Warumi 1
1 Kutoka kwangu mimi Paulo, mtumishi wa Kristo Yesu, na mtume niliyeteuliwa na kuitwa kwa ajili ya kuhubiri Habari Njema ya Mungu.
From Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for a gospel of God,
2 Hapo kale, Mungu aliwaahidia watu hii Habari Njema kwa njia ya manabii wake katika Maandiko Matakatifu.
which through his prophets he promised beforetime, in holy writings;
3 Hii Habari Njema inamhusu Mwana wa Mungu, Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, ambaye mintarafu ubinadamu wake, alikuwa mzawa wa Daudi;
this gospel is concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of David’s posterity in respect of his bodily nature,
4 mintarafu utakatifu wake wa kimungu, alithibitishwa kwa uwezo mkuu kwamba ni Mwana wa Mungu kwa kufufuliwa kutoka wafu.
but was by his resurrection from the dead instated as Son of God, with power, in respect of his spirit of holiness.
5 Kwa njia yake, mimi nimepewa neema ya kuwa mtume, ili kwa ajili yake niwaongoze watu wa mataifa yote wapate kuamini na kutii.
It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name’s sake;
6 Ninyi ni miongoni mwa watu hao; mmeitwa muwe watu wake Yesu Kristo.
among whom you also are called to be Jesus Christ’s.
7 Basi, ninawaandikia ninyi nyote mlioko Roma ambao Mungu anawapenda, akawateua muwe watu wake. Nawatakieni neema na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na Bwana Yesu Kristo.
To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints. May God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, bless you, and give you peace.
8 Awali ya yote, namshukuru Mungu wangu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo kwa ajili yenu nyote, kwa sababu imani yenu inasikika duniani kote.
First I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout all the world.
9 Mungu, ambaye ninamtumikia kwa moyo wangu wote katika kuhubiri Habari Njema ya Mwanae, ni shahidi wangu kwamba ninawakumbukeni
God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers,
10 daima katika sala zangu. Namwomba Mungu akipenda, anipatie nafasi nzuri ya kuja kwenu sasa.
always entreating him that now at length, if such be his will, the way may be made clear for me to come to you.
11 Kwa maana ninatamani sana kuwaoneni ili nipate kuwagawieni zawadi ya kiroho na kuwaimarisha.
For I am longing so to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established;
12 Ndiyo kusema, tutaimarishana: imani yenu itaniimarisha mimi, na yangu itawaimarisha ninyi.
that is, that I with you may be encouraged by you, each of us by the other’s faith, yours and mine.
13 Ndugu zangu, nataka mjue kwamba mara nyingi nilikusudia kuwatembeleeni, lakini mpaka sasa nimezuiwa. Ningependa kupata mafanikio mema kati yenu kama nilivyopata kati ya watu wa mataifa mengine.
I want you to know, brothers, that many a time I have planned to come to you - though until now I have been hindered - so as to have some harvest-fruit among you also, even as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.
14 Ninalo jukumu kwa watu wote, waliostaarabika na wasiostaarabika, wenye elimu na wasio na elimu.
To Greeks and to barbarians, to the cultured and to the uncultured, I have a debt to discharge.
15 Ndiyo maana ninatamani pia kuihubiri Habari Njema kwenu ninyi mlioko huko Roma.
So much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 Sioni aibu kutangaza Habari Njema; yenyewe ni nguvu ya Mungu inayowaokoa wote wanaoamini: Wayahudi kwanza, na wasio Wayahudi pia.
FOR I AM PROUD OF THE GOSPEL. IT IS GOD’S SAVING POWER FOR EVERY ONE WHO BELIEVES. FOR THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO FOR THE GENTILE.
17 Kwa maana Habari Njema inaonyesha wazi jinsi Mungu anavyowakubali watu kuwa waadilifu; jambo hili hufanyika kwa imani, tangu mwanzo mpaka mwisho. Kama ilivyoandikwa: “Mwadilifu kwa imani ataishi.”
FOR IN IT IS BEING REVEALED A RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH PROCEEDS FROM GOD, FROM FAITH UNTO FAITH; AS IT IS WRITTEN.
