Walumi 15
1 Eshi atee tetili nedadi tihwaziwa ahweje ulembezu wabhala alembezu, satihwaziwa ahwilole tete.
We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.
2 Kila omo wetu asogwaje upalamani wakwe hweli ega minza, hwidala lya hulengange.
Let each of us please our neighbor for our neighbor’s good, to help in the building up of their character.
3 Hata oyo Kilisiti saga ahwilolaga yuyo mwene. Hwa huje alinashi sagasimbilwe, “Esnundo zyabhala bhabhalijile ganajile nene.”
Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as scripture says of him – ‘The reproaches of those who were reproaching you fell upon me.’
4 Hwa hohonti hahatagaliye asimbwe, hasimbilwe hwutilogozye, hwa huje ashilile ajimbe naashilile apelwe umwoyo nendajizyo angatili nelyomi.
Whatever was written in the scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.
5 Eshi Ongolobhe umwene wajimbe nawatipele omwoyo naabhapele abhe nensebho sawa nahwakila omo alengane nu Yesu uKilisti.
And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,
6 Awezizye abhombe eshi husebho emo muwezye humwinyile hwiilomu limo Ongolobhe nu baada hwa Gosi wetu uYesu Kilisti.
so that with one heart and one voice you may praise the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
7 Hweeli posheli kila oomo, nashishila uKilisti nabhaposheye, hwatafihwe hwa Ngolobhe.
Therefore always receive one another as friends, just as the Christ himself received us, to the glory of God.
8 Huje eyanga huje uKilisti abhehwelwe tumwahwa tohala hwidala elilyoli hwa Ngolobhe. Abhombile eshi huje awezye abhonesye endajizyo zye zyafumile hwa madaada,
For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God’s truthfulness, has become a minister of the covenant of circumcision, so that he may fulfill the promises made to our ancestors,
9 na hwa mataifa humwembele Ongolobhe hwuwenee yakwe. Nashi salyandihwe, hwa huje embafumwe esifa huliwe nalengane nabhe mataifa nahwembe esifa ashilile itawa lyakwe.”
and that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As scripture says – ‘Therefore will I make acknowledgment to you among the Gentiles and sing in honor of your name.’
10 Nantele eyanga, “Shanji, amwee mubhatu bhemataifa, pandwemo na bhantu bhakwe.”
And again it says – ‘Rejoice, you Gentiles, with God’s people.’
11 Nantele, “Mtofyaje Ogosi, amwe mmataifa mwetileshi bhemataifa; goti bamwinulaje umwe.”
And yet again – ‘Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all Peoples sing his praises.’
12 Nantele oIsaya ayanga, “Hwaibha izii elya Yese, na oomo aibhomba atabhale amwanya yemataifa. Amataifa bhaibha nulusobhelo ashilile omwene.”
Again, Isaiah says – ‘There will be a Scion of the house of Jesse, One who is to arise to rule the Gentiles; on him will the Gentiles rest their hopes.’
13 Eshi Ongolobhe owe sobhezyo abhamemwe nashee hwoti nulweteho hwa mweteshele, huje muwezye ahojelele ashilile esobhezyo, hwidandi elya Ompepo Ofinjile.
May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, until you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
14 Nene nimwene evutililwe namwe, mwaholo bhane. Evitulilwe namwe mmemile uwinza, mmemile enjele zyonti. Evutililwe huje amwe muwenza apelane kila oomo nuwamwabho.
I am persuaded, my friends – yes, I Paul, with regard to you – that you are yourselves full of kindness, furnished with all Christian learning, and well able to give advice to one another.
15 Lakini ewandiha hwelyomi nsini hulimwi humwanya yemambo gagahweli huje ebhakomboshe nantele, husababu yeshipawa shepewilwe nu Ngolobhe.
But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly – by way of refreshing your memories –
16 Eshipawa eshishali huje embetumwa wa Yesu Kilisti watumwilwe hwa mataifa, ahwifumwe nashi oodimi we bhangili lya Ngolobhe. Nezagawezye abhombe eshi ahwifumwe hwane hwamataifa hubhe hukondelwe, nahubhehwelwe hu Ngolobhe hwidala lya Opepo Ofinjile.
because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be an assistant of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles – that I should act as a priest of God’s good news, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
17 Huje ashee hwane huli mwidala lya Kilisti nu Yesu nashilile hwa Ngolobhe.
It is, then, through my union with Christ Jesus that I have a proud confidence in my work for God.
