Walumi 16
1 Eembapela hulimwi o Fibi oilombo wenyu, oyoo tumwa webhanza lyelili ohwo Kenkrea,
[By means of this letter] I am introducing and recommending to you our fellow believer Phoebe, [who will be taking this letter to you]. She is a deacon in the congregation in Cenchrea [city].
2 ili huje muwezizye huposhele ashilile hwa Gosi. Bhombaji eshi ashilile itawa elye tabhalo elyabhoziwa, na mwemelele padwemo nu mwene ashilile lyolyoti lyabhabhe hwanza umwene. Maana umwene yuyo aalintumwa wa bhinji, nahwaajili yalini nemwene.
[I request that] you receive her because of her relationship with the Lord. [You should do that because] those who are God’s people ought to receive [their fellow believers]. [I am also requesting] that you help her [by giving her] [EUP] whatever she needs, because she has helped many people, including me.
3 Mlamshe Priska nu Akila, wabhomba embombo nane ashilile uKilisiti uYesu,
Tell Priscilla and [her husband] Aquila that I (send greetings to/am thinking fondly of) them. They worked with me for Christ Jesus,
4 ebhoo hutubhalo yane bhahandilefwe na huntabhalo yabho bhene. Na efumiya asalifwe hwabhene, nasaga nene nimwene, nahwabhala humabhanza goti age mataifa.
and they were even willing to die [IDM] in order [to save] my life. It is not only I who thank them [for helping me], but the people in all [HYP] the non-Jewish congregations also [thank them for saving my life].
5 Lilamshi ibhanza lyalili mnyumba yabho. Lamshi Epanieto omwinza wane, oyowepapwe wahwade hwa Kilisti ashilile hu Asia.
Also tell the congregation [that meets] in their house that I (send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of) them. Tell my dear friend Epaenetus the same thing. He is the first man in Asia [province] who [believed] in Christ.
6 Lamshe u Maliamu abhombile embombo hwilyomi hwaajili yalimwii.
Tell Mary, who has worked hard [for Christ] in order to [help] you, that I (send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of) her.
7 Mlamshe Androniko nu Yunia, bhamwetu, nabhabhapinyilwe padwemo nane. Nabhapapepe padwemo natumwa, bhabhatagaliye humanye uKilisti sesele aane.
Tell the same thing to Andronicus and [his wife] Junia (OR, and [his sister] Junia) who are my fellow Jews and who were also [previously] in prison with me. They are well-known/respected (OR, respected by the) apostles, and they became Christians before I did.
8 Mlamshe Ampliato, omwinza wane ashilile Ogosi.
I also send my greetings to Ampliatus, who is a dear friend because of his relationship with the Lord.
9 Mlamshe Urbano, ubhomba mbombo padwemo nane ashilile uKilisti nu Stakisi omwinza wane.
I also send my greetings to Urbanus, who works for Christ with us, and to my dear friend Stachys.
10 Mlamshe Apele, umwene ahweteshelwa ashile uKilistii. Bhalamshi bhoti bhabhali mnyumba ya Aristobulo.
I also send my greetings to Apelles, whom Christ has approved [because Apelles successfully endured trials]. Tell the [believers] who [live in the house] of Aristobulus that I send my greetings to them.
11 Mndamshile Helodioni, ono wa mwentu. Mndamshile bhoti bhabhali mnyumba ya Narkiso, bhabha hweli ashilile Ogosi.
Also tell Herodion, who is my fellow Jew, that I send my greetings to him. Tell the same thing to those who [live in the house] of Narcissus who belong to the Lord.
12 Mndamshile Trifaina nu Trifosa, bhabhabhomba eembombo hwilyomi ashilile Ogosi. mlamshe Persisi omwinza wabhombile embombo shinza hwa Gosi,
Tell the same thing to Tryphaena and [her sister] Tryphosa, who work hard for the Lord. I also send my greetings to Persis. [We all] love her and she has worked very hard for the Lord.
13 Mndamshile o Rufo, wasalulilwe ashilile Ogosi inunyina wakwe nu walini.
Tell Rufus, who is an outstanding Christian, that I send my greetings to him. [Tell the same thing to] his mother, [who has treated me as though] I [were her son] [MET].
14 Mlamshe Asinkrito, Flegoni, Herime, Patroba, Herima, na hola bhoti bhabhali padwemo nabhene.
Tell Asyncritus and Phlegon and Hermes and Patrobas and Hermas and the fellow believers who [meet] with them that I am sending my greetings to them.
