result of that is that [Christ is like] a firstborn/highest-ranking [son], and [those/we who are God’s children] [MET] are [like] [MET] many [younger] brothers [of Jesus].
30 Ndi, vala Chapanga avahagwili, mewawa avakemili, na venavo veavakemili vabwina palongolo yaki na venavo vevakitili vabwina ndi akahanganila nawu muukulu waki.
And us who God decided previously [that we would become like his Son], he also summoned. And for us whom he summoned, he also erased the record of our sins. And for us whose record of sins he has erased, he also will surely give future splendor.
31 Pa genago goha, tijovayi kyani kangi? Ngati Chapanga avili upandi witu, yani mweihotola kutidivalila?
So (I will tell you what we must conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]./what shall we conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]?) [RHQ] Because God [is acting] on our behalf, (no one can win against us!/can anyone defeat us? (OR, it does not matter if anyone opposes us)!) [RHQ]
32 Chapanga amuhengili lepi lipyana hati mwana waki, ndi amuwusili ndava ya tavoha tete. Wu, ngati atipelili mwana waki wu, akutipela lepi waka mambu goha pamonga nayu?
God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over [to others to cruelly kill him] in order that all we [who believe in him] may benefit [from his dying for us. Therefore, because God did that], (he will also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ./will he not also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ?) [RHQ]
33 Yani mweakuvatakila vandu vahaguliwa va Chapanga? Chapanga mwene akuvawusila kuhoka!
It is God himself who erases the record of our sins. So (no one who accuses us [before God will win against us] (OR, [it does not matter] if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen./is it possible that anyone who accuses us [before God] will win against us (OR, does it matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen?) [RHQ]
34 Yani mwakuvahukumwa? Lepi Kilisitu Yesu! Muni Kilisitu Yesu ndi mweafwili, neju pa genago ayukili kuhuma lifwa na itama upandi wa kulyela wa Chapanga. Mwene yati akutiyupila kwa Chapanga!
It is Christ Jesus himself who pleads [with God] for us, so (no one can condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)./can anyone condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)?) [RHQ] Christ died [for us], but he was also brought back to life {[God] also raised him from the dead}, and he is now at the place of honor [ruling] with God [MTY].
35 Yani mweihotola kutilekenganisa na uganu wa Kilisitu? Wu, mang'ahiso, amala mtahu amala mvinisu amala njala amala changali nyula amala kuyokiwa amala lifwa?
Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! [RHQ] That could not [RHQ] happen [because someone] caused us to have trouble [DOU], or [because someone did things to] harm us, or [because we did] not have anything to eat, or [because we did] not have enough clothes, or [because we lived in a] dangerous situation, or [because someone killed us with] a sword [MTY] (OR, murdered us).
36 Ngati Mayandiku Gamsopi chegijova, “Ndava yaku, titama mumtahu wa lifwa muhi mbaka kilu, tiwanangana ngati limbelele lelihamba kuhinjwa.”
[Such things may happen to us, just like] it is written {[as David] wrote} [that David said to God], “Because we are your [(sg)] people, [other people repeatedly attempt to] kill us. They consider that we are [only people to be killed], [like a butcher considers] that sheep are [only] animals to be slaughtered [MET].”
37 Nambu mu mambu goha tete tihotola, kangi neju ya kuhotola kwa mwene mweatiganili.
But even though all these bad things [may happen to us], we win a great victory/triumph [over these things because Christ], who loves us, [helps us].
38 Muni nene nimanyili chakaka kawaka chindu chechihotola kutilekanganisa na uganu wa Chapanga, lepi lifwa, amala wumi, lepi vamitumu va kunani kwa Chapanga, amala makakala, lepi vindu vya hinu amala vyevibwela,
I am absolutely certain that neither being dead (OR, being killed), nor [what happens to us while] we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful [beings/forces],
39 lepi gegavi kunani, amala gegavi pahi amala chochoha chechiwumbiwi chechihotola kutilekanganisa na uganu wa Chapanga weuvili witu mugati ya Kilisitu Yesu BAMBU witu.
nor [powerful beings] above [the horizon] or below [the horizon] [MTY], nor anything else that [God has] created can cause God to stop loving us. [God showed us that he loves us by sending] Jesus Christ our Lord [to die for us].
