Mga Roma 8

1 Kung gayon, wala ng paghatol sa mga taong na kay Cristo Jesus.

Because [God has erased the record of our sins because we trust in what Christ has done for us], now [God will] not condemn and punish those/us who have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Christ Jesus.

2 Sapagkat pinalaya ako ng tuntunin ng Espiritu ng buhay na nakay Cristo Jesus mula sa tuntunin ng kasalanan at kamatayan.

[God’s] Spirit causes us to live [in a new way] [PRS] as a result of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. And he has set up a way by which he frees [each of] us from continually being forced to sin (OR, to obey our self-directed natures) and from being separated from God.

3 Sapagkat kung ano ang hindi kayang gawin ng kautusan dahil mahina ito sa pamamagitan ng laman ay ginawa ng Diyos. Isinugo niya ang kaniyang sariling Anak na kawangis ng makasalanang laman para maging isang handog sa kasalanan, at hinatulan niya ang kasalanan sa laman.

What [we] could not do [by trying to obey] the laws [of God] [PRS], because our self-directed nature was too weak [to obey them], God did. He sent his own Son [into the world in order that his Son might atone] for our sin. His Son came having a body (OR, human nature) that was like [the body] (OR, the [human nature]) of us people who sin. [By sending his Son in this way], he condemned and punished [his Son, who never sinned, instead of punishing us, who] sinned [MTY]. He did that [by making his Son’s] body [a sacrifice] (OR, [by causing his Son’s] body [to suffer/die]) for [all our] sin.

4 Ginawa niya ito upang sa gayon ang mga hinihingi ng kautusan ay matupad sa atin, tayong mga hindi lumalakad ayon sa laman, ngunit ayon sa Espiritu.

So we can [now] fulfill all that God required in his laws. We do this, not by our acting the way our sinful human nature [desires], but instead by living as [God’s] Spirit [desires us to live].

5 Ang mga namumuhay ayon sa laman ay binibigyang-pansin ang mga bagay na para sa laman, ngunit ang mga namumuhay ayon sa Espiritu ay binibigyang pansin ang mga bagay na para sa Espiritu.

People who live according to what their self-directed nature [desires] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires]. But people who [live] according to what [God’s] Spirit [desires think about and are concerned about] what [God’s] Spirit [desires].

6 Sapagkat ang kaisipan ng laman ay kamatayan, ngunit ang kaisipan ng Espiritu ay buhay at kapayapaan.

Those people who [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires] will not live eternally (OR, will be separated from God). But those people who think about and are concerned about what [God’s] Spirit [desires] will live [eternally] and have [inner] peace.

7 Ito ay dahil sumasalungat sa Diyos ang kaisipan ng laman, sapagkat hindi ito nagpapasakop sa kautusan ng Diyos, ni hindi ito maaaring maging sakop.

Let me explain this. [To the extent that] people [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires], they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey the laws of God. In fact, they are not even able [to obey his laws].

8 Hindi kayang pasiyahin ng taong nasa laman ang Diyos.

The people who let their self-directed nature [control them] cannot do what pleases God.

9 Gayunman, wala na kayo sa laman ngunit nasa Espiritu, kung totoong ang Espiritu ng Diyos ay nananahan sa inyo. Ngunit kung wala sa isang tao ang Espiritu ni Cristo, siya ay hindi kabilang sa kaniya.

But we do not have to let our self-directed nature [control us]. Instead, we can [let] God’s Spirit [control us], because he lives within us. If people do not have [living in them] the Spirit [who comes from] Christ, they do not belong to Christ.

10 Kung nasa inyo si Cristo, sa isang panig ang katawan ay patay sa kasalanan, ngunit sa kabilang panig ang espiritu ay buhay sa katuwiran.

But since Christ [is living in you/us by his Spirit, although] your/our bodies [are certain to] die because you/we sin, your/our spirits are alive because God has erased the record of your/our sins.

11 Kung ang Espiritu ng Diyos na bumuhay kay Jesus mula sa kamatayan ang nananahan sa inyo, siya na bumuhay kay Cristo mula sa kamatayan ang magbibigay din ng buhay sa inyong mga namamatay na katawan sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang Espiritu na siyang nananahan sa inyo.

[God] caused Jesus to live again after he died. And because his Spirit lives in you/us, [God] will also make your/our bodies, which [now] are sure to die, live [again after you/we die]. God, who caused Christ to live again after he died, will make you/us live again by [causing] his Spirit, who lives within you/us, [to do it].

12 Kaya nga, mga kapatid, may mga utang tayo, ngunit hindi sa laman upang mamuhay ayon sa laman.

Therefore, my fellow believers, we must [live as the Spirit directs us]. What we do not have to do is to live as our self-directed nature [guides us].

13 Sapagkat kung mabubuhay kayo ayon sa laman, kayo ay mamamatay, ngunit kung sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu inyong pinatay ang mga gawain ng inyong katawan, kayo ay mabubuhay.

If you live the way your self-directed nature [directs], you will surely not live [eternally] (OR, will surely be eternally separated from God). But if by [the power of God’s] Spirit you quit doing the [sinful] things that your bodies [desire] [MET], you will live eternally.

