How To Pray
1 First of all, I ask you to pray for everyone. Ask God to help and bless them all, and tell God how thankful you are for each of them. 2 Pray for kings and others in power, so we may live quiet and peaceful lives as we worship and honor God. 3 This kind of prayer is good, and it pleases God our Savior. 4 God wants everyone to be saved and to know the whole truth, which is,
5 There is only one God,
and Christ Jesus
is the only one
who can bring us
to God.
Jesus was truly human,
and he gave himself
to rescue all of us.
6 God showed us this
at the right time.
7 This is why God chose me to be a preacher and an apostle of the good news. I am telling the truth. I am not lying. God sent me to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.
8 I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other.
9 I would like for women to wear modest and sensible clothes. They should not have fancy hairdos, or wear expensive clothes, or put on jewelry made of gold or pearls. 10 Women who claim to love God should do helpful things for others, 11 and they should learn by being quiet and paying attention. 12 They should be silent and not be allowed to teach or to tell men what to do. 13 After all, Adam was created before Eve, 14 and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned. 15 But women will be saved by having children, if they stay faithful, loving, holy, and modest.
Omerikotameneno wombongo
1 Rutengatenga, ami me mu zeuparisa nomutima wandje auhe kutja mu ningire ku Ndjambi a yenenise ouhepe wovandu avehe, nu mu kumbire ovandu avehe, nu mu tje okuhepa ku Ndjambi ku imbi mbya tjita kovandu avehe. 2 Kumbireye ozombara novandu avehe mbe ri mounane, kokutja tu kare nongarero ombore noyohange, atu nondira ku Ndjambi nomeritjindiro omawa kovandu varwe. 3 Okukara nai otjiṋa otjiwa nu tji tjata ku Ndjambi, Omuyame wetu. 4 Eye u vanga kutja ovandu avehe ve yamwe nu ve kare nondjiviro youatjiri. 5 Orondu pena Ndjambi umwe uriri, nu pena umwe uriri wopokati ka Ndjambi novandu, okutja eye ngwi omundu Kristus Jesus. 6 Eye we riyandjera omuini okukutura ovandu avehe. Ihi tja ri otjiraisiro moruveze orusemba tjokutja Ndjambi u vanga kutja ovandu avehe ve yamwe. 7 Nopu mba zokuhindwa otja omuapostele notja omuhonge wa imba mbe ha ri Ovajuda okukazuvarisa ombuze yongamburiro noyouatjiri. Ami hi nokukora ovizeze, me hungire ouatjiri.
8 Poṋa apehe pomerikotameneno ami me vanga kutja ovarumendu a rire mba kumbu, okutja ovarumendu mbe hupa omuinyo mbu tjata ku Ndjambi, nu owo tji mave yere omake wawo okukumba, ngave yere nokuhinomazenge momitima nozombata. 9 Ami wina me vanga kutja ovakazendu momuzaro wawo ve rire ovahirona novapwe okuyenena. Owo ave ripata ko ozondjise zawo nokuzara oviwerawere ovingoldo nokutwa ko oundjendje oukeṋakeṋe, nokuzara ozombanda zovimariva ovingi. 10 Nungwari omeriharekero wawo ye sokurira owoviungura oviwa, otja tjinga apa pwira ovakazendu mbe tja ve nondira ku Ndjambi. 11 Ovakazendu ngave rihonge kumwi nu ve risusuparise. 12 Ami hi nokuyandjera ovakazendu kutja ve honge mombongo poo kutja ve honaparere ovarumendu. Owo ngave mwine. 13 Orondu Adam ongwa tengere po okumemwa, tjazumba a rire Eva. 14 Nu wina Adam kangwa pukisirwe, nungwari omukazendu ongwe riyandjera okupukisiwa na katuka etwako ra Ndjambi. 15 Nungwari Ndjambi ma yama omukazendu mombandukiro ye, tjinangara ma panḓere pongamburiro norusuvero kovandu varwe, na tji me ritjindi mouyapuke nomeritjaerero.