18 Huje sembwezizye alombelele wala ayanje lyolyonti huje uKilisti andengenye ashilile hwane ahwishe hwa mataifa. Eega amambo gamalishe hwizuu nidala,
For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles –
19 hwilyomi ololesyo wemagosi, nahwilyomi elya Ompepo Ufinjile. Eli lyali hufume hu Yelusalemu, na zyogolele ohutali nashi iliriko, ebwezye ahweje hwoze humalisho wibhangili lya Kilisti.
by my words and actions, through the power displayed in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. And so, starting from Jerusalem and going as far as Illyria, I have told in full the good news of the Christ;
20 Hwidala eli, esebhozyane elilumbelele ibhagili, lakini sepala uKilisti pamanyishe hwitawa, huje esiwezye azenje pamwanya yesingi gwa muntu owamwabho.
yet always with the ambition to tell the good news where Christ’s name had not previously been heard, so as to avoid building on another’s foundations.
21 Nashi sagasimbilwe: “Eebho hwamwene sebhali nalyolyoti lyamwene ahenzele bhaihulola, nabhala bhasagabhamwovwezye bhenzehumanye.”
But as scripture says – ‘They to whom he had never been proclaimed will see; and they who have never heard will understand!’
22 Hweli naliezigwilwe marahaminji ahwenze mwenyu.
That is why I have so often been prevented from coming to you.
23 Lakini esalezi, sendinesehemu yoyoti ashile amikoa egaa, naendiieziliha hwumaha minji ahweze hwulimwi.
But now there are no further openings for me in these parts, and I have for several years been longing to come to you whenever I may be going to Spain.
24 Huje mara zyoti nkembale Hispania etegemela abhalole nkeshile, etwalwe hwidala lyane namwe, baada yasogwe akhale namwe humdaa.
For my hope is to visit you on my journey, and then to be sent on my way by you, after I have first partly satisfied myself by seeing something of you.
25 Lakini esalezi embala hu Yelusalemu abhalishe aumini.
Just now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem, to take help to Christ’s people there.
26 Maana bhasogwelwe abhantu bha hu Makedonia na bha hu Akaya abhombe osanguzi welyoli hwabhala bhabhasagali nahantu bhamobhamo mwaumini ohwo hu Yeslusalemu.
For Macedonia and Greece have been glad to make a collection for the poor among Christ’s people at Jerusalem.
27 Lyoli, lwalilugano lwabho, nalyoli bhalinebha madeni gabho. Maana nkashile amataifa bhashilikile ashilile amambo gabho age mpepo, bhanamadeni bhope natele nabhalishe evitu vyesagabhali navyo.
Yes, they were glad to do so; and indeed it is a duty which they owe to them. For the Gentile converts who have shared their spiritual blessings are in duty bound to minister to them in the things of this world.
28 Eshi, natele amalezyezye evi nabhene nayerane humandodo ega hwabhene, anenaibhala mwidala padwemo namwee ooho hu Hispania.
When I have settled this matter, and have secured for the poor at Jerusalem the enjoyment of these benefits, I will go, by way of you, to Spain.
29 Emenye huje, nantele nkenenze hulimwi, naihweza ekamilishe hwuwinji wa Kilisti.
And I know that, when I come to you, it will be with a full measure of blessing from Christ.
30 Esalezi embasunda, bhaholo, hwa Gosi wetu uYesu Kilisiti, nahwigane lya Umpepo, huje mubhe padwemo nane ashirile apute hwenyu hwa Ngolobhe hwa ajili yalini.
I beg you, then, friends, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.
31 Putaji huje epone afume hwa bhene bhasaga bhane nshinshi ashilile hu Yudea, na huje embombo yane ohwo hu Yelusalemu ewezye aposhelelwe nalokole.
Pray that I may be rescued from those in Judea who reject the faith, and that the help which I am taking to Jerusalem may prove acceptable to Christ’s people;
32 Putaji huje engenza hulimwi seshiye ashilile huwinza wa Ngolobhe, na huje embepadwemo namwe, embwezye antoye.
so that, God willing, I may be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and enjoy some rest among you.
33 Nu Ngolobhe owewene abhe padwemo namwe mwentii. Amina.
May God, the giver of peace, be with you all. Amen.