14 Sapagkat marami ang pinapangunahan ng Espiritu ng Diyos, sila ay mga anak ng Diyos.

We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children.

15 Sapagkat hindi ninyo muling tinanggap ang espiritu ng pagkabihag upang matakot. Sa halip, natanggap natin ang espiritu ng pagkupkop, na kung saan sumisigaw tayo ng, “Abba, Ama!”

[You have showed that this is true], because you received [from God] a Spirit that is not one that makes you fear [God] again. You are not like slaves who [fear their masters] [MET]. On the contrary, we have received a Spirit by whose [work in our hearts God] has adopted us. The Spirit now enables us to cry out [to God], “[You(sg) are my] Father [DOU]!”

16 Ang Espiritu mismo ang nagpapatotoo kasama ang ating espiritu na tayo ay mga anak ng Diyos.

The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits [say], that we are God’s children.

17 Kung tayo ay mga anak, mga tagapagmana rin tayo, mga tagapagmana ng Diyos. At kasama tayo ni Cristo bilang mga tagapagmana, kung tunay nga tayong magdusa kasama niya upang sa gayon maluwalhati rin tayo kasama niya.

Because we are [God’s] children, we also will some day receive/inherit [eternal blessings/privileges]. We will receive/inherit them from God, and we will [also] receive/inherit [them] just like Christ has [inherited them]. But we must suffer [for doing good] as Christ did, in order to receive splendor as he did.

18 Sapagkat itinuturing ko na ang mga pagdurusa sa panahong ito ay hindi karapat-dapat na ihalintulad sa kaluwalhatian na maihahayag sa atin.

I consider that what we suffer during the present time is not worth [paying attention to, because] the future splendor/glory that will be revealed {that [God] will reveal} to us [is so great].

19 Sapagkat ang nananabik na pag-asa ng mga nilikha ay naghihintay para sa paghahayag sa mga anak ng Diyos.

The [things that God has] created are very eagerly waiting for [the time] [PRS, DOU] when God will reveal who his [true] children are.

20 Sapagkat napasailalim sa pagkawalang-saysay ang mga nilikha, hindi sa sarili nitong kalooban, kundi sa kaniya na siyang nagpasailalim nito. Ito ay dahil sa tiyak na kasiguraduhan

[God] caused the things that he created to be unable to achieve [what he had purposed. That was] not because they wanted to [be unable to do that]. On the contrary, [God] made them that way because he wanted them to keep confidently expecting

21 na ang nilikha mismo ay maililigtas mula sa pagkaalipin hanggang sa pagkabulok at madadala ito sa kalayaan ng kaluwalhatian ng mga anak ng Diyos.

that the things that [he] created will be freed {that [he] will free the things that [he] created} from their sure decay [MET]. [He] will free them in order that [he can give them] the same glory that belongs to his children.

22 Sapagkat alam natin na magkasamang dumadaing at naghihirap sa sakit ang buong nilikha hanggang ngayon.

We know that until now [it is as though] all [things] that God created have been groaning together, [and they long for that glory, just like a mother having the pains before bearing a child] groans [and longs for her baby’s birth] [MET].

23 Hindi lamang iyan, ngunit maging tayo mismo, na nagtataglay ng mga unang bunga ng Espiritu—kahit tayo mismo ay dumadaing sa ating mga sarili, naghihintay para sa ating pagkakakupkop, ang pagkatubos ng ating katawan.

Not only [do those things groan], but we ourselves also groan inwardly. We who have [God’s] Spirit, who is like a partial gift [MET] we have received as we wait for [the future glory, groan inwardly]. We groan while we wait eagerly for the time when we will receive our [full] rights as God’s adopted children. That [will include] his freeing our bodies [from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies].

24 Sapagkat nailigtas tayo sa pamamagitan ng katiyakang ito. Ngunit hindi pa nakikita ang kinatitiyakan nating mangyayari, sapagkat sino ang may katiyakan na maghihintay sa nakita na niya?

Ever since we were saved {since [God] saved us}, we have continued to confidently expect [that future glory]. If we had what we waited for, we would not [need to] wait for it any longer, because those who have something, certainly do not continue to wait for it! [RHQ]

25 Ngunit kung nakatitiyak tayo tungkol sa hindi pa natin nakikita, naghihintay tayo ng may pagtitiyaga para dito.

But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly.

26 Sa ganoon paraan, tumutulong din ang Espiritu sa ating kahinaan. Sapagkat hindi natin alam kung paano tayo dapat manalangin, ngunit ang Espiritu mismo ang namamagitan sa atin ng mga daing na hindi maipahayag na mga daing.

Similarly, in addition to our continuing to wait for what God will give us, God’s Spirit helps us when our spirits feel weak. We do not know what is proper/necessary for us to pray. But God’s Spirit knows, and he prays for us when we groan (OR, he groans) in a way that cannot be expressed in words (OR, prays with us, groaning in a way that cannot be expressed in words).

27 Ang sumisiyasat ng mga puso ay alam ang kaisipan ng Espiritu, dahil namamagitan siya para sa mga mananampalataya ayon sa kalooban ng Diyos.

