VaRoma 8
1 Naizvozvo ikozvino hakuna kupiwa mhosva kune vari muna Kristu Jesu vasingafambi maererano nenyama, asi maererano neMweya.
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 Nokuti murairo weMweya weupenyu muna Kristu Jesu wakandisunungura kubva pamurairo wechivi newerufu.
[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 Nokuti zvakange zvisingagoneki nemurairo, pakuti wakange une utera nekuda kwenyama, Mwari achituma Mwanakomana wake mumufananidzo wenyama yezvivi, uye nekuda kwechivi, wakapa mhosva chivi munyama;
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 kuti kururama kwemurairo kuzadziswe matiri, tisingafambi maererano nenyama, asi maererano neMweya.
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 Nokuti avo vepanyama vanofunganya zvinhu zvenyama; asi vari paMweya zvinhu zveMweya.
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 Nokuti kufunganya kwenyama rufu; asi kufunganya kweMweya upenyu nerugare;
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 nokuti kufunganya kwenyama ruvengo kuna Mwari; nokuti hakuzviisi pasi pemurairo waMwari; nokuti hakugoniwo;
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 neavo vari munyama havagoni kufadza Mwari.
The people who let their self-directed nature [control them] cannot do what pleases God.
9 Asi imwi hamusi munyama, asi muMweya, kana zvirokwazvo Mweya waMwari achingogara mamuri. Asi kana umwe asina Mweya waKristu, uyu haasi wake.
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 Asi kana Kristu ari mamuri, muviri wakafa nekuda kwechivi, asi mweya upenyu nekuda kwekururama.
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 Zvino kana Mweya waiye wakamutsa Jesu kubva kuvakafa achigara mamuri, iye wakamutsa Kristu kubva kuvakafa achararamisawo miviri yenyu inofa neMweya wake anogara mamuri.
[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 Naizvozvo zvino, hama, tine ngava, kwete kunyama, kuti tirarame maererano nenyama;
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 nokuti kana muchirarama maererano nenyama, muchafa; asi kana muchiuraya mabasa emuviri neMweya, muchararama.
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 Nokuti vese vanotungamirirwa neMweya waMwari, ndivo vana vaMwari.
We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children.
15 Nokuti hamuna kugamuchira mweya weuranda kuti mutyezve, asi makagamuchira mweya wekuitwa vana, watinodana nawo tichiti: Abha, Baba.
[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 Mweya amene unopupurirana nemweya wedu, kuti tiri vana vaMwari;
The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits [say], that we are God’s children.
17 zvino kana tiri vana, tiri vadyi venhakawo; vadyi venhaka vaMwari, nevadyi venhaka pamwe naKristu; kana zvirokwazvo tichitambudzika naye, kuti tikudzwewo pamwe naye.
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 Nokuti ndinoona kuti matambudziko enguva yaikozvino haana kufanira kuenzaniswa nekubwinya kuchazoratidzwa kwatiri.
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 Nokuti tarisiro huru yechisikwa inomirira kubudiswa pachena kwevana vaMwari.
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 Nokuti chisikwa chakaiswa pasi pekushaiwa maturo, kwete nekuda, asi nekuda kwaiye wakachiisa pasi; mutariro
[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 kuti chisikwa pachachowo chichasunungurwa kubva pauranda hwekuora, chiiswe parusununguko rwekubwinya kwevana vaMwari.
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 Nokuti tinoziva kuti chisikwa chese chinogomera pamwe nekurwadziwa pamwe chete kusvikira ikozvino.
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 Zvisati zviri izvo chete, asi nesu tomene, tine chibereko chekutanga cheMweya, nesu tomene tinogomera mukati medu, tichimirira kuitwa vana, rudzikunuro rwemuviri wedu.
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 Nokuti tinoponeswa netariro; asi tariro inoonekwa haisi tariro; nokuti izvo munhu zvaanoona, achazvitaririreizve?
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 Asi kana tichitarisira chatisingaoni, tinochimirira nemoyo murefu.
But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly.
26 Saizvozvo neMweyawo unobatsira utera hwedu; nokuti hatizivi chatinofanira kunyengeterera sezvinofanira, asi Mweya amene anotireverera nekugomera kusingatauriki;
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 zvino iye anonzvera moyo anoziva fungwa yeMweya kuti chii, nokuti anoreverera vatsvene maererano naMwari.
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 Uye tinoziva kuti zvinhu zvese zvinobata pamwe kuti zvinakire avo vanoda Mwari, avo vakadanwa maererano nezano rake.
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 Nokuti vaakagara aziva, wakagarawo avatemera kuti vafanane nechimiro cheMwanakomana wake, kuti iye ave dangwe pakati pehama zhinji;
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 neavo vaakagara atemera, ndivo vaakadanawo; nevaakadana, ndivo vaakaruramisawo; nevaakaruramisa, ndivo vaakakudzawo.
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 Ko zvino tichatii kuzvinhu izvi? Kana Mwari ari kwatiri, ndiani achatirwisa?
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 Iye asina kutongoramba neMwanakomana wake pachake, asi wakamukumikidza nekuda kwedu tese, angarega sei kutipa zvese pachena pamwe nayewo?
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 Ndiani achapa mhosva pavasanangurwa vaMwari? NdiMwari anoti vakarurama;
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 ndiani anopa mhosva? NdiKristu wakafa, uye zvikuru wakamutswawo, uye ari kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari, uye anotireverera.
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 Ndiani achatiparadzanisa nerudo rwaKristu? Kutambudzika, kana kumanikidzika, kana kushushwa, kana nzara, kana kushama, kana njodzi, kana munondo here?
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 Sezvazvakanyorwa kuti: Nekuda kwenyu tinourawa zuva rese; tinoverengwa semakwai ekubaiwa.
[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 Asi pazvinhu izvi zvese tiri vakundi nekupfuurisa naiye wakatida.
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 Nokuti ndine chokwadi kuti harwusi rufu kana upenyu kana vatumwa kana utungamiriri kana masimba kana zvinhu zviripo kana zvinhu zvinouya
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 kana urefu kana udzamu kana chimwe chisikwa chipi zvacho chingagona kutiparadzanisa nerudo rwaMwari rwuri muna Kristu Jesu Ishe wedu.
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].