18 Ghadhabu ya Mungu imedhihirishwa kutoka mbinguni dhidi ya uasi na uovu wote wa binadamu ambao kwa njia zao mbaya wanaupinga ukweli usijulikane.
For God’s wrath is ever being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who smother the truth by their unrighteousness.
19 Kwa maana, yote yanayoweza kujulikana juu ya Mungu ni wazi kwao; maana Mungu mwenyewe ameyadhirisha.
This is so because that which may be known of God is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them.
20 Tangu Mungu alipoumba ulimwengu, uwezo wake wa milele na uungu wake, ingawa havionekani kwa macho, vinafahamika wazi. Watu wanaweza kuyajua mambo hayo kutokana na vitu hivyo alivyoumba Mungu. Kwa hiyo hawana njia yoyote ya kujitetea! (aïdios g126)
For ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his everlasting power and divinity, has been clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made. So they have no excuse. (aïdios g126)
21 Ingawa wanajua kuna Mungu, lakini hawampi heshima anayostahili, wala hawamshukuru. Badala yake, fikira zao zimekuwa batili na akili zao tupu zimejaa giza.
For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.
22 Wanajidai kuwa wenye hekima, kumbe ni wapumbavu.
While they professed to be wise, they became fools,
23 Wanaacha kumwabudu Mungu aishiye milele, na badala yake, wanaabudu sanamu zilizo mfano wa binadamu ambaye hufa, mfano wa wanyama, ndege, au wanyama watambaao.
and exchanged the majesty of the imperishable God for an idol, graven in the likeness of perishable man, or of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
24 Kwa sababu hiyo, Mungu amewaacha wafuate tamaa mbaya za mioyo yao na kufanyiana mambo ya aibu kwa miili yao.
So God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their own bodies;
25 Wanaubadili ukweli juu ya Mungu kwa uongo; wanaheshimu na kuabudu kiumbe badala ya Muumba mwenyewe, ambaye ndiye astahiliye sifa milele! Amina. (aiōn g165)
because they exchanged the truth of God for an untruth, and worshiped and served the creature, rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
26 Kwa hiyo, Mungu amewaacha wafuate tamaa mbaya. Hata wanawake wanabadili matumizi yanayopatana na maumbile.
That is why God has given them up to passions of dishonor; for on the one hand their women actually changed the natural function of sex into that which is against nature;
27 Nao wanaume hali kadhalika, wanaacha kufuata matumizi ya maumbile ya mume na mke wakawakiana tamaa wao kwa wao. Wanaume wanafanyiana mambo ya aibu, na hivyo wanajiletea wenyewe adhabu wanayostahili kwa vitendo vyao viovu.
and on the other hand their men likewise abandoned the natural use of women, and were ablaze with passion for one another; men with men practising shameless acts and receiving in their own person that recompense of their wrong-doing which necessarily followed.
28 Kwa vile watu walikataa kumtambua Mungu, Mungu amewaacha katika fikira zao potovu, wakafanya yale ambayo hawangestahili kufanya.
And just as they refused to continue to retain God in their knowledge, so did God cast them out to an outcast mind, to do those things which were indecent.
29 Wamejaa kila aina ya uovu, dhuluma, ulafi na ufisadi. Wamejaa wivu, uuaji, ugomvi, udanganyifu na nia mbaya; husengenya,
They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity.
30 na kusingiziana; ni watu wa kuchukiza kwa Mungu, wafidhuli, wenye kiburi na majivuno; hodari sana katika kutenda mabaya, na hawawatii wazazi wao;
They became whisperers, back-biters, hated of God, insolent, haughty, boastful. They invented sins. They were disobedient to parents.
31 hawana dhamiri, hawatimizi ahadi zao, hawana wema wala huruma kwa wengine.
They were without sense, without faith, without natural affection, without mercy.
32 Wanajua kwamba Sheria ya Mungu yasema kwamba watu wanaoishi mithili hiyo, wanastahili kifo. Zaidi ya hayo, siyo tu kwamba wanafanya mambo hayo wao wenyewe, bali hata huwapongeza wale wanaofanya mambo hayohayo.
Though they knew well the ordinance of God, that those who practise such vices are worthy of death, they not only continue to do the same, but were even applauding those who practise vice.
