Wagalatia 5
1 Kristo alitupa uhuru, akataka tubaki huru. Hivyo simameni imara wala msikubali tena kulemewa na kongwa la utumwa.
stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.
2 Sikilizeni! Mimi, Paulo, nawaambieni kwamba kama mkikubali kutahiriwa, basi Kristo hatawafaidia chochote.
Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you.
3 Namshuhudia tena kila mtu anayekubali kutahiriwa kwamba inampasa kushika sheria yote.
I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law.
4 Ninyi mnaotafuta kuhesabiwa haki kwa njia ya sheria mmetengwa na Kristo, mko mbali na neema ya Mungu.
If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace.
5 Kwa maana, kwa njia ya Roho kwa imani, tunangojea kwa shauku tumaini la haki.
But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded);
6 Kwa maana ndani ya Kristo Yesu, kutahiriwa au kutokutahiriwa hakuleti tofauti, bali lililo muhimu ni imani itendayo kazi kwa njia ya upendo.
because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.
7 Mlikuwa mkipiga mbio vizuri. Ni nani aliyewazuia msiitii kweli?
You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 Ushawishi wa namna hiyo haukutokana na yule anayewaita.
The influence brought to bear does not come from him who is calling you.
9 “Chachu kidogo huchachua donge zima.”
A little leaven is leavening the whole lump.
10 Nina hakika katika Bwana kwamba hamtakuwa na msimamo mwingine. Mtu anayewachanganya anastahili adhabu, hata awe nani.
As for me, I am fully trusting you in the Lord that you will be no otherwise minded; but he who is trying to unsettle you will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.
11 Lakini ndugu zangu, kama mimi bado ninahubiri kuhusu kutahiriwa, kwa nini bado ninateswa? Katika hiyo hali basi, kwazo la msalaba limeondolewa.
But I, brothers, if I "still preach circumcision," why am I still persecuted? Then surely the stumbling-block of the Cross has ceased to be an obstacle!
12 Laiti hao wanaowavuruga wangejihasi wao wenyewe!
Would to God that those who are trying to unsettle you would even have themselves mutilated.
13 Ndugu zangu, ninyi mliitwa ili mwe huru, hivyo msitumie uhuru wenu kama fursa ya kufuata tamaa za mwili, bali tumikianeni ninyi kwa ninyi kwa upendo.
For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.
14 Kwa maana sheria yote hukamilika katika amri moja: “Mpende jirani yako kama nafsi yako.”
For the whole Law has been fulfilled in this one precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
15 Kama mkiumana na kutafunana, angalieni, msije mkaangamizana.
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, take heed lest you be utterly consumed one by another.
16 Kwa hiyo nasema, enendeni kwa Roho, wala hamtazitimiza kamwe tamaa za mwili.
This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 Kwa maana mwili hutamani yale yaliyo kinyume na Roho, naye Roho hutamani yale yaliyo kinyume na mwili. Roho na mwili hupingana na kwa sababu hiyo hamwezi kufanya mnayotaka.
For the desire of the flesh is against that of the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit is against that of the flesh, for they two are antagonistic, so that you may not do those things that you wish.
18 Lakini kama mkiongozwa na Roho, hamko chini ya sheria.
But if you are habitually led by the Spirit you are not under law.
19 Basi matendo ya mwili ni dhahiri nayo ni haya: Uasherati, uchafu, ufisadi,
Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency,
20 kuabudu sanamu, uchawi, uadui, ugomvi, wivu, hasira, fitina, faraka, uzushi,
idol-worship, sorcery, quarrels, party-spirit, jealousy, passionate anger, intrigues, factions, sectarianism,
21 husuda, ulevi, ulafi na mambo mengine yanayofanana na hayo. Nawaonya, kama nilivyokwisha kuwaonya kabla, kwamba watu watendao mambo kama hayo, hawataurithi Ufalme wa Mungu.
envy, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these. I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practise such sins shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 Lakini tunda la Roho ni upendo, furaha, amani, uvumilivu, utu wema, fadhili, uaminifu,
But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;
23 upole na kiasi. Katika mambo kama haya hakuna sheria.
against such there is no law.
24 Wote walio wa Kristo Yesu wameusulubisha mwili na shauku zake pamoja na tamaa zake.
And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and appetites.
25 Kwa kuwa tunaishi kwa Roho, basi, tuenende kwa Roho.
If we are living by the Spirit, let us also keep step in the Spirit.
26 Tusijisifu bure, tukichokozana na kuoneana wivu.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
