Warumi 5
1 Kwa hiyo, kwa kuwa tumekwisha kuhesabiwa haki kwa imani, tuna amani na Mungu kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo,
Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 ambaye kwa kupitia kwake tumepata kwa njia ya imani kuifikia neema hii ambayo ndani yake sasa tunasimama, nasi twafurahia katika tumaini letu la kushiriki utukufu wa Mungu.
through whom also we have the access by faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.
3 Si hivyo tu, bali twafurahi pia katika mateso, kwa sababu tunajua kuwa mateso huleta saburi,
And not only [so], but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works endurance;
4 nayo saburi huleta uthabiti wa moyo, na uthabiti wa moyo huleta tumaini,
and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;
5 wala tumaini halitukatishi tamaa, kwa sababu Mungu amekwisha kumimina pendo lake mioyoni mwetu kwa njia ya Roho Mtakatifu ambaye ametupatia.
and the hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God has been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
6 Kwa maana hata tulipokuwa dhaifu, wakati ulipowadia, Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yetu sisi wenye dhambi.
For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time died for the impious;
7 Hakika, ni vigumu mtu yeyote kufa kwa ajili ya mwenye haki, ingawa inawezekana mtu akathubutu kufa kwa ajili ya mtu mwema.
for scarcely for a righteous man will anyone die, for the good man perhaps someone also dares to die;
8 Lakini Mungu anaudhihirisha upendo wake kwetu kwamba: Tulipokuwa tungali wenye dhambi, Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yetu.
and God commends His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ died for us;
9 Basi, kwa kuwa sasa tumehesabiwa haki kwa damu yake, si zaidi sana tutaokolewa kutoka ghadhabu ya Mungu kupitia kwake!
much more, then, having been declared righteous now in His blood, we will be saved through Him from the wrath;
10 Kwa kuwa kama tulipokuwa adui wa Mungu tulipatanishwa naye kwa njia ya kifo cha Mwanawe, si zaidi sana tukiisha kupatanishwa, tutaokolewa kwa uzima wake.
for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved in His life.
11 Lakini zaidi ya hayo, pia tunafurahi katika Mungu kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, ambaye kupitia kwake tumepata upatanisho.
And not only [so], but we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we now received the reconciliation;
12 Kwa hiyo kama vile dhambi ilivyoingia ulimwenguni kupitia kwa mtu mmoja, na kupitia dhambi hii mauti ikawafikia watu wote, kwa sababu wote wamefanya dhambi:
because of this, even as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin—death; and thus to all men death passed through, for that all sinned;
13 kwa maana kabla sheria haijatolewa, dhambi ilikuwepo ulimwenguni. Lakini dhambi haihesabiwi wakati hakuna sheria.
for until law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;
14 Hata hivyo, tangu wakati wa Adamu hadi wakati wa Mose, mauti ilitawala watu wote, hata wale ambao hawakutenda dhambi kwa kuvunja amri, kama alivyofanya Adamu, ambaye alikuwa mfano wa yule atakayekuja.
but death reigned from Adam until Moses, even on those having not sinned in the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a type of Him who is coming.
15 Lakini ile karama iliyotolewa haikuwa kama lile kosa. Kwa maana ikiwa watu wengi walikufa kwa sababu ya kosa la mtu mmoja, zaidi sana neema ya Mungu na ile karama iliyokuja kwa neema ya mtu mmoja, yaani, Yesu Kristo, imezidi kuwa nyingi kwa ajili ya wengi.
But not as the offense so also [is] the free gift; for if by the offense of the one the many died, much more the grace of God, and the free gift in grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many;
16 Tena, ile karama ya Mungu si kama matokeo ya ile dhambi. Hukumu ilikuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja, ikaleta adhabu, bali karama ya neema ya Mungu ilikuja kwa njia ya makosa mengi, ikaleta kuhesabiwa haki.
and not as through one who sinned [is] the free gift, for the judgment indeed [is] of one to condemnation, but the gift [is] of many offenses to a declaration of “Righteous,”
17 Kwa maana ikiwa kutokana na kosa la mtu mmoja, mauti ilitawala kupitia huyo mtu mmoja, zaidi sana wale wanaopokea wingi wa neema ya Mungu na karama yake ya kuhesabiwa haki, watatawala katika uzima kwa njia ya huyo mtu mmoja, yaani, Yesu Kristo.
for if by the offense of the one death reigned through the one, much more those who are receiving the abundance of grace and of the free gift of righteousness, in life will reign through the one—Jesus Christ.
18 Kwa hiyo, kama vile kosa la mtu mmoja lilivyoleta adhabu kwa watu wote, vivyo hivyo pia kwa tendo la haki la mtu mmoja lilileta kuhesabiwa haki ambako huleta uzima kwa wote.
So, then, as through one offense to all men [it is] to condemnation, so also through one declaration of “Righteous” [it is] to all men to justification of life;
19 Kwa maana kama vile kwa kutokutii kwa yule mtu mmoja wengi walifanywa wenye dhambi, vivyo hivyo kwa kutii kwa mtu mmoja wengi watafanywa wenye haki.
for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the One, will the many be constituted righteous.
20 Zaidi ya hayo, sheria ilikuja, ili uvunjaji wa sheria uongezeke. Lakini dhambi ilipoongezeka, neema iliongezeka zaidi,
And law came in, that the offense might abound, and where sin abounded, grace hyper-abounded,
21 ili kwamba kama vile dhambi ilivyotawala kwa njia ya mauti, vivyo hivyo neema iweze kutawala kwa njia ya kuhesabiwa haki hata kuleta uzima wa milele katika Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu. (aiōnios g166)
that even as sin reigned in death, so also grace may reign, through righteousness, to continuous life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