God, who examines our inner feelings, understands what his Spirit desires. What God understands is that his Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray.

28 Nalalaman natin na sa mga nagmamahal sa Diyos, sa lahat ng bagay gumagawa siya para sa ikabubuti, ng mga tinawag ayon sa kaniyang layunin.

And we know that to those/us who love God, he works out all things that happen [to them/us] in a way that produces good [spiritual] benefits [for us]. He does these things for those/us whom he has chosen, because that was (OR, was according to) what he planned to do.

29 Dahil ang mga kilala na niya noong una pa man, ay itinalaga din niya na matulad sa imahe ng kaniyang Anak, upang siya ang maging panganay sa maraming magkakapatid.

God knew previously [that we would believe] in him (OR, [would be saved]). We are those who God also decided previously would develop a character like his Son’s character. The result of that is that [Christ is like] a firstborn/highest-ranking [son], and [those/we who are God’s children] [MET] are [like] [MET] many [younger] brothers [of Jesus].

30 Ang kaniyang mga itinalaga, sila rin ang kaniyang mga tinawag. Ang kaniyang mga tinawag, sila rin ang kaniyang mga pinawalang-sala. Ang kaniyang mga pinawalang-sala, kaniya ring niluwalhati.

And us who God decided previously [that we would become like his Son], he also summoned. And for us whom he summoned, he also erased the record of our sins. And for us whose record of sins he has erased, he also will surely give future splendor.

31 Ano ngayon ang sasabihin natin sa mga bagay na ito? Kung ang Diyos ay para sa atin, sino ang laban sa atin?

So (I will tell you what we must conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]./what shall we conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]?) [RHQ] Because God [is acting] on our behalf, (no one can win against us!/can anyone defeat us? (OR, it does not matter if anyone opposes us)!) [RHQ]

32 Siya na hindi ipinagkait ang kaniyang sariling Anak ngunit ibinigay niya para sa ating lahat, paanong hindi niya rin ibibigay sa atin ng libre ang lahat ng bagay?

God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over [to others to cruelly kill him] in order that all we [who believe in him] may benefit [from his dying for us. Therefore, because God did that], (he will also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ./will he not also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ?) [RHQ]

33 Sino ang magpaparatang laban sa mga pinili ng Diyos? Ang Diyos ang siyang nagpapawalang-sala.

It is God himself who erases the record of our sins. So (no one who accuses us [before God will win against us] (OR, [it does not matter] if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen./is it possible that anyone who accuses us [before God] will win against us (OR, does it matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen?) [RHQ]

34 Sino ang hahatol? Si Cristo na siyang namatay para sa atin at higit pa roon, binuhay din siyang muli. Naghahari siya kasama ang Diyos sa lugar ng karangalan at siya ang namamagitan para sa atin.

It is Christ Jesus himself who pleads [with God] for us, so (no one can condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)./can anyone condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)?) [RHQ] Christ died [for us], but he was also brought back to life {[God] also raised him from the dead}, and he is now at the place of honor [ruling] with God [MTY].

35 Sino ang maghihiwalay sa atin mula sa pag-ibig ni Cristo? Ang matinding pagdurusa ba, o pagdadalamhati, o pag-uusig, o pagkagutom, o kahubaran, o panganib, o espada?

Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! [RHQ] That could not [RHQ] happen [because someone] caused us to have trouble [DOU], or [because someone did things to] harm us, or [because we did] not have anything to eat, or [because we did] not have enough clothes, or [because we lived in a] dangerous situation, or [because someone killed us with] a sword [MTY] (OR, murdered us).

36 Gaya ng nasusulat, “Para sa iyong kapakinabangan pinapatay kami buong araw. Itinuturing kaming tulad ng isang tupa na kakatayin.”

[Such things may happen to us, just like] it is written {[as David] wrote} [that David said to God], “Because we are your [(sg)] people, [other people repeatedly attempt to] kill us. They consider that we are [only people to be killed], [like a butcher considers] that sheep are [only] animals to be slaughtered [MET].”

37 Sa lahat ng bagay na ito, higit pa tayo sa mga manlulupig sa pamamagitan ng nagmamahal sa atin.

But even though all these bad things [may happen to us], we win a great victory/triumph [over these things because Christ], who loves us, [helps us].

38 Sapagkat naniniwala ako na kahit ang kamatayan, ni ang buhay, ni mga anghel, ni mga pamahalaan, ni ang mga bagay sa kasalukuyan, ni ang mga bagay na darating, ni ang mga kapangyarihan,

I am absolutely certain that neither being dead (OR, being killed), nor [what happens to us while] we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful [beings/forces],

39 ni ang kataasan, ni ang kailaliman, ni anumang bagay na nilikha, ang makapaghihiwalay sa atin sa pag-ibig ng Diyos, na na kay Cristo Jesus na ating Panginoon.

nor [powerful beings] above [the horizon] or below [the horizon] [MTY], nor anything else that [God has] created can cause God to stop loving us. [God showed us that he loves us by sending] Jesus Christ our Lord [to die for us].