Christ Gives Freedom
1 Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.
2 I, Paul, promise you that Christ won't do you any good if you get circumcised. 3 If you do, you must obey the whole Law. 4 And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his gift of undeserved grace. 5 But the Spirit makes us sure God will accept us because of our faith in Christ. 6 If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.
7 You were doing so well until someone made you turn from the truth. 8 And that person was certainly not sent by the one who chose you. 9 A little yeast can change a whole batch of dough, 10 but you belong to the Lord. This makes me certain you will do what I say, instead of what someone else tells you to do. Whoever is causing trouble for you will be punished.
11 My friends, if I still preach that people need to be circumcised, why am I in so much trouble? The message about the cross would no longer be a problem, if I told people to be circumcised. 12 I wish everyone who is upsetting you would not only get circumcised, but would cut off much more!
13 My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don't use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love. 14 All the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself. 15 But if you keep attacking each other like wild animals, you had better watch out or you will destroy yourselves.
God's Spirit and Our Own Desires
16 If you are guided by the Spirit, you won't obey your selfish desires. 17 The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should. 18 But if you obey the Spirit, the Law of Moses has no control over you.
19 People's desires make them give in to immoral ways, filthy thoughts, and shameful deeds. 20 They worship idols, practice witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are 21 envious. They get drunk, carry on at wild parties, and do other evil things as well. I told you before, and I am telling you again: No one who does these things will share in the blessings of God's kingdom.
22 God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, 23 gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways. 24 And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires. 25 God's Spirit has given us life, and so we should follow the Spirit. 26 But don't be conceited or make others jealous by claiming to be better than they are.
Oukutuke woukriste
1 Kristus we tu kutura kutja, tjiri, tu rire ovakutuke! Zikameye moukutuke mbwi, nu amu riyandjere okurira ovakarere rukwao!
2 Tareye, ami, Paulus, me mu raere kutja tji mwe riyandjere okusukarekwa, okutja Kristus ke notjiṋa na eṋe oparukaze. 3 Ami me mu rongo rukwao nomasa kutja auhe ngu me riyandjere omuini okusukarekwa, eye ma sokuṱakamisa Omatwako aehe wa Moses. 4 Eṋe mba mbu mu vanga okuvarwa otja ovasemba komurungu wa Ndjambi mena rokuṱakamisa Omatwako wa Moses mwe ri pora oveni ku Kristus, nu mwa yandja etambo kotjari tja Ndjambi. 5 Nungwari eṱe omaundjiro wetu owokutja Ndjambi e tu vare otja ovasemba komurungu we mena rongamburiro; nu ihi otji tji ri otjiṋa tji matu undju momasa wOmbepo ya Ndjambi, ndji mai ungura indu tji twa kambura. 6 Orondu mu Kristus Jesus kape notjiungura kutja omundu wa sukara poo ka sukarere. Ihi tji tji ri otjinanḓengu porwatjo oyo ndji ongamburiro, ndji ungura nomasa morusuvero.
7 Eṋe iyamu ka wondja nawa komurungu. Owaṋi ngwe mu tjaera okukara nonḓuviro kouatjiri? 8 Owaṋi ngwe mu popa? Ka Ndjambi ngwe mu popa; eye we mu isanena kutja mu kare nonḓuviro. 9 Ripureye nawa: “Osurise onḓiṱi i surisa otjisema atjihe.” 10 Oruwano rwetu na Muhona maru ndji zeuparisa kutja eṋe mu ripura otja ami tji mbi ripura. Nungwari omundu ngamwa auhe ngwe mu pukisa, ma verwa i Ndjambi.
11 Nungwari ami, vakwetu, ndovazu me panḓere pokuzuvarisa kutja omasukarekero ohepero, okutjavi tji mbi tatumisiwa nga mba? Andakuzu ouatjiri, okutja omaputarisiro wotjikoroise katjaye kara po. 12 Ami me zeri kutja ovandu mbe eta ezunganeno ndi mokati keṋu pa sana apehe andakuzu mave ripindi oveni okumana!
13 Neṋe, vakwetu, mwa isanenwa okukuturwa. Amu nanisa oukutuke mbwi mokutjita ouvi. Nungwari karerasaneye morusuvero. 14 Orondu Omatwako aehe ye urisiwa metwako rimwe ndi: “Suvera omukweṋu otja tji we risuvera omuini.” 15 Nungwari tji mamu rumatasana nokunyondororasana otja ovipuka vyokuti, ṱakamiseye kutja kombunda amu ha kaṋiṋasana okumana.
Ombepo nOngarero youndu
16 Otjiṋa tji me hee otjo hi: Yandjereye mOmbepo ya Ndjambi arire ndje mu hongorere momahupiro weṋu, notji mu hi nakukovisa ozonḓuma zongaro youndu. 17 Orondu imbi ongaro youndu mbi i nanukira, vi pirukira imbi Ombepo mbi i vanga; nu imbi Ombepo mbi i nanukira, vi pirukira imbi ongaro youndu mbi i vanga. Oviṋa vivari mbi ovinavita kumwe, notji mu hi nokusora okutjita imbi mbi mu vanga. 18 Nungwari tji mamu hongorerwa i Ombepo, okutja kamu ri kehi yOmatwako.
19 Nu oviungura vyongaro youndu ovyo vi tjiukwa nawa, novyo mbi: Oruvakiro, nouhakohoke, nehambaneno rombonḓi; 20 okurikotamena kovisenginina, oundjai, okukarasana ovanavita, onyengo, ozombata, omazenge, oviposa, omahaṋikiro nohaṋi, 21 eruru, okupurukisiwa i omanuwa omazeu, evyaro noviṋa avihe ohamukwao na imbyo. Ami me mu rongo nambano otja tjinga ambe mu rongere rukuru: Imba mbe tjita oviṋa mbi kamaave rumata ouhona wa Ndjambi.
22 Nungwari ovihape vyOmbepo ovyo mbi: Orusuvero, enyando, ohange, omuretima, oupore, omutima omuwa, ouṱakame, 23 omerisusuparisiro nomeritjaerero. Omatwako kaye kuramene oviṋa otja imbi momurungu. 24 Imba mbe ri ova Kristus Jesus va papera ongaro yawo youndu puna ozonḓuma nozonḓero zayo azehe kotjikoroise. 25 Ndjambi we tu pa omuinyo omupe mOmbepo ye: NOmbepo ndji i sokuturyangisa mongaro ndji. 26 Atu he rihivi, atu ha pindikisasana nu atu ha ṱasana eruru.
