Warumi 5
1 Kwa kuwa tumehesabiwa haki kwa njia ya imani, tuna amani na Mungu kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
Standing then acquitted as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Kupitia yeye sisi pia tuna fursa kwa njia ya imani katika neema hii ambayo ndani yake tunasimama. Tunafurahi katika ujasiri atupao Mungu kwa ajili ya baadaye, ujasiri ambao tutashiriki katika utukufu wa Mungu.
through whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand, and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory.
3 Siyo hili tu, lakini pia tunafurahi katika mateso yetu. Tunajua kwamba mateso huzaa uvumilivu.
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
4 Uvumilivu huzaa kukubalika, na kukubalika huzaa ujasiri kwa ajili ya baadaye.
fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;
5 Ujasiri huu haukatishi tamaa, kwa sababu upendo wa Mungu umemwagwa katika mioyo yetu kupitia Roho Mtakatifu, ambaye alitolewa kwetu.
and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6 Kwa tulipokuwa tungali tu dhaifu, kwa wakati muafaka Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya waovu.
For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly.
7 Kwa kuwa itakuwa vigumu mmoja kufa kwa ajili ya mtu mwenye haki. Hii ni kwamba, pengine mtu angethubutu kufa kwa ajili ya mtu mwema.
Why, it is scarcely conceivable that any one would die for a simply just man, although for a good and lovable man perhaps some one, here and there, will have the courage even to lay down his life.
8 Lakini Mungu amehakikisha upendo wake mwenyewe kwetu, kwa sababu wakati tulipokuwa tungali wenye dhambi, Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yetu.
But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners.
9 Kisha zaidi ya yote, sasa kwa kuwa tumehesabiwa haki kwa damu yake, tutaokolewa kwa hiyo kutoka katika gadhabu ya Mungu.
If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him.
10 Kwa kuwa, ikiwa wakati tulipokuwa maadui, tulipatanishwa na Mungu kwa njia ya kifo cha mwanae, zaidi sana, baada ya kuwa tumekwisha patanishwa, tutaokolewa kwa maisha yake.
For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.
11 Siyo hivi tu, bali pia tunafurahi katika Mungu kupitia Bwana Yesu Kristo, kupitia yeye ambaye sasa tumepokea upatanisho huu.
And not only so, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained that reconciliation.
12 Kwa hiyo basi, kama kupitia mtu mmoja dhambi iliingia duniani, kwa njia hii kifo kiliingia kwa njia ya dhambi. Na kifo kikasambaa kwa watu wote, kwa sababu wote walifanya dhambi.
What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.
13 Kwa kuwa hadi sheria, dhambi ilikuwa duniani, lakini dhambi haihesabiki wakati hakuna sheria.
For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.
14 Hata hivyo, kifo kilitawala kutoka Adamu hadi Musa, hata juu ya wale ambao hawakufanya dhambi kama kutotii kwa Adamu, ambaye ni mfano wa yeye ambaye angekuja.
Yet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.
15 Lakini hata hivyo, zawadi ya bure si kama kosa. Kwa kuwa ikiwa kwa kosa la mmoja wengi walikufa, zaidi sana neema ya Mungu na zawadi kwa neema ya mtu mmoja, Yesu Kristo, imezidi kuongezeka kwa wengi.
But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.
16 Kwa kuwa zawadi si kama matokeo ya yule ambaye alifanya dhambi. Kwa kuwa kwa upande mwingine, hukumu ya adhabu ilikuja kwa sababu ya kosa la mtu mmoja. Lakini kwa upande mwingine, kipawa cha bure kinachotoka katika kuhesabiwa haki kilikuja baada ya makosa mengi.
And it is not with the gift as it was with the results of one individual's sin; for the judgement which one individual provoked resulted in condemnation, whereas the free gift after a multitude of transgressions results in acquittal.
17 Kwa maana, ikiwa kwa kosa la mmoja, kifo kilitawala kupitia mmoja, zaidi sana wale ambao watapokea neema nyingi pamoja na kipawa cha haki watatawala kupitia maisha ya mmoja, Yesu Kristo.
For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.
18 Hivyo basi, kama kupitia kosa moja watu wote walikuja kwenye hukumu, ingawa kupitia tendo moja la haki kulikuja kuhesabiwa haki ya maisha kwa watu wote.
It follows then that just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also the result of a single decree of righteousness is a life-giving acquittal which extends to the whole race.
19 Kwa kuwa kama kupitia kutotii kwa mtu mmoja wengi walifanywa wenye dhambi, hivyo kupitia utii wa mmoja wengi watafanywa wenye haki.
For as through the disobedience of the one individual the mass of mankind were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous.
20 Lakini sheria iliingia pamoja, ili kwamba kosa liweze kuenea. Lakini mahali ambapo dhambi ilizidi kuwa nyingi, neema iliongezeka hata zaidi.
Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;
21 Hii ilitokea ili kwamba, kama dhambi ilivyotawala katika kifo, ndivyo hata neema inaweza kutawala kupitia haki kwa ajili ya maisha ya milele kupitia Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu. (aiōnios g166)
in order that as sin has exercised kingly sway in inflicting death, so grace, too, may exercise kingly sway in bestowing a righteousness which results in the Life of the Ages through Jesus Christ our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