15 Nisalimie Filologo na Yulia, Nerea na dada yake, na Olimpa, na waumini wote walio pamoja nao.
I also send my greetings to Philologus, to [his wife] Julia (OR, [his sister] Julia), to Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas, and to all God’s people who [meet] with them.
16 Mndamshile omoomo hubusu ifinjile. Amabhanza goti ashilile uKilisti gabhalamhaa.
Greet one another affectionately, but in a pure way, [when you gather together]. The [believers in] all the Christian congregations [HYP] [in this area (send their] greetings to/say they are thinking fondly of) you.
17 Salezi embasunda, mwaholo, asebhanye amwanya yebho bhabhasababisha anyapane nyapane nazijilwe. Bhabhala shenje nendajizyo zyebhalajiziwe. Galushi mfume hwa bhene.
My fellow believers, I exhort you that you beware of those people who are causing divisions among you and who cause people to turn away [from God] [MTY] [because they teach things that] are contrary to the message [about Christ] that you have learned (OR, that others taught you). Keep away from such people!
18 Hwa huje abhantu nashebha sebhatumwa bha Kilisiti Ogosi, bhalisha amavyanda gabho bhebho. Hunogwa zyabho enyololo nasalifye hwilega bhabhakhopela omoyo gasaga galogwe.
They do not serve our Lord Christ! On the contrary, they only want to satisfy their own desires [MTY]! Also, by all the eloquent things that they say [DOU] they deceive those people who do not realize [that their teaching is false].
19 Hweli elenjesya hunshinshi yenyu muhufishila kila omo. Huje, esoywelwe humwanya yenyu, lakini embaza aamwe mubhenagolele ashilile na minza, namgajebhe nalogwe hwitagalila lye mbibhi.
[Believers] everywhere know that you have paid attention to [the good message about Christ], with the result that I rejoice about you. But I also want you to be wise, [with the result that you do] what is good. I also want you to avoid doing what is evil.
20 Ongolobhe owewinza sagabhakhale hugoje usyetano pansi yenyayo zyenyu. Ewene eya Gosi uYesu Kilisti ebhe padwemo namwe.
[If you avoid people who teach what is false], what will [soon happen] [MET] [will be as though] God, who causes us to be peaceful, will be crushing Satan under your feet! [I pray that] our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly towards you.
21 Timotheo, obhomba mbombo nane, abhalamha nu Lukio, Yasoni nu Sospeter, bhamwetu bhane.
Timothy, who works with me, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, who are my fellow Jews, [want you to know that they are] (sending their greetings to/thinking fondly of) you.
22 Nene, Tertio, nahandishe ikalata elii, embalamuha ashilile itawa lya Gosi.
I, Tertius, [one who belongs to] the Lord, [also want you to know] that I am (sending my greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. [I am writing this letter as Paul tells me what to write for him].
23 Gayo, aandelile nahwibhanza lyoti, libhalamhaa. Erasto, wakhata evintu vye shijiji, abhalamhaa, padwemo nu Kwarto wali holo.
I, [Paul], am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole congregation [here meets] in his house. He [also wants you to know] that he is (sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. Erastus, the treasurer of [this] city, also [wants you to know that] he is (sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of) you. Our fellow believer Quartus also (sends his greetings to you./says he is thinking fondly of you.)
25 Esalezi hwamwene yuyo wali nikhone agabhomba huje mwemelele alengane ne bhangili namamanyisizyo ya Yesu Kilisti, alengane nalolesewe husili yefisilwe humahaminji, (aiōnios g166)
As [I] proclaim [the good message about] Jesus Christ, [I tell about God], the one who is able to strengthen you [spiritually]. I also proclaim the [truth] that was not revealed {which [God] did not reveal} in all previous ages/times (aiōnios g166)
26 lakini esalezi gamalishe nagaloleshe nabhehwe apazelu nagagasimbilwe nakhohwa alengane nadame hwa Ngolobhe uwewilawila hunshinshi eyelweteho lumo lwebhamataifa goti? (aiōnios g166)
but which has now been {which [he] has now} revealed. [I, along with others, have proclaimed] what the prophets wrote [about Christ]. We are doing what the eternal God commanded [us(exc)/me to do]. We want [people in] all ethnic groups to know [Christ] so that they can believe [in him] and obey [him]. (aiōnios g166)
