Wagalatia 6
1 Ndugu zangu, ikiwa mtu ameghafilika akatenda dhambi, basi ninyi mlio wa rohoni, mrejesheni upya mtu huyo kwa roho ya upole. Lakini jihadharini, ili ninyi wenyewe msije mkajaribiwa.
Brethren, if anybody be detected in any misconduct, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in a spirit of meekness. And let each of you keep watch over himself, lest he also fall into temptation.
2 Chukulianeni mizigo ninyi kwa ninyi, nanyi kwa njia hii mtatimiza sheria ya Kristo.
Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.
3 Kama mtu yeyote akijiona kuwa yeye ni bora na kumbe sivyo, basi mtu huyo anajidanganya mwenyewe.
For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.
4 Lakini kila mtu na aipime kazi yake mwenyewe, ndipo aweze kujisifu, bila kujilinganisha na mtu mwingine.
But let every man scrutinize his own conduct, and then he will find out, not with reference to another but with reference to himself, what he has to boast of.
5 Kwa maana, kila mtu atauchukua mzigo wake mwenyewe.
For every man will have to carry his own load.
6 Basi, yeye afundishwaye katika neno na amshirikishe mwalimu wake mema yote.
But let those who receive instruction in Christian truth share with their instructors all temporal blessings.
7 Msidanganyike, Mungu hadhihakiwi. Kwa kuwa kile apandacho mtu ndicho atakachovuna.
Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 Apandaye kwa mwili, katika mwili wake atavuna uharibifu, lakini yeye apandaye katika Roho, katika Roho atavuna uzima wa milele. (aiōnios g166)
He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)
9 Hivyo, tusichoke katika kutenda mema, kwa kuwa tutavuna kwa wakati wake tusipokata tamaa.
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
10 Kwa hiyo, kadiri tupatavyo nafasi na tuwatendee watu wote mema, hasa wale wa jamaa ya waaminio.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.
11 Angalieni herufi kubwa nitumiazo ninapowaandikia kwa mkono wangu mwenyewe!
See in what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.
12 Wale wanaotaka kuonekana wazuri kwa mambo ya mwili wanataka wawalazimishe kutahiriwa. Sababu pekee ya kufanya hivyo ni kuepuka kuteswa kwa ajili ya msalaba wa Kristo.
All who desire to display their zeal for external observances try to compel you to receive circumcision, but their real object is simply to escape being persecuted for the Cross of Christ.
13 Hata wale waliotahiriwa wenyewe hawaitii sheria, lakini wanataka ninyi mtahiriwe ili wapate kujivuna kwa habari ya miili yenu.
For these very men do not really keep the Law of Moses, but they would have you receive circumcision in order that they may glory in your bodies.
14 Mungu apishie mbali nisije nikajivunia kitu chochote isipokuwa msalaba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, ambaye kwa yeye ulimwengu umesulubiwa kwangu, nami nimesulubiwa kwa ulimwengu.
But as for me, God forbid that I should glory in anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.
15 Kwa maana katika Kristo Yesu, kutahiriwa au kutokutahiriwa si kitu, bali kule kuwa kiumbe kipya ni kila kitu!
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only a renewed nature.
16 Amani na rehema viwe na wote wanaofuata kanuni hii, na juu ya Israeli wa Mungu.
And all who shall regulate their lives by this principle--may peace and mercy be given to them--and to the true Israel of God.
17 Hatimaye, tangu sasa mtu yeyote asinitaabishe, kwa maana nachukua katika mwili wangu chapa zake Yesu.
From this time onward let no one trouble me; for, as for me, I bear, branded on my body, the scars of Jesus as my Master.
18 Ndugu zangu, neema ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo iwe pamoja na roho zenu. Amen.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, brethren. Amen.
